HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

Happy birthday. Your time and gifts are precious, and you’ll have to guard them to prevent waste and maximize opportunity in November.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): When you’ve a whole crowd of competition, standing out is crucial, and you won’t be able to do it with a mild move.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Affection is the golden ingredient. It’s the difference between getting the laugh and not, drawing people closer in camaraderie or repelling them with antagonism.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): You know trouble when it walks in. That doesn’t mean you’ll stay away from it, however.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): Success will depend on creating smaller goals. That big aim happens in thousands of little moves.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): When you get impatient today, step away and take a breath. Notice the already established rhythms.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The more slowly a relationship unfolds the more interesting it will be to you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): It could very well be that the problems of mankind will be solved by small diverse groups of smart people.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): You’ll solve a problem when you investigate and deconstruct what you know to root out the misunderstanding.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Loving someone means protecting that person’s ego. Ego protection involves an entire list of do’s and don’ts.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Learning happens over time, and that time isn’t one night. A little bit every day is the way to mastery.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): The moment things start to become hidden, that’s where problems arise.You prevent this by sharing your life openly with your close loved ones and staying in touch with the different parts of their lives, too.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Be careful not to lay down rules that make you feel better in the moment but won’t be sustainable over the long term. Look ahead.