Horoscope For Today: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

June 12 seems to be cursed with bad mojo. On this day in 1963, Civil Rights icon Medgar Evars was shot dead in Mississippi. The next year, Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison. In 2016, forty-nine people were murdered at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL.

Why might this be? As with everything, let’s look to the stars. Today’s first celestial transit explains June 12’s track record of bad vibes:

• Mercury Square Saturn: The first planet from the Sun is perched 90 degrees from the sixth, a celestial configuration that spells potential trouble. Mercury guides communication and information-processing, whereas Saturn is the planet of karma and facing obstacles. This toxic brew combines to create pessimism, sadness, and feelings of loneliness and insecurity. It makes communication especially difficult. Whatever you express to others may wind up being misunderstood. It’s best to postpone any decision-making. It’s crucial not to break bad news to anyone else unless it’s an emergency.

• Moon Enters Virgo: The Moon represents unconscious emotions. Virgos are known for being reliable, practical, and detail-oriented. But Virgo dominates the moon in this pairing, meaning that those who tend toward being emotional (hello, water signs!) have a rare chance to focus on what can be seen and measured rather than what can be felt. If you normally tend toward feelings rather than responsibility, Moon in Virgo invites you to listen to your brain rather than your heart. You may even find it refreshing.

Here’s what June 12 will bring for each zodiac sign.

Aries

You’re a passionate, fiery, aggressive, and confident fire sign who’s symbolized by the Ram. But beware—Mercury in tandem with Saturn are urging you to take a chill pill and refrain from lashing out or making rash decisions today. Until tomorrow, pretend as if a tiny dark cloud is hovering right above your head, poised to strike you with lightning if you do anything impulsive. Instead of stampeding like a Ram, take a break and lie down like a Lamb. Bask in the sunshine. Absorb early summer’s fleeting beauty. Watch a movie. Read a book. Focus on feelings rather than logic.

Taurus

Since the Moon is your ruling celestial body, pay attention to Moon in Virgo. We all know that you’re a water sign who oozes emotions like a squeezed mop, but for one day of the year, take a chance at being practical rather than emotional. Don’t allow your legendary taste for life’s finer things lead you into making a hasty, costly, and potentially perilous decision. In other words, don’t order the $200 caviar as an appetizer at the seafood restaurant. Instead, stay home, open a $2 foil packet of tuna fish, pour a teaspoon of salt over it, close your eyes, and eat it. You won’t be able to tell the difference. Trust me when I say that caviar is one of the biggest scams ever perpetrated upon a gullible public.

Gemini

Moon in Virgo is your key aspect, so don’t make any impulsive decisions. Actually, it’d be better if you stayed in bed and didn’t make any decisions today. Have you been troubled by a leaky faucet in your bathroom but don’t have the money to pay a certified plumber to fix it? Then wait until you have the money. If you impulsively hire some self-described “handyman” who says they’ll charge you less than a pro would, your bathroom will wind up looking like a nuclear bomb hit it, and you’ll pine for the days when a leaky faucet seemed like a big problem. You’ve been warned. Ignore my advice at your own risk.

Cancer

As with the other water signs, Moon in Virgo provides you with a rare (and, ahem, much needed) chance to focus on practical matters rather than affairs of the heart. You’ll know exactly what I’m talking about when I say there’s someone in your life who’s bad for you, but you keep them around because they’re charming and funny and sexy. Your brain has been urging you for a long, long time that you need to distance yourself from this person to avoid an eventual and inevitable catastrophe. Stop being their sucker. Ignore their calls today.

Leo

Admit it—lately you’ve been plagued by negative thoughts, anxiety, insecurity, and a nagging sense that huge parts of your personal life need a radical overhaul. For the most part, these instincts are completely justified. But since you are a fire sign represented by the Lion and ruled by Mars the warrior planet, your initial impulse is to take direct action and slay all the demons that have been plaguing you. But Mercury Square Saturn advises you to hold back from making your move today, because it could blow up in your face. Instead, draw up your battle plans. Scheme. Plot. If you’re so inclined, even do a little conniving and mild back-stabbing. Those demons will still be there next week. That’s when you can slay them.

Virgo

You are celebrated for being one of the most hardworking, reliable, practical, and detail-oriented of all the signs. But today, stop focusing on the details, pull the camera back, and look at the bigger picture. You may be missing the forest for the trees—or, as the Gospels say, you may be spending so much time trying to strain a gnat out of your drink that you wind up swallowing a camel. Take heed: If you get so wrapped up arguing with someone online, you won’t notice until it’s too late that your house is on fire.

Libra

Any decision you make today is likely to be the wrong one—well, except for the decision to not make any decisions today. Normally it’s a bad thing that you tend to be indecisive, but the celestial aspect of Mercury Square Saturn is begging you to procrastinate. The Swift Planet (Mercury) and the Ringed Planet (Saturn) want you to hold off from finishing that project or making that giant leap. The world isn’t going to end at midnight. So for today, continue your unbroken pattern of inconsistency. Tomorrow, or next month, or ten years from now, you can mix things up and make a decision or two.

Scorpio

You are known for being dark and mysterious and intense, but we’re now in the longest and warmest days of the year. Would it kill you to crawl out of your crypt and take a long stroll in the park? I won’t tell anyone if you shed your vampire costume and go roller-skating in a tank top and short-shorts. Take a break from basking in the blue light of watching old silent German horror movies and let the summertime sun caress your face. Take a walk on the bright side.

Sagittarius

Someone from your past will reach out to you. Just hearing from them will conjure places and sounds and sights and scents you haven’t thought about in a long time. You had so many good memories together, but if you were meant to be long-time friends or lovers, you wouldn’t have grown apart. The dilemma you face will be whether or not it’s worth it to answer them. It’s up to you to decide whether reliving the good times will outweigh dredging up all the bad times.

Capricorn

Loudmouths think you’re stuck-up, when you’re actually just very shy. Assholes think you’re uptight when in reality, you’re very considerate. But being a good person in a world of deadbeats and liars and cheats is poison for the soul. Keeping your word and meaning what you say can make a person frustrated and miserable when you’re surrounded by jerks and schmucks. So for today, do something fun. You don’t have to go skydiving in the Himalayas or snorkeling in the Great Barrier Reef, but take a break from being responsible and live a little. Put the chores aside for at least one day. You’ll thank me.

Aquarius

Saturn is your planetary ruler in traditional astrology, so heed its close relationship with Mercury today. You may feel a negative energy drawing you toward anxiety and worry and doubt, but resist it. Life has never thrown you a problem that you weren’t clever enough to solve. You have slalomed your way around crises that would flummox and stymie most ordinary people because the planets have imbued you with a bold stoicism that enables you to realize anxiety is useless unless it leads to action, and worrying never did anything besides turn someone’s hair gray.

Pisces

Pssst—wake up, astral traveler! Moon in Virgo tells you to pull your head out of the clouds and plant your feet firmly on the ground. Swap out your excessive and often theatrical displays of emotion and deal with one of your problems logically rather than intuitively. Quit pondering the cosmos long enough to, I dunno, clean your room? Stop meditating and balance your budget. All of us are a mix of spiritual and practical, but it’s high time for you to do something boring and productive.