HOROSCOPES

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 22): You’ll wrangle your habits into line this year. Like the ocean waves that beat cliffs into sand, persistent efforts will change the landscape of your life. You will accept reward for an achievement made possible by consistent movement. The events of June and September have to do with growing your capacity to love. Leo and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 22, 2, 18 and 36.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You can’t add water to a full cup, and you won’t get anything new flowing through your life until you pour out some of the old stuff. Being open to receive new stuff will start with making room for it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you don’t know what to say, you’re in a good place. It means you’re recognizing the need for discernment. People get in trouble for overusing their lips, not for overusing their ears.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Can you love the art and hate the artist? Hate is too strong a word, but certainly people whose work you admire have done things you really don’t, making you grapple with some conflicting feelings.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): Some say, “Don’t dumb it down.” Others say, “Give it to me as if you were teaching a 5-year-old.” The better you understand a thing the more simply you can explain it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): What would you have to be doing to tell yourself that you’re doing great? More than likely, this is really about feeling rather than doing. And feeling great will have to do with dropping a few judgments that are holding you back.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You want to be involved in someone’s life without fostering a situation that feels heavy to you. Whatever you do, do it for you — because you want to and because it energizes you to give.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Once you get into a lot of “always” and “never” rules, some of the art goes out the window. Though there are definitely things to “always” and “never” do, most of life happens in the colorful in-between.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): It’s as if you’re in charge of the burner of your life, and when you want to bring things down to a simmer, all you have to do is turn it all down. This is how you avoid getting burned.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): People generally say “can we talk?” when it’s about something significant and potentially unpleasant. You want to talk when there’s nothing wrong, and that’s a lot more fun.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Research is excellent when you have the time, but it can also be a procrastination tactic. Be honest with yourself. Do you already have enough information to go on? Dive in. Get busy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): It’s really never too late for a new beginning. You don’t even have to wait for the sun to go down. Tomorrow is new, obviously — but so is an hour from now. So is a breath from now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Decisions have a way of clarifying everything. You make up your mind and then put it to rest. This is mostly between you and you. Your life has to feel good to you on the inside for you to take effective action.

FORECAST FOR THE WEEK AHEAD: The first full week of the sun’s journey through Taurus, the sign of money, is a time when we notice anew the value of things. It should be noted that “price” and “value” are often used as interchangeable terms when in fact they are not the same thing at all. The price of a thing is the assigned amount of currency necessary to release its ownership. The price often involves what it costs to make a thing and position it for sale. However, savvy merchants know not to set their price based on how much it costs to produce and deliver an item. Rather, the price should be set at what people will pay — that is, the value of the thing.

Many things in life are difficult and costly to produce yet are not valued by customers and are therefore priced low. On the other side, many things people want do not cost much to produce but have a high price tag and are therefore more desirable. In either case, recognizing the key role of perception is the key to success in the marketplace.

Of course, the best things in life really are impossible to sum up in financial terms, though many will try during this first week of the Taurus sun.