The stars have consulted your ride times and have some thoughts.
ARIES (March 21 – April 19) Mars enters your arena this month with strong forward energy, which your horse will interpret as a reason to spook at the letter C. You have done the thing. You have survived the thing. The ribbon is not the point, but you will think about the ribbon.
TAURUS (April 20 – May 20) A significant financial decision looms. The saddle fits. You know it fits. Buy the saddle. Venus reminds you that you have been saying you’ll buy the saddle for eighteen months and the saddle is not getting cheaper.
GEMINI (May 21 – June 20) Your dual nature serves you well in the warm-up ring, where you are simultaneously very relaxed and absolutely not relaxed. Mercury suggests you stop watching the other riders. Mercury is right. You won’t stop watching the other riders.
CANCER (June 21 – July 22) The moon, your ruling planet, is in your feelings this month, which is where your feelings have always been. Your horse knows. He has always known. The fact that you cried a little at the barn last Tuesday was not a secret from anyone present, including the horses in the neighboring paddock.
LEO (July 23 – August 22) The sun is in your sign and you are in your element, which is any environment where someone might be watching you ride. This is not a criticism. This is an accurate reading. Your turnout is excellent. It has always been excellent. Own it.
VIRGO (August 23 – September 22) You have made a color-coded spreadsheet for the show season. You have also made a backup. Mercury in your sixth house confirms that your horse has not reviewed either document and has his own plans. Adjust the spreadsheet accordingly.
LIBRA (September 23 – October 22) Balance is your gift, which makes it cosmically appropriate that your two-point has never been better and your canter departs remain a negotiation. Venus asks you to stop comparing your progress to the seventeen-year-old in your lesson group. Venus is trying to help you.
SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21) You remember everything your trainer has ever told you. You also remember every score from every show since 2019. This level of intensity is an asset and a burden and your horse respects it, in his way. Pluto confirms the 68.4% from the August schooling show was a fluke. You already knew that.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 21) Jupiter, your ruling planet, blesses expansion and optimism, which is why you entered three divisions at the next show instead of two. The stars support this decision. Your trailer loading situation does not. Leave twenty minutes earlier than you think you need to.
CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 19) Saturn rewards discipline and long-term thinking, both of which you have in abundance. You have been working on the same training problem for eight months with the patience of someone who has genuinely accepted that horses operate on their own schedule. This is wisdom. Most people learn it the hard way. You are most people.
AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18) Uranus, the planet of the unexpected, has been very busy in your chart, which explains the past several months. Your horse is an individual. You knew this. The judge did not score it as a strength, but the judge was not there for the whole journey. Some things are between you and the horse.
PISCES (February 19 – March 20) Neptune dissolves boundaries, which is why you are at the barn when you said you’d be home by six and why you cannot explain this sport to people who don’t already love it. You have stopped trying to explain it. This is growth. The horses understand. That has always been enough.
The Amateur’s Horoscope is written by the stars, interpreted by someone who has also forgotten her number at a show. Consult your actual trainer for riding advice. The stars are not responsible for what your horse does at the flower pot.
