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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (June 2): Your cosmic birthday gift is a heap of charm that you’ll apply to creating your own mutual-attraction society. Taurus and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 14, 44, 30 and 1.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): What’s the difference between a flaw and a feature? Attitude. It’s all how you spin it, frame it, give it context... So go on. You’ll be brilliant!
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Animals are experts at being who they are unapologetically, and we can use them as aspirational models today. Shame is unnecessary.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Your finger just happens to be on the pulse of what’s cool. The more impressive you are, the less you care about impressing anyone. People will envy your style anyway, though.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): Your first instinct may be to proceed as though your heart is fragile. Then again, your heart may surprise you with a strength that only emerges when it’s tested.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll do things that make you feel insecure. To build character, strength and solidity requires that you find where the weaknesses are and shake things up.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Like a poker player who is wise to the fine art of bluffing, you detect untruths, which gives you an edge. There may be an advantage to going along with the ruse for a while.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): People know what to do with people who appear to think and behave in familiar ways. So conformity makes people comfortable. For you, there’s quite a lot that takes priority over other people’s comfort.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): The story of the world begins with a word. So does the story of you, the tale of today, the one about the future. Words are the beginning.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You don’t want the kind of friends you have to try too hard with. You’ll experiment to find the right way to let people know who you are.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): People say they’re doing nothing when, of course, that’s impossible. They’re doing nothing worth mentioning, maybe, and what you choose to mention or omit will be the secret to your brilliant charm. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There are so many deep layers to the state of mind called boredom that some neuroscientists have begun to specialize in boredom.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In order to do a good job, you’ll have to manage your feelings and responses. This emotional labor is the hardest part of a job or relationship and should not be given away for free.