If it’s your birthday

The key to your happiness is being honest with yourself. One way to know you’re doing that is you give yourself time to think about things. Rather than putting things off, stay a few steps ahead of yourself. As a wise man once wrote, there is no inevitability as long as there’s the willingness to contemplate what is happening. You share a birthday with Ethel Kennedy, Joel Grey and Jennifer Esposito. MAY 21-JUNE 20 Be cautious and conscious with anything involving concealed information about you or anyone close to you. Rather than clamming up, remain aware of the sensitive nature of information, especially where your personal life meets up with your professional existence. As a rule, listen more than you speak. JUNE 21-JULY 22 Today’s full moon is a reminder how good your life is, particularly compared to so many other people and places today. Maintain your balance and your stability, as another round of professional adventure is upon you. Your star is indeed rising; strive not to succeed, but to serve. JULY 23-AUG. 22 Belief is not necessarily based on truth, but it determines the world you see. Take some time over this today and check whether what you think is true is based in reality. It’s all the rage lately to make up stories and throw integrity to the wind, though you can and must do better. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Financial concerns have dominated your thoughts of late, and you’re not sure whether you should be worried or not. Rather than overthink things, or investing any energy in fear, look for creative openings: what you might renegotiate, or ideas for putting things back into balance. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 Cosmic activity, including a full moon in your own birth sign, is reminding you not to take anything or anyone for granted. Other factors are suggesting that you place your emphasis on process rather than outcome. Your feelings and your deepest inner truth count for more than appearances. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 The words and actions of a partner may be perplexing, though you can be sure you don’t know about most of what they’re going through. Yet you would be wise to allow them the space and time to go through their experience, and to share their thoughts only when they’re ready. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 You’re getting the message to slow down and take a little retreat, yet at the same time your creativity and passion are on fire. You don’t need rest, but rather to place your emphasis on what empowers and nourishes you. Make art and make love – save the show for another week. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 Your domestic life may have the feeling of an appliance store where every machine has turned itself on simultaneously, as unexpected guests arrive. But if you step back from the frazzle and fray, you’ll discover something deep is on your mind. Give yourself time and space to think. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 Self-esteem is the world’s most serious problem; were that situation to improve, people would not put up with so much nonsense. Remember that this is an emotional rather than a mental situation. You may have lots of ideas, though how you feel about yourself is beyond argument or reasoning. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 Clear any distractions from your schedule. Potent forces are at work, describing a kind of rebirth in your life. Yet as any mother knows, the birth process can be perilous, and you must direct your energy inward as much as possible. Stay with yourself. You will be happy you did.