If it’s your birthday

This year you will be wrapping up plenty of old business, at the same time as you initiate a new phase of your worldly life. Make sure you place the emphasis on completion rather than beginning. The more work you do tying up loose ends and resolving old business, the more space you will create for what is new and exciting, and the happier you will be. You share a birthday with Archie Alexander, George Lucas and Miranda Cosgrove. MARCH 21-APRIL 19 This week you will have some bold ideas for how to organize your financial life. Yet one thing is vital: that you not rely on others to support you or to be the origin of your fortunes. To the greatest extent possible in this world, you must be the source of your own income. APRIL 20-MAY 20 This week there are two events influencing your sign. First, Mars crosses the midheaven angle of your chart, putting you in a position of leadership and authority. Second, Uranus enters your sign for the first time in nearly a century, which will remind you about your beautiful mind. MAY 21-JUNE 20 You are playing by your own rules right now, so make sure they are fair to you and to everyone else. You will be able to do things that people don’t notice, and that give you significant advantages. Yet you must have boundaries, because these days it all comes out, long before the end. JUNE 21-JULY 22 You will cover some ground this week on a number of fronts, particularly one where your public image is at stake. Always take the high ground. Think about, focus on and speak about the benefit of the community. Keep the emphasis off yourself. Be sincere, and magnanimous. JULY 23-AUG. 22 This week’s New Moon in the angle of your chart representing profession, achievement and leadership, will put you in a position of visibility and influence. Ensure you make thoughtful, careful moves, rather than making sudden or spontaneous decisions. Take things in steps. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 This thing that people call “spiritual” is all there is: It’s about the bottom line of existence, meaning why you are alive. Do you feel that there’s a purpose for your life; and, if so, do you honor it every day? This week’s astrology suggests strongly that this must be your whole agenda. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 You know that you depend on others for your identity and, in many ways, your sustenance. And there are times when you resent that, and wish you could be much more independent. Well, that moment is about to arrive. What develops this week will help you set new terms in your relationships. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 Radical changes are coming, and you’ll have little choice but to accept them. Yet you have total choice in how you interpret them. You often walk the line between making your own decisions and being tossed around like a rag doll. Get to one side of that line or the other. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 You are about to enter one of the most brilliant phases of your creative life, which by all indications will last for years. Consider the artists you admire most, and the way that they seem to have illuminated streaks of achievement. You are next; and, yes, it’s a wild ride. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 Creativity is all about the flow. It’s not about getting it right; it’s more about making mistakes, making a mess, and using up supplies as fast as you can acquire them. Once you get into the flow, you will be unstoppable. The barriers you face are less like walls and more like a picket fence. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 Later this week, Mars enters your sign. And a planet closely associated with Aquarius enters the leadership and achievement axis of your chart. Both of these come down to taking a high degree of responsibility for how you use your growing power and influence. Stay alert. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 The time has arrived to be uncompromisingly yourself. Don’t worry if you feel insecure. You’ll get over it fast. Wear your favorite colors, stand your full height, look people in the eye and stride down the street like you own the thing. This is your planet, and you are living your life.