Your weekly love horoscopes are here, and they’re actually all pretty good

Sorry to bum you out, but this week is a really good one to (cringes) bunker down and get shit done.

Trust me, this isn't the horoscope I wanted either — but it's important to lay the groundwork before the holidays are in full-swing and you've got nothing to worry about other than which high school boyfriend you're going to hook up with (again) and how much of your uncle's liquor you can throw back before he notices.

Here's everything the stars have in store for you this week, featuring illustrations by Lucy Turnbull for babe.

ARIES

You deserve a gold star and a pat on the back this week, because for once you're ahead of the rest of the signs in terms of laying groundwork with relationships. Planning's not really your thing, I know.

You've been looking ahead for the past few weeks, which means you'll get to reap the benefits a bit sooner than everyone else. And by "reap the benefits" I definitely mean "sex."

There's no month more romantic than December, which means there's no better time to cozy up and lock someone down before January.

They're yours for the cuffing if you choose to take on the task.

TAURUS

This week, you may finally find a reliable friend with benefits who values their independence as much as you do.

Searching for one in the past year has felt like a full-time job. One of you always ends up falling for the other — it's a tale as old as time, I know. But this one will understand the boundaries you've set for them.

They'll be at your beck and call when you desire, but won't blow up your phone when you're busy working or engaging in a drunk gossip-session with your girls.

. . . Just be careful not to fall for them because we both know you will.

GEMINI

If lately you've felt like a side-piece, it's because you are.

That doesn't have to be a bad thing, though! Sometimes being someone's "something" allows you to realize you deserve to be someone else's "everything." Always the twin, it's time you finally get your fair share in this fucked up romantic landscape of ours.

The sooner you realize that, the better. So use this week to leave bad energy behind, and begin thinking about the future instead. There are way better things ahead than anything you could find here.

CANCER

My little Crab! It's been such an emotionally taxing week for you and your sensitive self. Perhaps you've cried a few times, or maybe you've managed to hold it all in. But it was worth it.

It's impossible to move forward before you've allowed yourself to reflect on the past, and sometimes that means allowing emotions to take hold.

Take a deep breath, use the rest of this week to release the things — and people — no longer serving you, and then use that energy as closure to move forward. Even if it's hard now, you'll feel so much better for it in a few days.

LEO

If last week felt dry, this week the rains will come to nourish you. And you know what they say: When it rains, it fucking pours.

Just don't allow your choices to spiral too far out of hand, because right now you should be focusing on yourself just as much (if not more) than you're focusing on others.

You may have to make an important choice soon regarding two people you're interested in (or who are interested in you) and you'll want to have a clear head for that.

The sooner you sort it all out, the better.

VIRGO

As obsessive as you are, this week you're going to have to trust love to take the reins which can often feel like work to you.

There are going to be a number of things that are romantically out of your control, but it's all going to end well, so you can stop panicking now and take a damn breath.

You get to sit in passenger seat, so enjoy it while it lasts. Sometimes two people are allowed to wear the pants in a relationship.

Jeez, it's 2017 after all.

LIBRA

Another week of playing hard to get and I hate saying this, but this time it'll work for you.

It takes a crazy one to put up with a crazy one, and the rest of us are glad because we're tired of your bullshit. Just don't let yourself get too distracted by this person — or at least any more distracted than you've already been.

You've never been one of those girls who's attached to someone at the hip, and you're not about to become one no matter how much attention they're finally paying you.

SCORPIO

This week, you may finally, finally (for the love of god) stop going back to that one same piece of shit you've been continuously thinking about for months.

You've really tested some of your friends lately and you're lucky they chose to stay by your side through all of your 3 am bullshit. But we're cleansing and leaving the drama behind now.

No toxic losers, no fuck boys, now it's all about you (and maybe a good one if you can find them).

Praise Jesus, Hallelujah!

SAGITTARIUS

Sag, baby! You've been a little bitch lately, but you have room to repent this week. And if you do, you'll have some good love-karma headed your way.

Use this time to reassess what you wish you'd done differently lately, and then implement it for once in your messy, fucked-up life.

Your chilled out attitude will appeal to both new and old flings, and not only will you become one of the most desirable signs in coming weeks, but the luckiest.

Why do good things happen to bad people!?

CAPRICORN

Get off the damn dating apps and get ready to meet someone elsewhere because you're going to be feeling extremely personable this week.

Other people will be super attracted to your magnetic personality, so don't be surprised if you have strangers coming up to you asking you about yourself.

However, if they get all creepy about it, feel free to knee them in the balls and leave. Just try being a bit nicer to some of the randoms who come your way. They're (sometimes) not all bad.

AQUARIUS

This week, you'll finally find some peace and realize you don't need to worry about a specific someone all the fucking time.

You'll have the energy to focus on other things because lately your mind has been preoccupied with them (and whether or not they're as head over heels in love with you are you are with them), and clarity is on the horizon.

Good things come to people who don't stress cry in the shower.

PISCES

You've been somewhat careless in love lately and may have ended up hurting someone's feelings without realizing (oops!).

Because of that, you'll have to be careful for any negative karma coming your way, but the universe always has a way of balancing itself out. By this weekend, once it's all behind you, you'll be feeling luckier in love than you have in months.

You may even score on something that'll roll with you into the new year. An early 2019 wedding perhaps? Toooootally kidding. Maybe like IG official?

God speed, and see you next week.

@carolinephinney