Happy birthday. You're afraid of something, and you want it at the same time. Over the next seven weeks, desire takes over and fear lessens just enough for you to dive in. This exhilaration will benefit many areas -- your health, your love life and more -- and the best part is that this will be true whether or not you get what you want.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Arguably, half of belonging is acting like you belong. Feeling like you belong is huge, too. If you do a little of both and still feel like a misfit, just know the others who "belong" feel about the same.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may get a late start because there are certain things you'll do to get your head in the game. It's more than just coffee. It's ways you motivate yourself. Keep reinforcing what works.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You've felt at times that you were fundamentally different from those you were brought up around, so it's pretty refreshing when today you recognize some nice ways in which you are alike.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): The water drops seem to reach for each other. The stream is suddenly the river, and as the river connects with ocean, the river "is" the ocean. Today your water-sign nature will echo this tendency to join completely.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You're changed by every circumstance, and that's a good thing. It means you're open to letting life in. It means you're listening and learning. It's true that you have to protect yourself at times by making yourself hard, but not now.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It is often the case that one broken bulb renders the whole line of holiday lights useless. Let the metaphor remind us to check on one another so we can all be bright together.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Choose a memento representing the mundane aspects of your life. A picture would be enough, but it's not the same as something you can hold in your hand. Years from now, you'll want to remember.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): It doesn't feel true, but there really is a guidance system in you that never shuts down. In those directionless moments you think that your soul lacks a GPS, but it's been in your pocket the whole time.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it's what keeps humans evolving. As for you, you'll prove your superior intellect by listening to many sides of a story before forming an opinion.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There's something you want to know, and it will be revealed to you indirectly. So there's really no need for probing questions, deep discussions or heated arguments.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Simplification is part of the brain's job. It's why the first time you travel somewhere the journey seems longer and more detailed; then later trips are short and blurry. It's also why you should go a different route today.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Snap decisions will be necessary -- mostly in matters of taste and style. Your decisiveness in this regard will make a project hum along at a pace that everyone can appreciate.
Food on 12/13/2017