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It’s Saturday, September 13, and one star sign accepts a social invitation, while another finished off a long-running project.
There are 12 zodiac signs – Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces – and the horoscopes for each can give you the lowdown on what your future holds, be it in work, your love life, your friends and family or more.
These daily forecasts have been compiled by astrologer Russell Grant, who has been reading star signs for over 50 years. From Aries through to Pisces, here’s what today could bring for your horoscope – and what you can do to be prepared.
Your high spirits and enthusiasm are infectious. This will help you make good progress at work. You don’t just have to rely on your own steam. Friends and colleagues will choose to support your efforts and offer their help. You may also have some work-related travel to look forward to.
You’re wonderfully creative. It would be a waste not to find activities that allow your imagination to flow. If you teach, write, paint or create, you will want to work on the dozens of ideas now in your mind. While today isn’t ideal for making agreements, commitments or purchases, it will be a fun and imaginative one.
It’s a great day to focus on family matters and to make some changes at home that make you feel as if you’re getting better organised. Important decisions within the family are likely to arise. You might also be thinking about hosting a big get-together with the aim of creating lasting family memories.
Take a stroll around your neighbourhood. Spend time in a nearby park with younger relatives. Visit an art gallery. There are many activities you can enjoy with your family without spending a penny. Leave your cash at home or browse with your credit card safely tucked away.
Make it your aim to mix, mingle and enjoy yourself. Accept an invitation to the cinema, a theatre performance or sporting event. Are you single? Some light flirtation with someone a friend introduces you to will get your heart racing. Make the most of this delightful day full of fun.
You’re determined and keen to focus on matters that need to be finalised. You want to get the job done but not everyone is feeling as energetic. A colleague wants or even intends to get away with doing as little as possible. Friends are playful and creative. Take a leaf out of their book and have some fun.
Today might not be wonderful when it comes to health and energy levels. It would be sensible to avoid mixing with people who admit to feeling poorly. Eat nutritious food and enjoy warm drinks. Relax to recharge your energy.
If you haven’t seen some friends in a while, they won’t be lying when they tell you how much they miss you. Get out and socialise particularly through outdoor activities like sports and community events. You’re feeling competitive and will enjoy demonstrating your skills. Group activities will be lively.
Take any opportunity offered to mix with authority figures and senior colleagues. Remind someone of your recent achievements. People are impressed by your innovative ideas and forward-thinking plans and they will want to hear more. Expect some work-related travel as a consequence.
It has been a while since you felt this excited. Conversations and business dealings are full of positivity. Your partner and close friends will be in constant touch and interested in receiving updates. A surprise is about to sneak up on someone later in the day.
Keep an eye on your finances and cash flow. You might get into a disagreement over money or possessions. There’s a chance you will find some cash, lose some money or stumble upon something valuable. When it comes to cash and belongings, today is full of surprises.
Plan a special evening for your partner or closest friends. You have been a bit distant lately and today is the perfect opportunity to reconnect. Some valuable advice received from an older colleague or relative could change everything.
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Here is how things stand on Saturday, September 13:
A shredded Terence Crawford was booed relentlessly by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez’s fans as a Mexican crowd made the home fighter feel as if he had walked straight into the lion’s den at Friday’s weigh-in in Las Vegas.
Crawford – jumping up two divisions – weighed the same as the defending champion.
Mexican Alvarez, 35, will defend his WBA (Super), WBC, IBF and WBO titles at the Allegiant Stadium.
The 37-year-old Nebraska native looked in incredible shape, with defined abs showing despite the extra weight.
The official weigh-in was held behind closed doors at the Fontainebleau on Friday morning.
But several thousands of fans packed in the T-Mobile Arena later for the ceremonial weigh-in, which felt like a full-blown victory parade with a carnival of Mexican flags, football kits and chanting.
Crawford looked composed and undeterred, smiling amid the jeers.
Alvarez fans congregated outside the arena hours before the fighters even appeared.
Every time Crawford’s name was read, or his face flashed on the big screen, it was drowned beneath a tidal wave of boos.
When the fighters stood next to each other there appeared little difference in size or height.
Crawford first became world champion at lightweight before unifying the light-welterweight and welterweight divisions.
Thirteen months ago, he moved up to light-middleweight and beat Israil Madrimov in arguably his closest contest yet.
Alvarez, who turned professional at just 15 in 2005, has a record of 63 wins, two defeats and two draws. Saturday marks his 21st fight in Las Vegas.
His experience at super-middleweight could prove decisive. Neither fighter has been dropped as a professional, but Alvarez’s natural power at 12st may push Crawford into uncharted territory.
British legend Lennox Lewis warned Crawford about the dangers of stepping up in weight.
“It’s not really easy coming up in weight. You get hit hard and sometimes it can affect you,” Lewis told BBC Sport.
“What Crawford has to realise is not to get hit to save his energy. He’s coming up against a guy who can hit hard.
Jumping up in weight has, historically, left challengers vulnerable against naturally bigger champions.
Yet in Las Vegas this week, many pundits and fighters are tipping Crawford to win – a testament to his adaptability and ring IQ.
Crawford looks toned and muscular – not having put on weight at the expense of his athleticism – but whether he can carry the same speed, timing and precision into the ring remains the question.
He says the extra pounds have been a blessing rather than a burden.
“It’s been different because I don’t have to worry about anything – the weight room, strength and conditioning, when I’m eating and things like that. I’m as happy as could be,” he told BBC Sport on Tuesday.
The freedom has even extended to breakfast.
“I woke up and ate pancakes this morning. I would never have been able to eat pancakes before,” he said.
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani is meeting United States President Donald Trump in New York in the wake of Israel’s deadly strike on Doha this week.
Sheikh Mohammed, who is also the country’s foreign minister, has been engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity in the US since Israel’s attack on a Hamas meeting in Doha on Tuesday, which killed a Qatari security official and five Hamas members who were discussing a new deal proposed by Trump to end the Gaza war.
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Ahead of Friday’s dinner meeting with the US president, Sheikh Mohammed met US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House, where they discussed Israel’s strikes and the US-Qatar security arrangement, according to Al Jazeera’s Kimberly Halkett.
Washington counts Qatar, which hosts its Al Udeid airbase in the desert outside Doha, as a strong Gulf ally.
Trump has already said he was “very unhappy” about Israel’s targeting of Qatar, which appeared designed to derail ongoing Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks.
“The concern is that the relationship between Qatar and the United States has become increasingly complicated as a result of those strikes, so they’re looking for a path forward on both of those issues,” said Al Jazeera’s Halkett, reporting from Washington, DC.
Halkett said Friday’s scheduled meeting with Trump would “continue the conversations regarding Israel’s attack on Doha earlier this week and the negotiations to end Israel’s war on Gaza”.
The location and time of the dinner remain unclear, but Trump is currently in New York and is staying at his eponymous Manhattan tower.
This week has also seen the Trump administration engaged in a balancing act between Middle East allies and Israel.
The issue was brought to the fore on Thursday, when the US – which traditionally shields Israel on the international stage – joined fellow members of the United Nations Security Council in condemning the country for its attack on Qatar.
But in what appears to be a show of continued support for Israel, Rubio will arrive in Israel this weekend for a two-day visit before attending an upcoming UN summit on September 22, where a number of Western countries plan to recognise a Palestinian state.
That meeting signals growing international momentum towards a viable post-conflict settlement for Israel and Palestine, which was manifest at Friday’s meeting of the UN General Assembly, which endorsed a resolution pushing for a revival of the two-state solution.
France and Saudi Arabia have been instrumental in pushing for “collective action to end the war in Gaza, to achieve a just, peaceful and lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, which has so far killed at least 64,756 people.
During his visit to Israel, Rubio will speak to leaders about “our commitment to fight anti-Israel actions, including unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state that rewards Hamas terrorism”, State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement.