Saturday’s Solution
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Across
2 Explosion
5 Month
8 Sovereign 9 Doubling of a cord 10 Passport
endorsement 11 Musical drama 12 Tribal symbol 14 Yield
16 Detached
17 On the sheltered
side 20 Blackboard
supports
22 Put forward 25 Refer
27 Require 28 Shrewdly 32 Puppet
34 Snouts
35 Muslim women’s quarters
36 Poet’s Ireland 37 Prevalent 38 Approaches 39 Drink to 40 Laundry items
Down
1 Fame
2 Surface slant 3 Given life to
4 Iced with sugar 5 Emotional state 6 Pacify
7 Challenge (hist) 12 Red-yellow colour
AN13 Overbalance and
fall
15 Paradise 18 Attached strips 19 Compositions 21 Making musical 23 Steering aids 24 Close up 26 Smoothly (mus) 29 Slumber 30 Vocal inflexions 31 Acquire
knowledge 33 Leave out
Triple Conjunctions: The moon makes three conjunctions today. First, it’s Venus, the love goddess, getting attention from the realm of traditional Capricorn. Then Pluto gets a nod, and finally, after a sign change, Mercury. These lunar visits promise an active day in which ambition gets us into the strangest situations, and emotions get processed after the fact.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19)
Would you rather win in a minor league game or lose in a major league game? You have a choice to make. Which option offers you the biggest opportunity to learn?
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18)
You’re not trying to make jokes but when you say the truth, it makes people laugh. Oddly enough, the truth can be a very unusual thing to say.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20)
Someone trusts you enough to give you great responsibilities and seemingly impossible duties. You’ll rise to the occasion and hone your skills on these difficult tasks. This is the price of greatness.
ARIES (March 21 to April 19)
Maybe it’s cynical to think that people are being nice in hopes of future favors returned but it’s not altogether wrong. Good thing you are well-versed in the land of politics.
TAURUS (April 20 to May 20)
Managing expectations will be an important part of your day. Master it by underpromising and overdelivering. In the end, you’ll be someone’s hero.
GEMINI (May 21 to June 21)
From Shakespeare to Disney, the dramatists agree that evil plans are most harmful to the planner. This is a good day to let play out, unplanned. Let your creed be one of minding your own business.
CANCER (June 22 to July 22)
The current problem is integral to the well-being of the people around you, and you’ll derive great satisfaction and pride from solving it even if you go uncompensated. The solution will be the reward.
LEO (July 23 to August 22)
While it would be foolish to aim to make mistakes, it’s equally silly to avoid and fear them. The wise do not aim to live without folly. There’s much to learn in a tidy little mess.
VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)
Reflection is in order. Why did you start this journey? Your reasons have changed along the way, which is perfectly natural and will be very helpful to keep track of.
LIBRA (September 23 to October 23)
Thinking is the brain’s natural sorting process. Maybe it’s enough to let your mind comfortably sift through the day without putting extra pressure on yourself to solve everything for everyone.
SCORPIO (October 24 to November 21)
There is a way to have your cake and eat it, too. It’s all about portion control. By acting in moderation, you’ll be able to savor the present pleasures without ruining your chances for future ones.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21)
A social circle opens to include you. There was a time you would have found this crowd intimidating but now you fit right in, like you’ve always belonged there.