HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

Happy birthday. Heart connections will be made stronger as you communicate more openly. Exceptional progress at work happens over the next five weeks. November starts the process of clearing the old for rebuilding in January. Your interest in others will carry you into new worlds next year.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Wisdom isn’t among the glamorous traits: Foolishness and impulse are far more celebrated. You can’t progress without growing wise. Acknowledge the wise part of you and watch it grow.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Many people say “I love you” easily and with no follow-up proof. Love is a verb. You’ll enjoy finding ways to help, please, nurture, comfort, understand, support, applaud and celebrate those you love. GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Theoretically, you could retreat to the fantasy of your mind for a free getaway. But in actuality, environment matters. It will be much easier to find the new you in a new place.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): You’ve formal training in some areas, and there are plenty of things you taught yourself. Now you’ll get the chance to fill in the gaps of your education. There’s an exciting opportunity coming.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your productivity ebbs and flows according to what’s going on around you. You’d like to have more control over this, and you can. This is best done by changing it, or leaving it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Someone has asked too much of you. You didn’t think the request was too much at the time, and that’s why you said yes. But don’t worry, the decision should, can and will be reversed.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): There are some things you shouldn’t be too careful about. As one philosopher suggested, “Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness” (Bertrand Russell). SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): You don’t really see being happy as your duty, but what if it is? What if, on some spiritual level, your unhappiness dims the light of humanity? Act as though this is the case and you’ll see some magic today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): If you find yourself avoiding people, this might be a sign that you’ve some unfinished business or something to reconcile in yourself. Or you could be wisely economizing your energy. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): What does “authenticity” really mean? Most assume it has to do with acting on some grand individualistic agenda. Today’s authentic living may be best expressed by eating a sandwich or doing what everyone else is doing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Surrender is the greatest stress reliever. The best part about it is that you can choose which direction to take it. There are so many things to give in to. Ideas for today: Surrender to laughter, touch, dance, love, taste, sleep, etc.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Arguments will be best among friends, preferably bright ones with diverse and even outlandish opinions. You’ll hash out topics for the sake of sporting debate and come to a universal truth.