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3 Zodiac Signs Who Need To Be Gentle With Themselves This Holiday Season

ARIES

Aries, you’ve been working hard on multiple projects all year long—it’s time for you to let yourself slow down. You always feel as if you’re not doing enough, but deep down you know that’s not true. You’ve been so productive this year trying to realize your goals and obtain the life that you envision. This holiday season it’s important for you to recognize your efforts and achievements. Congratulate yourself on a job well done, but also remember your value as an individual. Your worth isn’t tied to all the successes you’ve been crossing off your list. Take some time to be still and connect with yourself again so that you can re-learn to appreciate who you are as a person outside of all your accomplishments. Take a break, Aries! This is what the holidays are for. Unwind and treat yourself. Let that tension roll off your shoulders. 

VIRGO

All year you have worked so hard to ensure that every aspect of your life is as close to perfection as possible. You’ve been stuck in your routine, meticulously working hard to ensure all your achievements. So busy you’ve been getting lost in the details that you have failed to look at the bigger picture. When was the last time you took some time for yourself? You’re breaking your back trying to construct an ideal life, but are you enjoying that life, Virgo? Stop and be still this holiday season to truly relish the fruits of your labor. You also need to slow down to take care of yourself. All year you tend to everyone else’s problems, nurturing them and finding solutions to their chaos. Who takes care of you? Prioritize your own personal needs this holiday season. Let yourself indulge a little and spend time pampering yourself. 

SCORPIO

The holiday blues have hit you with a more powerful force than other years, Scorpio. You always get sad over this time of year, but for some reason this year feels heavier than most. It’s a build-up of all the emotions you’ve forced yourself to suppress all year long. Stop running away from them, Scorpio, and let yourself just feel them. They’re horrible and ugly and scary, but this weight you’re feeling won’t go away unless you face them. Stop running from yourself. Stop running from your past. Stop running from the things that have left your heart broken. The gentlest act you can bestow upon yourself is allowing yourself to process each and every one of them. Cry if you need to. Write it all out. Channel it into artistic or creative means. Don’t feel angry with yourself for feeling the things you’re feeling. You try to act like you’re impenetrable, but you’re not. Your softness is the most beautiful thing about you, Scorpio. Sit with it this holiday season and give yourself grace.