IN THE STARS

ARIES

To exercise restraint will require much more energy than it does to react to every trigger or follow every impulse, but restraint will pay you back, save you from trouble and help you focus well.

TAURUS

Carbon can be black under some circumstances (coal) and clear under others (diamond). And you, carbon-based being, are similarly flexible, with the ability to arrange yourself in different ways.

GEMINI

There are so many legitimate evils in the world that it would be a shame to waste energy warring against imaginary ones. You’ll apply yourself to real things and make a real difference.

CANCER

You ask questions in order to learn more about the world. Beware: Many people do not ask questions for this reason. Their questions are pointed toward getting the answer that will prove their correctness.

LEO

You and your friend agree on many things, which is why you’re better off as friends than you would be as business partners or leaders. Diversity is germane to growth.

VIRGO

You’re in the mood for something you might not be able to afford. As your sign mate Dorothy Parker suggested, “Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.”

LIBRA

When you have the right goal for you, hard work will eventually overcome hard luck. This is true today; it will also be true tomorrow and all the days after that.

SCORPIO

What is not in the world that should be in the world? This is the question you ask yourself today, and it will continue driving you through the next several weeks as you shift your focus to a new project.

SAGITTARIUS

Your influence will be a function of how well you accommodate others. Make it easy for people to do the thing you really want them to do. This is the secret to success in many areas.

CAPRICORN

How wonderful to be both generous and charitable if you are able. But if you have to choose just one, choose generosity, which will stretch your heart and its capacity for joy and compassion.

AQUARIUS

It’s good to be happy, but it’s a tricky thing to strive for. You’re better off applying yourself to work you find meaningful or making a contribution to something you believe in.

PISCES

You do the right thing because it’s the right thing to do, not because it will look good in the pictures, sound good in the history books or because someone will tell on you if you don’t.