HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 18): Your winning energy attracts the same this year. You’ll get behind a cause or person, and enthusiasm will quickly spread. Additions to your inner circle will be part of the fun. Important communication and deals happen in September. In November, a healing affects your whole family. Aquarius and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 44, 38, 2 and 11.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you go above and beyond anything asked of you, you will achieve it. Then you will be expected to achieve it regularly. Think carefully before you show off, as it might turn you into an indentured servant.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Not everyone is going to like the way you show up and declare yourself and make room to be you. If you have a few dissenters, it’s in no way a bad sign. In fact, it just might be a sign that you’re doing it right.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Maybe some of the others can’t make up their minds, but you certainly can, and you will today. Don’t let anyone sway your choice. There will be no regrets when it’s yours and yours entirely.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): The bird’s wing evolved to find the support of the air, and you have grown to find the support of those who can lift your spirits. Without them, it won’t work. Find them before you launch.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
Unless you’re talking about a line at the grocery or a theme park, faster isn’t better. Furthermore, if you’re doing fast what should really be accomplished slowly, you’ll miss today’s big prize.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Curtains will open to a fresh setting, and you’ll delight in seeing some of your favorite people interact there. Truly, an environment can influence people in unexpected ways, bringing out new facets, highs and lows.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23):
Do you need an entourage? Would it benefit you to show up as more of an entity than a person? No. You’ll accomplish more as a lone wolf, free to move where the opportunities are.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): What puzzled you will be a mystery no longer. The solution, once revealed, seems like an inevitable one. You may wonder why you didn’t see it before or know it all along.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Don’t worry about having enough time to accomplish your goal; you’ll get all you need, as long as you commit to making adequate use of all the time you’ve been given.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Cynicism goes with cowardice. The brave ones who know what it’s like to make a valiant effort and also to fail for a while before having any kind of success are usually not the cynics in the crowd.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Shakespeare suggested that a loan to a friend usually loses both the money and the friend. To be on the safe side, it’s better to give a gift to your loved one than anything you might want back later.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The current conceptions will be challenged. This is not, in and of itself, progress; however, no progress will be made without it. If you’re censoring yourself, it’s time to look at why — and whether you really should be.
FORECAST FOR THE WEEK AHEAD: The sun shines through the longest day of the year, with the summer solstice on June 21, inviting a new thought process to accompany the solar season begun by the Cancer sun. To be human is to constantly make assumptions. It’s how our brains keep from having to process a zillion things at once. To focus on what’s different, what’s new and what’s dangerous is a function of keeping the human race alive. To do this, we tend to lump most daily information into the same box, labeled “already known.” There’s a lot that goes into that box that shouldn’t this week. This week’s most beneficial question: How do you know?
Our brains use shortcuts to help us navigate what would otherwise be a very confusing world of stimuli. These shortcuts are often (though not always) effective in keeping us safe and satisfied. Always remember: You could be wrong. If you remember that, you’re ahead of the game. Self-awareness and general awareness will save us all.
Our senses are limited; therefore, our scientific observations are, too. Even the mind we use to experience our lives has never been seen or heard. We don’t even know how to define the main navigation instrument we use to live! Bottom line: If you believe in your mind, you already believe in invisible forces. Under the magic of the Cancer sun, why not believe that there are benevolent resources out there ready to assist you in whatever way is in your best interest?