Take this month as your warm-up lap. Just like a race car engine that needs time to reach optimal performance, this period is for making crucial preparations for your fresh start in the new year. Everyone around you might not be aware of your plans but the results will soon speak for themselves.
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CAPRICORN
23 December – 20 January
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To onlookers, you don’t seem to be doing much. But like an athlete just before making a shot to win the game, you are in the zone: In that moment of absolute stillness, where the mind settles all unresolved doubts, and the feet make tiny adjustments for optimum drive and balance. Your eye is on the start of next year, and you’ll go when you’re ready.
AQUARIUS
21 January – 19 February
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Your destination is set, and you’re on your way—but it seems you’re trying to do the whole journey in one hit. That would undoubtedly be quicker, but time isn’t a problem. You can take as long as you like. This month, the planets ease the pressure and let you make adjustments, so use that to make your journey easier, better, and more rewarding.
PISCES
20 February – 20 March
There’s too much going on. Your love life is hectic, but it’s also mixed up with your work life, which makes things difficult. And it’s also all very visible—something that you hate. As Saturn and Neptune start to move forward again in your sign, you are reminded to think about the long term. What you need most is somewhere quiet to think it all through.
ARIES
21 March – 19 April
Two problems from the past are back. One of them is familiar and straightforward, but will need strength and determination to deal with; the other seems lighter, but is harder to pin down. You need to make some space in your life for what’s coming up next year: Face them both and do what has to be done so they don’t drag into the future.
TAURUS
20 April – 20 May
A rare combination of planets this month gives you a chance to see how your life might be if it were a lot bigger. It’s not a genuine life-changing offer—or at least, not yet. But the lesson is obvious: You are not making the best use of your talents. There’s so much more you could have. All you have to do is reach for it.
GEMINI
21 May – 21 June
A relationship with someone you work with seems to be developing romantic possibilities. At first, your meetings and conversations are strictly professional, but then you start finding excuses to see each other when it’s not really necessary. You’re not quite a couple yet, but you’re getting closer every day. Will it last? For a few months, certainly. Maybe for the long term, too.
CANCER
22 June – 22 July
End November gives you a chance to put right whatever isn’t working in your closest relationship, and perhaps
to find the happiness that has eluded you before. Both of you are willing to make whatever concessions necessary. There’s no anger here, just a feeling that what you have is worth saving, and that if you try again, all can be well. The planets agree with you.
LEO
23 July – 22 August
Meeting up with a former partner is never easy. Even more so when the two of you are still in competition. You have gone your separate ways, but you still compare your successes, and each is a little envious of the other’s achievements. But the heat between you, whether of anger or of passion, is cooling; the next time you meet, you will be friends, not rivals.
VIRGO
23 August – 22 September
This is one of those awkward moments when you find yourself saying no to a lot of things that are actually very good, then changing your mind and asking if whatever was on offer is still available. The good news is that most of it still is—all you’ve lost out on is a few weeks in the decision process. You’ll be caught up by the new year.
LIBRA
23 September – 23 October
All Librans suffer from an inability to decide between equally attractive alternatives, and when career moves are the issue, that can be a problem. Wait a few weeks, if you can. Late December will reveal previously hidden downsides to each option. And while it feels wrong to choose on the drawbacks rather than the benefits, on this occasion, it’s the only way.
SCORPIO
24 October – 22 November
There is something you want very much, but you have decided that you can’t afford it. It’s just too expensive, in every sense. But then, a few days after you’ve told everyone that it’s not going to happen, you cave. So, how do you feel? Exhausted, probably, but also happy. The heart wants, the heart gets, and no amount of logical or financial argument can prevent it.
SAGITTARIUS
23 November – 22 December
The next few weeks may be the best of the whole year. You have spent many months laying plans for the future, but you can leave that for now. Come back to the present and have some fun. You know your life is going to change next year, so it would be good to revisit a few old friends and places, and say some goodbyes before moving on.