That's your Horoscope for Today: a Sunday Shoe Story

Aries: Your addiction to spending money will rear its ugly head once again. Refrain from feeling any guilt and you'll get through it just fine. Paying off the minimum balance of your credit card is acceptable (just this once).

Taurus: The alignment of the stars predicts movement, so take a dance class. They say spinning in a circle will clear your head of anything but dizziness, and you're natural confidence will keep you from feeling like you're making a fool of yourself in public. 

Gemini: You'll butt heads with someone with just as much personality as you this month. If you play the situation right, you may just come out on top. Or maybe it'll be your other side that wins this time. 

Cancer: Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, or in your case just keep crab-walking. The end of the drama you've been dealing with lately will finally come, and you'll get to spend a week relaxing on the beach. 

Leo: Let the lion's pride roar this month. Speak your mind, and someone who's ear you've been trying to catch will finally listen, whether it's your boss, your best friend, or your crush. 

Virgo: Balancing your many responsibilities is becoming a bit much, so maybe it's time that you stopped juggling and straightened out your priorities. Once you let a few of those obligations drop you'll stop feeling so stretched. A margarita never hurt anyone either ;).

Libra: You'll take a trip this month. Regardless of whether you go across the street or across the seas new discoveries fill your psyche. Explore, learn, and make sure to bring your best friend back a present.

Scorpio: The god Apollo must have you in his eye this month, because you have an insatiable urge to create. You'll finally sit down to hammer out that song that's been ringing in your ear or that novel that's been kicking around your mind for years. Harness the god's influence and be inspired by whatever is your Muse!

Sagittarius: You've been in a rut lately, and feeling inspid about everything, but nothing can motivate you better than yourself. Have a spa day, go see a movie, or make a batch of triple chocolate brownies and see if you start feeling back to your old self.

Capricorn: Trust your instincts and don't go out with that guy who asks you out when you're taking the bus home from work. He might offer to pay for your coffee, but you'll end up paying in the long run. Invest in your relationships with your friends instead, since you know how to track them down if they try to steal your social insurance number.

Aquarius: You want change, and your stylist may go along with you, but think twice before you dye your hair fuschia. Your flightly nature will only regret it in a few days. 

Pisces: Now is the time for conversation, Pisces. Your dual nature wants you to examine both sides of every story, and to discover every detail behind a decision before you accept it. Just remember to examine your own mind as well as others', or you might be seen as judgmental. 

Fiery Fingertips

I’ve run out of straight up reds, oranges, and yellows to swatch, so I decided to try my hand at a more complicated manicure to fit the Aries/astrology/fire theme I have going this week. Thankfully I’m pretty good with a paintbrush already, or creating flames on my nails would have been really difficult. Though doing this pretty much killed one of my good paintbrushes, since nail polish does NOT come out of natural fibers like acrylic, tempera, or oil paint does… Next time: plastic fiber paintbrush! Besides the brush issues, creating this manicure was pretty easy. I just chose 3 complimentary shades of nail polish (in this case China Glaze “China Rouge,” “Life Preserver,” and “Happy Go Lucky”), did a double coat of the yellow as a base, then a layer of orange flames, then a layer of red flames, and a coat of Seche Vite topcoat to seal it all up. Starting with the lightest colour is necessary because lighter colours are obviously not going to show up as well over darker colours of polish (just like with normal paints), but either than that it’s a pretty straightforward manicure to do. Because I suck at painting with my left hand I only did my accent nail with flames on my right hand, but it still looked really neat breaking up the straight up yellow nails!

You Want Fireworks? I'll Show You Fireworks!

Some people say I have a temper. I’ve always said that I have a low-bullshit tolerance, and when that fails to convince people, I blame it on being born a typical fiery Aries. We Aries are dynamic characters; we’re the ones who will start the fires, whether it’s the destructive kind that burn down relationships or the kindling sparks of inspiration behind a brilliant project. I tend to try to channel my fires for good, but occasionally someone gets in my way, and they have to be dealt with accordingly. Like forest fires, my wrath can start with a single spark, and a single comment. The flames may lie waiting as simmering embers for years before I let the flames rage to consume everything in my path, even after you think that the forest has been saved. When we’re wronged we tend not to forgive easily, and like some forest fires, it’s better just to let us burn ourselves out or risk unforeseen collateral damage. Back away from the flames, roast some marshmallows, and let us run our course. You can’t truly control us, but sometimes we’ll decide to keep the fire to a single flame instead of an inferno. After all, the flickering lights and danger of the flame is what keeps the moths coming back for more.

*In no way do I condone actual arson. Destroy emotionally, not physically. It lasts longer!