Those with March birthdays are natural givers; their generosity and boundless love do not go without notice to their loved ones. However, in order to keep balance in their life, they require a lot of alone time to restore their abundant hearts. Both of these qualities (their innate sense of empathy and necessity for alone time) are what drive someone born in March to be overly self-critical. March-born individuals feel very deeply for others which often leads to them overthinking their actions when it comes to other people: Should I have helped more? Did I say the right thing? Am I overstepping? Do they take me for granted? Not to mention, spending too much time alone can lead someone born in March’ mind to spiral into the depths of overthinking way too easily.

While those closest to someone born in March always feel their love and kindness, it’s easy for someone born in March to fall into the trap of thinking they could do more and beating themselves up because of it. Be sure to tell someone born in March how much their generosity means to you as it can help them avoid this mental rabbit hole. And if you were born in March, know that you are already enough and that anything you offer is plenty. Affirm yourself when you are not feeling whole that what you give is received, appreciated, and nurturing.

July

Known as one of the most emotional birth months, those born in July have a profound way of understanding and caring for those around them. However, while they are intuitive and loving individuals, they occasionally find themselves wondering if they receive the same care in return from the people they love. Because of their desire to find balance between the love they give and the love they receive, those born in July often find themselves torn between needing to give more or needing to recede. They can be extremely hard on themselves on both fronts and may find themselves thinking: Am I prioritizing myself enough? Do they care about me the same way I do them? Should I be putting more effort into this relationship? Am I keeping my guard up too long?

In constant search of this equilibrium, it’s hard to find someone born in July that openly wears their heart on their sleeve. Instead, they often keep their walls high until they can trust you not to take advantage of them. If someone born in July you love seems in their head, it’s likely from this ongoing internal dialogue around their desire for harmony in their day-to-day.

July, be sure to check in with yourself but avoid getting lost in your thoughts. Stay in tune with the present and what feels right in the moment.

September

While March and July native’s reasons for being hard on themselves are more nuanced, someone born in September’s is more straightforward. Those born in September are incredibly hardworking and strive for perfection in every aspect of their lives including career, relationships, health, etc. It’s admirable how determined those born in September are to succeed at the job they love or be the best partner possible to their sweetheart or maintain a fit physique despite juggling a busy day-to-day schedule. However, while this high bar they set for themselves is impressive and praiseworthy, it can lead to a lot of self-criticism if it is not met.

If you have someone born in September in your life, be sure to give them a lot of love when they feel disappointed in themself; and if you were born in September yourself, be sure to give yourself grace. Especially because you know any mistake or letdown will only further your desire to get up again and fix it. Try not to let your desire for success rule you– there is power and joy in the journey.

October

Even more so than those born in July, those born in October are oriented toward balance. They like everything in their life to be harmonious and peaceful. Because of their overwhelming desire to maintain a sense of calm in their day-to-day, those born in October stray from conflict of any sort. Not to mention, they are endless deliberators; completely indecisive and open-minded, causing them to find validity in both sides of every scenario. While someone born in October’s harmony is one of their most attractive qualities, it is also one that causes them self-doubt and criticism whenever a decision is finally made. They may find themselves questioning: Did I make the right decision? Should I have leaned more toward the other side? Did my advice actually improve the situation?

If you were born in October, remember to stay grounded in your choices when they are finally made. Life is full of decisions and it’ll only waste your time to look back and think further on them after choices have been made and your path has been set.

January

People born in January have a knack for being organized and refined. They know their boundaries and how to maintain them in order to remain composed in their day-to-day. While their type-A nature often helps them plan for disaster, chaos still acts as someone born in January’s kryptonite. When their routine is meddled or their hard work is cast off, someone born in January’s polished exterior may start to crumble because internally, they’re spiraling. When life hits hard, someone born in January may find themselves thinking: where did I go wrong? How can I make this better? People think I can take it but I am overwhelmed. Their impulse to keep their life regimented hits overdrive when uncontrollable fates enter their door.

If you know and love someone born in January, remind them that you can carry some of this weight when difficulties come their way— they are not alone. January, know that life is full of twists and turns that are sometimes pleasantly unexpected and sometimes a punch to the gut. There’s no way to tell what’s coming next; embrace that, breathe through the changes, and know that a solution will present itself with time. Patience.

Billy Ray Cyrus asked Dolly Parton to be Miley’s godmother around the time Miley was born, and Dolly said yes to a girl she’d end up calling “one of my own.” Thirty-two years later, an Ancestry.com genealogy trace found the bond was literal: they’re distant cousins by blood.

In September 2024, Ancestry.com research found that Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus are seventh cousins once removed, sharing an 18th-century ancestor named John Brickey, born in Virginia in 1740 and later settled near what became Dollywood in Blount County, Tennessee.

The tie between them started long before any DNA test. Billy Ray Cyrus met Parton in the early 1990s when he opened for her on tour behind “Achy Breaky Heart,” and he asked her to be Miley’s godmother. Parton often called it “fairy godmother,” joking she might not handle every traditional duty, but she said she knew Miley “before she ever got here.”

She played “Aunt Dolly” on Hannah Montana, and the two performed together for years, from “Jolene” duets to a “Wrecking Ball” cover on Parton’s 2023 rock album. Cyrus has said “Dolly’s been like a mother to me.”

When the cousin result came back, Parton wasn’t surprised. She said Miley “does feel like family,” and joked she’d have guessed they were closer than that.

Parton died August 25 at 80 in Nashville. Miley wrote, “I can’t believe we just lost the purest soul. Rest in Glory, Dolly. My heart aches.”

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Her LGBTQ advocacy ran on the same track for decades. Her 1991 song “Family” wrote gay relatives directly into a message of acceptance, she backed marriage equality publicly by 2009, and she spoke out against anti-trans legislation in her home state of Tennessee, all while staying rooted in her Christian faith.

Dolly Parton died Tuesday in Nashville at 80. Her nephew Bryan Seaver announced it in a video posted to her accounts.

Rest in peace, Dolly.

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Carl Dean was Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years. The couple married in 1966 and stayed together until his death, and Parton kept their life fiercely private for decades.

Parton was 80. She’d pulled back from the road twice this year over health issues, canceling her Las Vegas residency in May and missing the August 14 grand opening of Dollywood’s NightFlight Expedition ride after her Nashville doctor told her she wasn’t cleared to travel.

In a video message to fans at the time, she promised she’d see them “down the road” and said “all is going well on the medical end of things.”

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Gemini needs to speak up. Needs to ask for the recognition they’re due and the respect their seniority deserves. They can trend toward deference even when they are the most qualified person in the room, which leaves them being taken advantage of time and time again. They are the ones with the good ideas, the ones spending late nights making progress on projects, so when the compensation and accolades are due, they need to stand up and take credit for their work. Everyone has relied on them for far too long as a meal ticket toward their own goals, but it’s time for Gemini to eat. Time for them to get their bag, their promotion, their fame for all the value they bring to the table.

CANCER

Cancer needs to raise their hand and express their interest. They are so worried about being too loud and too demanding, about how many other people in the room are waiting their turn, about not looking like the ‘pick me’ person, that they bottle up all of their ideas and desires to make room for everyone else. The kind of opportunities they long for aren’t just going to come knocking on their door. They are going to have to take risks and learn to believe that they deserve a chance to try. Their hat deserves to be thrown in the ring just like anyone else’s. It doesn’t make them pushy or overbearing, it makes them a dreamer, a contender, an aspirant, and there is no shame in that.

CAPRICORN

Capricorn needs to learn to sell themselves. To summarize and distill their experience and success into resumés and self-reflections, social media accounts and portfolios. They need to get over their fear of bragging and develop an elevator pitch for their skills and services. They can provide value to others, so there’s no need to be shy about it. Let people know what you have to offer so they can take advantage of it. Can you imagine a world where stores hid their best products away in the back and never advertised them? How would anyone know where to look? Capricorn needs to apply the same lens to themselves. They can’t do a great job if no one knows they’re willing and able to do it.

SAGITTARIUS

Sagittarius needs to stop dreaming about things and actually give them a try. They sell themselves short or get overwhelmed by the time and effort things take and quit before they’ve even started. They need to set achievable goals for themselves, breaking large ones into identifiable and doable tasks they can tackle each day. If Sagittarius knew their wildest dreams were simply a manner of small chores and projects within their reach, they would have gotten started on them ages ago. They just need to get past that initial hump and learn to ditch their fear of asking for help. Their wide network is more than happy to help them along the way and share their knowledge with them. With so much support it becomes ridiculous not to try.

His latest controversy?

Webbon says despite the fact that the Bible praises celibacy and even considers it more righteous than marriage, he’d like to see the church starve older, unmarried women if they fall on hard times.

Webbon released a video of himself talking about older women who have never married or had kids. In the clip he imagines a woman “who is elderly, but she chose by her own volition because she hates the patriarchy and she hates Christ and she hates traditional marriage and all these different things. She chose never to marry. She’s 65 years old with blue or purple hair. She has no children not because she couldn’t conceive, but because she was on SSRIs and birth control and all these things her entire life. And of her own volition, she hated children, refused to have them.” He says if this woman falls on hard times and there are no longer government programs to help the poor, something he predicts will happen, then the response of the church should be ruthless indifference, or even glee.

He says, “The church needs to be able to look at her and say, ‘You starve. You starve. Glory be to God. You starve.’”

Webbon is the senior pastor of Covenant Bible Church in the Austin area and runs Right Response Ministries, a large online platform. He frames the whole thing as a test of whether women lived up to his standard: married, subservient, and having children, and says the church should withhold help from those who didn’t.

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Dolly Parton built the program as a tribute to her father, a tenant farmer who couldn’t read. She said that before he died in 2000, he told her the Imagination Library was probably the most important thing she’d ever done.

It started in 1995 in her home county in Tennessee, mailing books to about 1,700 kids. The model never changed: one hardcover picture book a month, addressed to the child by name, from birth to age 5, at no cost to the family. A kid enrolled from birth ends up with a personal library of around 60 books.

By the mid-2020s it had spread to five countries, and roughly 1 in 7 American children under 5 were getting a book in the mail every month. More than 3.5 million books go out every month, and the cumulative total passed 325 million this year. Parton often said fostering a love of reading was the achievement she was proudest of, ranking it above her music.

Parton died Tuesday in Nashville at 80. She’s survived by six of her siblings.

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The yacht is called Seven, worth about £16 million (roughly $20 million), and this weekend it was just David and Victoria on board after their sons flew home.

Victoria, 52, wore a sleek black two-piece with sheer sections, a matching sarong, and a wide sunhat to shield her face while she topped up her tan. David went shirtless in pale yellow swim shorts, showing off the torso tattoos he’s collected over the years.

The couple have been on a rolling European holiday all summer, working their way along the coasts of France and Italy. Cruz, 21, and Romeo, 23, had already headed back to the UK for their own commitments by the time these shots were taken near Capri.

David and Victoria married in July 1999 and share four children. Their eldest, Brooklyn, has stayed away from the family’s travels this summer amid a long-running estrangement.

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When Pumpkin started her OnlyFans page back in March, she made $10,000 on the first day. Now she makes $15,000 a day.

Her family is on board with her adult content career. Younger sister Alana “Honey Boo Boo” Thompson, 20, told her, “It doesn’t affect me. Girl, get your bag,” and both Alana and Mama June, 47, have promoted the account to their own followers. Her boyfriend, Darrin Kitchens, sometimes appears alongside her.

Back in April, about a month in, she said she’d already made six figures and called it more lucrative than reality TV. By the end of that month she said the total had passed $500,000.

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Concerns about her health had been building for more than a year. She postponed and then canceled a Las Vegas residency, and in May she said her immune and digestive systems had “got all out of whack.” Just last week, she told fans a doctor had “clipped my wings” and ordered her not to travel to Pigeon Forge for the August 14 opening of a new Dollywood ride, promising in a video from home that she’d see them “down the road.”

Parton was born January 19, 1946, the fourth of 12 children, in a one-room cabin on the Little Pigeon River in Sevier County, Tennessee. Her father, a tenant farmer, settled the delivery bill with a sack of cornmeal handed to the doctor. She wrote her first song around age 5, made her Grand Ole Opry debut in 1959, and by 1967 was the “girl singer” on “The Porter Wagoner Show,” where the tension of her outgrowing her boss produced “I Will Always Love You” as a farewell in 1974.

She had 25 No. 1 country singles, roughly 90 Top 40 country hits, and won 10 Grammys out of more than 50 nominations. She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999, the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2001, and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. Whitney Houston’s version of “I Will Always Love You” spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the pop chart in 1992 and 1993.

“Writing’s just as natural to me as getting up and cooking breakfast,” she told The New York Times in 2002. “I ain’t never far away from a pencil and paper or a tape recorder. I write every day, even when I’m on a plane, in the tub or on the bus. It burns in me.”

She married Carl Dean, an asphalt contractor who stayed out of the spotlight for nearly 60 years, in 1966. He died in 2025. She is survived by six of her siblings. Through her Imagination Library, founded in 1995, more than 200 million books have been distributed to children.

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