Yesterday Saturn went retrograde and agitated Venus within a few hours of the change. This can still be felt causing friction in the area of love. This should in no way be resisted. Friction is, after all, a necessary component in relationships of all kinds. We don't grow by agreeing on everything. The challenge is in disagreeing nicely.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You seek the guidance of someone strong and objective. You may even prefer the impersonal directive of a book or self-guided program. Your desire to learn will be answered in the eventual acquisition of serious skills.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Discard your conventional notions of what it means to dance and a wondrous ballet will unfold before your eyes. This ballet will be performed by people, objects and ideas alike.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Some may mistakenly think you are indecisive. It's just that they don't currently understand your information-gathering process. You like to know the full range of options before you make up your mind.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It's not always the case, and yet you have been before — and will be again — the essential crux of the action around you. For now, enjoy your position slightly out of frame.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your idea of playtime is different now from what it was when you were a child, but it's no less crucial to your development as a person. In playful acts you will discover yourself and grow.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You do have support, though it might not be as specific or as plentiful as it could be. How much better would you feel with even more people around you who were supportive of you living the life you want to live?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There's a point in which you can actually hurt a relationship by operating too generously inside of it. So why not cash in on that stack of karma chips that has been steadily growing over the last few weeks?

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Hope is a hard thing to hold in your hand sometimes, but you can totally wrap your head around a realistic paper plan. So write it all down. Plot and scheme. This is how you'll push through to the next stage.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It's been suggested that a fallen halo becomes a collar just waiting for someone to snap on a leash. You're better off avoiding the angel stereotype altogether by reminding someone now that you're not perfect.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You would love to experience more grace in your life. You embody grace in more ways than you think, and yet you need someone to reflect this back to you to see it clearly.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can appreciate that people love you the way you are, and maybe you even feel some pressure to stay that way. But quite simply, there's something in you that doesn't want to. You'll spread your wings tonight.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your hospitality is so attractive, which could be humorous to you, because it does feel at times that the responsibility has been thrust upon you. This is only because you're so good at it!

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (March 26). You're in sync with the cosmic clock this year. You'll take a professional leap in April and someone will catch you. May and June show you getting into better physical shape and taking great pride in an accomplishment of determination. The good luck you experience in July will center on a new group of friends. Scorpio and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 49, 33, 28 and 1.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "I know the seventh house is about marriage, but what if I'm single?"

While it's true that the seventh astrological house is concerned with marriage, it also refers to other important partnerships in your life. If you're in a serious, committed relationship but haven't officially tied the knot, that counts as a seventh-house matter. Do you have a business partner, agent, manager, financial adviser, broker, lawyer, realtor, therapist or some other individual with whom you have a binding legal contract? That's also the kind of partnership that would fall under the jurisdiction of the seventh house. In some cases a doctor can be your partner if, say, you are working together long-term to tackle some chronic medical issue. If you have an especially close relationship with an employee, such as a nanny, pet-sitter, or personal assistant, I could make a case for this person being a partner, too. And let's not forget our so-called "partners in crime," those special friends who you typically just see one-on-one and without whom you would be lost. So don't despair, singles! There are many ways to interpret your seventh house. The universe doesn't discriminate against the unwed.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: After watching the lovely Keira Knightley battle pirates in swordplay and then even become one, it is easy to see the fiery Aries influence at work. The "Pirates of the Caribbean" star has her sun, Mercury and Venus all in the intensely passionate sign. Look for Knightley to channel this fire differently in the upcoming biopic "Colette," in which she plays the French novelist.

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