Happy birthday. You're an attractive mystery. The others will keep coming around to try to figure you out. Flattered by their attention, you'll enjoy the perks of popularity in September and October. November brings new work and different rules. Keep your eyes peeled for financial opportunity in December.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): What is this growing sense of contentment creeping up on you? Wait, no, it's better than that. You're happy -- really happy! Maybe there are reasons, and maybe it's just because you decided to be.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may be playing a rather small part today, but you are committed to the work and it shows. Your courteous attitude and the interest you take in the work of others will pay off immediately and down the line.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You have a toolbox for solving problems, and among your most used instruments are your smile, your charm and your unique ability to listen past what people are saying and into what they really want.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): Avoid those with a bleak outlook, no matter how smart they sound. What's so smart about bringing people down or showing them a logical, ugly reality? Keep the magical thinking alive.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You'll apply your keen intuition to your love life and come up with a new way to relate to others. Your nearest and dearest will benefit, and so will the world at large.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Everyone is quirky in some way, though your quirks are more obvious today. Your quirks will act up, shout out, lean in -- and endear a few fans in the process.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Life is not inherently fair by human standards, but things will have a way of pleasantly balancing out. Tables turn, ironies play out, the meek get their inheritance, and the powerful bend.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): They say you can't please everyone all the time, but then again, "they" never met you. You're really just trying to please yourself, and the rest get happy being a part of that.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): To each his own. It will be hard to resist righting the obvious slights, ignorances and pretentions. But it's probably not your job to do so.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It may be requested that you perform a certain function when in reality you are there for moral support. Do not discount the importance of moral support.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It's time for those material possessions that don't serve you well to be released to someone who will put them to good use.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Play up your quirks for all they are worth because people need to know what they are getting when they get you.
Food on 08/27/2014