IN THE STARS

Humans are territorial animals. Turf becomes increasingly important to those who don’t have enough of their own to feel comfortable. A territorial struggle will end happily with reapportionment. What’s very important to one person is extremely petty to the next. The differences usually have to do with the scale of one’s world view. Be proud of your remarkable ability to zoom in or out as appropriate. Good people get in bad positions; bad people get in good positions. Randomness prevails over justice. It’s a good reason to focus on making the current situation work instead of on who is right or wrong. You’re a rebel today, pushing boundaries just for fun. Actually, this is the kind of fun that can lead to a key development. Things fly up and then settle and land in a more just arrangement. Many cultures believe in animal spirits that guide and protect them through this lifetime. Your own connection with animals is strong, and you seem to be able to communicate beyond the human realm. VIRGO Your circle enlarges in a trend that serves this part of your life very well. Every week, you meet new people, but that’s not the remarkable part of it. You actually stay in touch with them, too! LIBRA Though beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, when many beholders agree on a particular set of rules, matters of taste can be accepted as fact and gospel. But, does that really make it so? SCORPIO The cosmic omens agree with philosophers of the ages: conquering the self is more difficult than conquering the world, and a mighty fine place to start at that. When they try to make you compete for their attention, the only way to win is to bow out of the contest, making them doubt the value of the prize they dangle. You’re too good for this. CAPRICORN Some work must be tweaked, torn down, rebuilt, destroyed and started up again, fresh, from scratch. It’s those terrible projects that will teach you the most and ultimately make you a master. Because you answer to life in a direct and assertive (but not aggressive) tone, you will get your way today, and rather quickly. You’re an asset to the team. A question will tell you much more about a person’s intelligence, interests and motivation than anything you could possibly learn in an answer. Today, assess people based on their curiosity, not their knowledge.