Happy birthday. Practical plans and impractical dreams have an equal shot at being realized in September, so make bold moves. In October, let loved ones connect you with professional opportunity. Arts, hobbies and education benefit your love life in November.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Some experts insist that one person cannot technically make another person happy, that each person is in charge of his or her own happiness. Your day will challenge this theory.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’ll ease up and encourage others not to pretend. You want to see the flaws today. The perfection of any situation will only nudge you toward the freedom of imperfection.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Problems will not go away just because someone utters a few words that cost nothing. And yet, it’s a start. It helps that you now know the other person’s intentions are to make things better.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): How can you draw a conclusion from insufficient evidence? People do it every day. In this mysterious existence, very little is truly known, and that’s the fun of it. To a great degree, you are free to make up things.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll have no trouble capturing and holding people’s attention. If someone has to talk to the group, it should be you.You’ll communicate your vision clearly using your◊air for vivid demonstration.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): New communication skills can always be picked up. Some of the ineffective habits you learned from well-intentioned people will be replaced with better ways of connecting with people in the weeks to come.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): If you fall into a set of bad thoughts, just try to remember that you don’t have to identify with everything that crosses your mind. Many thoughts don’t even originate in your brain.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Your internal set of rules will be different from those imposed by today’s games. Feeling satisfied and content is winning. This can happen with or without the trophy in your hand.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Deciding what went wrong and why isn’t an exercise in negativity. Rather, it’s a method of pinpointing possible corrective action so you can decide the best way to proceed.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): As the ancient wisdom suggests, usually the order is: pride, fall. When you notice the puffed-up chest, boasting and posturing, whether you’re the perpetrator or the witness, you brace yourself for the inevitable.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Time will only be on your side after you’ve made a few agreements with it. Decide when your job is to be accomplished, and put it on your calendar. Deadlines will make you productive.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The stars seem like eternal ÿxtures in the sky, but even the eternal stars are in◊ux. They expand, contract, change color, change brightness. They change, and so can you.
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