HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19). While it’s possible that a self-sacrificing act will help a relationship, it benefits you to consider the opposite tactic as well. You’ll be surprised at the improvements that come from answering the question, “What’s in it for me?”
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Ultimately, the mother of frustration is desire. Team an expectation with a time frame and suddenly the climate is perfect for desire. Let go of the desire or lengthen the time frame.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The duality of the twins will fascinate others. You’ll be many things at once. Exhilarated yet patient; hopeful yet reasonable. You’ll have trepidation and still move forward.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Thinking a thing through can happen in a flash. Carrying it out takes much longer than you anticipate, though, especially in light of the complexity of your current endeavor.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have the grit that will propel you forward, regardless of obstacles. And while you would prefer to reach your destination as soon as possible, the important thing is not how long it takes but that you do it.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The golden rule will extend like a blanket of karma over your whole scene. Everything counts. Stay on the safe side. Spare feelings. Spare spiders! Practice the compassion of catch and release.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The group participation route isn’t always your favorite, but your current endeavor really does require a team effort. When one person is tired and ready to give up, another will be ready to help.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are, in fact, in the process of change. You happen to be so deep in it that it would be impossible to see what’s happening, and you don’t need to. That’s a job for future you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are aware of how bad storytellers are tolerated to varying degrees. You’ll make sure you’re interesting to talk to, which is partly about brevity and partly just reading the room.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your heart defies logic like that’s it’s job. For instance, the bigger your heart gets, the less worried you are about breaking it. Love seems to provide its own kind of protection.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your ego likes to think it’s the source of your strength and therefore it beats its chest in a display of dominance when its position is challenged. The truth is real strength has nothing to do with posturing.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Don’t assume that being happy is better than being other emotional tones. The best feeling is the one that’s coming up, no matter what it is. Fully feeling is fully processing.
YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY (June 16). It’s action time. You’ve already processed your situation, and now you’ll move without thinking, although thousands of decisions get made below your consciousness that will ultimately land you in a sweeter place than you ever thought possible. In love, you’ll shake a historic influence to embrace an improved way of operating in relationships. Scorpio and Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 9, 28, 40 and 11.
Today is Wednesday, June 16, the 167th day of 2021. There are 198 days left in the year.
On this date:
1858: Accepting the Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate, Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved, declaring, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
1897: The government signed a treaty of annexation with Hawaii.
1903: Ford Motor Co. was incorporated.
1911: IBM had its beginnings as the Computing-tabulating-recording Co. which was incorporated in New York State.
1933: The National Industrial Recovery Act became law with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s signature. (The Act was later struck down by the U.S.
Supreme Court.) The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was founded as President Roosevelt signed the Banking Act of 1933.
1955: Members of Argentina’s military bombarded the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires in a failed attempt to assassinate President Juan Domingo Peron and his Cabinet, causing hundreds of civilian deaths, the same day Peron was excommunicated by Pope Pius XII for expelling two bishops from his country (however, the ban was effectively lifted in 1963).
1959: Actor George Reeves, TV’S “Superman,” was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in the bedroom of his Beverly Hills, California, home; he was 45.
1963: The world’s first female space traveler, Valentina Tereshkova, 26, was launched into orbit by the Soviet Union aboard Vostok 6; Tereshkova spent 71 hours in flight, circling the Earth 48 times before returning safely.
1970: Kenneth A. Gibson of Newark, N.J., became the first Black politician elected mayor of a major Northeast city. Chicago Bears running back Brian Piccolo, 26, died at a New York hospital after battling cancer.
1976: Riots broke out in the Black South African township of Soweto.
1978: President Jimmy Carter and Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos signed the instruments of ratification for the Panama Canal treaties during a ceremony in Panama City.
1999: Kathleen Ann Soliah, a fugitive member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, was captured in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she had made a new life under the name Sara Jane Olson.
Actor Eileen Atkins (“The Crown,” “Doc Martin”) is 87. Actor Bill Cobbs is 87. Country singer Billy “Crash” Craddock is 83. Songwriter Lamont Dozier of Holland-dozier-holland is 80. Singer
Eddie Levert of The O’jays is 79. Actor Joan Van Ark is 78. Actor
Geoff Pierson (“Splitting Up Together,” “Designated Survivor”) is 72. Singer James Smith (The Stylistics) is 71. Singer Gino Vannelli is 69. Actor
Laurie Metcalf (“Roseanne,” “Norm”) is 66. Actor Arnold Vosloo (“The Mummy”) is 59. Actor Danny Burstein (“Boardwalk Empire”) is 57. Model-actor Jenny Shimizu is 54. Actor James Patrick Stuart (TV’S “The Closer”) is 53. Rapper MC Ren of N.W.A is 52. Actor
Clifton Collins Jr. (“Westworld”) is 51.