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TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 26): Your cosmic birthday gift will be the addition of a number of new characters in your story. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 21, 2, 17 and 44.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Had you set out to please them all, you would have been unsuccessful. But instead you create something strictly for your own pleasure.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Speaking too much can be a function of fear, fear that if you say the thing, rejection or worse is in store. It takes confidence to be so brief.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): Today it seems possible to be younger in every area of life. Youth is small, so gravity goes easy on it. Live the levity you feel. CANCER (June 22-July 22): Trying to do things the “right way” is, in a sense, moving the power away from you and to the thing that is telling you what the “right way” is.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The move that puts you ahead today is a move toward information. Inform yourself, as this will put you in a position of choice.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You’ll provide a kind, welcoming face to those who normally may not have such a thing in their realm. This will be your gift to the world and also your take from it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): You don’t have to be consistently one way to succeed. Loved ones are intrigued by your many facets and moods. Your determination and ambition seem to wax and wane with the moon and the tides.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Mother said, “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” And while discretion serves everyone well, it’s also possible to get somewhere by shaking things up.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Like attracts like. Use the principle to guide and inform yourself. For instance, those attracted to the troubled, intelligent types are most likely troubled and intelligent. Everyone is better for calling it what it is.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You’ll enjoy lo-fi fun and down-to-earth delights. As your sign-mate Humphrey Bogart once said, “A hot dog at the ballpark is better than a steak at the Ritz.” AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Whatever you’re doing, don’t stop. What you need now more than anything else is momentum. Getting into the flow of motion will begin any number of exciting happenings.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Is there a sincerer love than the love of food? You’ll challenge the premise in your own way today and in the process take a probing look at your relationship with your sustenance.