Horoscope

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Once the drama stirs up, you’re sunk. If you defend yourself too well, you look guilty. If you don’t, there will be regrets. The best defense is prevention. Don’t let conversations drift into dangerous waters. Stay in control.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your attention is a treasured gift, but your neglect is not a terrible insult. It’s just that you can’t focus on everyone at once. Be careful not to set up expectations you won’t want to or be able to fulfill.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s a good thing you have quick reflexes, because you’ll need them in today’s dicey social scenario. You might have to backpedal, pull your proverbial foot out of your mouth, or jump in to save someone from sure embarrassment.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your No. 1-priority task will get done. The rest may not. So put the important stuff first. What’s important? It’s not a trick question. You know the answer; it’s just not the same one that another person wants you to choose.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The work will be much more pleasant when you have the right tools for the job. Do research. Getting this one right before you even start will save you time, money and headaches.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). If you’re too strict with yourself, you will surely rebel. Loosen up. Otherwise you may find yourself craving forbidden fruits (maybe ones you didn’t even know you liked!) in reaction to trying to be too perfect.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The rightness of an action makes you brave. You don’t even have to think about it. You dive in and do the necessary thing. The time to be frightened is not before or during; it’s after.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Of course no one is really better than another, but our egos have us flexing as though there’s something at stake that can be won with an air of superiority. You’ll really win by going in the opposite direction.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Patience isn’t the most exciting virtue, and there are many who don’t see its appeal. However, those who have patience can win the whole game just by avoiding the mistakes that impatient people make.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). To complain is to release some tension and perhaps gain the acknowledgement of a person who agrees. But this comes at a cost. Maybe the tension is a good thing if it forces you to take action instead of complain.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). When a bee becomes incensed, it stings the offender and then shortly after pays a price with his own life. Anger is not usually as costly an emotion for humans, and yet it’s still a good idea to de-escalate conflict.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Just because you’re not in step with the others doesn’t mean your timing is off. Awareness is key here, because you’re really good at adjusting to the pace of others when you want to. The question is, “Do you want to?”