HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 24):

As for those gifts you’re not using, this year will give you the perfect excuse to go for mastery. Relationships that nurture your talents are the main reason for your blossoming. Finances improve in October. A group effort will contribute to your wealth in more ways than financially. You’ll be invigorated by December travel. Aries and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 3, 33, 28 and 17.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):

Must there be but one winner and one loser? There are many competitions in which this is the case, but you’re not likely to be involved in that kind of game today. You’ll win by being inclusive.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):

You don’t have to do the best job of anyone around; you only have to do the job to the best of your ability. That will be enough. It’s more important to get it done and get it in than it is to get it perfect.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21):

Your friend doesn’t want to ask you for too much, out of fear of seeming rude. Offer more if you can give more. Your graciousness will be appreciated more than you know.

CANCER (June 22-July 22):

Because of your buoyant spirit, everyone around you will have the sensation of feeling lifted. For some the lift is out of sadness and into neutrality; others will go from happiness to sheer joy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):

Beware of the tendency to give up too early. This isn’t a time to cut your losses; rather, with a little more faith and stamina, you can push through a self-imposed limitation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

There is no need to blaze a new path. Others came through this way long before you did and their trail markings and journals will teach you what to avoid and how to make it through in the best possible way.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23):

For many people, memories of adolescence and early adulthood are the most vivid of all. They certainly have formed you, as evidenced by something you are still doing today with origins back in that time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21):

Someone wants to include you in a clique. Think twice about this tempting offer, because it will be difficult to pull out of the group once you align. Are these people you would hope to become like?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):

You take your artistic and personal growth very seriously and are willing to go to great lengths to improve. If the lessons happen to be difficult or uncomfortable, they won’t be for very long.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):

You shine. As it is with many things that shine, they get used to their own luminosity and, being inside of themselves, don’t notice their own glow as they move through the darkness. Others will see it, though.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):

Either you find out what is needed and wanted then build toward that appetite, or you can create the appetite first. When you decide to apply your persuasive powers, you can be irresistible.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):

Decide what you most want to communicate, then illustrate it with a story and/or with your entire manner of being. By waking your truth remind yourself who you are and move others.

FORECAST FOR THE WEEK AHEAD:

Uranus will take a stint backward for the next five months in Aries, igniting the surprising qualities of this revolutionary planet. On a global scale, it points to unpredictable overturns of the status quo and surprising outcomes to political shifts that seemed familiar enough to make a reasonable guess about.

The days of reasonable guesses landing correctly are over for a few months. The only thing sure is change; change can never be fully predicted, and if it could, where would be the fun in that? The vitality of life is amplified in uncertainty.

On a personal level, this Uranus shift can be detected in the colorful moods that take hold. Like one streak of lightening through an otherwise clear sky, there’s a dash of chaos in even the fairest emotional weather. It won’t always develop into a full-on storm, but it’s a warning to get out of the pool nonetheless.

When in doubt, err on the side of caution during this transit, which lasts until Dec. 29, 2016.