With the autumnal equinox behind us, we're ready for a new year.

To see what this new year brings, here are this month's horoscopes from Rocky Paterra!

Read carefully and respectfully, as only you have the power to channel what has been written in the stars. 

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Lady Gaga - March 28, 1986

It’s time to make a change this week, Aries. Lately you’ve been stuck. You’ve become complacent. If you’re an alto, become a tenor. If you’re a soprano, become a rapper. If you’re a trained opera singer, release a spicy EDM banger under a hot pseudonym like Darkest Dawn or Sound Sparrow. Your closest friends will express how you’ve become a stranger to them. Respond by making new friends.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Adele - May 5, 1988

Do something innovative and fresh to feed your soul, Taurus. Here’s an idea. Do a cover! Take a traditionally up-tempo pop song about being on the dance floor, and like, strip it down to a touching acoustic ballad, with like, just a piano or guitar and some light percussion. You know what? Forget the percussion. You’re doing something different with this cover. Be bold, Taurus, as this has never been done before.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Paul McCartney - June 18, 1982

You feel like you’re racing with the clock this week, Gemini. There just aren’t enough hours in the day to focus on everything you want to achieve. Stop, take a deep breath, and write a cabaret. Forget your personal and professional obligations and write a solo cabaret telling your life journey strung together with a series of appropriately placed jazz standards.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Ariana Grande - June 26, 1993

You’re riding high on a creative wave, Cancer! Do something about it. Announce that you’re dropping a new album! It doesn’t matter that you haven’t recorded one. The attention you garner from the announcement alone will align center you spiritually, mentally, and emotionally. Instant gratification is your strength this week, Cancer.  

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

Whitney Houston - August 9, 1963

This week you will risk losing your sanity while using your steam inhaler, Leo. Don’t let your mind wander as you steam. Focus, concentrate, do not gravitate towards the negative. If you find that your internal monologue is nothing but a song of sorrow and self-pity, try a neti pot instead.  

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Beyoncé Knowles - September 4, 1981

Prove to yourself that you are a fun person this week, Virgo. Nobody else sees it. When you are at karaoke, let your guard down. Don’t bring the DJ your usual set list of songs that showcase your vocal range. Everybody in that bar knows that you sound just lovely singing “Reflection.” Don’t do it again. The universe is shouting at you that karaoke is not a competition, Virgo. Calm down about it!

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Usher Raymond - October14, 1978

Be careful with your hashtags this week, Libra. If you are on Instagram and use #recordingartist on a post of you singing into your iPhone microphone, it might be time to rethink your overall purpose in life. Use a more sensible hashtag like #instacover instead. Always remember that the best kind of honesty is being honest with yourself.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Weird Al Yankovic - October 23, 1959

You’ve been holding things in for far too long, Scorpio, and the only way to free yourself this week is to write a song. If you bought a mango and didn’t realize that it isn’t quite ripe yet until you got home, use that. The emotions, not the mango. Don’t use the mango. It isn’t ripe yet. If you accidentally grab a stranger’s hand at the DMV or on the bus, write a love song. We only know ourselves when we allow ourselves to know ourselves, Scorpio. Self-expression is the key.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Christina Aguilera - December 18, 1980

Avoid vibrato this week, Sagittarius. Your emotional instability provides a shaky foundation for your future. When the voice shakes, you risk crumbling to your own demise. Also, you will meet somebody who will be kind and caring to you! Don’t engage. We’re not going to risk it this week, Sagittarius.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) 

Elvis Presley - January 8, 1935

You will be faced with a power struggle this week, Capricorn. Maybe it is amongst the tenors in your a cappella group, all wanting to take the solo in the mashup of “Uptown Funk/24K Magic” that you arranged. Take the solo, Capricorn. It’s your arrangement. It doesn’t matter if you’re a bass. You need to stop shortchanging your own star quality especially around tenors, who are universally accepted as just the worst people.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Justin Timberlake - January 21, 1977

Don’t warm up your voice this week, Aquarius. Right now it’s all about trusting your natural instincts and abilities, which has been a struggle for you ever since Mercury was in retrograde in 2004. Drink milk before you sing. Eat cheese. Literally clog your vocal cords as much as possible. Your true talent will shine through, and you’ll believe in yourself once again.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Adam Levine - March 18, 1979

A potential new friend will come into your life this week, Pisces. They will tell you that they miss the good old days of real music and that artists like Britney Spears and Ariana Grande are an insult to the industry. This person is not a friend. You have free will and freedom of choice, Pisces, but cut this negativity out of your life. If your aura is infected with pretentious, arrogant fools, you are only clogging your own light and truth.

By Rocky Paterra