Your Weekly Horoscopes by Madame Clairevoyant: April 13–19
Early Wednesday morning, Mercury — no longer retrograde and finally moving forward again — enters independent, often impatient Aries. For roughly the next three weeks, you could be unusually bold. Even if you typically tend to be thoughtful, even wishy-washy, you’ll now feel empowered to make a choice and act on it. Then Thursday night, Mars enters proud and loyal Leo, where it’ll stay until mid-June. If you’ve felt insecure or uncertain about your goals lately, that self-doubt might fade away now. Finally on Saturday, the Sun enters Taurus, giving you the power of persistence. No matter how accommodating you usually are, Taurus season is the time to stand up for yourself and remember that your happiness is worth fighting for.
Aries Weekly Horoscope
Sometimes you feel the need to temper your energy. Maybe you worry you’re “too much” for the people around you or that your exuberance will exhaust the people around you. But as necessary as it is to be thoughtful about your impact on others, you need space to be fully yourself, too. So this week, stop trying to shape yourself into what you imagine others want. If you give yourself the freedom to just be you, people will likely respond better than you’d feared.
Taurus Weekly Horoscope
If you could have your way, you’d settle all your arguments definitively before moving on with your life — but in reality, that rarely happens. Even if you still haven’t resolved an issue, the world keeps spinning, and you have practical matters to take care of; often, the problem just seems to fade out of sight without any real resolution. This week, though, it might be time to revisit old conflicts. There’s no use in dwelling on them indefinitely, but right now you may have a second chance to finally put them to bed.
Gemini Weekly Horoscope
You’re confident in your opinions, but you’re also aware that you don’t know everything, so you try to stay open to new information and different perspectives. But this week, the best thing you can do is stop hedging: It’s always possible that you’ll change your mind later, but for now, be assertive. Move with confidence, even if you don’t feel totally sure of yourself. “Faking it until you make it” isn’t always the right strategy, but if you’ve been stuck in a rut lately, it can help you break free.
Cancer Weekly Horoscope
When you’re stressed, it can be tempting to cocoon yourself in the safety of familiar people and places. Not putting yourself out there means fewer opportunities to make mistakes. But there’s no way to insulate yourself from every possible risk, and right now, especially, making your life smaller will leave you feeling restless and dissatisfied. Leaving your comfort zone can produce some stress, but it’ll ultimately be worth it.
Leo Weekly Horoscope
You generally prefer to express yourself straightforwardly and take the most direct route to your goals. In reality, though, that’s not always practical — the more obstacles stand in your way, the more winding your path becomes. Lately, especially, it feels as if you’ve been zigzagging through life, and while it might not be ideal, you’ve managed. This week, some of the roadblocks might finally be cleared away: You have the opportunity to push forward directly, so enjoy it.
Virgo Weekly Horoscope
It frustrates you when people act like hard work always pays off — it feels as though you’re always putting in tremendous effort, only to get nothing in return. If you’ve experienced disappointments recently, give yourself time to feel your sadness, but try not to stay down for long. Once you dust yourself off, you’ll realize that your work wasn’t wasted after all. The path may have been more circuitous than you would have liked, but even when you felt lost, you were still making progress.
Libra Weekly Horoscope
You tend to be highly aware of the way your actions affect those around you, and if you can tell that you’re making the wrong impression, you adjust accordingly. You’re especially sensitive about taking up too much space and hogging all the airtime in a conversation; as much as you want to be noticed, you don’t want to overshadow everyone else. But this week, you’re probably going to attract attention no matter what you do, so use it to your benefit.
Scorpio Weekly Horoscope
You’re probably reluctant to do much in the way of self-promotion — as much as you want your work to be noticed, bragging about yourself feels vaguely wrong. But as nice as it would be if everyone else flocked to you without even needing to be asked, that’s rarely how it works. This week, don’t be afraid to make an active effort to put your name out there. If you want to be noticed, stop waiting around for other people and start making a case for yourself.
Sagittarius Weekly Horoscope
Lately, you’ve been too consumed by stress to enjoy yourself much. All your energy has gone into ruminating about the problems in your life and anxiously stewing over what could go wrong. It’s not unreasonable to worry — but that doesn’t mean it’s helpful, either. This week, try to refocus on having interesting experiences and making the most of your time, not just preempting every possible hurdle. You can’t eliminate all the stressful parts of life, but you can commit to living fully in spite of them.
Capricorn Weekly Horoscope
In theory, you understand the importance of collaboration, but in practice it can be stressful. It’s not always easy for you to set ego aside so that you can focus on the needs of the group; relying on other people requires a level of trust that you sometimes struggle to access. But this week, you’ll be left unsatisfied if you stubbornly try to manage everything on your own. Cooperate with others, even when it’s uncomfortable, and you’ll ultimately be glad you did.
Aquarius Weekly Horoscope
Sometimes disagreements with the people you’re closest to are unpleasant, even a little nerve-racking. You worry they signal a breakdown in the relationship, a rift that you won’t be able to repair. This week, though, remember that arguing can sometimes be fun, too. Having someone to good-naturedly spar with can help you to clarify and refine your own thinking — or change your mind. Healthy conflict can be generative and surprisingly enjoyable, so don’t shy away from it.
Pisces Weekly Horoscope
Some people seem to need constant stimulation; otherwise, they get antsy and bored. You, though, enjoy your own company and are comfortable sitting back and quietly reflecting on your life. This week, though, you might find that you have more energy than you know what to do with — and it’s important that you find an outlet for it. No matter how content you usually are on your own, what you need right now is action, forward motion, and a sense that you’re contributing to the lives of the people around you.
Read the weekly horoscopes for the week of April 6. The weekly horoscopes for the week of April 20 will be online next Sunday.
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