If it’s your birthday

Forces outside your control may seem to be guiding your relationships, though if you would turn your attention within yourself, you’ll see how your desires are driving everything. The way to change what you’re getting is to change what you want, though first you need to figure out what that is. Herein lies the beauty of the journey, and the game. You share a birthday with Oscar Wilde, Tim Robbins, and Flea. MARCH 21-APRIL 19 If you stay on top of your work, you will avoid a big crunch tomorrow. Monday is usually a sluggish day, though pluck up some focus and kick your mind into high gear. A clue from your astrology is that one good idea can save you hours of work, so focus on quality rather than quantity. APRIL 20-MAY 20 Jupiter has begun its oneyear trip across Scorpio, the relationship angle of your solar chart. Mercury and the Sun are following close behind. This is about you: You will become more visible and more attractive, and gain a sense of your power and strength. Walk lightly, and love gently. MAY 21-JUNE 20 Throw off any feeling of insecurity or uncertainty and proceed like you know what you’re doing. Even if you don’t, you’ll figure it out soon enough. Your Gemini powers of wit and wisdom will always be waiting for you to summon them. Let everything you touch turn to beauty. JUNE 21-JULY 22 Ease back on any panicky feelings, or the sense you’re living in the middle of a mystery you cannot describe. Mercury is about to join Jupiter in your house of fun, pleasure and art. Keep your energy moving: creative, sexual, physical, all of it. Get up right now and walk around the block. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Keep cutting through the fog on any matter of personal importance you’re trying to figure out. Be determined to get to the truth. Pretend you’re Nancy Drew or old Sherlock Holmes, and assemble all of your available clues, and your thoughts about what they point to. Know what you don’t know. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Your feelings usually make sense; that’s what people find so perplexing about you. You need to trust that a little more, and then put some more thought into what you’re going to do about them. Persistent inaction is useless. Over-reacting is useless. There is plenty of middle ground. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 Take the time to make sure any social justice or personal service project you’ve started recently has the proper outcome. This may take some time and focus, and a bit of effort. Check that everyone has what they need, and ask whether there’s anything else you can do to assist or serve. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 You will need to clear up the confusion and take charge, which are really one and the same thing. You have a natural gift for seeing the future; now, you must focus your perception on seeing the present, and sizing up the most basic facts. That will easily lead to a coherent plan of action. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 If there’s a difficult or thankless job that must be done, you’re the one to do it. You’re the one willing to get your hands dirty, stay late, or work your tail off to make sure something happens the right way at the right time. Once you’ve accomplished that, have a cup of tea and get onto the next task. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 You must get in the habit of doubting yourself enough to check your work. Get second opinions, particularly from people you tend to disagree with. Jupiter so prominent in your chart is saying that you must shake off any vague trace of know-it-all. Learn to ask focused, pointed questions. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 You choose the people who are in your life. You can, you must — and you do, and it’s important that you keep choosing at all times. Nobody is entitled to you. Nobody owns you, though most of the world’s theories of relationships suggest otherwise. You need your own code to live by.