HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY

Happy birthday. The start of this year will be like a joy ride with the music blasting — you don’t have a particular goal in mind; you’re just in it to have fun. Then in December you start to formulate a plan. February sees you assembling a new group of friends and helpers. March is your chance for competing and winning. Sagittarius and Cancer people adore you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The cosmic test of the day is on the subject of communication. Improving your communication skills will have a positive impact on every aspect of your life.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Force is with you. Like Dorothy’s shoes, you’re wearing the Force, but you can’t use the power until you recognize it for what it is. (Glenda’s directions helped, too.)

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): All you have to do is try to be a little better than you were yesterday in some way. You won’t be better in every way, and no one could. But by trying to be better in some way, you’ll advance the human race.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): Once you believe, you stop searching. Once you stop searching, you lose the potential to know more. That’s why it’s wise to always leave a little hole in your belief.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In order to be an expert, you have to have made many mistakes. Today you’ll share your knowledge with a fellow in the field who’s in a real quandary.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Lead with your humanity, and you can’t go wrong. Everyone wants to be something, but it’s the one who wants to be someone who will make a lasting impression.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Your creative mind will bounce from east to west and gather a few clouds and birds and, finally, solutions along the way. Note: Being logical isn’t the same thing as thinking things through.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Sometimes being happy seems to be the one duty you can’t get around to. That’s why you have to put it higher up on the list. What would happen today if you put it at the very top?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ve swallowed your words enough now. Diplomacy has its time and place, but you can go too far with it, too. Rebel. It’s how things will change.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It’s been said that fascinating children is harder than winning electoral victories. If you can keep the under-18 crowd interested, consider yourself a winner all around.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Some jokes are best kept to yourself — for instance, when you know what the song is about, but the kids don’t and neither do the grandparents.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You’ll be offered the conventional wisdom, and you can politely ignore it. It’s not going to help you with today’s dilemma. Your situation is unique. They haven’t seen the likes of it yet.