If it’s your birthday

There’s a party in the sky right now, and the cake has your name written in bright colors. This is an extraordinary time in your life, and you have the strength, wisdom and energy to accomplish several of your most dearly desired goals. Take care of yourself, be mindful of your relationships, and foster the harmony that helps get work done. You share a birthday with Meryl Streep, Cyndi Lauper and Erin Brockovich. MAY 21-JUNE 20 The combination of Mercury, Mars and the sun in your house of available cash is describing how much you’ve got going for you. But you won’t notice any of it unless you consciously tune in and feel the strength of your character, and bring your self-esteem out where everyone can see it clearly. JULY 23-AUG. 22 You know something about yourself that you would prefer other people not know. Your reason for remaining silent would be to take your own counsel. You don’t want others influencing you on such a deeply personal matter before you’ve made up your own mind. That’s a wise choice. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 Take advantage of your enhanced social prospects. You have extra freedom to circulate yourself among different circles of friends, or even strangers, and feel at home among them. This, in turn, will help them feel at home around you. Emphasize the positive and offer your good vibes. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 Matters of money must come second to those of the quality of your work. It’s true that we all need to eat, and you always do. Putting money ahead of beauty is the very definition of selling out. Do your best work every day. Stay in alignment with yourself. The money will follow. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 It would be funny the way that people think making a lot of money vindicates anyone and anything, except it really is not. Money has a purpose, and needs to be handled with respect; but it does not automatically bless everyone who touches it. Be discerning, and insist on the truth. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 You have an unusual perspective, in that you can see the past and the future at the same time. You can see how things were for so long, and how they are becoming today. Make this transition from one phase of your life to the next consciously, and remember what you’ve learned. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 As one door closes, another opens, which gives you every reason to welcome the transitions that are now taking hold of your life. You need family, though you most dearly need the kind that you choose, based on mutual love and respect. Everyone else can wait. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 Your work is your grounding. It literally keeps you in your consciousness, and in your body. Your chart right now is set up perfectly for doing your best work at home. This is often true, though especially now. If you cannot bring your work home, bring your comforts to the office. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 For a while, creativity requires discipline. You must impose a structure to make sure you learn the basics, establish routines and reorder your life. Then, at a certain point, the creative process takes over, and takes you with it. You no longer need to paddle; you only need to steer the boat.