Expect a slow start today, no matter how many shots of espresso you go over your usual limit! Sometimes, your energy just needs to stay hidden in order for you to recharge and come back later.

Thank you, Astrology.com, for confirming what I have been telling myself for months. My energy is hiding so I can recharge. I’m sure in a few months, when these cloudy skies of Portland give way to sun, my energy will come back in bucketfuls. If it doesn’t, I can up my limit of espresso shots for a little while longer until I have to start selling plasma to afford my habit.

Here is your horoscope for Monday, January 9:

If you’ve always felt like you had the right to write, now is the time to get started. Read great books for inspiration. Talk with other people who are in the same boat. Then get your butt in the chair and get started.

Point taken. Butt has been firmly planted all year.

Here is your horoscope for Tuesday, January 10:

In creative endeavors, it’s always important to let your thoughts flow without censoring yourself initially. The time for editing and shaping will come later. Just make sure you get everything in your heart on the page.

My heart is bleeding, but I still have a tendency to get out the Band-aids now and then.

Here is your horoscope for Thursday, January 12:

While everyone’s lolling around in the winter doldrums, you’re pursuing your goals with fierce determination. Distractions have no place in your life as you focus on the desired outcome. Success is all but assured.

(blushing) I do realize that fierce determiniation is open to interpretation, but that last sentence had me riding high all day.

Here is your horoscope for Saturday, January 14:

The sizzle you generate right now could fuel a power plant — or two. It’s so very exciting, especially when your flirty sense of style attracts attention from some very unexpected quarters.

You could have held off on the sizzle. I’m going strong but I’m not ready for the sizzle. Come back in three months for some sizzle. I am working on that flirty sense of style. Got my haircut.