VIRGO & VIRGO RISING

With Mercury about to station direct, it’s time to get serious about wrangling your wayward muses. Block out a sacred window for art-making in your diary — and stick to it. Scheduling an hour of uninterrupted creative time a day won’t guarantee that the poetry, painting, or musical bars will magically flow, but showing up will signal that you’re ready for the lightning bolt to strike. Creation is 90 percent watching and waiting, after all.