HOROSCOPE

Aries (March 21-April 19): What you do to keep your core self strong is important to keep up with no matter what else is going on in the world.

Taurus (April 20-May 20): To take advantage of a brief window of opportunity, you’ll have to move before you are ready and act before you are sure.

Gemini (May 21-June 21): Accept your fixed traits, and learn to highlight them, or work around them as needed.

Cancer (June 22-July 22): When you think about how different you were 10 years ago, it’s clear that change is inevitable and never stops. Believe in your aspirations.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): You’ll object, though ultimately, you may have to accept another person’s idea to move on to more important things.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): People sometimes ask questions as a means of control. You’ll love the conversation partner who asks out of sheer curiosity.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): A sticky note on the mirror, a rock painted with a smile, a website link that leads to a joke are sweet treasures.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): The friends you’ve chosen and the people you admire have qualities you warm to and enjoy being around, so you gravitate to whatever they are involved in.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21): You are capable of successfully making commitments you have never made before. So don’t be scared off by a prospect because it’s new.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You can’t become who you want to be by doing the same activities you were doing. You’ll be pleasantly surprised by what you learn. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb.

18): Intimacy is a function of being able to reciprocally share vulnerabilities with people who accept those weaknesses.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): It’s all falling into place for you. The elements are settling before you, all within your reach.

Today’s birthday (May 21): Your kindness radiates in all directions including toward yourself, and this fortifies and emboldens you to new heights of originality. You’ll fascinate, draw a crowd, sell to it and fund an enterprise you wholeheartedly believe in. How satisfying to know you’re making the kind of difference the world really needs now. Sagittarius and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 10, 33, 20 and 17.

Holiday Mathis writes her column for Creators Syndicate Inc. The horoscope should be read for entertainment.