HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

Happy birthday. You work hard, but you have an irresistible lightness in your approach to play. Your freewheeling style will attract a fun crowd.

Your living space will improve. Take on projects now, and they’ll be completed by August. June features a vote or a judgment in your favor.You will help and be helped by family in September.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Big opportunities hang in the balance today. All you have to do is show up. The rest of it will be worked out in the moment.You’ll hit the pillow tonight, pleased with the way your day unfolded.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You force yourself to interact even when you don’t want to.Will you remember this five years from now? Possibly. But if you don’t, you’ll still be a different person because you made the effort today.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Your cosmic gift of the day: mental expansion.The two best ways in which you grow yourself today are reading and conversation. Stretch yourself, too, because the best things happen just outside of your usual interests.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): Pondering the small reasons why something has occurred will be counterproductive. Instead, think about the big “why.” You’re here to love and be loved. Making that happen will be of paramount importance.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are not in the mood to play games. So hopefully you have some straight shooters around you who prefer the simplicity of honesty and who make a habit of doing the right thing

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You don’t want the pressure that comes with running the whole scene, and yet you can see clear ways in which things could be done better. If you try to direct people, you’ll be handed the entire responsibility. Go carefully.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Your efforts will be counted, but not by the measure that others are using today. So do what you do without the expectation of getting a gold star. Your prize will come later.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): If each person is a world, your world is as different from your friend’s as Earth is from Jupiter. You’ll appreciate that you can stand on your world; whereas standing on Jupiter is an impossibility.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Your service to another will be the start of an interesting relationship. When you don’t expect to be paid for a job, you’ll approach it differently, get more joy from the experience and ultimately offer greater value.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re up to your old tricks now: giving anonymously, setting up people you like for a win, helping behind the scenes. Sometimes you like to be noticed, but not today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You might secretly think that someone’s efforts to impress you are “lame,” but you cannot help but be impressed by the fact that they took the time and energy to do so.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): After much consideration, you’ll finally make a trade. If it feels a bit inequitable now, just know that had you waited any longer, it would only become more so.

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