If it’s your birthday

You’re in a rare position to attain mastery over how you present yourself to the world, and to get extraordinary results. If you use optimism, generosity and a positive mental orientation as your starting place, you will find it much easier to win friends and influence people. Approach the world from a friendly perspective, and that’s how the world will become to you. You share a birthday with Willa Cather, Noam Chomsky and Sara Bareilles. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 You’re in contact with a much deeper truth than you may even recognize, though it’s important that you treat this gently. Understate your case; and don’t argue for it, or against someone else’s viewpoint. Use your intelligence to ask the questions others might not dare to ask. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 Over the next few days, make sure that business and personal partners are careful with your money. They can do what they want with their own, though take an interest where your interests are at stake. This is not about malfeasance; it’s only about misjudgment. Be alert for your own errors as well.