If it’s your birthday

Dark emotions teach us more than the happy ones. If you’re ever feeling jealous or controlling, rather than let it consume you, take it as your guide. You want to be free of troubling emotions, and you can be. This process holds the keys to love, and will set free your commitment to fairness and justice. That’s what really motivates you, and you know it. You share a birthday with Alan Lerner, Richard Gere and Chris Tucker. JUNE 21-JULY 22 Take a relationship matter more lightly than you ordinarily might. Someone may have their list of complaints, though if you keep an open mind and open ears, you’ll get to the love beneath their feelings soon enough. While you’re at it, translate your own complaints into direct requests. This works better. JULY 23-AUG. 22 If you don’t feel like you’re getting the whole story from someone involved in a business arrangement, be persistent gathering your facts, focus your questions, and seek your answers. Any concealment may be intentional, but it may also be the result of an oversight or neglect. Know before you judge. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 If there’s some secret you’re keeping from yourself, you won’t be keeping it for long. An unusual alignment involving your ruling planet Mercury is describing a personal discovery that will feel like striking gold. Pay attention to each step in what is indeed a beautiful moment of self-revelation. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 All of our society’s models of family structure are based on marriage, even if it’s not the formal kind. That’s supposedly the right way, and every other way is supposedly wrong. None of this is strictly true; it’s just the way things are usually done. If you have a better way, try it out. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 Reality has a life of its own. Just like a lie can seem to become animated like a living thing, the truth is quietly living and breathing behind all the chaos, the questions and the distractions. When you discover what it is, pause and honor your revelation, and ask how you might live differently. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 Remember that your power of decision is the essence of your freedom. There are things you can decide and then decide again, though you need to be more cautious about your current plan. You can see the way you want things to be, though you should really account for what you don’t know. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 If you’re feeling jealous or competitive, ask yourself what this is about. The surface reason is not the real answer. There’s something more primal that’s driving your emotions, and you’ll feel better, and freer, once you make contact with what that is. Till then, be as forgiving as you can. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 You’re still grappling with things you’d rather not talk about, though this is a good opportunity to pause and take your own counsel. Much has changed over the past week, and you have new considerations and different concerns. Yet the planets are still urging you to take a more open-minded approach. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 You may need to take a stand as a public advocate today, and if you feel called, don’t hesitate. You know what you’re talking about, and people are hungry for some ethical leadership. More often than not, your views on important issues turn out to be correct, and you should pipe up more frequently.