Yesterday's Horoscope for Scorpio
May 8, 2026
Emotional self-control and feelings of distance and aloneness characterize this time. You are coolly objective about your friends and loved ones, and their shortcomings as friends or lovers. You are probably being a bit too critical and hard on them right now. This is also a time for belt-tightening and being very cautious about investments and expenditures.
Power Numbers: 43, 9, 12, 35, 30, 24
Born Today: Edward Gibbon, Harry S Truman, David Attenborough, Thomas Pynchon, Peter Benchley, Melissa Gilbert, Josie Maran
Quick Quote: "The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers."
-- Sydney J. Harris
Random Fact: The average number of guests that attend a wedding in the U.S. is 189.
Today in History:
1895: China cedes Taiwan to Japan under Treaty of Shimonoseki
1882: David Belasco's "La Belle Russe," premieres in New York City
1721: Michelangiolo dei Conti replaces Pope Clement XI, as Innocent XIII
1931: Operette "Land of Smiles," premieres in London
1942: German summer offensive opens in Crimea
1994: 500th commentary by Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes
1956: John Osbornes "Look Back in Anger," premieres in London
1993: ABC Masters Bowling Tournament won by Phil Ware
1951: Dacron men's suits introduced
1924: Memel territories given to Lithuania
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