HOROSCOPE

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 11): If your life were a town, this year would represent a population boom. Taurus and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 14, 6, 22, 12 and 40.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): It’s so important to try new things. Today, it’s lucky to do this with someone you trust. Tackling fresh experiences together will create a tight bond.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Self-absorption is a state of fear. The trepidation may be mild in variety, a low current of worry that the world is not safe for us.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Do you walk around this fair thinking, “I’ve already ridden all the rides I want to?” You’re missing something.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): This is the cosmic opportunity of the day: If you did it once, you can do it again. And if you haven’t done it, you’re due.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The highest form of flattery is imitation. Remember that time you followed someone just to make that person feel good about his or her choice?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You will be something better than you were before. And this mistake? It’s not a setback. It’s the mechanism through which improvement is made possible.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): To forward your personal journey, you’ll have to ditch a lot of the bad, or rather, the less-than-optimum. And now you’ll get even stricter with yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Your role requires you to live in your head more than you’d like to, reviewing possibilities, playing out different scenarios, testing things mentally.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re losing perspective on how special you are. To give yourself credit isn’t narcissistic; in fact, it’s the spiritual generosity that helps you be more kind today.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): To understand others takes emotional wit, social cleverness and a better than average awareness. To un- derstand yourself takes these things plus courage and acceptance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Do you ever wonder what sort of peace you’d experience through a day without talking? Maybe you can’t go the whole day, but things will change with even a few quiet hours.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): For primates, the standard is to reject or, more likely, attack anyone outside of the group. For humans, inclusion is often the very reason the group thrives.