Today’s birthday:

Independence is increasingly important to you, and you’ll need plenty of freedom to follow your dream. Commit to a reasonable goal this month, and you’ll have it by July. August features seduction and passion. September helps you see your best course of professional action. Also, family will rally to support your efforts. Cancer and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are 40, 2, 33, 18 and 8. Aries (March 21-April 19). You’ll be offered something of interest. The benefits are real, but the cost is much more than is being presented. Taurus (April 20-May 20). Be careful not to get so comfortable in a loved one’s affections that you take him or her for granted. Gemini (May 21-June 21). Distractions abound, and they are particularly delicious now, too. You will probably not be able to keep from acting on at least one of your many impulses, so which is the best one? Choose carefully. Cancer (June 22-July 22). If only a certain someone knew how you really feel about him or her. It would come as a big surprise. But it’s good that you don’t share now, because your feelings are likely to quickly change. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22). What you’ve done has required emotional strength and stamina. Give yourself some credit. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have a gift for your competition: a run for their money. They’ll be touched enough to offer you something in return: the motivation to succeed bigger than ever before. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The same person who opens up your world has a habit of limiting you in other ways. This is a tricky relationship. You may find yourself longing for simpler connections. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You see an event on the horizon that has you apprehensive. Enlist help now rather than waiting. Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are susceptible to enchantment by attractive strangers. Today there is no harm in surrendering to it even if it leads slightly beyond the boundaries of your usual interactions. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). When people show you that they like you, you don’t let it go to your head. Instead, you use this good will as an opportunity to forward the common good. Not everyone is like you, though. Watch out for egomaniacs. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your powers of imagination are so strong now that you could forget the basics, like paying bills and making sure you have clean clothes. Your projects will move forward, though. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20). The problem with your current project is that there’s still a long stretch ahead and you happen to be a bit low on fuel. So don’t push it. Pull over and fuel up so you can stay in it until you get to your destination.