If it’s your birthday

Intuition is your best guidance. You know what’s right, though I would also remind you that knowing comes with not being afraid in any form. Your inner guidance is designed to lead you away from fearful places into ones where you’re protected, well informed and free to act on what you want. Your personal truth will resonate with you mentally, and physically. You share a birthday with Raj Kapoor, Shirley Jackson and Natascha McElhone. MARCH 21-APRIL 19 Take the initiative and keep a real conversation going. Not a showdown; nothing hot and heavy; but rather a gentle discussion, whose purpose is developing an understanding. Let this proceed day by day for the next few days, with no expectations. Just notice when you arrive in an interesting place. APRIL 20-MAY 20 In the midst of more seemingly important discussions, there’s an undercurrent of financial matters. These aren’t separate from anything: money is one of the most important spiritual matters of our time, and best treated that way. The contracts you have with others are a matter of sacred honor. MAY 21-JUNE 20 You may feel a need to devote yourself to someone’s service today, in a way greater than most would do. Does that person deserve your help? If you feel they do, then that’s the definition of “deserve.” Do it for its own sake, not to get anything back. That’s the definition of “serve.” JUNE 21-JULY 22 You now have a cooler and more detached perspective on a sensitive situation, and you have more information about how to proceed in a way that serves your interests. However, with Mercury retrograde, you must be meticulous about making sure your intel is accurate and your data is correct. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Whatever you may be feeling, the chances are that you’ll work it out by gaining clarity around a financial matter, probably involving a partner. You may not think this is the case; it would seem to involve everything but. However, you won’t know until you investigate and test the theory. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Be aware that your emotions might overwhelm your rational mind today. It might take you by surprise, say, if a small irritation turns into actual anger. You would be well served to work it out sooner rather than later, before your emotions pick up momentum; when it will be harder to turn back. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 You might be inclined to obsess over money, though that probably won’t get you far today. Rather, it would be better use of your time and energy to get a deeper understanding of your situation, and see what obvious problems might be easily solved. By that I mean no sweat, no pain. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 You may think what you’re saying is perfectly clear, though the measure of that is whether others are following along. If they are not, you might ease back a little and ask them for their impression, and to share just what it is that they don’t understand. Ask yourself the same thing. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 It’ll be easy to get yourself mixed up in controversy today. It’ll be just as easy to be the one who is capable of standing back and holding space for a real conversation to take place. The key to doing this will be not getting emotionally invested. However, that’s easier said than done. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 Leadership must be synonymous with responsibility from this moment going forward in your life. So too must power, influence and authority. The crisis we are seeing in the world is mainly due to the way that power is usually bestowed with no thought of ethics or accountability. That’s not your deal. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 You have a rather different point of view on many current events of the world, and you have no reason to be insecure about that. As long as you keep your point of view circumspect — which is to say, looking from all angles — not much will get past you. This information will soon come in handy.