Taurus — today

Your family has you pegged, and you know it. Not as a person, really, but as a *function.* The one who turns up with food. The one who doesn't cause scenes. The one who, when there's a crisis, quietly absorbs it like good sponge cake and says nothing particularly unhelpful. *Venus in Libra*, tidily *sextile Mercury* today, has the charm offensive running smoothly. You'll say the right thing at the right moment, smooth something over that you didn't even start. You're very good at this, and it costs you every time. *Mercury opposite Pluto* is the bit that wants you to notice what's underneath the smoothing. You keep the peace because you cannot stand the alternative, and that is a preference, not a personality. There's a difference, even if you've spent thirty years pretending there isn't. Someone in your family will say something tonight that they'll immediately regret. Watch what you do with it. You'll probably absorb that too.