HOROSCOPE

Aries (March 21-April 19): The current speed of time is one second per second. Try to stay inside of that, speeding through and yet simultaneously rather still.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Amp up the importance of your goal. If it’s important enough, you’ll relate all decisions to the ultimate vision of that goal.

Gemini (May 21-June 21): You’ll spend part of the day figuring out what is best for the health and development of another person. This is love. Cancer (June 22-July 22): You take a personal approach, perform with fluidity and leave your audience thinking: “Who was that, and how can I get more?” Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Our brains are wired to continuously deal with internal disagreement. Humor helps. Parts of today will be hilarious.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s only natural to want to spend more time with the one who inspires a warm and reflective feeling in you and less time with the one who makes you work in some way or another.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): When you don’t have much time for a task, you tend to give it your deep, full attention. It will help to set a time limit on things that don’t naturally have one.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): We could all use a little levity and softness in our experience. None will be immune to this need today.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Change always comes at a cost. The best is when you wind up trading something you can no longer use for something you can (like what happens today).

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Give yourself the best chance at being accepted by

privately working out the bugs before presenting.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The best perk about seeing new places in the world is that it enables you to finally see your homeland for what it is. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Making things too easy for the other person is actually not nice. This is why you should never give an unwrapped gift. The prize is in the discovery.

Today’s birthday (Jan. 18): You take an active role in your environment. Your every interaction is a kind of creation. People insist you join them, stating, “It won’t be the same without you,” and they’re right. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 1, 42, 9 and 38.

Holiday Mathis writes her column for Creators Syndicate Inc. The horoscope should be read for entertainment. Previous forecasts are at latimes.com/horoscope.