A downcast mood may steal over your soul like a bandit today, sapping your vitality and preventing you from focusing on your social or personal obligations. Feelings of sadness or frustration can preoccupy you, prompting you to put aside your duties and remove yourself from the company of those who would seek to cheer you up. A need to withdraw yourself from worldly matters can motivate you to seek out the singularly comforting embrace of solitude. Once alone today, you may find that your muddleheadedness lifts to some extent and that you can see into your inner self well enough to ascertain the root cause of your low frame of mind. Your emotional equilibrium will likely return after you have examined your feelings thoroughly.

When we examine not only the tone but also the source of our emotions, we can begin exploring why we feel as we do and how we can go about regaining our inner peace. Often, feelings we deem negative seem too negative to contemplate, and we avoid them as a means of self-protection. Yet emotions only have power over us when they are linked to our reactions. We can regain our ability to enjoy life by responding to negativity within ourselves constructively and courageously. As we come to understand more about what we are feeling, we can choose to ride out the wave of emotion coursing through us or to concentrate wholeheartedly on the positive aspects of our lives. Your willingness to seek emotional comprehension today will allow you to gainfully address your downcast demeanor.