HOROSCOPE

Aries (March 21-April 19): You’ll be the one who brings everyone together. Knowing they’ll influence one another for better and worse, do you reconsider your list?

Taurus (April 20-May 20): Trials are your best teachers. You’ll meet challenges that affirm strength and resourcefulness.

Gemini (May 21-June 21): Nonproductive stretches can be uncomfortable or even alarming for movers like you. Don’t fight it; ride it. Something excellent will come out of the break.

Cancer (June 22-July 22): Not all boundaries are meant to keep others out. Lay down a few rules to give structure to today’s uncharted territory.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): Everyone falls. There’s only one thing to do — pick yourself up and walk on with the lesson in your pocket.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Just be yourself,” they say. “Yourself” isn’t the easiest person to “just be” when you’re exploring and becoming. Be who you want to be in the moment.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): You cultivate an atmosphere of emotional safety. People sense you’ll take care of them and make their lives a little easier.

Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): It requires courage to take a chance. Give yourself credit for assuming a risk, carrying it and being big enough to accept the consequences.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22Dec. 21): Maybe the mystics are right: Life is an illusion. What to do about it? What would it take to pierce the perception entrapping you?

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Stimulating environments engage the mind, but when they go on for too long, the imagination suffers. Creativity needs the breathing room boredom provides.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Boasting and posturing is the behavior of insecurity and underconfidence. You get the best out of yourself and others by offering kind attention and acceptance.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): The relationships you cherish the most are those that demand something of you and afford you the opportunity to emotionally expand. When it comes to love, you get what you put in.

Today’s birthday (July 28): Never have you been more purposeful. You prefer the sort of power that comes from skills honed over time and earned merit. But when you visit the person at the top and are granted a gamechanging position, take it! Virgo and Sagittarius adore you. Lucky numbers: 40, 26, 38, 10, 5.