The sun is just getting used to the Taurus part of the sky and already the quest for appetite fulfillment has begun. The Sagittarius moon, adventurous and bold, chimes in on the matter. Unfamiliar paths beckon, new people magnetize, strange horizons mesmerize. "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." — Helen Keller
ARIES (March 21-April 19). Go ahead and look for your out. It will stop you from feeling so trapped. Once you know where the escape hatch is, every minute after that is a choice to go along for the ride.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You'll enter a foreign realm where you don't know what the words mean, where the signs point or how to use the tools around you. Have confidence in your feelings; you can rely on them!
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). There are some days when you're required to deal in so much pedantry and mundane minutiae that questing for pleasure seems far-fetched at best. Would delight be too much to ask for? You need enjoyment!
CANCER (June 22-July 22). In order for today's exercise to yield results it must be a collaboration. Are you ready to interview, observe, interpret, negotiate, compromise and agree? Together you'll create what neither of you could do alone.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Beware the lies, exaggerations and marketing ploys on social media. Your daily happenings may be far more glamorous in reality than the hyped-up, filtered and framed product you're trying to measure up to.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). To provide an effortless experience for another person, you must put in a great deal of effort — loads of it, about 10 times the amount than you or anyone else would have guessed. It will be so worth it!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You'll be met with strong limitations from the outside world. Getting around them is not impossible, but it will take creative thinking, follow-through and a little bit of luck, too. The fortunes favor you today though, so that helps.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The agitator in your life today will be sweet and swift, whipping up a kind of light goodness in you. This is how you get the fluffy meringue on the lemon pie of life.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You like to keep the tone light, congenial and good humored. At the same time, you are not the least bit shallow. Your grasp of humanity is unshakably deep, and they all see it, too.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It takes a fateful confluence of interests and logistics to find intimacy in this world. Getting close to someone will be a matter of access, emotional availability and trust.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). This is not a cheerful mood you're in. You are so consistent in your good cheer that it's a deeply engrained habit, a lovely mode of being, a manner that's melded to your core and become who you are.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Yes, if you apply your charm to the situation in the exact right moment, you will get a free ticket, a cash prize or an emotional jackpot. However, since the right moment is unknowable, maximize your chances.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (April 24). Love preoccupies you over the next 10 weeks. After that, ambition takes over. A July windfall will pay you back for your investment of past years plus a substantial amount of interest. Investigations, secrets and mysteries are the main event in December. In 2017, family will both depend on you and lift you. You know how to Pisces and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 20, 11, 19 and 31.
FORECAST FOR THE WEEK AHEAD: Riddle for the week: What talks, burns holes in pockets, changes everything and doesn't grow on trees? Well, that one is answered too easily, but it might get a little harder after Thursday when Mercury will reverse through the sign of finance. With that in mind, let's back up a little ourselves and look at the earlier part of the week.
The retrograde trend started last week with Mars and then Pluto. Then Friday's full moon teamed with a hot dynamic between Venus and Uranus made for so much fiery excitement that Sunday and Monday might feel unproductive. Curiosity is stoked. Distractions are tantalizing. What's really interesting is probably far from home. "Over there" is the place to be, except it's also a place one never can quite arrive at.
The Capricorn moon on Wednesday is the last hope for handling practical matters before Mercury goes retrograde in Taurus, throwing obstacles in the path between you and the money you want. Don't let that pressure you unduly though, because on Friday, as Venus slides into the Taurus realm where all the action is, she says something like this: Success and money often have nothing in common.
CELEBRITY PROFILES: America's first idol, Kelly Clarkson, is welcoming her second baby to the world soon. The musical mama was born when the sun, moon and Mercury were all in Taurus, the sign of the voice. Taurus singers have the advantage of strong vocal chords, an excellent sense of time and the tenacity to compete in the music industry. Clarkson's birthday is the same day as iconic singer Barbra Streisand's.
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