Blue Monday is here how to beat the saddest day of the year, according to your zodiac sign

Cue the New Order, you sad sacks — the gloomiest day of the year is upon us.According to some, a combination of post-holiday come-down, resolution failure, financial reckoning, and the long nights of winter conspire to make the third Monday in January the most depressing day of the year.Blue Monday was first introduced by a now-defunct U.K.

television channel, Sky Travel, in 2005.Citing a specific “equation” devised to find the exact date, the company leveraged the idea of Blue Monday to promote products to those feeling the cold, dread, and dark doldrums of January.Of course, Mondays are already maligned, with 58% of people declaring it their least favorite day of the week.

Astrologically speaking, Monday belongs to the moody, internally motivated moon and heralds a time to rest and invest before the real work begins.This paradigm was honored in the past but has been overthrown in favor of productivity.

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This year, Blue Monday falls on January 20, 2025.Combined with Monday being loathsome, January is routinely ranked as America’s least favorite month, thus Blue Monday is probable — if not expressly provable.While the idea of Blue Monday has been dismissed as pseudoscience, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) — a recognized form of depression that is activated during certain parts of the year — is very real for many.Symptoms of SAD (the most apropos abbreviation of all time) include low energy, irritability, excessive slumber, carbohydrate cravings, and feeling worthless, helpless, and/or guilty — tough stuff, folks.

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