If it’s your birthday

You are born on one of the most potent days of the year, offering you unusual opportunities and the potential to have actual impact on the world around you. You possess what can rightly be called influence or even power, which you are summoned to use both judiciously and creatively in equal measure. You are connected; let your energy flow. You share a birthday with Michael Palin, Antony Santos, and Adele. MARCH 21-APRIL 19 You’re approaching some important decisions, yet you must not rush the process. Take matters one step at a time, and one idea at a time. Rather than try to sort everything out at once, begin with an aspect of your life that yields to a gentle degree of organization. Then, use what you learn. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Your work is your spiritual path. I don’t mean this in the typical American way of “work hard, play hard,” but rather living your destiny through what you make with your hands and your mind. What you do with your precious days is, now and in the end, the meaning of your life. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 You’re being called deep into an emotional and erotic experience, to the point where it may intimidate you. Yet why be afraid of yourself, or of someone you care about? Well, vulnerability is not something most people are good at these days, or find appealing. But you might reconsider that. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 You may feel like you’re under some emotional pressure in a relationship. Yet if you want to figure out what that’s about, begin with the demands and expectations you have of yourself and look at those for a while. Just about all of what you’re experiencing is in your mind. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 You are working that sensitive space where your imagination meets reality. Here’s the thing: you cannot hold people to who you imagine they are. Rather, allow them to be who they are, and be who you are. Then create something with the materials you have available. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 Mars is the money planet, because Mars is about drive; and to make money, you must be motivated. Yet being the person you are -- one who has an ethical foundation -- you cannot safely contradict your own values. Unlike many people you know, you must be in harmony with yourself. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 Today’s meeting of the Moon, Mars and Pluto in your birth sign may have you on edge, wondering what’s going to come next. Just ride this one out, and don’t be intimidated by your feelings, your desires, or the content of your mind. You’re larger than all of it combined. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 You may feel like you’re dealing with deep unconscious forces, which may well be true. Yet what does that really mean? Do you truly contain anything that you don’t understand? And even if you do, you’re certainly capable of rising to the occasion, and not running from yourself. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 You’re under exceptionally good aspects for expressing yourself, as well as for selling your talents. Make the best use of this astrology while it lasts, because it’s of a kind that never quite repeats. The best opportunities are always once in a lifetime, and it’s good to recognize that in its moment.