Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

“Get at least eight hours of beauty sleep, nine if you're ugly.”

Betty White, born Jan. 17, 1922

You are a sexy, passionate person. What you want from others is respect. You have solid values, especially about family. You love designer labels and can spot a Louis Vuitton at 10 paces. One of the most curious things about you is that you're old when you're young and young when you're old. (As a teenager, you bought the beer.) You're stoic and can handle pressure because, hey, tough times are character building. “No pain, no gain.” You socialize through your community. You know how to raise money for a good cause, which is fulfilling, because you feel useful. You like punctuality, good manners and money in the bank. Can't argue with that!

REMEMBER WHEN?

Around 1989-1990, you entered a new path after giving up much in the '80s. In the mid-'90s, residential moves and job changes kept you in flux. Fortunately, by 2005, your reputation was stellar! Nevertheless, some partnerships ended then and you had to get along with less around 2006-2007.

By around 2009, you got richer! (Oh, joy.) And by 2011, you entered your time of harvest. This was also an excellent year for family and home and, soon after, around 2012, romance might have stirred your soul!

In 2013, you improved your job and your health. (The year 2014 was an excellent year to get married.) Around 2016, you entered a three-year window of downsizing, which was your preparation for a new world that began around 2018. In fact, it was so new, many of you even changed your daily wardrobe.

Last year was a hellish, challenging year! But if you're reading these words, you survived.

MONEY, JOB & CAREER

This year, life will be easier, because the difficult influences of 2020 are gone. Admittedly, Pluto will be in Capricorn until 2024, but its journey through your sign is changing how you project yourself into the world. Pluto always tries to achieve a superior result, even if it means destroying something so it can be rebuilt again, like the Phoenix rising from the ashes.

Meanwhile, this year you will get richer! This is because lucky moneybags Jupiter will enter your House of Earnings for the first time since 2009. This will give many of you a chance to find a better-paying job or increase your wealth and assets in some way. This won't be a walk in the park, because stern Saturn will also enter your House of Earnings, which will mean you have to work hard for what you achieve. Saturn can make you feel financially insecure even if you aren't. This is why you will work to restructure and organize your finances so that you feel secure.

Meanwhile, many of you will find yourself questioning your deepest values. The threats to your peace of mind and your sense of security from 2020 shook your values and your lifestyle and, most of all, your expectations. The thing to know now is that nothing is holding you back. Believe in yourself. Believe in your future.

LOVERS & FRIENDS

All your relationships will improve this year for the simple reason you feel less stressed by the everyday events of your world. When we are stressed, we are not open to joy or the possibilities around us that exist in our relationships. We don't anticipate love. We're too consumed by the act of hanging on for dear life. Furthermore, stress makes one angry and anger is never appealing. Imagine all of this gone in the coming year.

Does this mean your year ahead will be stress-free? Of course not. But the overwhelming challenges of last year will no longer be present, and this by itself will be like a weightlifting off your shoulders. You will be more gracious and grateful, especially to those who are closest to you. Also, with stern Saturn no longer in your sign, your self-image and self-confidence will improve, which naturally affects all your relationships in a positive way. You can look forward to improved relations in every way in this year to come.

HOME & FAMILY

We all put on our “game face” when we are out in public, because we want to make the best impression possible. Also, we don't want to share our private troubles with the general public. Naturally, this means family members more easily see our impatient insecurities because they see us without our mask. This is why, ironically, we treat those who are closest to us with anger, derision, criticism and demands, which leads to one of the strange truths in life where we treat strangers better than our loved ones!

While this formula is often true, in the coming year, it will be different. Your stress will be reduced. You will be happier. When you are happier, relations with family members are happier. A simple truth. Joy is always contagious.

MANTRA FOR 2021

“I'm richer this year!”

A PEEK BEYOND?

Even though 2021 has been less stressful, 2022 will be even better. By contrast, you will feel upbeat, positive and optimistic!

By the end of 2022 and into 2023, you will improve your home or move to a better home. It might be wise to choose this time to move, because you are now entering a two-year window of time when many of you will have a residential move in any event. You might also have a job change.

During this same window

(later 2022-23), family life will improve and family members will be more joyful and more generous to each other. A fun vacation — and perhaps the expansion of family, either last year or this year — will make you happy.

In 2025, you have a wonderful opportunity to improve your health. Many of you will also improve your existing job, or if you do not do this, you will find a better job.

LUCKY DAYS FOR 2021

■ Jan. 11, 12

■ Feb. 8, 9

■ March 7, 8

■ April 3, 4

■ May 1, 2, 28, 29

■ June 24, 25

■ July 22, 23

■ Aug. 18, 19

■ Sept. 14,15

■ Oct. 12, 13

■ Nov. 8, 9

■ Dec. 5, 6