Horoscopes

Aries (March 21-April 19): Your mind can either be your ally or your enemy. Choosing helpful thoughts is the habit to cultivate at this critical juncture. Don’t expect such thoughts to come naturally. Write them out. Repeat them. It’s forced, but it will work. Taurus (April 20-May 20): There are no free passes for what you want to experience. You’ll be glad for this. Hard work forces you to confront and ultimately develop a better connection with your core character. Gemini (May 21-June 21): There’s something you don’t want to do, and yet you really must. So do it first. This will improve the overall quality of your day. Otherwise you’ll spend the whole day cozied up to a nagging feeling. Cancer (June 22-July 22): People don’t learn with their arms crossed. Learning is a posture. It’s a receptive way of being. The learning mind is open and curious, willing to do the things that reinforce the assimilation of knowledge. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You’re capable of deep self-reflection but timing is key. For the most part, you’ll keep it light and do what you need to do today. Then tonight, you’ll choose your moment and go deeper into your own motivations. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Any feeling you have of being constricted will go away once you reduce your spending. Lower the expenses so you can show a profit, minimize your stress, and have the freedom you’ve longed for. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): The path to success will be built from long strings of kept promises. Of course, the easiest way to keep your promises is to make promises that are easy to, and maybe even a pleasure to, keep. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Neatness will make a difference in your work. It won’t make it inherently better, but it will make it more user-friendly, which will lead to more people making use of it. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ve been drawn to both virtue and vice, and sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference. But down deep you know who is good for you and who isn’t. Stick with the people who are good for you. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Not long ago it was you who needed guidance. Now you’re the one giving it to others. You’ll do this with great patience, thoroughness and heart. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’re a bit of an impresario today, creating a “show” and selling tickets. On a deeper level, what you’re doing is helping others to see what’s extraordinary

about that ordinary thing that’s been there all along. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): The past is messier than it looks in the history books. The story we tell looking backward already has an ending. All we have to do is connect the dots in a way that leads up to it. The present has no ending. The story is up for grabs. Today’s birthday (Oct. 2): You deserve to be appreciated by those who can, want to and need to have you in their lives. That’s the shuffle of the next three months. You figure out how you fit in and what has to happen to make it more effectively so. You’re going places together, which is why you need to choose your people very carefully. Aries and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 44, 3, 20 and 16.