Your Weekly Horoscopes by Madame Clairevoyant: December 7–13
On Wednesday morning, Neptune retrograde ends, which means that after moving backwards since July, the planet of dreams and spirituality is finally back on track in Pisces. Neptune’s retrograde likely challenged you to confront any tendencies toward wishful thinking; now that it’s over, you can move forward with a clearer sense of who you are and what you need. Then on Thursday afternoon, Mercury enters Sagittarius, where it’ll stay until the first day of the new year. With the planet of communication in one of the zodiac’s most honest and straightforward signs, it’s time to express yourself openly — just be aware that if you aren’t careful, your directness could come across as rudeness to some.
Aries Weekly Horoscope
Some people seem to be constantly asking the big questions, searching for the meaning of life — but you don’t always see the point. Even if you could find the answers to all of the universe’s questions, you’d still be just one person, so you’d rather live in the moment, making the most of each day. This week, though, the big questions might nag at your thoughts anyway, so you might as well give them some thought. Thinking about your values and purpose, in the bigger picture, might be clarifying and surprisingly rewarding.
Taurus Weekly Horoscope
You’re likely to be more perceptive than usual this week, picking up on emotional subtext and nonverbal cues. But just because the people around you might be communicating in a roundabout way, that doesn’t mean you need to follow their lead. If you notice something that bothers you, you’re allowed to say so. If you can sense that someone you care about is holding something back, there’s nothing wrong with simply asking what’s going on. Others might insist on dropping subtle hints, but you can be direct.
Gemini Weekly Horoscope
This week, you might come across as a bit of a contrarian. Whenever someone offers up an idea, your mind immediately starts coming up with alternatives; when they share an opinion, you start identifying the potential problems with it. You’re probably not actively trying to be difficult, just thorough — you want to make sure you’re landing on the best option, not just the first one someone happens to mention. But be aware that others might feel a bit attacked, so do your best to look for things to praise, and not only to criticize.
Cancer Weekly Horoscope
Lately, you’ve been stressed about all the work on your plate — it feels impossible that you’ll ever finish it all. The more you contemplate everything you still have to do, the more cranky and overburdened you feel. But this week, if you can take a step back and look at your workload through a practical lens, it might not seem quite so daunting. You’re still plenty busy, of course, and you shouldn’t have to manage it all on your own — but as long as you take things one step at a time, you can trust that you’ll get through it all eventually.
Leo Weekly Horoscope
It often feels like the only way to be taken seriously is to hide certain parts of your personality, emphasizing your authoritative side and concealing the side of you that’s warmhearted and fun. But this week, remember that being taken seriously isn’t always all it’s cracked up to be — and if you can’t be your full self, it might not be worth it. Right now, in particular, you’ll probably find that if you’re funny, playful, and most of all, authentic, it’ll lead to better opportunities than if you tried to be somber, humorless, and “respectable.”
Virgo Weekly Horoscope
The busier and more stressful your life gets, the easier it is to neglect the people you love most. It’s not because you don’t care, you just trust that these relationships are steady and strong enough that they withstand a bit of inattention while you deal with other issues. And that’s probably true — but only up to a point. The people closest to you might be happy to be patient for a while, but eventually, your connections will eventually start to suffer. So this week, if you’ve been distracted, turn your energy back to your loved ones.
Libra Weekly Horoscope
Lately, you might have noticed your attention span dwindling, and in response, you’ve been making an effort to be more focused, and to stop always doing three things at once. But this week, you might struggle to tap into a place of deep concentration. There’s too much going on all around you, too many little tasks that keep popping up and demand your attention. Don’t beat yourself up if you’re feeling a bit scattered; while focus is a valuable tool, so are curiosity and adaptability, and there’s nothing wrong with leaning on them for now.
Scorpio Weekly Horoscope
In general, you try not to be too self-absorbed — you find other people as interesting as you are, if not more. But lately, you’ve spent a lot of time thinking about yourself, reflecting on your feelings, your personality, and what you need in order to be truly happy. Introspection is important, but it can only take you so far. This week, it might be time to get out of your own head and back into the world. You’ve grown so much recently, and it might be time to put some of what you’ve learned into practice.
Sagittarius Weekly Horoscope
Expressing your emotions is easy enough when the goal is simply to unburden yourself — but if you want to actually make yourself understood to someone else, it gets much more difficult. You need to pay attention to where the other person is coming from, consider their feelings, and avoid making them so defensive. If recent attempts to express yourself have fallen flat, if you know your words came out all wrong, this week you’ll get a second chance, so try to make the most of it.
Capricorn Weekly Horoscope
Even when you’re just daydreaming, or when you’re contemplating purely emotional concerns, there’s still a part of your mind that’s focused on the practical implications. You’re afraid that by letting yourself fantasize about improbable futures, you’re only setting yourself up for disappointment, so you try to always keep one foot on the ground. Sometimes, though, this mindset ends up holding you back. Life can be surprising, and you’re capable of more than you realize. At least for now, let yourself dream without worrying about the practicalities.
Aquarius Weekly Horoscope
No matter how well-liked you are, or how vibrant your social life is, you still get lonely on occasion. You worry that, as much as your friends love you, they might not truly understand you — that you have to keep parts of yourself under wraps in order to be accepted. But the more you talk to others, this week, the clearer it’ll become that everyone feels this way sometimes. And the more you can share your true inner workings and open up about who you really are, the less alone you’ll feel.
Pisces Weekly Horoscope
Though the people around you generally respect you and take your advice seriously, you don’t necessarily see yourself as a leader — you aren’t interested in telling others what to do. But this week, you might find that nobody else is doing much to offer ideas, make plans, or get things done, and so all of that keeps falling to you. And while part of you would prefer not to take on new responsibilities, you’ll find that everyone is looking to you for guidance anyway, so you might as well step up.
Read the weekly horoscopes for the week of December 1st. The weekly horoscopes for the week of December 14th will be online next Sunday.
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