Today represents a bit of a lull, as we're in between cosmic excitements. Yesterday brought a trine of Venus and Uranus. Tomorrow brings a trine of Mars and Uranus. Today is the silence between beats. There's a lovely sense of anticipation and an overall hopeful feeling. Do the work in front of you, and know that things are coming together.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Goal setting is not a one-size-fits-all kind of matter. Each goal is different, and different approaches work for different people at different times. Expect to have to customize your experience.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Something may sound good or look good on paper, but if it doesn't work well in real life, it doesn't work period. Better to feel good about what's actually happening than to impress people you don't even know.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Keep things in perspective. Don't let perfectionism stop you from doing your thing. You don't have to be the best in the whole world. You only have to be the best among the current competition.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You belong. But where? With the right attitude, you can belong anywhere you happen to go. But getting that attitude is a lot easier when you work up to it and practice being comfortable in your own skin.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It's very easy to mistake people for experts when they are really just the ones who happen to be talking at the moment. Learn who people really are, and don't mentally bestow them with powers they do not possess.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Entitlement causes people to assume other people are there to serve them. It causes discrepancies in invoices, billing and the distribution of funds. Entitlement causes relationship imbalance. Steer away from entitled people.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It's said that you can't help who you love. This may be true, but you can put yourself in environments that are more likely to have healthier choices available to you in all things, including love.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Some of your favorite people are people you met through relationships that weren't half as strong. Some relationships seem meant for making other relationships happen.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It's pretty challenging to settle a very active mind on the needs and wants of others. A still mind can easily be led to whatever task you need it to take on. This is one of the benefits of meditation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Close listening takes a high level of attention and intelligence and is much rarer a behavior than most people think. Listen carefully and act on what you hear, and you'll have an advantage that few can claim.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You're not getting what you want out of a situation, but neither are you bitter about it. You're curious, more than anything. And if you question things and poke around a bit, you just might find a way to get what you need.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Leave the long-term goals for another day. Today you will excel with short-term assignments and situations that have a definite endpoint. You'll love what small projects add up to.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 27). You've an incredible talent for knowing when to pivot and when to persevere. You'll dazzle your friends in September and ride a wave of popularity into the new year. This is good for business, and the final months of 2019 are especially lucrative. You'll exchange beautiful promises with a special person in 2020. Sagittarius and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 39, 4, 42 and 18.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTION: "I have a furniture repair business, and usually, I work alone. I find working with others to be one disappointment after another. Usually, people don't finish a job when they say they will. I have to constantly keep on top of people, even though I hate to micromanage. It seems like if I don't nudge them along in the process, nothing gets done. I'm angry and drained, and I would rather just do the work myself. But how can my business ever grow if I can't work with people? I'm a Cancer."

You're right — your business cannot grow and stay a one-man operation at the same time. Cancer tends to lead with emotion, which at times can be the enemy of business. Get a managerial regimen, and refuse to be emotional about it. An experienced manager (try a Capricorn or Taurus with excellent project management skills) can help you develop a system that is designed for your greatest ease. Employ a few tricks, too. For instance, ask for the work to be done three days before it actually needs to be done so you have a wider margin of error. And build in regular checkpoints along the process to be sure work is being done correctly.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: As Jesse Pinkman in "Breaking Bad," Virgo Aaron Paul earned acting awards, critical acclaim, an avid following and a beloved place in television history. Several new projects are on the horizon for Paul including HBO's new season of the sci-fi thriller "Westworld." Paul was born when Mercury and Jupiter were in Leo, the sign of entertainment.

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