If you’ve been struggling to coordinate a group outing or convince others to come onboard a project, you might finally make a get through to them today, thanks to energy from Mercury and Pluto. You’re unusually persuasive, people are drawn to your enthusiasm, and you can get practically anyone to align with your vision. Just be careful not to get so carried away that you end up convincing yourself to take on more than you’re actually able and willing to deal with.

Your friends might look to you to be a leader today: They see you as someone with big ideas and the confidence to make them actually happen. This could be exciting for you, particularly if you’ve got plans you’re eager to get started on — but it could also be surprisingly stressful. Just because you appear competent and organized, that doesn’t mean you actually feel that way. If you’re worried you’ve gotten in over your head and would prefer to take a back seat, say so.

It’s important to know when to open up about your feelings, and when it’s better to hold back. Today, it’s even more important to know who you can be vulnerable with, and who you should be more cautious around. As much as you’re yearning to be seen and understood, don’t rush to share with people who haven’t yet earned your trust. For now, it’s better to build new relationships slowly and steadily, trusting that your connections will deepen over time.

Occasionally, you suspect that your friends are just humoring you. You’ve got so many interests and opinions, and although others are polite, you worry they’re uninterested — or just unable to keep up. Today, though, you’ll have an easier time getting other people excited about the same subjects as you. You have both the enthusiasm, and the ability to express yourself in a way that your friends will understand, so make the most of it.

Sometimes, it’s necessary to devote yourself to tasks you don’t genuinely care about — whether that means things that are important to the people you love, boring administrative work, or just your boss’s lofty expectations. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but today, try to minimize your time spent on activities that don’t matter to you. You’ll have time for that later; instead, prioritize following your own curiosity. It might lead you to surprising places, and you’ll miss out if you’re too busy satisfying everyone else’s expectations.

Being around the wrong people can feel draining; you have to work so hard to keep the conversation flowing smoothly, and you don’t feel like you get anything in return. Being around the people who get you, on the other hand, is life-giving: You amplify each other’s energy, and you both come out of the interaction feeling reinvigorated. If you’re feeling low or discouraged today, spend time with the people who make you feel best about yourself; it’ll help more than you realize.

Sometimes you get the sense that your friends aren’t being honest with you; they might say that everything’s fine, but you can sense that there’s more to the story. Today, you’re likely to be even more perceptive than usual, able to read between the lines and pick up on the hidden messages. This might help you to connect with the people you love — just be careful not to come across as intrusive. Your friends deserve their privacy; trust that they’ll tell you the important stuff when the time is right.

Although you’re good at working independently, you sometimes end up expending more energy than necessary that way. While you could manage everything on your own, it’ll be time-consuming and exhausting; you’d get there faster if you asked for help. Today, especially, is an ideal day for creative collaboration; instead of trying to solve all your problems single-handedly, you’ll find solutions in half the time if you include your friends.

Once you decide on a plan, you try to stay the course no matter what. While some people are always waffling, changing their mind with every mood shift or losing their nerve once they come up against an obstacle, you’re more stubborn than that. Just remember that sometimes there really are legitimate reasons to alter your plans. Today, don’t be needlessly inflexible: If your gut is telling you that it’s time to update your goals or strategy, pay attention.

Lately, you’ve been uncharacteristically hesitant to speak up about your ideas: You’re afraid that you haven’t thought them through deeply enough, that you’ll seem foolish and ill-informed. But the more you get used to holding back, the scarier it is to start talking again. Today, stop worrying so much about saying the “wrong” thing: If you express yourself with confidence and a willingness to learn, others will respond well, even if you stumble over some of your words or get a few of the details wrong.

In general, you give excellent advice, and today is no exception. If anything, your wisdom is even sharper and more helpful, and your friends would do well to heed it. The problem, of course, is that others don’t always listen: Even if it’s abundantly clear that you’re right, they could insist on doing something different. It might be frustrating, but remember that you can’t force anyone else to do what you think is best: Share your perspective, but accept that they’ll make their own decisions in the end.

hen you’re unsure about what you truly want, you do your best to keep as many options open as you can; you’re not someone to carelessly burn bridges. Mostly, this mindset serves you well, but sometimes you end up spending too much energy trying to keep every potential future available to you. Today, remember that you can’t hold onto all the possibilities forever — and more than that, you wouldn’t want to. Deep down, you know what you want, and it’s okay to let go of the choices that don’t align with that.

You’ll probably be even more introspective than usual today, and there’s a good chance you’ll have major revelations about who you are and what you want. But along with your increased thoughtfulness, you might also become extraordinarily self-critical. The longer and harder you reflect, the more easily you can convince yourself that you’re irredeemably flawed. Don’t give your negative thoughts too much credence: Note them, but trust that things probably aren’t as bad as you fear.

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