Leo
July 23 to Aug. 22
My sister and favorite Leo recently revealed she watches college commencement speeches on YouTube as a form of self-care. Because these ceremonies are as much about beginnings as endings, I invite you to follow her lead in the coming weeks. As you prepare for what lies ahead, find comfort, and completion in commemorating what has been.
Notable Leo: Luis Castaneda / July 29, 1943
Virgo
Aug. 23 to Sept. 22
Legendary New Orleans musician and fellow Virgo Buddy Bolden is lauded as the father of Jazz. So powerful and original was his playing that he birthed an entirely new genre. Yet, not a single recording of his music exists today. I offer the ballad of Buddy to you, Virgo, as you create yourself anew. Remember that power and genius are measured not by evidence, but the echo of influence.
Notable Virgo: Man Ray / Aug. 27, 1890
Libra
Sept. 23 to Oct. 22
A natural diplomat, you have no trouble attracting friends and fans. Your greatest struggle is appropriately allotting your energies and affections across the hierarchy of your relationships. Those closest to you often get the least of you. To develop lasting bonds, identify and prioritize your inner circle and resist the urge to peddle your charms to distant admirers.
Notable Libra: Amber Rose / Oct. 21, 1983
Scorpio
Oct. 23 to Nov. 21
Painter and fellow Scorpio Luchita Hurtado lived in the shadow of her famous artist husband, creating her own work each night while he and her children slept. Hurtado regarded her paintings as a record of her existence, telling reporters, “It’s what I’m living, a diary of what I know.” She wasn’t critically recognized until in her 90s, at which point the continuation of her visual diary was more important to her than the fame it garnered. The lesson? Honor creativity as necessity and do what you love, even, and especially, when no one is watching.
Notable Scorpio: Anna Wintour / Nov. 3, 1949
Sagittarius
Nov. 22 to Dec. 21
You’re cut from adventurous cloth, Sagittarius, yet for all your wandering, the terrain of yourself may have gone unexplored. The time is nigh for mind expansion and radical self-discovery. Take heed the words of Carl Jung, the OG surfer of the unconscious mind who wrote, “He who looks outside, dreams; he who looks inside, awakes.” Rise and shine, pal.
Notable Sagittarius: Shirley Chisholm / Nov. 30, 1924
Capricorn
Dec. 22 to Jan. 19
While attending a White House luncheon in 1968, singer and fellow sea goat Eartha Kitt shocked her fellow guests by speaking out against the Vietnam War, earning her a place on the CIA’s watchlist, which labeled her a “sadistic nymphomaniac.” The lessons here? Circumstances should never prevent you from speaking your truth, and condemnation from your enemies is often a compliment in itself.
Notable Capricorn: Kate Moss / Jan. 16, 1974
Aquarius
Jan. 20 to Feb. 18
Partnerships of all stripes are the focus for you at present, water bearer. This doesn’t mean you need to commit or conform. Your relationships aren’t destined to fit the status quo — use your future-focused, humanity-driven mindset to redefine what love and intimacy can mean. The rest of us will be quietly waiting to follow in the path you pave.
Notable Aquarius: Megan Three Stallion / Feb. 15, 1995
Pisces
Feb. 19 to March 20
Your affable nature sometimes belies the depths and dimensions you possess, Pisces. As the last sign in the zodiac you inherit the pain and knowledge that belongs to all the signs that precede you. You see more, feel more and are more. Poet Anne Sexton could have been speaking of your multitudes when she wrote, “Everyone in me is a bird, I am beating all my wings.” Here’s to the fullness of your feathers.
Notable Pisces: Patty Hearst / Feb. 20, 1954
Aries
March 21 to April 19
My friend Luanna, a fellow Aries, recently completed a drawing of a nude woman wrapped in a luxurious red scarf, metaphorically recycled, according to the artist, from all the red flags a former partner gave her. I offer this anecdote to you, rams, to encourage you to take a spirited approach to past adversity and get to work mining the silver lining, or red thread, from whatever challenges you face.
Notable Aries: Vincent Van Gogh / March 30, 1853
Taurus
April 20 to May 20
You’re generally pretty awful at asking for assistance, Taurus, bucking your horns at the mere suggestion that you can’t go it alone. The universe would like to gently remind you that you can’t, and you shouldn’t, and your stalwart independence is operating as a barrier to truer intimacy. If you want to be loved, let yourself be helped.
Notable Taurus: Willem De Kooning / April 24, 1904
Gemini
May 21 to June 20
No stranger to extremes and indecision, you may find yourself swinging wildly between stillness and momentum, solitude and company, freedom and stability. You need a compass to decipher what course of action, or if any action at all, is needed. You are that compass. But the answers you seek will only arrive when you demonstrate that you are ready to receive them and committed to applying them.
Notable Gemini: Wallis Simpson / June 19, 1896
Cancer
June 21 to July 22
As a water sign, you’re naturally adept at keeping others emotionally afloat, often to your own detriment. In the weeks ahead I urge you to be cognizant of relationships that feel energetically disproportionate. Your role of caretaker offers a dark kind of power. But teaching people how and when to fend for themselves is a true gift. Stop sharing your lifeboat, moon child, and start showing others how to fasten seaworthy knots of their own.
Notable Cancer: Henry VIII / June 28, 1491
