HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

Happy birthday. Your friendships will open new opportunities. Something you enjoyed a few years back will get a new life in the next three months; the revival will invigorate your work and your personal life, too. A series of uncanny events will lead you to a lucrative arrangement in January.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): People who are afraid to leave their known realm will expend a lot of energy trying to fix things there, while those who are daring enough to journey out will fix everything in one fell swoop by starting new.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You’re not looking for what’s wrong with the situation; you’re just trying to understand what’s there and how all the elements work together. Coming at it from this perspective, you’ll grow in insight and, ultimately, in power.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Your attention on things will change them — like when you repeat the same word until it loses its meaning, or when you focus on an interest so long that the awesome stuff becomes weird and the weird stuff becomes awesome.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): You’re structuring the immediate future toward a distant future you can’t quite imagine yet. That’s all right. You’ll be able to see it better as you get closer, which you will by following today’s plan.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You use your talents for work you do. Your skills are broader than the current work needs. Is there another way to apply yourself beyond what you’re paid to do? You’ll be happier when better utilized.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Moving forward isn’t always about picking the best solution; it’s about finding something that works, then finding the next thing that works. For today, good timing will be better than good research. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Some will be seduced by the feeling of superiority, even though the idea that any person is better than another is delusional. Those who can resist the temptations of arrogance will win the day. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): If you live in a way that honors those around you, you’ll get pleasure from looking back — the opposite of regret. Therefore, doing what’s right will definitely be worth the inconvenience.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll give an awful lot of attention to a version of yourself that doesn’t quite exist yet. Well, that’s one way to bring that version into being. Act “as if” and soon the ”as if” will no longer be an act. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’re not being judged. In fact, the laws of cause and effect are rather straightforward at the moment. You’re more likely to be punished by your sins than for them.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many around you are in desperate need of surprise and delight. For this reason you could get a very positive response for saying the opposite of what people expect.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Without question, you’re good at what you do. So when this goes long stretches without acknowledgement, stay confident in your ability. Also, there’s nothing wrong cuing people, in a lighthearted way, to give you props.