If it’s your birthday

You can never really change for the sake of another person, but you certainly can change because of them. Let others have their liberating influence on you. Be open-minded and as flexible as you can be. Mostly that means letting go of any attachment to your self-concept, and seeing what you discover about your actual self. Spontaneity will help a lot. You share a birthday with Upton Sinclair, George R. R. Martin, and Sophia Loren. MAY 21-JUNE 20 You finally seem to be getting away from the mental and emotional fray, potentially involving a family or household situation. You need to take your own space, and your own counsel. In truth, you’re too sensitive to endure much conflict; and you have better things to do. JUNE 21-JULY 22 As one born under the sign Cancer, the concept of home is of deep importance to you. You need a space that you can call your own, where you can be yourself and tend your inner flame. You will feel stronger, more confident and safer living on the planet, if you honor that. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Make space for your own thoughts. Make space for yourself. The “room of one’s own” is a vitally necessary sanctuary, especially for someone who has as many responsibilities as you do. Giving yourself the opportunity for calm and reflection takes nothing from anyone. It only gives. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Before the Sun leaves your sign tomorrow, I suggest you ponder the meaning of money in your life. Usually this is something taken for granted; the meaning of cash is supposed to be self-evident, though it’s far from it. Ask some real questions and you’ll get some interesting answers. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 The Moon entered your birth sign early this morning. This might feel like cracking open a window in a musty room on a cool, beautiful day. Tap into a refreshing self-awareness, and notice the benefit of standing back from the world, leaving everyone space to be themselves. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 Your imagination may take you some interesting places the next few days, offering up ideas for relationships, and some new thoughts and feelings about sex. It’s healthy to keep an open mind about these things, and not fall for thinking you’ve figured it all out — it being yourself. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 You may get the idea today that the right thing needs to happen, and you’re going to help. Take your time, though. This astrology is a developing story, and the situation you’re looking at will take some interesting turns over the next few days. Let this play out one careful move at a time. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 When it comes to one’s true work in life, it’s necessary to give yourself to it truly. On some level, your commitment chooses you as much as you choose it. You do something because it’s the thing to do, with no guarantees. Then you devote yourself fully, with trust and with love. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 When it comes to the life of the spirit, there is no right or wrong. There’s very little to be said, and nothing special you need to do except allow your personal truth to exist on its own terms. You don’t even need to believe anything special. Peace of mind is possible, even in this world. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 Your most important and most meaningful relationship is with yourself. This is far easier said than done. We are constantly drawn out of ourselves by various encounters, offers and engagements, as seems to be the case in your life right now. Hold your center; remember who you are.