HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

By HOLIDAY MATHIS

LITTLE ROCK — Happy birthday. You change the way you look at things this year. You approach situations from the most empowering viewpoint possible. You are so lovable through the winter that it's challenging to fi nd alone time. February's fi nancial adjustments make life better. Gemini and Aries adore you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Keep the commitments to a minimum, especially the financial ones. Otherwise you wind up with a long-term agreement that could later make you feel stifl ed. Stand strong against pressure to sign anything.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You've learned from the past.Once you get a sign, you don't hesitate to move forward.Whether it be a golden path, a yellow brick road or the sunny side of the street, you're walking it and you like where it's going.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You will be reading, musing and meditating your way through an issue. You're able to get such a lofty perspective on your life that it's like you are watching yourself being watched. Pisces is a mentor.

CANCER (June 22-July 22):You often help others see the things that are going well for them. Now it's time to use this positive focus on your own life. So much is right that it makes the things that are wrong seem like no big deal.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You're feeling slightly insular. And though you don't mind meeting new people, you fi nd an emotional touchstone in the people that you know well.

Share some relaxing time with your closest people.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There are plenty of exits from the freeway to success. But if you accidentally get off before you reach your destination, don't worry. By now you have a pretty good sense about where the next entrance will be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): The social milieu is a delicate balance these days. This is not time to wing it - you need an educated plan. Consult with someone who follows the rules even better than you do and you'll sparkle when it matters most.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): No wonder someone is so crazy about you today. You're spontaneous, joyful and gentle.

You're exactly the kind of partner a sensitive Pisces or Cancer has been looking for. Laughter and love are your future.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): What you thought would be an easy day is probably already turning tricky. You may recall forgotten information and have to scramble to make up for it, or you may deal with unusual circumstances.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If there's anything that gets your goat, Capricorn, it's pettiness. Some people simply can't stop tallying every tit for tat.Your answer is to give so generously that others can't help but realize how silly they are being.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It is with great love that you do the simple thing - wash the dish, pick up the dirty sock, pay the bill. It's not so much the activity as it is the feeling that radiates from you that is your contribution to the world.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):You've got your eye on something high and gleaming - an impossible star maybe, but reach anyway. Maybe you'll get it, and maybe you won't. But you won't get a fistful of mud either.

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