January Nelson

Aries You exude confidence and strength because you know your worth and aren’t going to let anyone mistreat you.   Taurus Even from first glance, you are unapologetically yourself and couldn’t care less what others think of you because you would rather be real than play pretend. Gemini You are charming and sociable, so everyone…

Upon his first sip, Dom Pérignon—who was actually a French monk said to have accidentally invented champagne while experimenting with wine in 1693—reportedly said, “Come quickly, I am tasting the stars!” Later on, Dom the Monk had a famous brand of champagne named after him. Described by English writer Aldous Huxley as having “the taste…

If you’ve ever watched a litter of puppies playing, crawling over one another, and spinning in circles trying to catch their tails, you know there’s a deep poetry in that. Loving puppies shows you can be moved by sweet, innocent, vulnerable living things; loving poetry shows you can be moved by abstractions such as words…

Gemini They’re like a human version of a really good HBO TV show, challenging and always stimulating. And you just can’t get enough of them. Yes, they are binge-worthy but also don’t leave you feeling like you wasted your time, but instead actually learned something while being entertained. Cancer Hanging out with Cancer people feels…

Pressure makes diamonds. George S. Patton, Jr. Losing your head in a crisis is a good way to become the crisis. C. J. Redwine Everyone has faced stressful, challenging, and seemingly impossible situations. It’s part of the human condition. But not everyone reacts the same way. Some people can be completely derailed by the slightest…

Whenever the human eye focuses intently on something, it tends to blur out everything around it. This is natural and applies to both the human eye and every camera that humans have ever invented. In strictly visual terms, “tunnel vision” refers to physical malady where one’s peripheral vision is lost and one can only see…

Like a billion glimmering stars, the future shines a light on us, casting shadows that stretch beyond us toward our dark and distant past. At this moment, you are the culmination of all you have been in the past. The past built you. And what you are today is a prediction of everything you will…

Some people are just born oozing natural charm. They are sociable, extroverted, and they may be a little self-centered in the sense that they love basking in others’ attention and approval of others. They may even push it until people get tired of their insatiable egos as time goes by. Leo and Aries are two…

We are all flawed creatures, but there are psychological risks in admitting this to ourselves. God gave us just so we can protect ourselves from the knowledge that sometimes we are far less than we pretend to be. It’s our way of using an Instagram filter on our egos. It’s like putting makeup on our…

When you’re filled with the energy and exhilaration and euphoria of youth, the prospect of turning 30 might fill you with dread. Even thinking about the first gray hair, the first wrinkle, or the first mischievous little bulge of flab suddenly sprouting around your midsection is enough to send chills down your spine.

Make no mistake—success and failure are both hugely dependent on the decisions we make. Most of the time, success requires sweat, plotting, organizing, intuition, and ruthless discipline. If you do all these things, you increase the odds that you will be successful.

Although it’s never happened to me personally, I’d assume there’s probably nothing quirkier and more spontaneous than being kidnapped by aliens and whisked away to another dimension. And when I say “kidnapped,” I mean more in the sense of “swept away and taken to another, more exciting dimension.” This theoretical kidnapping would be respectful and…

You only need one piece to complete the puzzle. Here it is, based on your star sign. Aries: alone time You are a fire sign ruled by the warrior planet Mars, so you are as sociable and gregarious as they come. On any given day you’re out there like a politician on the campaign trail—shaking…

January They’ll grow bored when you allow them to make all the decisions without ever mentioning what would make you happy or contributing ideas. February They’ll grow bored when you’re too focused on work to pay attention to them and prioritize the relationship. March They’ll grow bored when they never have a say in what…

1. LIBRA Many see her as a pushover or a doormat; she just sees herself as nice. She has trouble making decisions and would rather you make them. She is so openminded that some would see her as gullible. If you say you hate Chipotle, she will say she hates it, too—even though she secretly…

Just like life, success in the game of solitaire is based on a combination of luck and skill. But unlike most of the things we do in life, solitaire is played alone. The game’s name is based on the Latin word solitarius, which means “alone or isolated.” People who enjoy playing solitaire—rather than, say, a…

1. VIRGO You are so obsessively clean, it borders on germophobia. Germs shake in terror when you enter the room—it could be said that germs have a case of you-o-phobia. With you, everything gets the white-glove treatment—twice! Not only can you eat off your floors, you can perform surgery on them. Damn you for making…

There are two types of people in this world: Those who want to be left alone and those who won’t leave you alone. But even most people who want to be left alone hesitate being direct about it, because telling someone to leave you alone is understandably taken as an insult. When another person’s feelings…