If it’s your birthday

There’s just one imperative in your life, which is being honest about how you feel. Many people want to have influence over this most personal inner dynamic, and they have no business doing so. Sort out your sincere emotions from what family and living partners think is best for you. Before long you’ll get enough traction to assert your independence. You share a birthday with Jean-Luc Godard, Julianne Moore, and Amanda Seyfried. MARCH 21-APRIL 19 Today’s Full Moon will push a certain issue to the forefront, and you’ll get a chance to work it out in a civilized discussion. Yet make sure you use your words economically, and peacefully, and listen carefully. This is not about winning anything, but rather, coming to a mutual understanding. APRIL 20-MAY 20 Today’s Full Moon may raise your concerns about a financial situation, though you’re in better condition than you may believe. Mercury retrograde over the next few weeks will guide you to develop more equitable relationships with partners and business associates. Be patient and work things out thoughtfully. MAY 21-JUNE 20 Mercury is now retrograde in your house of relationships, which is a caution not to get stuck on old matters. Work with partners toward common goals, and do your part to establish common ground. Take plenty of time to yourself, to review the deep matters that you have on your mind. JUNE 21-JULY 22 Today’s Full Moon may relieve some of the pressure you’re feeling, and resolve some of the mystery about certain work or health related circumstances. Get the message that you don’t need to exert nearly as much effort as you think you do. Focus on your opportunities, which are abundant. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Be careful not to push yourself too hard today; the Sun’s tense meeting with Neptune is warning that you could waste your energy on something pointless, and burn out. Size up carefully what actually needs to be done; and then apply minimal effort, just to test out your theory. Study the results. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Today’s Full Moon occurs in the professional achievement angle of your solar chart. You may feel that you don’t get the recognition you deserve, though you would be well served to recognize what you’ve accomplished before you expect others to. Then, you can leverage that information. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 You may feel as if someone is not negotiating in good faith. Maybe you think they are holding back information, or using a secret strategy against you. Keep a careful check on those thoughts, and admit that other explanations and theories can account for what you don’t currently know. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 Watch your finances carefully. Spend only what you must, and avoid making major purchases for a few weeks, if at all possible. This includes holiday shopping. You can even cut your gift budget in half and make people just as happy. It really is the thought that counts. You are generous enough. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 The mind has its inner workings, though there are two main levels: the one we think we understand, and the one we don’t think we understand. At the moment, the latter is in focus, and you may be feeling like there’s chaos in there. However, if you pause, listen and feel, you will see a pattern. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 If you think someone holds power over you, it’s an illusion. It’s not true; or, at least, it’s not the power you may think. It’s far less. Any criticism you may feel actually has its roots in a thought you’ve internalized. Let it go. It cannot hurt you. You’re free to do what you want or need. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 For you, the review process of the Mercury retrograde beginning today is about sizing up your accomplishments. Go back to late 2014 and remember where you were, what you were doing and how you felt about it. Then trace the time forward and recognize yourself for every single success, great or small.