IF DECEMBER 11 IS YOUR BIRTHDAY:

ACROSS

1 Little lie

4 Shell game

item

7 Fragrant

trees

12 “Exodus”

hero

13 Flight stat

14 Tends texts

15 — Tin Tin

16 Daily delivery, at times

18 Flavor enhancer, for short

19 Painting of a

scene

20 “Scram!”

22 Capote

nickname

23 Dutch DOWN

cheese 1 Rural

27 “For — a spreads jolly 2 From Dublin good ...” 3 “That’s it!” 29 Hopper of 4 Skillets

Hollywood 5 Votes for 31 Coffee add6 Fighting

in 7 Muppet 34 Long prawn 35 Little angel 8 Actress 37 Part of MPH Lupino agreement. Sign contracts or make promises with the confidence that they will be fulfilled. 38 Pepsi rival 39 “— Town” 41 Last writes? 45 Tennis star

Becker 47 Single 48 Bookstore

buy 52 Capitol Hill

VIP 53 Baseball’s

Tony 54 Island

garland 55 Madrid Mrs. 56 Summoned with a beeper 57 Pink Floyd’s

Barrett

58 $ dispenser

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Be discreet. Be practical about how you handle your money and don’t tell everyone every detail of your personal business.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

Try to strike a balance between needed alone time and family and social events.

9 Wee bite 10 Summer on

the Seine 11 Old map

letters 17 Tater 21 Chicago

airport 23 January, to

Juana 24 Genetic

stuff

25 Tire filler 26 AOL rival 28 Ostrich’s

kin

30 Storm

center 31 300, to

Cato 32 Plato’s P 33 Comics cry 36 Nitwit 37 Expensive 40 Russian

range

42 — nova 43 Not moving 44 Coffee

break hr. 45 Pitt of

“Troy” 46 Lose

traction 48 Mom’s mate 49 In the style

of 50 Pot-bellied

pet

51 First lady?

During the upcoming six to eight weeks, take a rain check on signing financial agreements and avoid getting into debt. You may feel unfocused or out of balance in February, so get extra rest and surround yourself with encouraging people. In April, you are more realistic and practical than usual, so you can make excellent financial decisions. Watch for a providential opportunity in May that could bring increased contentment.