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Mon horoscope annonce de belles choses.

Mon horoscope annonce de belles choses.
My horoscope announces beautiful things.
From Lesson 237:Plural indefinite articles before adjectives (de)·French

Questions & Answers about Mon horoscope annonce de belles choses.

Why is it de belles choses instead of des belles choses?
In French, the plural indefinite article des changes to de when it comes directly before a plural adjective. Since the adjective belles comes before the noun choses, we must use de. If there were no adjective, it would just be des choses (some things).
Why does the adjective belles come before the noun choses here?
Most French adjectives come after the noun, but a specific group of common, short adjectives always goes before it. You can remember these with the acronym BAGS (Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size). Because belles (beautiful) falls under Beauty, it is placed before the noun.
Why is the adjective spelled belles instead of beaux?
The noun choses (things) is feminine and plural, so the adjective has to match it. The masculine plural of the word for beautiful is beaux, but the feminine plural is belles.
If I made this sentence negative, would de belles choses change?
No, it would stay exactly the same, but for an overlapping rule! In negative sentences, des also reduces to de. So, "My horoscope doesn't announce beautiful things" translates to Mon horoscope n'annonce pas de belles choses.

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