Happy birthday. You’ll cultivate beneficial relationships this year. In November, you’ll meet people whose interests directly match yours, and the mutual fulfillment carries into 2014. You’ll be needed in an instructional role, and you’ll be paid well for it. Your charms amplify, attracting love in March. Travel together in June.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): You see the futility in avoiding problems. You’re not looking for a new set of difficulties, but if you find one, you’ll handle it. That’s the confidence that will impress someone important today.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Sure, it’s not called lying if you believe it. But that doesn’t make it true, either. You’ll have to do some digging to get to the honest answers, but it’s worth it. The truth will save you time and energy in the end.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Meetings are boring. Meet-ups are promising. This is not about shortening the first word and adding a second word. It’s about taking an entirely different approach to the things you were tired of doing and finding some fun in them.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): You’ll take care of business, even though the “business” you take care of is personal. Luckily for you, it’s highly unlikely that anyone will audit your day.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s just like you to project a good, confident energy whether or not that is the way you are feeling. Today it will be easy, though, because at your core is a radiant, genuine vitality.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Those people who talk too much about what’s going great in their lives are usually overcompensating because they believe it’s really not going so hot. That’s why you’ll find sympathy and compassion for them instead of jealousy.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Sometimes the good quality is actually a flaw, and you get that. To be human is to fail over and over. Living as yourself, and not as some idealized made-up version of you, is a joy.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): It’s none of anyone’s business what’s going on in your life, but that won’t keep people from asking. You’ll be in a playful enough mood to spin the facts for your amusement.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some of your plans are preventive. They are things you plan so you will never have to do other things. Executing these will take up most of your day and ultimately will be worthwhile.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your aspirations are lofty but not unattainable. Also, you will keep adjusting them as you go. Your ability to maintain balance with your ambitions will continue to serve you well as the week progresses.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You may feel the impulse to fill every minute of your day, but you’d be wise to resist it. Say “no” to a last-minute suggestion. You need space and time to plan your week.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): To an uneducated eye, it may seem that you are seeking pain by opening yourself up to criticism - or even asking for it. What they don’t understand is that you sincerely desire improvement, painful or not.
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