Weekender Horoscopes

The season of the fish begins, and it must be a good omen that the moon joins the party immediately. Tomorrow the moon and sun align for the new moon in Pisces, a deeper-than-physical charge akin to a hot bath or cold baptism, a watery wake-up to what the soul wants and needs to swim through these rushes of life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). If your mind relates to you in a harsh voice, don’t bother arguing with it. Change the channel, subject, activity, the company you keep, the environment … any change at all will move you into a different mind.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). This is the place for you at this moment. To disagree or wish for another scenario is to disempower yourself. You are at your most powerful when you fully accept the wholeness that is right here, right now, right as you are.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). People ask you for things without saying the question. What people need is different from the literal meaning of the words spilling from their lips. Recognize the intent here and you’ll respond with kindness and understanding.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your professional life seems to play teeter-totter with your personal life. One doesn’t have to be down for the other to be up. Get off this ride. There are plenty of other games on the playground.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Some have an argument for everything. Hear it. This is a day to hear. There is often no harm that comes of hearing. You may decide later or immediately that the argument is stupid, but you will not go wrong by hearing it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). A breakthrough. You’ve passed into a realm you’ve long wanted to know. The sensation is that of trumpets announcing your arrival and you being warmly presented and accepted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Aristotle’s Law of Non-Contradiction states that nothing can be so and not so at the same time. Your experiences of the day will challenge that law as well as your way of looking at life. When it just doesn’t add up, keep investigating.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Kelp, salmon and surfers all thrive working with instead of fighting the cyclical forces. Events will be swayed by tides stronger than your will. Let go and let it flow.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Keep in mind the magnificent flexibility of human consciousness. There’s no telling what any one individual will do to maximize opportunities or overcome disadvantages.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your feedback is a gift, as is your attention. You give it kindly, softly and with humor. Those who get a lot of it will feel rich, even if it’s not all complimentary.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’re working at top capacity, at the very brink of available ideologies and methods, and yet completely unsatisfied. Take it as a sign that people very much need you to help create the new world.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Today represents the celebration of opportunity and risk and the excitement present in the opportunity of both. You’ll make the best choice after considering all angles.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 18). You’ll sing life out loud, and you will be sung by life in turn. You’ll hone your energy through the development of skills and through social interaction. One hobby in particular will connect you with special people. More highlights: you’ll discover a niche and assemble a team to achieve a purpose that will ripple out to society. Leo and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 1, 7, 17 and 26

This Pisces new moon dares us to move for the sake of movement, allow for silly pleasures and commit to futile tasks. When a task is futile, that is also a gift. The paradoxical riddle of giving yourself wholly over to pointless things takes you out of the analytical realms, which have their limits, and into the limitless, sublime absurdity.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’re an astute observer of other people’s relationships, which will lend insight into your own. You don’t need to discuss what you see, and in fact silent observances honor friendships better than too much sharing.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Logic can only describe the world in terms of logic and cannot process the life that exists beyond logic, which so much of life does. You’ll come across scenarios that will only be understood after you’ve abandoned reason.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You just want to do, choose, feel and be according to your own wishes. You resist the limits and shackles of other people’s expectations, and to a great extent you will achieve moments of being wonderfully free.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). People move through the world transmitting signals. Many are oblivious to the signals of others. Some can read them but mostly choose not to. You’re in the third category, reading all and responding in empathy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The most popular isn’t always the best. Look at data beyond how many people like a thing. What can it really do? You’ll bring attention to the matters that help things work better, more smoothly and for the good of all.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Whether antique shopping or rooting around in family pictures, you’ll be touched by the very specific kind of pleasure that is nostalgia. As it goes with most pleasures, the romance of the past is best taken in moderation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).

You’re wise. Don’t discredit your ideas just because people aren’t listening to them yet. Believe in yourself enough for 20 people, and then double it and triple it. Your passion will catch on in time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A focused mind doesn’t give you total control over your destiny, but it certainly allows you power over what is yours to move. Beliefs can be more addicting than substances, so stick to thoughts that can only help you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). In some respect you are in top condition, and yet you keep training in anticipation of a certain future scenario. It’s as though the more prepared you are for this dream, the more likely it is to come true for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Skillful comedians know when to go for the laugh, but they also know when to kill it in order to go for an even bigger payoff later. You will navigate a similar situation and find good fortune when you hold out for the larger payoff.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). In the same way that music is defined by silence, love, beauty and happiness depend on their opposites to define them. You’ll hit idyllic moments and appreciate them deeply because of all you’ve been through.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Confucius says that there is beauty everywhere but not everyone can see it. You’ll be enchanted by an ordinary scene. In your tender attention and poetic description of it, you’ll allow others to see it anew.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 19). You’re a magnet for love and respect. It’s said that good relationships take work; like most work, the more you do it, the easier it gets. Heaps of interactions make you efficient, capable and masterful. What a skill to be excellent at! The applications are endless! More highlights: Dream travel, a sly career move and a big payoff. Aries and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 12, 30, 17 and 49.