Weekly Horoscopes for the Week of December 27 by the Cut

Janis Joplin, a Capricorn.
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The very end of this year brings signs of relief, as Jupiter — planet of growth and luck — enters mystical and compassionate Pisces on Tuesday night. Jupiter in Pisces, which lasts until April, invites you to believe in magic, to rekindle your faith in others, and to trust that in spite of everything you’ve seen and experienced, a better world is possible. This is an opportunity to heal from the feelings of alienation that have troubled you lately, to find connection and meaning in your life once more.

Recently, you’ve witnessed enough dishonest and irresponsible behavior — not just by people in your life, but by those in positions of power too — to make you wonder whether it’s time to give up on humanity entirely. But while it’s heartbreakingly easy to figure out who you don’t trust, this week you have the much more difficult task of figuring out who you do. You aren’t doomed to loneliness; the support you need does exist. You deserve a life filled with friendship and community and love, and right now, you have a chance to build it.

Your great gift is that you can persevere through just about anything; there is no barrier high or strong enough to make you give up. But your unstoppable will to keep going sometimes makes you forget that you shouldn’t have to struggle. This week, remember that you’re more than your work ethic, more than your ability to endure. There are people who will try to persuade you that pleasure doesn’t matter in times as dark as these, only sacrifice, and it’s up to you to remember that they’re wrong.

Right now, it seems harder than ever to make sense of the universe and your place in it. What’s the right way to move through a world as harsh as this one? When your energy is diminished by stress or uncertainty or grief, what’s left for you to offer the people you love? It’s easy to get bogged down as you search for clear answers that might not even exist. So this week, don’t try to figure it all out on your own. But if you think and argue and wonder in communion with others, instead of in isolation, you’ll find what you need.

Lately, your attention keeps being drawn to the past, as though your heart only has space anymore for regret, nostalgia, and longing. You can’t live in the past forever, but you also can’t force yourself to move on before you’re able. Give yourself time to mourn what’s been lost: people, experiences, old versions of your life and self. Sometimes, it’s necessary to look back before you can move forward. Eventually, when you’re ready, your life will become sparkling and wonderful again in ways you can hardly imagine today.

Some people hold their opinions loosely and change their minds easily. But you’re firm in your convictions, and because of this, it takes tremendous courage to reassess your ideas about the world, the…