Permission to Be Human
You hold yourself to standards that would break most people, Capricorn, and today the stars gently ask: who set those standards, and do they still serve you? There is a difference between excellence driven by love of craft and perfection driven by fear of inadequacy. Examine which engine is running your life right now, and if the answer unsettles you, consider that the examination itself is an act of courage. Your wellness today hinges on one radical act: doing less. Not because you are lazy — that word does not exist in your vocabulary — but because your nervous system needs proof that your value is not contingent on your output. Take a bath in the middle of the afternoon. Read a novel instead of a business book. Let the dishes sit in the sink for one evening. These small rebellions against your own impossible standards are medicine of the highest order. Your body responds to rest the way dry soil responds to rain — eagerly, gratefully, with immediate and visible renewal. You do not need to earn rest, Capricorn. It is not a reward for productivity. It is the soil from which productivity grows.