Happy birthday. Success can be a seductive trap, but when you win at life, you turn the victory into an opportunity to help and promote others. That’s why you’ll slowly grow more powerful and stay balanced and grounded at the same time.Love and adventure are featured in January. You’ll gain maturity in February.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you keep going to the same sources for excitement what you get will cease to be exciting. See what else is out there. To please you, it doesn’t have to be bigger and better, it just has to be new.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Is there anything wetter than water? Is there anything hotter than fire? What you need to know today may seem like a strange thing to ask, but ask it anyway, because you’ll be among brilliant minds.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Delusions aren’t always symptoms of mental disorder. Just because they challenge and contradict what’s generally accepted as reality doesn’t mean they are unhealthy or even untrue.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): One person seems to receive you with more clarity than everyone else. When this person reflects your most brilliant qualities, you can take it as hard evidence that this is a truly special connection.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When you feel safe and comfortable, you perform better. That’s why wearing weather-appropriate clothing and the right shoes could make a significant contribution to your success.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): At certain times in your life, you’ve cared more about social acceptance than at other times. Right now, on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being caring a great deal, your care level is about a 1. And that’s why you’re so popular.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Birds of a feather, the saying goes - although you may look around your “flock” today and think that you’re nothing like them. There’s a reason for why you’re flying in this group, though.Can you tell what it is?
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): You can’t expect yourself to get where you’re going without training. Put in the hours. The way to make it to the end of the course is to get over a small hurdle and then another and another.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): When you’re presenting a product to the world, it’s important that you know how it compares with the other competing products. But you’re not a product. Comparing is just a bad idea.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t agonize. Do the work with a smile on your face. If it’s the kind of work you can’t seem to do that way, then skip it. Tomorrow is another day.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Does it seem you’re getting smarter, noticing more and connecting with others on deeper levels? These are the spoils of taking on greater responsibility.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): What works in theory doesn’t always pan out in practice. Put your ideas to the test, and when they work, test them again to make sure it wasn’t a fluke.
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