If it’s your birthday

You must be honest with yourself above all else this year. This is at once the easiest and the most difficult thing to do, though you will build your skills with practice. Honesty requires telling the truth, and something perhaps more challenging: scrutinizing what others say to make sure that it’s valid, sincere and verified. Only reality will suffice. You share a birthday with Roscoe Lee Browne, Lesley Gore and Lily Allen. MARCH 21-APRIL 19 You’ve just passed through a kind of professional initiation, something that has not been easy but has certainly been meaningful. Do what you can to restore some stability to your life; including taking a little time off of work, and more time for yourself. This will play out to your overall benefit. MAY 21-JUNE 20 Today’s meeting of Mercury and Neptune is offering you a touch of clairvoyance. You will know things you’re not ‘supposed’ to know. Yet you must use that information wisely, and verify your hunch twice before acting on it. Think of it as a lead or clue — not a final report. JUNE 21-JULY 22 With so much going on in your house of relationships, partnerships and the environment where they take place, you may be wondering what’s about to happen next. Yet you seem to have a handle on your life, and have adapted to the unexpected developments of recent weeks. JULY 23-AUG. 22 There is so much to do, and there seems to be so little time. Yet amidst all your activity, it will be helpful if you pay attention to your own needs, particularly for rest, good food and clean water. Ease back on the coffee and anything less than wholesome. You need nourishment. AUG. 23-SEPT. 22 You may think you know what others are feeling, but it would be best to hear it directly from them. This is not the kind of thing you can guess about. And you must accept what people say at face value, unless you have some specific knowledge to the contrary. Right now trust is essential. SEPT. 23-OCT. 22 If there’s something you want to discuss with someone, initiate the conversation. Do this gently but leaving no doubt that you would like some quiet time to speak and to listen. Then, get to it while the spirit is still with you. You will learn something unusual about yourself. OCT. 23-NOV. 21 You may be done with all the intense, high-pressure discussions and the wars of words. Underneath the commotion there resides a simple truth that you may not think you want to know, though in truth you do. The only thing that matters is what is real; be aware there is such a thing. NOV. 22-DEC. 21 The Moon in your sign today is encouraging you to notice carefully what you’re feeling, and to be honest with yourself about what you want. This may take a day or so to consider, and you might change your mind a few times. The important thing is that you’re paying attention. DEC. 22-JAN. 19 You’ll need to live with a mystery one more day, and not accept any seemingly easy answers at first. Of course it could turn out that the most basic solution to the puzzle is the correct one, and you may notice that you’re complicating things with your own mind. JAN. 20-FEB. 18 You certainly seem to have a lot on your mind, and your mind has been a restless place lately. To the extent you’ve been internalizing your conflict, you might want to get it out: a few trips to the gym, a kickboxing class, even a night out dancing will move your energy nicely. FEB. 19-MARCH 20 Take today and make some financial moves — start a new project, rewrite your resume, or speak to a helpful contact or two. The vital element, though, is associating your financial gains only with causes, activities and ideas that you support with your whole heart; no less.