Yesterday's Horoscope for Aquarius
May 8, 2026
It can be hard not to be overcritical right now, and there is a lot of negative thinking in the air which you should try to stay clear of. What you mean as constructive comments can be mistaken for derogatory remarks by others, so attempt more than you ordinarily would to put a positive spin on things. That goes for self-criticism as well, and you should probably give yourself a lot more credit than you think you deserve.
Power Numbers: 47, 34, 19, 1, 45, 11
Born Today: Edward Gibbon, Harry S Truman, David Attenborough, Thomas Pynchon, Peter Benchley, Melissa Gilbert, Josie Maran
Quick Quote: "It's not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over."
-- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Random Fact: There are more than 250,000 rivers in the United States, which amounts to 3.5 million miles of rivers.
Today in History:
1639: William Coddington founds Newport, Rhode Island
1950: Chiang Kai-shek asks U.S. for weapons
1945: V-E Day; Germany signs unconditional surrender, WW II ends in Europe
1963: John F. Kennedy offers Israel assistance against aggression
1900: John McGraw and Wilbert Robinson sign with Cardinals
1915: 41st Kentucky Derby: Joe Notter aboard Regret wins in 2:05.4
1994: Ernesto Perez Balladares elected president of Panama
1981: Ron Davis pitches 10th consecutive strike out, 1 short of record
1985: France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1881: Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch
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