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And that’s just the start of it. Kiernan and her team also fastidiously deliberate where, exactly, tables are placed in the dining room. It’s partially due to aesthetic reasons: the decor for the Met Gala changes every year, and therefore, the larger composition does too. Everyone needs to have a clear view of the stage, for example. And, well, perhaps not a clear view of their ex. “We try and think a lot about sight lines and where people have sat in the past. And we try to make sure someone isn’t staring into the eyes of a former flame,” Kiernan says.

It’s a task she approaches with the utmost planned precision. Perched on an easel in Vogue’s conference room is a massive foam-core board, affixed with individual velcro tabs. (The “Lilah labels” as Kiernan calls them, which are named in honour of their inventor, Vogue’s own Lilah Ramzi, are “virtually indestructible,” Kiernan says.)

Frances McDormand’s name tag peeks through from behind a plate at the 2018 Met Gala.

Photographed by Corey Tenold

The guest list of the Met Gala changes each year, which means the Met Gala seating chart does too. Yet Kiernan keeps an archive of every one she’s worked on, unintentionally creating a fascinating pop-culture archive in the process. “There have been quite a few versions of the seating charts over the years,” Kiernan says, laughing. “It’s fun for me to look back through them, to see who was invited, who was sitting next to whom, and to recall the collaborations that might have come out of that. They’re almost little time capsules of what was going on each year.”

Are you feeling alone or lost, Scorpio? You have a council of light supporting your every wish. While work mode may have left you feeling like there is little or no time for anything else, your guides come forth to let you know that you must make space for your loved ones and other personal priorities as soon as you can. For you to be a good leader – either at home or in your work space, you must lead by example. Many things may be happening all at once, and balance is now the need of the hour more than ever.

Cosmic tip: Call in the cosmos for additional help.

The more you tighten your grip, the more you push yourself in a dingy dark place of lack and unfulfillment. Capricorn, your ideas and visions are beyond your current timeline but this doesn’t mean they are not possible. You may simply need to consider all you have at hand and make the most of what is available to get to the next step. It is not your resources that need to shift, it is the energy you pour into making optimal use of the resources you already have. In the long term, it will all work out, as long as you hold your ground, fuse work and play while being fierce and gentle at the same time.

Cosmic tip: It’s time to focus on establishing a structure to the current chaos to get things moving.