TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 83. TV personality David Hartman is 82. Actor James Fox is 78. Actress Nancy Kwan is 78. Actor Peter Mayhew is 73. Rock singer-composer Pete Townshend is 72. Concert pianist David Helfgott is 70. Rock singer-musician Dusty Hill is 68. College Football Hall of Famer and former NFL player Archie Manning is 68. Singer-actress Grace Jones is 65. Rock musician Phil Rudd is 63. Actor Steven Ford is 61. Actress Toni Lewis is 57. Rock musician Iain Harvie is 55. Actress Polly Walker is 51. Actor Jason Gray-Stanford is 47. Rock singer Jenny Berggren is 45. Race car driver Dario Franchitti is 44. Country/rock singer Shooter Jennings is 38. Actor Drew Fuller is 37. Actorcomedian Michael Che (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 34. Christian rock musician Tim McTague is 34. Rock musician James Richardson is 34. Actor Eric Lloyd is 31. Pop singer Sam Smith is 25. Actor Nolan Lyons is 16.

be thoughtful and deliberate in your response instead and you’ll avoid the trouble altogether. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Embrace the paradise of imperfect circumstances. Right now, exactly as you are, you’re good enough to do what you really want to do, to the best of your ability. Also, you’ll never be more ready. Go!

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are people you you’re not happy around and yet can’t avoid altogether. When you have to deal with them, involve others. More people will dilute the power of one negative influence. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you contradict someone, or even yourself, the energy of conflict will be ignited. This isn’t necessary! Acknowledge the things you can’t agree on. The validation may be all that’s necessary to discharge the bad energy. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You’ll be given gifts today, although they may be disguised as other things. Your definition of the term “gift” will be thereby expanded. Whether something is a gift or a bane is best determined over time. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): You know what fun is to you. Stick with that today and the smiles keep coming, whereas subscribing to other people’s idea of fun might actually make you feel irritated, uncomfortable or worse. Today’s birthday (May 19): You are very much your own person this year, and you’ll be shedding old myths and definitions. The next10 weeks will do wonders for your satisfaction at work and also for your social ties. July presents a fun challenge and the ideal teammate. November brings romantic proclamations. Save up through the colder months. Cancer and Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 40, 2, 22 and 18.