Free Will Astrology: Week of Nov. 18, 2021

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries poet and thinker Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843) had many ups and downs. He was one among Germany’s biggest poets and philosophers, however he additionally endured extra emotional misery than most individuals. His biographer wrote, “Typically this genius goes darkish and sinks down into the bitter properly of his coronary heart, however largely his apocalyptic star glitters wondrously.” You will have been flirting with a milder model of a “bitter properly of the center,” Aries. However I foresee that you’ll quickly return to a section when your star glitters wondrously—and with out the “apocalyptic” tinge that Hölderlin harbored.

TAURUS (April 20-Could 20): Creator David Foster Wallace felt unhappy about how little of our thoughts’s intense exercise may be shared with others. A lot of what goes on inside us appears inconceivable to specific. Or whether it is doable to specific, few of our listeners are receptive to it or capable of absolutely perceive it. That is the dangerous information, Taurus. However this is the excellent news: Within the coming weeks, I consider you’ll expertise a lot much less of this unhappy drawback than ordinary. I am guessing you will be particularly expert at articulating your lush reality and can have an additional receptive viewers for it.

GEMINI (Could 21-June 20): “I by no means resist temptation,” declared playwright George Bernard Shaw. Why did he dare to utter such an outlandish assertion? “As a result of I’ve discovered that issues which might be dangerous for me don’t tempt me,” he mentioned. I suggest that you simply aspire to embody his angle through the subsequent eight weeks, Gemini. Make it your aspiration to domesticate a frame of mind whereby you’ll solely be tempted to have interaction with influences which might be wholesome and academic and galvanizing. You are able to do it! I do know you may!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Whereas nonetheless a youngster, Cancerian cowboy Slim Pickens (1919–1983) competed within the rodeo, a sporting occasion by which courageous athletes tangle with aggressive broncos and bulls. When America entered World Struggle II, Pickens went to a recruiting workplace to enroll in the navy. When requested about his career, Pickens mentioned “rodeo.” The clerk misheard and as an alternative wrote “radio.” Pickens was assigned to work at an armed forces radio station within the American Midwest, the place he spent your complete warfare. It was a secure and safe place for him to be. I foresee a fortunate mistake like that in your close to future, Cancerian. Perhaps a couple of fortunate mistake. Be alert.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): To create your horoscope, I’ve borrowed concepts from 4 well-known Leos. All of them deal with your present astrological wants. First, this is Leo writer P. L. Travers: “An increasing number of I’ve turn out to be satisfied that the nice treasure to own is the unknown.” Second, this is Leo writer Sue Monk Kidd: “There isn’t any place so awake and alive as the sting of turning into.” Third, Leo poet Philip Larkin: “Originality is being completely different from oneself, not others.” Lastly, Leo writer Susan Cheever: “There isn’t any such factor as anticipating an excessive amount of.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): I encourage you to undertake the angle expressed by non secular writer Ann Voskamp. She wrote, “I wish to see magnificence. Within the ugly, within the sink, within the struggling, within the day by day, the moments earlier than I sleep.” I perceive that taking this task severely might be a difficult train. Most of us are fast to identify flaws and awfulness, however few have been educated to be alert for magnificence and splendor and wondrousness. Are you prepared to check out this method? Experiment with it. Deal with it as a possibility to reprogram your perceptual schools. Three weeks from now, your eyes and ears might be attuned to marvels that they had beforehand missed.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Libran educator and anthropologist Johnnetta Cole wrote, “The primary signal of an informed individual is that she asks extra questions than she delivers solutions.” I agree and would additionally say this: A major attribute of an clever, eager-to-learn individual is that she asks extra questions than she delivers solutions. I encourage you to be like that through the coming weeks, Libra. In response to my astrological estimation, you’re scheduled to spice up your intelligence and lift your curiosity. A wonderful strategy to meet your appointments with future might be to have enjoyable dreaming up fascinating questions.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Some individuals turn out to be so skilled at studying between the strains they do not learn the strains,” wrote writer Margaret Millar. That is not a typical drawback for you Scorpios. You’re an skilled at studying between the strains, however that does not trigger you to overlook the straightforward details. Higher than every other signal of the zodiac, you’re expert at seeing each secret and apparent issues. Given the astrological omens that might be energetic for you throughout the remainder of 2021, I think this talent of yours might be a digital superpower. And much more than ordinary, the individuals in your life will profit out of your talent at naming the reality.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Storyteller and mythologist Michael Meade believes that every of us has an inside indigenous individual—part of our psyche that may love and study from nature, that is inclined to revere and commune with the ancestors, that seeks holiness within the acquainted delights of the earth. The approaching weeks might be a positive time so that you can domesticate your relationship along with your inside indigenous individual. What different experiences could be accessible to you as you align your private rhythms with the rhythms of the earth? What joys may emerge as you attempt to attach on deeper ranges with animals and vegetation and pure forces?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn novelist Haruki Murakami writes, “I used to be at all times hungry for love. Simply as soon as, I wished to know what it was wish to get my fill of it—to be fed a lot love I couldn’t take any extra. Simply as soon as.” Most of us really feel that longing, though few of us admit it. However I’ll urge you to position this need within the entrance of your consciousness through the subsequent two weeks. I will encourage you to deal with your craving for optimum love as a sacred power, a advantage to nurture and be pleased with. I will even counsel you let individuals know that is what you need. Doing so might not lead to a complete satisfaction of the longing, however who is aware of? Perhaps it’ll. If there’ll ever be a time when such achievement may happen, will probably be quickly.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): An article printed within the journal Scientific American declared, “Most individuals do not know when to cease speaking.” Conversations between strangers and between pals usually go on too lengthy. A mere two p.c of all dialogs end when each events need them to. That is the dangerous information, Aquarius. The excellent news is that within the coming weeks, your sensitivity about this challenge might be extra acute than ordinary. In consequence, your speak might be further concise and efficient—extra persuasive, extra fascinating, and extra influential. Make the most of this delicate superpower! 

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Since 1996, Ira Glass has produced the famend radio collection This American Life. In 2013, as a reward for his excellence, he was supplied a elevate in his annual wage from $170,000 to $278,000. He accepted it for one yr, however then requested that or not it’s lowered to $146,000. He described the big improve in pay as “unseemly.” What?! I admire his modesty, however I disapprove. I am at all times rooting for Pisceans like Ira Glass to embrace the fullness of their value and to be aggressive about gathering all of the rewards they’re supplied. So I am inclined, particularly proper now, to induce you NOT to be like Glass. Please swoop up all of the kudos, advantages, and blessings you deserve.