Cancer Will Paint the Wall Dark Green Against Everyone's Advice, Sagittarius Will Sit on a Bench for Half an Hour

Aries

Aries won't order food through an app today. Instead of pizza at eight in the evening, they'll cook beans from the recipe their mum dictates over the phone, with pauses for "not so much onion". The beans won't be ready until nine and will be slightly too salty. There'll be some left for tomorrow - and beans are always better the next day.

Taurus

Taurus should call the dentist today about the filling they've been putting off since July. All morning they'll be more scared of the chair than of the bill. The check-up will take fifteen minutes, and the hardest part will be waiting in the corridor. On the way out they'll book the next appointment too - on their own, without anyone reminding them.

Gemini

At lunch at their grandfather's today, Gemini will hear the army story for the tenth time. They won't say "I know this one" and won't glance at their phone. They'll ask something they've never asked before - what the commander's name was. Grandpa will talk for another hour, and the story will get an ending Gemini never knew.

Cancer

Cancer will paint the living-room wall dark green today, even though their sister, their mother and the man at the paint shop all tell them white. They won't run a poll and won't spend three weeks sticking swatches on the wall. They'll buy two tins and start straight after lunch. By evening the room will look smaller and warmer - exactly the way they imagined it.

Leo

Leo won't photograph their lunch for Instagram today. They'll eat it while it's hot.

Virgo

At the market today, Virgo will buy a potted plant just because they like it, without asking the seller what it's called. They won't google how much water it needs or which window it prefers. They'll put it on the kitchen table and water it whenever they remember. It will bloom until New Year's, without a single instruction read.

Libra

Libra will pick a restaurant for the group in ten seconds today, after everyone writes "I don't mind" in the chat. They won't ask if anyone objects and won't offer three options. They'll write a name and a time. Nobody will complain, and for the first time this year the evening will start on time.

Scorpio

Scorpio won't carry the new cooker up to the third floor alone today. They'll knock on the door of the neighbour across the hall, with whom they've only ever exchanged a "good morning" on the stairs, and ask for help. The neighbour will come with his son, and in five minutes the cooker will be in the kitchen. Why do we so often think asking for help is a defeat?

Sagittarius

Sagittarius won't head straight home after work today. They'll sit on a bench in the park, no headphones and no plan for the weekend, and sit there for half an hour. The first ten minutes will feel like a punishment. Then they'll notice that the linden tree in front of them turned yellow last week, and they never once looked at it.

Capricorn

Capricorn should take a day off today, without any reason they'd put on the request form. Let them sleep as long as they sleep and have lunch at two in the afternoon, in their pyjamas. The office will survive one day, and tomorrow Capricorn will come in with a head that thinks again.

Aquarius

Aquarius will call the electricity company today about a bill that's twice as high as last month's. They'll wait on the line for twenty-three minutes, with one tune playing on an endless loop. The operator will find a mistake in the meter reading, and the difference will be refunded on the next bill. The tune will stay in their head until evening.

Pisces

Pisces will invite friends over to the new flat today, even though the curtains aren't up yet and there are four chairs for seven people. Three will sit on moving boxes. Nobody will notice the missing curtains, and everyone will remember that Pisces invited them first.