Horoscopes
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Becoming aware of the different ways another person expresses want and need is a process of discovery as fascinating, frustrating and exciting as any exotic excursion.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your leadership style is very different from that of the previous person, and you can expect some resistance. This is a test. Remain strong in your methods. They’ll adjust soon enough.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). “Life is 10% what you make it and 90% how you take it,” said composer Irving Berlin. This is because much of what’s happening is out of your control, but your responses will be brilliant.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Regret has its orientation in the untouchable past. You can safely assume you’ve already learned from what happened and leave it back there. Commit to forward motion.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You can’t always stop unhelpful thoughts from coming up, but you can make light of them, thus reducing their psychic weight and the drag they would surely cause on your day, were you to pay them more attention.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You understand human nature, but you don’t always like it. Right now, it feels like people don’t care what you do, only what you do (SET ITAL)FOR them.(end ITAL) Don’t let that make you cynical. You’ll find plenty of exceptions.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Playgrounds are supposed to be fun, but the freedom of recess can be deceivingly difficult to manage. Left to their own devices, children often find it harder to get along. Adults are the same. Be wary of the leisure hours.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Hopefully, your attitude about money will help your dreams, not hurt them. If there’s a belief holding you back, you’ll be made aware of it. Be sure to accept money for the work you do, especially creative work.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The amateurs will critique an experience while it is happening, loving how smart it makes them feel. The pros stay open and absorb it, realizing that bias and judgement prevent insight and learning.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). No need to pretend for the sake of others. Just experience things naturally, plus manners. Politeness should be enough. If they need you to put on a big show, they are the ones being rude.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Think twice before you offer discounts, as doing so could adversely affect an experience. Pleasure is greatest when earned. The higher the price of the ticket, the more people enjoy the event.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Interrupters often come off unfavorably, as needing to negate the flow of life already unfolding reveals arrogance, immaturity and possibly ineptitude. As a habit, it’s unattractive, but as a tactic, it’s sometimes necessary.
In 1920, baseball got its first “czar” as Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected commissioner of the American and National Leagues.
In 1927, Josef Stalin became the undisputed ruler of the Soviet Union as Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party. In 1936, the San Francisco-oakland Bay Bridge opened as President Franklin D. Roosevelt pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C., giving the green light to traffic.
In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and several other World War II Japanese leaders were sentenced to death by a war crimes tribunal.
In 1969, news of the My Lai (mee ly) Massacre carried out by U.S. forces in South Vietnam in March 1968 was broken by investigative reporter Seymour Hersh.
In 1987, the American Medical Association issued a policy statement saying it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person had AIDS or was Hiv-positive. In 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 headed to the Dominican Republic, crashed after takeoff from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing all 260 people on board and five people on the ground.
In 2009, Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan (NIH-DAHL’ MAH-LEEK’ HAH-SAHN’) was charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in the Fort Hood, Texas, shooting rampage. (Hasan was later convicted and sentenced to death; no execution date has been set.)