Horoscopes

Aries (March 21-April 19): You make judgments based on the way things look, but they don’t have to appear magazineworthy for you to be interested. The most exciting thing to you is seeing a mind at work. You’ll search every eye for evidence. Taurus (April 20-May 20): You’re a firstclass observer, tending to what others don’t see because they are too busy trying to amass status or, more likely, buried in their phones. Through noticing, you’ll have every advantage. Gemini (May 21-June 21): Capitalize on your connections. It’s especially lucky to call people from way back. People love to hear from you and want to get involved in what you’re doing; all you have to do is ask.

Cancer (June 22-July 22): It will bring good fortune to check in on your financial situation today. While managing money, you’ll see or attract an opportunity. This one contributes significantly to your bottom line. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Don’t let your attention get so divided between the physical world and the one your devices connect you to that it undermines interactions with people who are actually around you. The magic isn’t glowing from a screen; it’s just glowing. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll have the choice between being productive and being curious. Your curiosity will, in one way or another, wind up serving your productivity, but it won’t work the other way around. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Your beliefs change. This is how you know that you’re evolving as a person. And the beauty of it is that the people you keep in close company are changing right along with you. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): The day is filled with chances to be amazed, surprised and enchanted. You’ll actively investigate the avenues that interest you, putting yourself in delight’s favor. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): An investment in yourself will pay off handsomely over time, and the immediate attention and encouragement you receive will also be a pretty sweet reward. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): A life filled with first experiences is rich indeed, and you never stop adding them to your life. Most make a great story. And you never know which experience is going to blossom into an obsession. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): This mission you’re on takes quite a lot of industrious energy today. Sometimes, it will require letting your mind wander. Other times, it will mean making sure that it doesn’t. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s wonderful to get away if only because it allows you to see those familiar things you tend to take for granted. When you can’t physically travel, a media escape can have a similar effect.

The nation’s top public health agency said Friday that in-person schooling can resume safely with masks, social distancing and other strategies, and vaccination of teachers, while important, is not a prerequisite for reopening.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its long-awaited road map for getting students back to classrooms in the middle of a pandemic that has killed nearly 480,000 people in the U.S. But the agency’s guidance is just that — it cannot force schools to reopen, and CDC officials were careful to say they are not calling for a mandate that all U.S. schools be reopened.

Officials said there is strong evidence now that schools can reopen, especially at lower grade levels.

Recommended measures include hand washing, disinfection of school facilities, diagnostic testing and contact tracing to find new infections and separate infected people from others in a school. It’s also more emphatic than past guidance on the need to wear masks in school.

“We know that most clusters in the school setting have occurred when there are breaches in mask wearing,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC’s director, said in a call with reporters.

The guidance was issued as President Joe Biden faces increasing pressure to deliver on his promise to get the majority of K-8 schools back to in-person teaching by the end of his first 100 days in office. He acknowledged that the goal was ambitious, but added, “It is also a goal we can meet if we follow the science.”

Biden said schools will need more money to meet the CDC’s standards and called on Congress to pass his COVID-19 package quickly to get $130 billion in aid to schools.

“We have sacrificed so much in the last year,” Biden said in a statement. “But science tells us that if we support our children, educators and communities with the resources they need, we can get kids back to school safely in more parts of the country sooner.”

The new guidance includes many of the same measures previously backed by the CDC, but it suggests them more forcefully. It emphasizes that all of the recommendations must be implemented strictly and consistently to keep school safe. It also provides more detailed suggestions about what type of schooling should be offered given different levels of virus transmission, with differing advice for elementary, middle and high schools.

“We know that most clusters in the school setting have occurred when there are breaches in mask wearing,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC’s director, said in a call with reporters.

Vaccinating teachers can provide “an additional layer of protection,” she said.

Asked how the guidance differed from that offered by the Trump administration, Walensky said, “We’ve used stronger languages than prior guidance. We’ve been much more prescriptive here as to putting some guardrails on what can and should be done to get to a safe reopening.”

“And I can assure you that this is free from political meddling,” she added.