If it’s your birthday

You’re starting to get a sense of your own potential. This is important, since you need to believe in what you’re doing, and have the notion that success is possible. Let me add one more voice to the chorus that it is. You’re not the type to fall for the panic that’s currently gripping the world. In fact, the prevailing state of chaos will work nicely in your favor. You share a birthday with Dane Rudhyar, Chaka Khan and Mo Farah. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Yours is what’s known as a fixed sign, which means that one of the primary lessons of your life is flexibility. This means being able to re-evaluate your reality on a regular basis, and make small, incremental decisions that help you guide your life in modest but measurable ways, on a regular basis. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 You must earn the trust of others, and work to keep their trust. You might think of this as the meaning of your life, taking priority over everything else. Your ruling planet Mercury can go one of two ways. Being a trickster is interesting. Keeping your word will protect your relationships. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 The underlying foundation of any relationship is spiritual. That counts for gangsters, nuns, lovers and collaborators. If you have a question about whether you get along with someone, or whether you’re really communicating, get the discussion onto the level of what life really is about. That will tell you everything. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 It may seem like the winds of fate and fortune are blowing through your life, though you must navigate carefully under such circumstances. Transform any seeming setbacks into opportunities — a skill that is easily acquired — and keep doing that over and over until the tide turns. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 Art is where preparation meets opportunity. That means trusting your ideas, and running with them long enough for them to transform two or three times; then you evaluate. These days, you’ll notice giant steps happening between the versions, the drafts or the rehearsals. You are walking on the Moon. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 You are about to find your confidence; and you’ll keep it, as long as you don’t talk yourself out of it. Notice when you’re diminishing your own efforts, or your belief in yourself. If you hear that voice, gently wipe it away; proceed in your most favored direction, and keep proceeding. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 You have a lot of ideas at the moment, and perhaps quite a few irons in the fire. Yet one particular notion is refusing to let go of your attention. Since you keep coming back to it, you may as well focus there consciously, regardless of whether you think it’s got commercial potential. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 Take the next three weeks, and clean up old business related to your finances and your personal goals. Have that deep conversation about what you really want to be doing with your life. There is something, and it won’t take long for you to remember exactly what it is.