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Your path of growth and learning depends on what you do as much as it does on what you don’t do. There are things you must embrace and accept, and others that you’re being called to let go of. Once you’re honest with yourself about this process, it’ll be much easier, and you’ll understand that you can actually make a difference in your own life. You share a birthday with Jack Nicholson, Gani Fawehinmi, and Louise Gluck. MARCH 21-APRIL 19 Let any emotional conflict you may be feeling pass right through you. Your solar chart is set up such a way that the more you emote, the more mixed up you’ll feel. So your best course of action is to slow down, relax and let yourself feel, in the passive sense rather than the active one. JUNE 21-JULY 22 The Moon in your sign today finally wraps up a series of tense aspects by around noon, and that will help ease your mind. Until then, take it slow and don’t do anything to add to the tension in your life. Do everything you can to ease your pace, put off needless work, and take a long hot bath. JULY 23-AUG. 22 The Sun is moving across Taurus, which is the mid-heaven of your solar chart: the most ambitious place in the wheel. Yet in the style of this sign, you do better building your momentum gradually, focusing on quality rather than work volume. Put beauty and love into all that you do. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 The particular kinds of emotions you’re experiencing are not befitting of the “girl with the sweet confusion,” borrowing a phrase from Robert Bly. Rather, you’re likely to be feeling some intense, urgent, potentially dark sentiments, and these you need to express in a healthy way. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 Get ahead of any issues you may have with relatives or housemates. Don’t let the tension build up; if you have something to say to someone, get it out, in a civilized fashion, before you’re at the breaking point. This will take some courage, but not nearly as much as you may think. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 It seems like a whole new conversation has begun with a partner or loved one, which means you can leave the old one behind. Stick to what is present and in front of you: what people are actually feeling now, rather than what they may have felt two weeks ago. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 This may have been an emotionally rocky weekend with a partner or lover, and if so, you can tap into your talent for forgiving and forgetting. There may be something deeper nagging you, as if you’re trying to figure out what really matters the most to you. Be patient, and you will. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 Take some space for yourself. It seems like you’ve been experiencing a little too much togetherness for your own good, and need to air out your mind and emotions. Take a walk, change the bed sheets, open the windows and do the laundry. You will feel like a million. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 Nobody can tell you how to feel, what to feel, or what should be important to you. Those are your choices alone. Yet you might question how it’s even possible that someone could influence you in a negative way. Mind your confidence, and be boldly who you are. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 At the moment, you have a real advantage where anything in writing is concerned. Remember that, and have faith in your written words. You’re also a pretty good speaker -- the placement of Taurus in your chart ensures that -- though remember the awesome power of the pen.