The wait is over—Thursday’s horoscope is here!The Sun will be in Cancer for just a few more days, and the Moon is in the adventure-seeking sign of Sagittarius. We are thoughtful and ready to make changes.
Perhaps it’s time to rejuvenate your existing foundations and structures with new innovative solutions. Experiment and test new routines that make you feel freer and more aligned with your future.
Your zodiac sign’s daily horoscope on July 18, 2024.
Aries (March 21 – April 19)
Create useful habits that allow you to balance your mind and well-being, as this will keep you motivated without edging towards burnout. This is a good time to observe how burnout may be inhibiting your creative power, as you’re able to take your power back to take care of your innermost needs.
You may ask yourself, “What are my core values in terms of productivity?” or “How can I streamline my projects and plans that also give me space to tend to my overall well-being?”
Taurus (April 20 – May 20)
Today, you may feel more emotionally impulsive, helping you to actually feel your emotions, not just think through them. Sometimes feelings pop up and surprise us, especially if our schedules have been busy.
Book a massage or delve into your self-care rituals that can help you listen to your inner senses. When we slow our lives down just enough, we often receive sudden insights that can help us find new solutions to existing issues or problems.
Gemini (May 21 – June 20)
This is a great time to think about how you may be detaching from your feelings and how this shapes and influences the way you show up in the world. When we can’t sense the world, we can often feel isolated or disconnected from those around us.
When we repress our emotions, they don’t just go away; they linger somewhere at the back of our minds. How connected do you feel in your body throughout the day? What activities can help you to feel more embodied and present?
Cancer (June 21 – July 22)
This is a great time to delve into hobbies and interests that light you up from the inside, as this can help you to lean into your creative and uninhibited side of yourself. You may reflect on past experiences where you chose the practical route over the creative unknown path.
You have the power to lean into your creative wisdom and trust that it’ll make you feel more alive and true to yourself. What potential opportunities or experiences do you feel you missed by not taking the more creative route, and what would you like to call in now?
Leo (July 23 – August 22)
It’s a great day to follow your instincts without over-questioning where they’re leading you. During this phase, you can develop more trust in your ability to trust your instincts and your intuition. Both can help you release the need to have a solid logistical plan that is keeping you from making needed changes in the moment. Sometimes we have to figure out the answers as we go along; there is no perfect time to make a new change.
Virgo (August 23 – September 22)
Today, you may be feeling more optimistic about your future, as your perceptions about how you want to craft your life in the long term are incredibly sharp right now. What does it look like to create strong foundations that also offer you the gift of freedom and liberation?
Instead of thinking about what you’ve already conquered, take some time to visualize what your wildest dreams feel like. The right plan involves risks. The wrong plan involves comfort.
Libra (September 23 – October 22)
Today, you may be feeling more uninhibited and liberated. You may make some relationship choices that you have been thinking about for a while and have the courage to realign connections to feel more authentic and real.
Additionally, it’s important that you take some time out of your day to think about the full impact of your decisions and don’t feel as though you have to rush the process.
Scorpio (October 23 – November 21)
It’s a good time to reflect on what your perspective of success looks and feels like to you and to remind yourself that it is okay if it doesn’t look like those around you.
We all have different paths to follow, and you may be feeling more confident that you’re on the right track. You may ask yourself, “How can I release fears around failure?” or “How can I reframe my perspective on what it means to be successful?”
Sagittarius (November 22 – December 21)
This is a good time to hone in on your strengths, gifts, and talents and put them into practical application in your work. If you’ve been doubtful of your ability to reach your one-year or five-year plan, then you may feel a burst of optimism that it isn’t as far out of reach as you may have thought.
This is a great time frame to understand the roots of your insecurities so that you’re better able to challenge the thoughts as they arise. You may ask yourself, “How can I apply my strengths and talents to achieve my desires?”
Capricorn (December 22 – January 19)
Today is a great opportunity to review how your structures and foundations are serving your growth. This is a good time to zoom in on how your foundations are effectively supporting you on a day-to-day basis.
The smaller details often add up over time, and have a compounding effect on our goals over time. Take a look at your routine and ask yourself, “How can I add some time-blocking or similar techniques to structure my day more effectively?” or “How do my daily routines set me up for success?”
Aquarius (January 20 – February 18)
Sometimes it just takes one change to see faster results, but you’ll never know if you don’t experiment. You may take a less practical approach during this time frame, which can actually help you to think outside of the box and shed self-created limitations to help you look beyond your present circumstances.
Ask yourself, “What steps can I take to be bolder in expressing my imagination in my work, hobbies, or relationships?”
Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
Today, you may have the urge to invest your focus and energy into your romantic connections or actually figure out what your needs are to feel like you’re being seen and understood for who you are.
This is a great window to assess how secure you feel in your relationships (and what actions from people that don’t make you feel internally secure). It’s important that you feel free enough to show up as your weird and wonderful wild child self.
Sade Jackson is a psychological astrologer, writer and energy healer. She writes about Jungian lore, creativity, feminine mysticism and astrology on Substack.