If it’s your birthday

Over the next 12 months, you will be exploring two sides of your nature. You could describe these as the watery side, and the fiery side. These are not two elements that blend easily, though you might think of yourself as the container in which this happens. The fiery aspect is passionate and assertive. The watery feels and receives. They are a nice pair. You share a birthday with Vera Lynn, Spike Lee and Fred Rogers. MARCH 21-APRIL 19 The Sun enters your sign today, in glorious style — during a conjunction of Mercury and Venus. You have everything it takes to make your mark on the world; now, all you need to do is muster up the confidence to say what you mean, and mean what you say — and back it up with action. APRIL 20-MAY 20 You are in a wild moment of self-discovery. You’re suddenly seeing all that you were missing about who you are and why you are alive. Yet the important thing is to get out of your head and into the world. Fantasy is great, as long as you express your creativity into the physical plane. MAY 21-JUNE 20 This time of year is when you shine the brightest and, in many ways, set up your success for the year to come. This year there’s an interesting twist — Mercury will be retrograde in a rather public part of your chart, so you will get to reveal the “other side” of who you are. JUNE 21-JULY 22 Today the Sun crosses the midheaven angle of your solar chart: the one that’s about responsibility, notoriety and, most of all, your aspirations to good things. You’re heading great places, though you will take an unusual path getting there. And remember: You must be bold. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Your long-term vision for your life now enters the spotlight, though there’s an important element that you will be retrieving from the past: something you left behind, gave up on or forgot about. It’s as if your memory will be jogged, and you’ll suddenly claim it as your own. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Is the emphasis of your life on love, or money? Do you identify with your passion, or with your investments? Are you willing to take chances for what you believe in, or do you take the supposedly safest way to your goals? These questions are about to undergo a rigorous review. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 You seem to be trying to define a relationship using terms that you’re already familiar with. However, it doesn’t fit any known category, and there would seem to be no past precedent to rely upon. That means you’ll have to treat it as something entirely new and different. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 You’re about to get some insight into a situation that has proven to be confusing; though, in an odd way, a source of inspiration. The whole issue with creativity is that it’s messy. People who value order and organization rarely get to feel the pleasure of their deeper mind. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 There’s only so much you can be bound by the past. You must know your history and honor it (as relates to your family, your profession and your most personal life) but you cannot be ruled by it. Tradition is one thing. Paranoid obsession is another — and it’s not as much fun. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 Today it’s the small decisions you make that will have the greatest impact on your life and on your environment. The central question is about what helps you feel safest and the most secure. Our entire planet is in the throes of chaos, though you have a clear path through the wilderness. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 It will take you a few hours to get a grip on your feelings, though the good part is that at least you’re experiencing them. You don’t need to mentally override every emotion, however. The feminine part of your mind is longing for expression, so don’t reduce everything to math.