The sun is in Sagittarius each year from approximately November 22 to December 22, and during its time there it encourages us to live with an expansive, optimistic curiosity.

Sagittarius folks approach the world with enthusiasm and a wide-open freedom. During Sagittarius season we are all encouraged to approach the world with openness and enthusiasm. Explore, ask questions, and travel as far as the eye can see. It offers a chance to see the big picture and embrace it, without doubt and without overthinking. Sagittarius is a fire sign, and it can, at its best, illuminate the world. At its core, Sagittarius is about the quest for knowledge, understanding, and purpose.

Sagittarius is the sign of travel, particularly across long distances — the sign most emblematic of the desire to see the world. Ruled by Jupiter, planet of generosity, abundance, and luck, Sagittarius sees the world as a place worth seeing, and the experiences it has to offer as experiences worth having.

Famous Sags: Nicki Minaj, Brad Pitt, Taylor Swift, Ozzy Osbourne, Miley Cyrus, Jay-Z, Katie Holmes, Bruce Lee, Frank Sinatra.

While the sun is in Sagittarius, you might find yourself feeling particularly optimistic and adventurous, open to experiences and activities that are unfamiliar. You might be more eager than usual to travel somewhere far away, to see the world outside the confines of your everyday life, to explore the unknown with an open, curious heart. This is a season for buses and trains, for talking to strangers, for asking questions you might have previously hesitated to bring up.

But if Sagittarius gives us the condition of restlessness, it also offers the strength to escape. And in Sagittarius season, escape can be a simple and straightforward thing — it doesn’t require cunning or trickery or deceit, just a direct, courageous bluntness. All we need to do is feel our desire — for purpose, for knowledge, for a life of abundance — and let that desire move us. Think of this not as a curse, but an opportunity to make your world, your life, your mind grow bigger. In Sagittarius season, you don’t have to plan five steps ahead; you can trust that each step you take will create extraordinary, unimagined possibilities.

The Cut (November 22, 2019)