Nobody likes hardship. People will do whatever they can to avoid it. They’ll duck out, go back the way they came, or quit all together. Some might even adopt the Ostrich policy by burying their heads in the sand or find a foxhole to curl up in until things blow over. And then there are those who happily pass the responsibility on to someone else. Whether you’re one of these people or not doesn’t much matter because whatever you’ve been putting off lands squarely on your shoulders when Mars conjoins Saturn. The irony to that moment you’ve been dreading finally arriving is the peculiar sense of relief that accompanies it. Nothing’s changed. It’s still dreadful, but somehow facing what you didn’t want to face seems easier when you have no choice. All of that energy that went into worrying and fretting is available for you to mobilize and now that you’re marshalling your forces you may discover that you really are up to the task at hand. Signs most affected: Aries, Taurus, Scorpio, Capricorn, and Aquarius