If it’s your birthday

There’s no better symbol of a beginning than a magnificent New Moon on your birth anniversary, and that’s what you have. In many ways this year, your commitment to work, and your devotion to your health, are the central purposes and organizing principles that you will live by. From that strong and dependable purpose, love will find its way. You share a birthday with Howard Thurman, Sheila Jordan, and Margaret Atwood. MARCH 21-APRIL 19 Today’s New Moon is an invitation to renew your commitment to someone you care deeply about. One of the hallmarks of modern love is to hold back as much as you can and still get what you want. I suggest you take the opposite approach, and offer yourself fully, in mind, body and spirit. APRIL 20-MAY 20 Today’s Moon-Sun conjunction in your relationship house -- also called the Scorpio New Moon -- is a sign of beautiful things to come in your most intimate life. Yet you can take nothing for granted; you must be aware, sensitive and generous of spirit. Nothing is free, though that’s a small price. MAY 21-JUNE 20 You must take care of yourself, which means being focused on how you feel, and choosing what response is appropriate. Rather than driving yourself like a machine until you collapse, pace yourself; negotiate schedules and deadlines as necessary; and get the food, rest and loving that you need. JUNE 21-JULY 22 Today’s New Moon takes place in one the most beautiful angles of your solar chart -- the 5th house of passion, creativity, pleasure and taking the risks necessary to these things. The wheel is turning, and you are on for the ride. Let this be the start of a new season in your life. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Today’s New Moon seems custom-designed to remind you how good your life is. Even if you don’t feel that way, see if you can shift your orientation and appreciate the many benefits of experience that you have. Do something to make another person’s life better. That will enhance yours. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Today’s New Moon takes place in the mind-over-matter angle of your solar chart. But this looks more like perfecting the alchemy between your emotions and your thoughts. For as precise as you like to be, you’re often guided by your sometimesinaccurate gut responses; now you can get that into balance. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 Resolve to be your own financial foundation. For a long time you’ve worked to stand on your own feet emotionally, and to distinguish yourself from your family. Now, take that spirit of independence and get it printed on your checks. Your money is your freedom and an important source of your power. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 Today’s New Moon occurs in the most sensitive angle of your solar chart, where you’re revealed as an emotional and sensitive person. How do you relate to your needs and desires? What are your deepest fears? What is your dearest dream? Those are questions your astrology is now describing. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 Something you experience or learn today has the power to change your perspective. Rare as they are, when these things happen, people often forget as fast as the idea or experience came on. You must notice and you must remember, and be a worthy teacher of a valuable insight that you gain. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 Today’s events may be the start of an entirely new phase of your career or professional life. Certainly, all the ingredients are assembled in the same place. Yet it will help considerably if you take a lighthearted approach to what you want to accomplish. You have the serious thing down pat. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 Today’s Moon-Sun conjunction in your fellow water sign Scorpio is a reminder that the world is not just your oyster, but a whole ocean for you to explore. Muster up your boldest sense of adventure, and resolve to do something you’ve never done: something big, which will change your life, and the world.