HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 27).

You’ll be a director of sorts and the colorful characters of your life will look to you as a ringmaster. You’ll highlight their best and orchestrate a dazzling experience. More highlights: You’ll effectively reinvent yourself in different settings so you can serve more people, make more money and create the difference people need. Your family will grow. Capricorn and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 2, 22, 1 and 15.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).

Listening ears are all around you. Seize the opportunity to get your message across. It may be very simple — for instance, a way of prioritizing the greater good. Ultimately, it’s not the details, but your tone that rings out, lovely and loud.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).

Tell people how you want to be treated. The people who love, need and cherish you are around you — they just don’t always show up in the way you’d like them to. Today, if they know what you want, they’ll provide it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19).

The theme: cause and effect. You prefer to create the cause because then you feel entitled to the effect, but let others do the work sometimes too. They just want to share with you. Your reactions will make someone’s day.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

You’ll connect with those who speak your language, share your values and get your humor. Fun with these like minds will make it easier for you to connect with all people, even the ones with whom you have little in common.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

You’re not sure what to hope for, or if you should hope at all. Does happiness depend on the absence of expectation or expectation exceeded? You’ll dance between several modes and create a beautiful balance in your mind.

CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You mean to put fun on hold so you can handle business, but what happens is different: The handling of business turns out to be fun — maybe even more fun than what you had planned for your leisure.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

You’re thinking about upcoming interactions and a few of them seem potentially uncomfortable. Don’t shy away from the challenge. Think about getting the energy right, which starts long before the actual meeting. Get the energy right and the rest will follow.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).

Initially it may seem that today brings you fresh problems to solve, but actually you’ve already solved these before; you just need to reapply the same solution. Look to your history — a deep and abundant resource.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

You seek to know the motivation of others and will not accept attention or flattery without first understanding how these “gifts” might obligate you, or what others hope to gain from giving them. Is this skepticism or street smarts? Whichever, it’s working for you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).

Life is a classroom, and the “teacher” doesn’t always point out what will be on the test. Luckily, you’re paying close and constant attention, soaking it all in so you’ll be ready for the more official moments of grading.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).

Unless you interfere, your body will speak your mind with every stance, gesture and expression. You can use this to your advantage by thinking beautiful and purposeful things that are aligned with what you want.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).

Your social life is vibrant with interest. You’re flowing it out and taking it in. There’s much to investigate. You’ve a sense for what will really be fun, though mostly it’s you being fun and making experiences a joy for those around you.*