Horoscopes

Potent Pluto is irked at alluring Venus, suggesting that assorted transactions could begin to get a little crisp around the edges. If so, your all-too- likely first impulse would be to let those parties that incur your irritation know they’d best do it this way or else – which, however, may not necessarily motivate them the way that you’d intended.

Because of the kerfuffle between boss Venus and transformative Pluto, you could be dared to walk the walk regarding a personal or professional matter, or make some adjustments to the master plan. And in fact, you may want to pick up the gauntlet, especially if there is any disparity between your public positions and your private feelings on these topics.

Because Venus and powerful Pluto are in a shoving match, you may be called upon to act as nursemaid, domestic angel, or mediator for any number of acquaintances and associates. Still, it's only temporary - and since people often underestimate your capacity for warmth, rolling with it will permit you to demonstrate that are in fact capable of it.

This might be a good day to put those noise-canceling headphones to good use. Otherwise, - due to a dustup between Venus and Pluto - you may be tempted to take someone who is speaking off-the-cuff literally, which could really give you a highly erroneous idea of the state of play.

Publicly, the best move here is to take the position that “Every little thing's gonna be alright," even if you’re virtually convinced that a certain someone is going out of their way to be an impediment, or a pain in the neck. Otherwise, your might end up painting yourself into a fairly tight corner.

Venus, the planet of creativity and romance, is launching missiles at Pluto, a planet that promotes pushing the envelope. So notwithstanding any deep desire to test the loyalty, affection, and commitment of those around you by presenting them with various flaming hoops to jump through, really try not to go there.

Your seductive supervisor Venus is throwing spitballs at implacable Pluto, the planet of fundamental change. So while unresolved issues regarding creative, romantic, or collaborative situations will ultimately play out in your favor, between now and then, you are strongly encouraged to demonstrate your vaunted conciliation and flexibility skills.

Venus is shooting rubber bullets at your overlord Pluto, and you may not be thrilled with someone's behavior, or the way an arrangement appears to be coming together. Give it a day to sort itself out - and in the meantime stay cool, keep your own counsel, and refrain from engaging in power struggles, no matter how sweetly the sirens are singing "Come hither, row swiftly towards these rocks!"

Venus, planet of harmony is hassling Pluto, the planet of control, so regardless of how irked you may feel, figure out some way to play past any provocation, rather than plunging into the fray. Otherwise, a relatively trivial matter could spontaneously transmogriphy into a big, ugly, federal case.

Because Venus is clonking Pluto on the head with a cast-iron skillet, Issuing orders or casting ultimatums hither and yon could be, uh, slightly troublesome. Chances are high that such demands will engender some type of retaliatory response, to which you’ll then be obliged to react, creating an endless tit-for-tat that would put Tom and Jerry to shame.

The Venus-Pluto battle may be giving you the impression that sacrificing yourself for the good of [your issue here] might be for the best. It isn’t, mainly because the Venus-Pluto battle is simultaneously failing to inform the other parties involved in [your issue here] that they should step up and help, which could make you feel unseen and unheard – which you don't deserve.

The most effective technique for working around any personal or emotional matters that pop up in the next few days – especially those involving other people - is to exhibit extraordinary sensitivity, and demonstrating extraordinary patience. While this method probably won’t keep these issues from arising, it can prevent them from spiraling out of control.