HOROSCOPE

(February 28 Tuesday)

Mardi Gras Skies The pagan spring and fertility rites of classical antiquity are at the root of the Catholic holiday Fat Tuesday, a time for feasting on what might be given up for Lent. If you don’t live where Mardi Gras means beads, beer and bands, the alignment of the moon and Venus in fiery Aries encourages your own version of celebration.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). People are paths, not points. Knowing a person at one time of life is different than knowing that person at another. Your path will join with someone else’s, and you’ll take the next stretch together.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The work that used to be hard will get easy. For fleeting but profound moments you’ll lose yourself in it, your senses alert and alive in a feeling of oneness with all things.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Do not accept that the way things are is the way things have to be. First of all, to accept such a thing would be a slight to that amazing imagination of yours. And secondly, you have more heart than that.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You are valid in what you need. If the person you seek it from cannot provide it, that’s nobody’s fault, just a mismatch. The passing of blame confuses things and stalls the search for a better match.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). From belladonna to foxglove, many poisonous plants are the source of lifesaving medicines. So it is in your current circumstance. In the right context, a low dose of the source of toxicity will actually make you better. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). No matter how well you plan or how many resources you have to work with, life will still offer challenges. You’ll handle them better when you’re well-rested and fed. Set yourself up for success: Get more sleep.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There are emotions you have a low tolerance for feeling. These get locked up in certain areas of your body. They become like an armor of tightness, tension and pain. To release it is to free yourself to creativity and fun. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The key to riches is extremely simple these days; make more and bigger deposits than withdrawals. When there are people around you who are doing the same thing it will be much easier. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You usually look ahead, push forward and march on without looking back. But right

now you might feel rather stuck until you can sort through and organize the baggage of the past to make it light enough for travel.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Many things can be true. The cynical view may be true, but that doesn’t make it better than any other view. There’s a nastiness in cynicism that makes it destructive to the very things worth cherishing. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you read much but believe little of it, you’ll find yourself in the sweet spot of being reasonably informed, mightily empowered and perhaps even wise.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Start the social planning straightaway. To hold out for the wittiest people in the world so that you can have the best dinner party since the dawn of time is to set yourself up for a frozen dinner for one.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 28). You’ll make changes in the structure of your days to generate a greater sense of flow through this work of art called life. Your favorite people to be around this year are the ones who not only accept who you are but also help you become the fullest version of yourself. You’ll attract even more of this type. Financially, there’s a boom in March. Libra and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 3, 33, 38 and 50. ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: “I’m a Capricorn and have been in an onandrelationship with a Gemini for six years. This man can’t seem to make up his mind about me. One minute he says he wants to marry me then the next min- ute he says he isn’t ready for marriage. I am starting to get really frustrated with his dual personalities and seriously considering dropping him altogether. However, I’m a total Capricorn and believe in working extra hard to make it somehow work. If he’s not the one, when will I ever find true love?”

I understand your frustration. How do you get a Gemini to behave consistently? It’s the kind of impossible challenge that Capricorn women love. But then again, if he were behaving consistently, you would have left for good years ago. It’s the element of surprise and of difficulty that keeps you coming back for more. This man has given you many gifts. The emotional wounds you bear show you exactly what area of your life you need to work on in order to be true love. (Because true love is not really something you find, it’s something you become.)