HOROSCOPE

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 13): Your gifts are like a bag of cookies. Once you open up and present them, you’ll have many takers. Cancer and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 18, 24, 28 and 31.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You’re not sure how a thing is going to come together. Having people close by who believe in you will help, but it’s not a necessity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Everything you say and do has influence. It’s easy to note the first few ripples caused by an action. That’s all most people take note of.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Instead of hoping for the best, take more control of the situation. How could it go wrong?

This is where pessimism is an asset.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): You’ll do the work of a passionate individual, one who is not consumed with the bottom financial line but with the whole impact of a cycle of meaningfu contribution.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): While they are free to have their own impressions, you’re also pretty clever at presenting things in a light that leans most to your desired response.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): There are things to start up and things to shut down. The time has come to start looking at the entire picture and deciding which is which.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): When you enter a room full of people, what do you see?

Exciting potential and unique opportunity? An obstacle course to navigate? A political minefield? Get your mindset aligned with the outcome you’re hoping for.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): The very nature of a support system is that the help is not all coming from one source. That would just be a support pillar. Consider your system.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Curiosity elevates life from ordinary to extraordinary. The trouble comes when curiosity strays from the situation at hand, thus developing into distraction.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll be dealing with a thing that requires your constant attention. It will feel as though you are riding this — steering it with all parts of your being, every inch of the way. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): If you like how you feel around a person, you’ll want to be with that person. This simple principle of attraction will be at the root of the day’s surprising developments.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every relationship brings a lesson. The theme of today’s tutorial is fear. You’ll think about what you might be afraid of, overcoming that, and how you might comfort and allay the fears of others.