HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 6). You’ll enjoy the community of like minds and be challenged by those with differing opinions. Diverse influences fortify your worldview and strengthen your understanding of your role. You’ll make big plans that also happen to be the right thing for all. Doing what the world needs brings quick success. Pisces and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 45, 2, 33, 10 and 8.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). When you give attention, you are giving your life force, which will be spent no matter what, though some ways are more of an investment, and others are just waste.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In the beginning of a relationship, you’re mainly trying things. You might not see it that way, because the process of getting to know someone is so intuitive. Just know that if it’s not working, you can pivot and try something else.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Sometimes you treat everyone the same, and other times it feels right to be more flexible, taking your lead from the needs of those around you. You’ll be somewhere in the middle today, consistent but ready to adjust.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). There’s an art to self-discipline. Knowing how far to push yourself is key. If you drive yourself too hard or place too many restrictions on yourself, you’ll rebel. To rebel against yourself is far worse than rebelling against others.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Just as a story without conflict is barely a story, a day without an obstacle would hardly be worth remembering. At least today’s problem will have you laughing a little.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your mighty purpose today is to make people smile. Indeed, there may be none mightier, or more challenging, considering the moods of some of the people you’ll come across.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). A relationship is like a long car ride: Sometimes you’re the one driving, but it’s not good to have one person at the wheel for too long. Take turns. Slide over to the passenger seat.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Move from where you are, as this is no longer a good place to be. You don’t have to go far, and it doesn’t matter in which direction, only that you demonstrate movement.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Here you are, unready and in a position to choose. You don’t even have enough data to make an educated guess, although, in a strange way, you’re at an advantage with this, forced to rely only on your gut.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The early days of every relationship and endeavor lay the groundwork for what happens later, which is why it’s so important to reveal some basic truths and establish key expectations on day one.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). The best opportunities will come by way of relationships. You’ll have two more opportunities today than you’ve been afforded so far any day this month. Stay on high alert for them or they’ll pass by unnoticed.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). All it takes is a few inquiries, and suddenly, you’re off in a fascinating direction. Go on and get involved, as new influences will spark favorable changes in your day to day.
FORECAST FOR THE WEEK AHEAD: Venus crosses into Leo with a boost in charisma, ego and confidence. Confidence is sometimes described as a state of trust, especially being sure of one’s own thoughts and actions. Plenty of harm in the world has been done by people so sure of their own minds that they didn’t check around, consider the greater good or factor in other possible courses of action beyond their own thinking. Ideas, no matter where they come from, aren’t fact. Conceptions, even those generated from a seemingly pure place inside, are just information with a varying degree of reliability.
There is a time to act in confidence, to take all you know and commit ever deeper to the world of it as though it were the only possibility. Picture, if you will, a ballet dancer executing the dance: Leaps and stretches, even stillness, could be ruined with hesitation. Tentativeness could cause injury, not to mention a weak effect on the audience. Arguably, it is the ballet dancer’s utter assurance that creates the dance and makes it so compelling.
But before the performance, when the choreography is still being decided, when the potential for art is still an array of choice — that is when overconfidence could cause limitations and mistakes.