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Today’s Birthday ( 08/ 13/ 18). Home renovation serves your family this year. Discipline and consistent action satisfies. Consider an unlikely career shift. Summer contemplation and envisioning provide insight for partnership challenges, setting the stage for a personal breakthrough. Reach new heights of fitness and heath this winter. Domestic joys abound.

To get the advantage, check the day’s rating: 10 is the easiest day, 0 the most challenging.

ARIES ( MARCH 21- APRIL 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Plot and organize career actions for efficiency. Share resources, information and support with a partner. Mutual admiration grows today and tomorrow. Enjoy time together.

TAURUS ( APRIL 20- MAY 20) -- Today is a 7 -- Travel tempts. The next two days favor focus on work and health. Physical action gets results. Exercise and explore your surroundings. Expand your territory.

GEMINI ( MAY 21- JUNE 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Make future plans, and then budget to realize them with your partner. Romance can easily spark over the next two days. Savor fun together.

CANCER ( JUNE 21- JULY 22) -- Today is a 7 -- Share responsibilities and laughter with your partner. Figure out your household priorities over the next two days. Fix up your place together.

LEO ( JULY 23- AUG. 22) -- Today is an 8 -- Profit through productive actions, with Mars in Capricorn. Pour energy into your work and health. Research different possibilities. You’re especially clever today and tomorrow.

VIRGO ( AUG. 23- SEPT. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- You can make extra cash today and tomorrow. Save it for a passion project. Take action for love, with Mars in Capricorn. Follow your heart.

LIBRA ( SEPT. 23- OCT. 22) -- Today is a 9 -- It’s amazing what new paint can do. Beautify and improve your home, with Mars in Capricorn. Take bold action to improve your personal space.

SCORPIO ( OCT. 23- NOV. 21) -- Today is a 7 -- Keep learning. Study, research and write up your findings. Dig for clues. Let your imagination go wild over the next few days. Envision positive results.

SAGITTARIUS ( NOV. 22- DEC. 21) -- Today is an 8 -- Dedicate energy to lucrative endeavors, with Mars in Capricorn for six weeks. You have more friends than you realized. Share what you’re learning. Celebrate together.

CAPRICORN ( DEC. 22- JAN. 19) -- Today is an 8 -- Energize a personal project over the next six weeks, with Mars in your sign. Confidence grows as things develop. Focus on work today and tomorrow.

AQUARIUS ( JAN. 20- FEB. 18) -- Today is a 5 -- Rest and recharge your energies. Make plans and future dreams, with Mars in Capricorn. Read, study and write. Articulate your visions. Invent and innovate.

PISCES ( FEB. 19- MARCH 20) -- Today is an 8 -- Participate with community efforts, with Mars in Capricorn. Group actions get farther, faster. The next two days favor travel and studies. Research options.

(Astrologer Nancy Black continues her mother Linda Black’ s legacy horoscopes column. She welcomes comments and questions on Twitter, Gemini horoscope, visit Linda Black Astrology by clicking daily horoscopes,