The solstice opens with practical magic. A Virgo moon joins forces with Mars in Taurus, offering the energy to build, mend and tend. By evening, a Libra moon turns the atmosphere softer and stranger. Beauty, longing and relationship take center stage. Neptune adds a blurry, romantic filter. The longest day of the year illuminates the truth we carry into the new season.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your summer superpower is assertiveness. You'll see the opportunity in each scenario, ask for what you want and seize the moment. Keep the manners, lose the apologies and remember the overall good of the group.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your summer superpower is timeliness. You'll plan when it's necessary, act when you feel it and relax when it's time to take it all in. Keep the high standards for yourself, lose the expectations of others and remember patience.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your summer superpower is confidence. You'll light up rooms, inspire loyalty and attract exactly the attention needed to move your plans forward. Keep the generosity, lose the pride and remember that admiration feels best when it's shared.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your summer superpower is discernment. You'll know what's worth your time, what needs fixing and what should simply be left alone. Keep the devotion, lose the perfectionism and remember that joy is productive, too.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your summer superpower is connection. You'll bring the right people together, smooth over tension and create beauty wherever you go. Keep the charm, lose the indecision and remember that harmony sometimes requires honesty first.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your summer superpower is magnetism. You'll draw people, opportunities and revelations toward you without forcing a thing. Keep the passion, lose the suspicion and remember that vulnerability creates stronger bonds than control ever could.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your summer superpower is optimism. You'll expand your world through travel, risk-taking and saying yes to experiences that wake you up again. Keep the enthusiasm, lose the restlessness and remember that freedom means choosing what matters most.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your summer superpower is focus. You'll make steady progress while everyone else gets distracted by heatwaves and chaos. Keep the ambition, lose the rigidity and remember that pleasure can fuel success instead of interrupting it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your summer superpower is intuition. You'll sense what people need before they say a word and create moments that bring everyone closer together. Keep the tenderness, lose the self-protection and remember that not everyone earns access to your inner world.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your summer superpower is originality. You'll spot trends before they arrive and imagine possibilities other people completely miss. Keep the independence, lose the detachment and remember that community strengthens your vision.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your summer superpower is imagination. You'll dream vividly, create beautifully and pick up on emotional undercurrents other people overlook. Keep the compassion, lose the escapism and remember that boundaries protect your peace, not diminish it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your summer superpower is curiosity. You'll stumble into the right conversations, collect surprising opportunities and charm your way through changing circumstances. Keep the openness, lose the overthinking and remember the value of listening as closely as you speak.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (June 21). It's a Mystery School Year in the Ancient Greek sense, in which you're challenged before receiving sacred knowledge. You emerge with sharper intuition, deeper self-trust and the powerful ability to recognize illusion versus truth. More highlights: You'll connect often with friends for games and laughs. A project gets you seen by people who will pay you well and elevate your work. Pisces and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 15, 3, 20, 16 and 7.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Prince William has big changes on his agenda and a strategy for making the monarchy "fit for purpose." Born on the cusp, William's Cancerian moonchild qualities are the part people project enormous emotional meaning onto, especially his protective devotion to home, family and country. Cancer is also the sign of mothers. William inherited not only his mother's face but her kindness and, in some ways, her symbolic role in the culture.

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