Lately, your emotions have been intense and close to the surface; the mildest disagreements can set you off, threatening to derail your day. Maybe you’ve tried to set your feelings aside and go about your business anyway, but ignoring them hasn’t helped. So today, as the Scorpio moon links up first with action-oriented Mars and then with resourceful Saturn, think about how to translate your emotions into action. Big feelings can be stressful, but if you harness them, they can also provide useful motivation.

Part of you worries, lately, that you’re not making any actual progress. Although you’re working hard and dealing with all kinds of challenges every day, it seems like there’s no larger narrative, no sense that your small victories are leading anywhere. It might feel like you’re wasting all your energy. In reality, though, growth is happening — it’s just happening so slowly that it’s hard to notice. Change is rarely as grand and exciting as you’d like it to be; try to trust that your efforts are making a difference, even if you can’t see it yet.

When you’re struggling to make headway on a project, you tend to blame yourself first, imagining your strategy is flawed, or you’re not working hard enough. But really, you don’t have full control over what happens: There are only so many hours in the day, and you can only push yourself so hard. Today, teaming up with other people could make all the difference. If you can find someone to collaborate with, to bounce ideas off of, to complement your skills, a whole new world of possibilities will open up.

You know people who pursue their goals with a single-minded intensity, ignoring everything and everyone that won’t be helpful to them. You’re probably not anywhere near that focused — you prefer to keep your options open, giving yourself space to seize unexpected opportunities as they arise. This strategy works as long as you truly are open to all the adventures that come your way. But today, if there’s a particular outcome you’re hoping for, stop waiting around for a lucky break and start playing an active role in making it happen.

You’re an incredibly good listener. Whether people are sharing their troubles or their big ideas with you, they come away feeling heard and valued. But this can mean that you’re always letting others set the terms of the conversation, always talking about what they care about. Today, see what happens if you take the reins. Steer your conversations to the subjects you’re interested in; share your own ideas instead of just responding to other people’s. You know that you have a strong perspective; now it’s time to make sure others see that, too.

When you drastically overhaul of some aspect of your life, it can be stressful — but it also prompts immediate rewards, too. Everyone around you recognizes that you’ve undertaken something major, and they’re quick to offer praise and encouragement. But when you make quieter, slower, changes to your life, it tends to go unnoticed. Even so, today, it’s this behind-the-scenes work that’s most important. Don’t worry about making a splash — others might not yet understand what you’re up to, but you can trust that you’re laying the groundwork for big things.

It’s easy to feel like there’s a “right” way to live your life — you’re supposed to hit certain milestones, traveling roughly the same path as everyone else. The more you buy into this notion, the more stressful it gets when your life doesn’t follow the expected course. So today, take a closer look at the people around you: It’ll remind you that the so-called rules are made up. Maybe other people’s lives will give you ideas about how to live your own, but maybe they’ll just remind you that there are more possibilities than you thought.

Sometimes when you’re facing a tricky situation, you know in your heart what you should do — you just don’t want to do it. You want an easier option, one that requires less work or isn’t so emotionally taxing. It’s easy to imagine that if you only keep brainstorming, you’ll eventually land on a simpler solution. But today, stop trying to talk yourself out of doing what needs to be done. It probably won’t be as bad as you feared — and even if it is, you’ll feel better for having finally taken action.

It can feel like everyone around you is constantly pressuring you to be more accommodating. Whenever anything goes wrong in your life, they imply — maybe even say outright — that it’s because you were too demanding, not nice enough. Most of the time, you shrug this off, but lately, you’ve started to wonder whether they might have a point. Today, though, you’ll be reminded that while placating the people around you might keep the peace, it won’t actually get you what you need. Don’t be afraid to seem — or be — difficult when the situation demands it.

You have an enormous capacity for courage, creativity, and love — but you sometimes worry that you’re letting all that potential go to waste. Everywhere you look, you can see people who are changing the world, acting on their big ideas, living unique and interesting lives. In comparison, your own existence seems aimless and dull. Today, your challenge is to stop beating yourself up, and instead start making the kind of small, everyday changes that will lead you toward the kind of life you want.

When your friends make different choices than you would, or when they ask for your advice and then don’t follow it, it’s easy to take it personally. You worry it means that the people closest to you don’t value your input. But today, try to see it differently. Your friends can love you without wanting to become carbon copies of you; they can care about your opinions without sharing all of them. Try to support your friends in being who they actually are, not who you want them to be.

You prize your individuality, so you’re careful not to put too much stock in other people’s opinions. As long as you’re happy with the way you’re living your life, it hardly matters whether other people like it or not. But while your refusal to be swayed by popular opinion is mostly a good thing, nobody is completely self-sufficient. Sometimes you need other people’s help; other times you simply want their company. So today, pay a bit of extra attention to your friends’ thoughts and feelings — it won’t get in the way of your independence, but it’ll strengthen your relationships.

You sometimes imagine that taking life seriously means being stern and no-nonsense. You worry that if anyone sees you laughing or relaxing, they’ll think that you’re not a hard worker, that you don’t really care. But today, remember that you have no responsibility to appear somber all the time, and that it’s possible to achieve great things while also giving yourself permission to enjoy your life where you can.

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