HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY:
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You can and will realize your potential. Believe in your worthiness. Stay in the knowledge that you are enough; live it and leverage it into evermore useful achievements.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Paradoxically, the less you worry about fitting into another person’s idea of what’s attractive, the more you will. You needn’t strive to make sense of the complexities of love to enjoy them.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Those who make a habit of passing judgment on others are usually also self-critical. You have compassion for them, though also don’t want to be caught in a similar trap.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Words are organizing tools. So are images. So are actions. So are feelings. You’ll get your head straight by talking or writing things out, and you’ll get your words straight by thinking, feeling and working things through.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re a quick learner. You’ll tune into an environment and figure out how to navigate it to get what you need and provide what they need, too. You’ll anticipate the emotional weather and sync up to the heartbeat of a place.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Oddly enough, it is possible to really complicate things by explaining them today. Consider leaning into the rhythm and movement of a thing and letting the mechanics show the way.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Many people don’t listen well, and to bring attention to it only makes matters worse. Keep your message pleasant and short and expect to repeat yourself; you’ll be the most understood person in the room.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Because the circumstances were not conducive to speaking your mind, a few zingers got bottled up with emotion and now there’s a decent amount of pressure to uncork. Apply the controlled technique used for opening Champagne.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You yearn for a closeness in relationships, and you also have a great need for excitement and adventure. These are not mutually exclusive. You really can have both.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your to-do list features holdovers from the “you” you were years ago. Instead of completing the task and crossing it off, what could you just cross off?
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Asking for help isn’t your favorite, but the nature of the work before you makes this the power move of the day. There’s no big problem here, just a lot of the sort of small, seemingly inconsequential responsibilities that are detrimental en masse.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’re even more sensitive than usual today to the nuances of a relationship, the lovely parts and the parts that need work, too. As you notice and celebrate the former, the latter will diminish.
IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: Accepting your greatness is the theme.
It is, after all, grounded in service. Gemini and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are 7, 5, 40, 16 and 3.
Dear Abby: I am a 30-year-old woman who can’t seem to forgive my mother. For many years I have felt that she doesn’t like me. Every time I have tried to talk to her about it, she has done the old switcheroo and accused me of being ungrateful and uncaring. The day my horse died she excluded me, and then called an hour later to tell me she had put my mare down.
I am at the point that I no longer want to be around her because, in her eyes, I can’t do anything right. I feel like any invitation from her is fake or last-minute, especially for family gatherings.
This leads me to the subject of my wedding: My fiance and I agree we don’t want her there because of how she has treated not only me, but him as well. We sent out the invitations and invited my dad, who is my hero.
So, guess who now has hurt feelings? NOW she wants to talk to me.
Abby, I do not want to