HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

Happy birthday. Even as you strive to improve this year, loved ones celebrate and love you “as is.” Next month brings a financial breakthrough. If you look for romance in February, you’ll ÿnd it. A restructuring of your daily schedule in spring will bring about a long-desired change and a surge of self-esteem.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The difference between laziness and efficiency may be intention. The outcome is the same: a manner of doing things that expends less energy, takes less time and frees you up for more enjoyable exploits.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): People might not understand you, but your ideas are brilliant. You are speaking to issues that for most people are too far into the future to be concerned with just yet.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Self-reliance is a cornerstone of your belief system. Fully being yourself takes great effort and will not be rewarded by the world. It is its own reward.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): When you were a child at the treat table, you felt inclined to load your plate with more of life’s sweetness than you needed. Now that you’re older, you know to take what you’ll actually use.

Teach the younger ones.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are loyal and will speak of those who are not present the same way you would if they were in the room. When other people’s talk makes you uncomfortable, offer a mild excuse and leave.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s one of the oldest tricks in your emotional bag: You smile when you’re not happy, and a smidgen of happiness bubbles up to the surface eager to proliferate with the slightest provocation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): For as long as you give your undivided attention, you make someone feel like he or she is the only person in the world. This quality of attention is a valuable commodity that is quickly disappearing in this atmosphere of distraction.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Saying “yes” opens the way to connection. Instead of saying “no” to what’s being offered, say “yes” to a new offering of your own creation.

Be an agreeable solution- and option-oriented person.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll fearlessly regard the known and the unknown. Familiar things and strange things will meld together to provide you with an interesting experience.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You don’t know how you’re going to get it all in, but you will. You won’t rest until you’ve tackled that list of all that needs doing before the year is up.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You will have the opportunity to repair an alliance. Like most opportunities, this one requires faith and some initiative. It won’t look like an opportunity unless you know it’s there, and then it’s hard to miss.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): No matter how hard they try to fake it, unless they are amazing actors, everyone usually can tell when a couple isn’t getting along. You’ll be the diplomatic one that helps to smooth over a rocky situation.

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