Horoscopes
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Generosity looks marvelous on you. You give what you have a surplus of -- support, love, smiles and compassion. It’s not difficult for you because you’ve cultivated this your whole life.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Would you ever have thought you’d be standing where you are now, among these people, doing what you’re doing? Yet here you are. Life is unpredictable, though trying to predict it will be a joy.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Everyone has failings. Negative events and qualities do stand out in the experience of knowing another person. Rise above this primal fact of humanity and join in the grace and compassion of angels.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Luckily, you’re not the judge, so there is precious little requiring your evaluation. You can relax and assume a posture of acceptance. How exhausting it would be if you had to weigh in on everything!
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your creativity is going strong today. Keep making things like you do. Let nothing discourage you. This is part of what keeps you vital, and you’ll be remembered for it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Stimulated by the challenge at hand, inside your brain, a million tiny light flashes turn on. Freshly illuminated and filled with courage, your mind sets sail to conquer new territory.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In the past, you saw a red flag as important information to weigh against more favorable assessments of the subject. Now, you see a red flag as a signal to turn around, swerve to avoid or run in the opposite direction.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re so relaxed within yourself that you can settle in and enjoy any environment, even completely foreign ones. You feel respectfully comfortable and at home wherever you go.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Awareness invigorates a tired scene. Boredom goes away when you focus well. Once you tune in to the deeper levels, you’ll notice many fascinations you missed before.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Abundance is not always about eating well, traveling in style or having nice things. There’s a divine intelligence doling out the blessings. Send a mental thank-you note for what you’ve recently received.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You see the same clear path to the smart choice that everyone else sees. But you’re not only smart; you’re clever. You can create benefits beyond the traditional course of benefits this path is known to provide.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Infatuation can strike anywhere. You can become fascinated with a person, an enterprise, a color, an idea or an area of interest. The energy of this state of mind is as powerful as it is temporary.
In 1781, British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia, as the American Revolution neared its end.
In 1789, John Jay was sworn in as the first Chief Justice of the United States.
In 1944, the U.S. Navy began accepting Black women into WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). In 1950, during the Korean Conflict, United Nations forces entered the North Korean capital of Pyongyang.
In 1953, the Ray Bradbury novel “Fahrenheit 451,” set in a dystopian future where books are banned and burned by the government, was first published by Ballantine Books.
In 1960, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested during a sit-down protest at a lunch counter in Atlanta. (Sent to prison for a parole violation over a traffic offense, King was released after three days following an appeal by Robert F. Kennedy.) In 1977, the supersonic Concorde made its first landing in New York City.
In 2002, in York, Pa., former mayor Charlie Robertson was acquitted and two other men were convicted in the shotgun slaying of Lillie Belle Allen, a young Black woman, during race riots that tore the city apart in 1969.
In 2003, Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa during a ceremony in St. Peter’s Square.
In 2010, the Pentagon directed the military to accept openly gay recruits for the first time in the nation’s history.