HOROSCOPE

Aries (March 21-April 19): Life will work better when the everyone takes responsibility for what is rightly theirs, nothing more, nothing less.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Anyone who makes you look good deserves your lavish praise and a treat too.

Gemini (May 21-June 21): You’ll stay the course even if you know you will never achieve the goal. The reward is in who you become for having dared to dream.

Cancer (June 22-July 22): Sometimes creative people say and do the wrong thing, but you offer a measure of leeway for this because they give you so much.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s not that you want people to go out of their way to serve you, but well-deserved special care would be nice. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):

There’s something you could do better if you had formal instruction in it. The training will not be as difficult, time-consuming or costly as you think it will be.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Staying on course will be a challenge, yet there’s a whimsy in your mood that will add an interesting creative element to your work.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Try to see the entire context of the issue. Maybe the people involved in a problem are not the ones who are to blame for it.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Failing is hard, but it gets easier as you keep going. If nothing has worked, that doesn’t mean nothing will. Keep trying new things.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Everyone has holes in their education. These missed lessons will help you to identify where you need to fill in the blanks.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): To remember well is a gift. To forget well is also a

gift. If neither is within your grasp today, then it’s only because your brain is busy with a third talent — to project well.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Ralph Waldo Emerson said that common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes. You’ll have such an outfit of genius on today.

Today’s birthday (Jan. 4): Your moral fiber gets stronger even as it gets more f lexible. Your philosophy will shift — a sign of maturity and a function of the adjustments you employ to make your life work better. New relationships blossom. April brings a big deal. Improved finances will have to do with this shift of mind and lifestyle. Scorpio and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 44, 47, 12 and 6.