angstoic.com Astrologer, Ang Stoic
It’s rough because this is precisely the time when we should try to reach out and understand others, hoping that in doing so, we can at least untether ourselves from some cumbersome karmic debt, or a role that’s grown too limiting, or just the constant drag of trying to live up to what they expect from us.
But it’s not easy, this balancing act. Underneath the effort to appear cool, composed or diplomatic, an old ache: the child who was never fully seen, the teenager hustling for approval, the adult who still craves recognition, even just a nod of acknowledgment from our partner that we exist, ffs.
Much as we seek independence and autonomy, we’ve been raised in the cult of codependence. Smile, be nice to your sister, keep the peace with the neighbours… it doesn’t land so easy these days because it just feels so blatantly insincere. Our exile from the mutual buttkiss club is official, and the road back is permanently blocked.
But to be brutal?
As a species, we have become increasingly thin-skinned, brittle and flaky, and we can’t stand the truth-be-told route one bit. Fuck. Why does Libra always throw us into such dilemma? If the exchange feels hollow or self-serving, it leaves us colder, lonelier. We crave realness—but can’t fucken handle it when it stares us down.
Tuesday’s First Quarter Moon highlights this matter, especially if cardinal planets or angles near 7º of Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn are strong— you might be seeking approval or validation from others, especially those in authority or power, hoping their blessing will help stabilise a shaky sense of self, but you get stiffed instead.
It may feel hopeless, but the deeper conflict isn’t new—it stretches way back. There’s something of the child still present here: the part of you that wasn’t seen, or was asked to perform in order to get along. You may notice now how easily you slip into diplomacy or role-play, kinda faking it along, smiling nervously through the uncertainty, crafting every response for maximum acceptability.
But where we’re at, the Capricorn Quarter Moon’s not buying any of the flimsy façade—it will expose it. It calls you to examine whether the person you’ve presented is the person you actually are. Interpersonal frictions, awkward silences, or seismic shifts in group dynamics may indicate where your strategies are misfiring or feel untrue.
There’s no need to blow it all up to the level of a Netanyahu, a Trump, or a Putin. But there is a need to drop the pretences. Everyone sees through them anyway, so release people from the impossible job of propping up your bullshit self. Stop playing the role, cut the whoppers, and—much as it’ll probably kill you—dare to be your true self.
There’s a lot of hurt, on every level, and if you can wait until Tuesday, I will stop by (cosmic bus) and lay it all out for you. Be kind to humans, be a human kind x
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