Horoscope: Wednesday, Dec 25

Perhaps you notice some weariness today, Aries. You have been much more active than usual for the past few weeks. You've been meeting new people, having new experiences, attending meetings, and perhaps even taking short trips. In the long run, will any of it further your goals? That's the question you have to answer today.

You seem rather sensitive to criticism at the moment but you must not allow yourself to get emotional about what other people say. Pretend you don’t care in the slightest what they think or feel. Put on an act and make it a good one.

You want to get away from the usual faces and places but something is holding you back. Whatever that something may be it won’t limit you much longer. Start making plans for later in the week and be ready to move at a moment’s notice.

Don’t pull your punches this weekend. Call it as you see it and if others don’t like your outspoken attitude just take it as a sign that they need to be clued in to reality. You’ve played nice long enough – it’s time to get things moving again.

You will be called on to calm things down today, which is amusing seeing as it is you who usually stirs things up! The full moon warns you need to take a balanced view of certain disputes – do NOT favor one side more than the other.

You will have to bend with the breeze over the next 24 hours, especially where relationships are concerned. There is no point trying to force people to do what they don’t want to do – even if you succeed in the short-term you will lose out over time.

Peace and harmony are in the regularly scheduled program for the day, but there is a good chance that there could be a warring force with strong opinions and vindictive tendencies. Hold onto your hat, Leo, and make sure you have your actions well aligned with your soul or else you could be thrown into a battle that has nothing to do with you.

Recent successes could lead to new aspirations to increase your socioeconomic standing. You should be feeling especially determined and confident about your future. Your plans have worked out well. You're feeling close to family, as your intuition level is high and you can sense what they're thinking and feeling. Career and relationships look promising. Enjoy!

Try not to be impatient with people who refuse to accept new ideas and new ways of doing things. As Uranus turns retrograde in your opposite sign today others will question why you expect them to change. Do you have an answer ready?

Why put yourself to the test when you don’t really have to? The approaching eclipse will make it easy for you to enlist the aid of friends and family, who will happily carry some of the burden for you. Share the load as well as the laughs.

Your intuition is operating at a very high level today, Scorpio. You tend to follow your heart by nature, so you don't always go out of your way to be logical or objective. However, more than one event could occur during the day in which it's imperative that you go with your intuition even though it defies all logic. Have a little faith and go with your gut!

Weirdness is the keyword for today, Sagittarius. You could be flooded with information from newspapers or the Internet that seems very strange to you. There's a reason for this. It's very likely to be misinformation! Don't be afraid to take it with a grain of salt, even though others take it very seriously. Hang on to your skepticism, and don't pass the information on unless you preface it with your honest opinion.

What you have to tell people may be the truth but chances are they don’t want to hear it and won’t be amused if you insist they listen. It may be a pain having to tiptoe around their sensitive feelings but on this occasion it’s also good politics.

There are some powerful emotions at play at the moment and it’s unlikely you will get through the next 24 hours unaffected by them. Whatever it is you value most is sure to be challenged. Stand your ground and refuse to make compromises.

It will pay you to keep your thoughts to yourself over the next 24 hours. No doubt there is much you would like to say but with communications planet Mercury about to turn retrograde it’s probably too late. The less said now the less harm done later.

It may be tempting to cut corners or bend the rules in some way today but deep down you know it’s the wrong thing to do. Nothing is more important than your self-respect, so play it straight so you can look yourself in the mirror tomorrow.

Today's aspects might clear up some rather sketchy ideas about your professional future, Pisces. If you long for a change, such as daring to undertake a more artistic pursuit, now is the time to begin planning exactly how to go about it. The first step is to figure out how you can make a living from it. Welcome back to reality!