On Sunday night, Mercury enters chatty Gemini — one of the signs where the planet of communication feels most at home. The next two weeks are likely to be a fun time, filled with social activities, good conversations, and new ideas. Your mind is firing on all cylinders right now — but don’t be surprised if you have a harder time focusing. Then on Monday night, the new moon in Gemini is an ideal time to branch out and try something different. Don’t worry so much about whether you’ll succeed — the most important thing right now is just to try.
Aries Weekly Horoscope
Your impatience sometimes gets the better of you, and you end up jumping to incorrect — or, at least, incomplete — conclusions. This week, especially, the more you rush to find answers, the more likely you are to land on the wrong ones. So instead try to slow down and enjoy the process a bit more. When you let go of that drive to settle a question or problem right now, you can tap into your sense of curiosity. There’s no rush to commit to a course of action just yet, so take your time and enjoy the process.
Taurus Weekly Horoscope
If you’ve felt stuck lately, you might have more success coming up with new ideas this week. You’ll channel all sorts of potential solutions to problems that previously seemed utterly unsolvable, or you’ll be able to envision countless new, exciting directions your life might take. You might be less successful, however, when it comes to actually gauging which ideas might be feasible and which are just pipe dreams. For the time being, just let your imagination wander; you can decide what to follow through on later.
Gemini Weekly Horoscope
When you’re feeling insecure about expressing your feelings or your needs, it can be tempting to turn it all into a joke. You’ll tell your friends what you want, but in a lighthearted manner, so that if they react negatively, you can pretend you didn’t really mean it. Or you’ll bury your real feelings about something in a funny story. This week, though, you might need to be brave and say what you mean without sugarcoating it. Humor is a valuable tool, but sometimes the only way to be understood is to be direct.
Cancer Weekly Horoscope
Everyone around you is likely to be especially chatty and animated this week — and while you appreciate the energy, you might struggle to match it. The issue isn’t that you’re apathetic or that you don’t have anything to say; it’s just that you probably need some extra time to think before you speak. Don’t force yourself to be social if you’re not feeling it, but don’t isolate yourself either. You don’t need to mirror everyone else’s energy; if you’re more in the mood to listen than talk, your friends will appreciate that too.
Leo Weekly Horoscope
You often wish you had more control over the way other people perceive you; it’s unnerving to know that their ideas about you won’t always align with the version of yourself that you carry around in your head. It can be tempting to work even harder to project the “right” image to the people around you — but this week, see what happens if you do the opposite instead. Once you give up on trying to force others to see you the way you want, it gets easier to connect on a more authentic level.
Virgo Weekly Horoscope
It can seem impossible to make any progress in life unless others take you seriously — and so you do your best to hide the silly parts of your personality, to present yourself as somebody thoughtful and no-nonsense. But remember that you don’t need to be humorless to be respected; as smart as you are, you’re allowed to goof around, too. This week, you’ll probably find that you get farther by tapping into your playful side than by pretending to be someone who’s all business.
Libra Weekly Horoscope
Sometimes, it seems safest not to share your boldest ambitions with anyone else. You worry that if you told others what kind of life you want, they’d laugh, thinking you’re arrogant and impractical — probably because a part of you thinks this about yourself, too. But this week, make an effort to put everyone else’s imagined judgment out of your mind. They might think your goals are unrealistic, but that doesn’t mean they’re right. You’re allowed to dream big, and there’s nothing shameful about it.
Scorpio Weekly Horoscope
When you pick up on bad vibes from a person or a situation, you sometimes try to talk yourself out of your own feelings. Maybe you doubt your instincts, or maybe you just don’t want to be right. This week, though, try to trust yourself. If your gut is telling you that someone is not worth your energy, listen. There are plenty of people out there who deserve your time; there’s no point in wasting it on those who aren’t right for you.
Sagittarius Weekly Horoscope
While you aren’t rigid in your thinking, you probably don’t go out of your way to be conciliatory, either. You prefer to share your opinions freely, if sometimes bluntly, trusting that your friends will respond with their own unfiltered thoughts. Sometimes, though, you forget that not everyone is comfortable speaking up, and if you don’t actively make room for their ideas, you’ll miss out on what they have to say. This week, make an extra effort to listen to the people around you, and you’ll be glad you did.
Capricorn Weekly Horoscope
When you’re only looking for what you already expect to see, it’s easy to miss out on all the rest — moments of counterintuitive beauty, the details that complicate your preexisting notions about the world. But this week, you might have heightened powers of observation, noticing things that you previously missed. For now, don’t try to shape this information into new narratives about the world. You can figure out the big-picture meaning later.
Aquarius Weekly Horoscope
This week, you’ll probably need to be around people who can surprise or challenge you; otherwise, you’ll be cranky and easily bored. If your current social environment doesn’t seem to offer what you need, one option is to seek out people who can offer it. But there’s another choice, too, and that is to engage the people already around you with fresh curiosity. If you approach them with an open mind and a good question or two, you might find that they’re more interesting than you had initially thought.
Pisces Weekly Horoscope
You might find that you want to spend more time than usual at home this week. Maybe you find new interest in household projects, or maybe you’re just enjoying having some time to yourself. Whatever the case, you might simply have more mental energy in your own living space, without having to deal with the constant noise of the outside world. Don’t worry about maintaining your social life, if that’s not where your heart is right now — it’ll still be there when you’re ready to get back out there.
Read the weekly horoscopes for the week of May 18. The weekly horoscopes for the week of June 1 will be online next Sunday.
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