HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY:
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Of course you’d walk across hot coals for your loved one, but since none of your loved ones is on the other side of hot coals, you’ll instead figure out what’s actually wanted and needed, then decide how best to assist.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Why limit your fantasy world? Include your favorite people, the accessible with the famous, perfect weather, exotic locations and piles of money too. Today your real life will match up in some small way.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What can you accomplish alone? More than you thought you would need to. The hard work may be unavoidable, but it will also be the source of your most valuable lessons and a significant amount of self-esteem.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Since these bodily vehicles must be operated from the inside, no one has the vantage to see themselves as they really are. Use the dynamic to your advantage.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). “I have lived with many Zen masters, all of them cats,” said spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle. Your feline instincts will align with forces of the universe as you lock on to your desire and quietly position yourself to have it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll be zeroing in on the new thing you want. You need a strategy that involves serving others. Keep in mind that people’s desires are often unconscious even to them.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Friends offer you suggestions in the form of tests, challenges and general playfulness. You’re in the mood to respond with daring, especially when you believe it will disrupt the status quo.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Today brings a rolling wave of positive energy, which will be fun to bob along in, but to ride it out for a distance, you’ll have to take a chance like a surfer — stand up, grip your feet to the board and become one with the flow.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You enjoy sharing good news and steer away from anything that might bring your audience down. You choose your talk carefully because you want people to leave you happier than they were when they came to you.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). “Insecurity” has a bad connotation, though those who are confined see the absence of security as a gift. Everyone is insecure about something. Can you see it as freedom?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Positive changes at home are in store. It could be as simple as rearranging the furniture or as complex as coming up with new household rules and routines. Small tweaks will make a big difference.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). What works today won’t work forever — all the more reason to take the win and celebrate. You’re at your luckiest when your joy is flowing. Nothing attracts good fortune like enthusiasm and gratitude.
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: It’s no wonder people gravitate to you! Your authenticity is a breath of fresh air in a world of facades. Libra and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are 8, 15, 29, 10 and 38.
Dear Abby: I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 30 years. Recently, she shared details of two infidelities that she had with other men.
The first was with an individual on the staff of our church. My wife says it was an unprovoked attack, where he forced himself upon her. But when I asked why she didn’t resist or fight him off, she said she didn’t know and that maybe, deep down, she wanted it to happen. The second was someone she met at a bar and had developed a relationship with. When I was away on business trips, she stayed with him overnight on four occasions.
She tells me these things happened more than 20 years ago and she’s been faithful since, but to put it bluntly, I am devastated and unconvinced that that’s the entire story. I believed my wife to be faithful during our marriage.
I guess I was naive because, over the years, she was jealous and accused me
Dear Abby: Three months ago, I lost my dear, loving wife (the best part of me) to cancer, COVID-19, pneumonia and heart problems. We had a great marriage, not perfect, but the happiest times of our lives. In disbelief, carrying a burden of grief, sorrow and pain, I am lonely and alone, but it is getting lighter with each passing day. I know I don’t want to spend the rest of my remaining time this way.