TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Aries (March 21-April 19):

Gentle times like these are the calm before the storm. So instead of enjoying the lull, do exercises to get yourself ready for a future that requires your strength. Taurus (April 20-May 20): People have different signals, signals they don’t learn so much as create, signals never formally communicated. Yet you’re the kind of person they think will understand them anyway, and somehow you actually do. Gemini (May 21-June 21): There are some who don’t like schools categorically. If everyone is going in a direction, one stream of thought or another, there are those who will resist on principle. It’s a checkpoint opportunity but nothing to take too personally. Cancer (June 22-July 22): It’s a day to appreciate the difference inherent in generations. Youth is movement. Age is movement, too, but slower and multidimensional, sometimes internal, sometimes symbolic. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Doing what you know isn’t going to help you explore, grow or conquer new realms. Doing what you don’t know is going to make you feel stupid. The more comfortable you get with that, the bigger and better you’ll be. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There are new people you don’t meet, so much as recognize. These soul-to-soul reunions don’t have to be anything heavy. They can be incredibly lighthearted and yet feel like strange validation. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): You have your own way of seeing things, and it’s not accurate, because no one’s way of seeing things is accurate. As an evolved person, you recognize your limitations, and perhaps even celebrate them. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): When was the last time you marveled at something? When was the last time your curiosity shattered the limitations of the usual wondering, pushing into extraordinary realms of awe? Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ve been working very hard. Could you trust others to do the same? People will do more if you ask them to do more, but do even more if you leave a need for them to do more. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There’s a subtext in your dialogue. Whether or not you want that to reveal more than you intended, you can’t help it. Such is the exchange of language. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Yes, the constant craving is real. There’s a difficulty in being that is not and will never be resolved. The wise will get used to the thirst, as it will not be quenched. Singer Dame Vera Lynn is 102. Producer-directorcomedian Carl Reiner is 97. Actor Hal Linden is 88. Former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney is 80. Country singer Don Edwards is 80. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley is 74. Country singermusician Ranger Doug is 73. Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Orr is 71. Blues singermusician Marcia Ball is 70. Actor William Hurt is 69. Rock musician Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) is 69. Rock musician Jimmie Vaughan is 68. Country musician Jimmy Seales is 65. Actress Amy Aquino is 62. Movie director Spike Lee is 62. Actress Theresa Russell is 62. Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway is 62. Actress Holly Hunter is 61. Rock musician Slim Jim Phantom is 58. Actress-model-designer Kathy Ireland is 56. Actor David Thewlis is 56. Rock musician Adrian Oxaal is 54. Actress Jessica Lundy is 53. Actress Liza Snyder is 51. Actor Michael Rapaport is 49. Actor Alexander Chaplin is 48. Actor Cedric Yarbrough is 46. Actress Paula Garces is 45. Actor Michael Genadry is 41. Actress Bianca Lawson is 40. Comedian-actor Mikey Day is 39. Actor Nick Blood (TV: “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 37. Rock musician Nick Wheeler is 37. Actor Michael Cassidy is 36. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): You’re not in charge of what others see in you, and concerning yourself with that would be a major waste of time today. You know how you’d like to develop. All is well when you stay headed in that direction. Today’s birthday (March 20): This will be an exciting year of firsts, even if you thought you’d already experienced all the firsts. You’re changing. You’ve learned all you can about some topics, exhausted the value in certain situations, and now you’ll move gracefully into new interests, professional situations, domestic arrangements, friendships and more. Cancer and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 20, 33, 37 and 11.