HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

Happy birthday. Your dance with destiny goes through style variations. First, you’ll be the lead, and then life carries you along. In both instances you’ll have the grace of a professional, which comes from putting in the effort to figure out relationships and work at deeper levels.

Notable: Family makes you proud.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Dress well and remember names. It’s not for them; it’s for you. When you’re not feeling self-conscious, you can read others better and your flirting skills tantalize.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you do something because you should, then the action will be joyless. Find what’s in it for you, and then do it for you. Suddenly, it’s not drudgery but an expression of your spirit.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): People adopt beliefs without investigating them all of the time. Social conditioning requires this, in fact! That said, you have more freedom now and are ready backtrack, to put certain beliefs to the test. CANCER (June 22-July 22): Family is important to you, but that doesn’t mean you have to acquiesce to every request (and demand!) of your clan. In fact, it’s time to consider a style of family interaction that suits you better.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The world has its tools for assessing the success of others, but they’re usually crude and impersonal. You get to choose the metrics by which you judge yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): What you do to strengthen your voice will also strengthen your position. This is meant both figuratively and actually, as great power and intelligence can be conveyed in the sounds that come from your mouth. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Maybe you technically don’t need to prove yourself to keep your current job or relationship in good standing, but you’re still thinking about doing the extra thing that sets you apart. Let nothing stop you. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): The saying, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained” does not account for the sort of luck that come through an auspicious birth or the dumb luck of improbable circumstance, but it counts for the the sort of luck that’s available today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Something you thought would be a setback or disruption will turn out to be just what was needed to invigorate your circumstances and inspire a top performance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You were going through emotions while you made your work and now those emotions are embedded in the work. Sensitive souls will be able to feel it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Grandiose proclamations will be used to cover up inadequacies. The truly able will just tell you what they can do. Super-sized outcomes are no big deal to super-sized players.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You may regret certain things you say, but don’t worry too much about it. People really do hear what they want to hear. And once a person gets to know you, the listening goes a little softer, the margin for error wider.