HOROSCOPE

ARIES (March 20-April 18): A boss or client continues to make life difficult, but you’re holding up and even learning to adapt. There may be a plus side to this after all.

TAURUS (April 19-May 19): Continue to hedge your bets even if people say there’s nothing to worry about. Things are still in flux. Details get worked out over the weekend.

GEMINI (May 20-June 20): You don’t do well with stand-offs. Play is your way of getting things done. Your only chance of turning the tables is to stay in the game.

CANCER (June 21-July 21): You hoped steering clear of a controversy would preserve neutrality. Unfortunately it has the opposite effect. Speak up before it’s too late.

LEO (July 22-Aug. 21): Don’t waste your breath trying to appeal to reason with a shortsighted supervisor at work. Lights may be on but nobody’s home.

VIRGO (Aug. 22-Sept. 21): Avoiding a confrontation only makes matters worse. Be up front about a contested issue. Colleagues may disagree, but they’ll respect you. LIBRA (Sept. 22-Oct. 22): Take off the kid gloves because a work situation has bedeviled you long enough. Be proactive and the opposition folds like a cheap tent.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your obsession with an adversary’s progress is blinding you. Put more stock in what you do and you’ll see efforts pay off.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 20): Don’t let difficulties in a partner’s life get to you. This person has a better handle on things than you think.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 21-Jan. 18): A budding partnership continues to slog along. Try to be patient. You’ve been at this longer. The other party needs time to catch up.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 19-Feb. 17): Sometimes gossip serves a positive function — like when you hear about a matter you presumed was settled amicably. It wasn’t. Go back and correct it.

PISCES (Feb. 18-March 19): Just when you finish assuring the other party there isn’t a future together you receive news that this person’s a gold mine. Backpedal. Fast.