HOROSCOPE

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.

12): New people come into your family. You develop incredible self-reliance this year. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 40,

39, 2 and 4.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You give love in many ways throughout the day. Most of the ways have to do with showing up.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You have a healthy respect for danger, but you’re not about to let fear keep you from taking risks. Get into something totally new.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Studies prove that placebos can work even when the person taking them knows they are a placebo. The important thing is not in the belief but in doing what works.

CANCER (June 22-July 22): You’re trying to think your way through a situation, and it’s taking a lot of energy. It’s tiring you out. So ask your heart. Here comes the right answer. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): It’s time to get more strategic about social media. Who do you want to know better? Controlling what you look at is to control who you’re influenced by. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): The best moment to do a thing is when it comes to the front of mind, or when it arises in the process of action, or when you’re talking about it. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Today you’ll be given a choice. There’s no correct preference that will prove you have taste in any way. So just choose what you like or what you think will work.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Work is work. It doesn’t matter what the job is; the time and energy you put in must be balanced with rest, fueled with nutrition and recharged with leisure.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.

21): The reasonable ideas have no more of a chance of working than the wacky ones, so try both. You might be surprised at what works, and if nothing else, you’ll get a laugh out of it. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.

19): A Zen proverb suggests, “If you want to climb a mountain, begin at the top.” The rest of the zodiac is turning to you, mystical goat, with question marks for eyes. Can you decipher this one?

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Does it feel like you’re behind the times? You’ll find something new and novel about a thing that’s been “over” for a while now and reignite a spark. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Are you reaching too far? Probably not. Whether you reach for the moon, the sun or Jupiter, you’ll get the same stretch.