If it’s your birthday

You must trust your intuition even if the facts don’t seem to add up – particularly where emotional or relationship questions are concerned. That can be challenging, though you know the truth in your heart. If you need more space to live your life, then take that space, and do it happily. You’re growing in leaps and bounds and cannot let anything stop you. You share a birthday with Mel Blanc, Idina Menzel and CeeLo Green. MAY 21-JUNE 20 Conflict serves an important purpose, which is helping you figure out who you are. You can size up your recent encounters with people in that light. Rather than wor- rying if you’ve offended anyone, notice what you’ve learned about yourself, which you could not have learned any other way. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Someone you work with may be insisting you go for popular appeal, which probably means doing the usual thing. You may have the idea that it’s time to add some substance and spiritual integrity. Don’t argue – demonstrate what’s right and let the results do the talking. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Your prime directive in life is to keep an open mind, and to be open to change. All progress depends on your taking this attitude. You have excellent ideas, and worthwhile insights – which deserve a chance in the world. For that to happen, you must be willing to take the risk of growth. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 Gradually you’re working toward a professional breakthrough, and the rest of this week will bring a series of tests on the way to getting there. Make peace with the fact that the most meaningful achievements require extra patience, focus and summoning your talents. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 Beneath all the other activity of the week is an emotional matter that you’re working through. It seems to involve your role in a relationship, and whether you have the freedom you need to be the person you really are. You might ask, though, why there’s even a debate. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 The Sun moving through your opposite sign Gemini is shining a light on how important a particular relationship is to you. While you’re noticing this, it’s vital that you keep track of the ways in which your family history influences your values and choices today. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 If you’ve been struggling to express yourself, the next few days will come as a relief. You have an opening, which you can develop into a dependable creative flow. But this really is about you sitting down to write, or paint, or picking up the guitar, or turning up the music and dancing. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 The Sun is now moving through one of the most alive and exciting angles of your chart – your fellow air sign Gemini. Yet, even as you’re being beckoned to new adventures, you seem to be getting in your own way. It’s time to embrace the boldly individualistic quality of your sign. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 For the next few days, you may find yourself on an adventure of facing your deepest insecurities. That’s not a stylish thing; it’s rather vogue for people to pretend they have no concerns. Yet you were born a Pisces, and the only thing that can satisfy you is depth, particularly your own.