Aries

Instead of leaping into your day the moment your eyes open, create a rejuvenating morning and night routine that is easy to integrate into your everyday life. Prioritize winding down before you go to sleep instead of staring at your phone screen until you eventually drift off. Make sure that you use your allocated time off from work, even if it's just to spend the day relaxing at home.

Taurus

Balancing passive and active energy in your life is the best way to practice self-care. After every activity that carries yang energy (anything action-based and goal-oriented), follow it up with an activity that is more yin (flow-based and creative). Discovering new passions or hobbies, particularly with loved ones, will fill you with warmth and joy.

Gemini

The best way to practice self-care regularly is to make sure that you are conscious of what you consume, whether that's what you eat and drink, consume through the news, or who you follow on social media. Every choice that you make should be healthy for your body, mind, and soul. Taking care of your body and physical space is essential: try to move your body by stretching each day and keep up with decluttering your home and workspace.

Cancer

You crave a balanced inner-self and personal life to reflect the harmony you like to see in the world around you. Great boundaries are the way forward. Work through your insecurities each day instead of allowing them to develop into unhealthy comparisons between yourself and others, and work on any feelings of guilt you may have for putting yourself first. Treating yourself to spa-like treatments such as massages, facials, hot tubs, and manicures now and again will also help.

Leo

The best way to take care of yourself is to regularly practice getting to the root of your emotions and experiences. Alter your weekly goals and to-do list if you notice you're getting lazy or if you get hyper-fixated on reaching extreme heights in the shortest amount of time. Explore your deepest and uncomfortable emotions with honesty. There’s no gain from being in denial of your feelings; your frustration, unhappiness, and jealousy deserve to be worked through in healthy ways.

Virgo

The best self-care practice for you is to exercise your freedom by doing something spontaneous and outside of your routine. During your regular working week, how much time do you allocate to doing something with the sole purpose of making you happy? How often do you learn something, not to put the information to efficient use, but through the pure expression of interest and enthusiasm? Starting your day with reflections and gratitude will take your personal growth to tremendous heights.

Libra

Giving yourself the reassurance you need at regular intervals is the best way to take care of yourself. Don’t wait for moments of doubt to remind yourself of everything you’ve accomplished in life — and don’t just focus on your material achievements either! Honoring yourself by saying no and upholding strong boundaries will help you to strengthen your relationship with yourself.

Scorpio

Self-care for you may look like catching up with your friends and family to get a break from a heavy work week. Monitor and limit your use of devices and social media, especially when it evokes negative feelings and reactions from you, and prioritize socializing face-to-face. If you work a structure 9-5, try to be as free, creative, and independent as you can during your free time to balance the energy in your life.

Sagittarius

Get into the habit of checking in with yourself each day. Do this in reflection, journaling, or by having an open conversation with someone you trust. If you make it a regular practice to address your feelings, it’ll become easier to understand how your emotions influence your behavior and how you can be vulnerable with others. Creating playlists suited to your moods is a great idea if you struggle to make sense of how you feel.

Capricorn

Start your day off right by reciting affirmations in the morning. If you get into a healthy and happy state of mind at the beginning of your day, it’ll be easier to maintain your inner peace, even when you run into obstacles and challenges later on. Affirmations should be positive and uplifting rather than outcome-focused — try, 'I will try my best and that's what matters' instead of 'I will get X done today.

Aquarius

Getting grounded is the best way for you to care for yourself, especially when you have spent prolonged times using your mental energies. Try to spend time in natural surroundings once a day. Walk barefoot in a park or garden, feel the sun on your skin, and the breeze in the air. If you find that you don’t have a reason to get out, dress up and take yourself on a lunch date!

Pisces

The best way to practice self-care is by exercising your mind in intentional and focused ways. You’re a natural visionary, but using your ideas in practice is just as important as time spent dreaming. Try to journal as often as you can; short extracts about your daily intentions, weekly goals, or waking feelings will provide greater clarity and structure to your inner self.

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