The ancient Greeks had a word for the sort of justice that strongly considers context. Kairos involves the right person doing the right thing for the right people at the right time and under the right circumstances. Everything has a season. What's appropriate in one is not at all in another, as a solar square to Pluto will swiftly point out.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Here come the tough customers. Cover the basics before you try to fulfill their extra requests. Resist the urge to impress and don't get too ambitious. Keep your offerings simple so you can serve them with immediacy.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Most of the world's boundaries are drawn on maps yet unseen on ground. It is not uncommon for the people who live on them and walk over them every day to be unsure of where they actually lie. This is also true metaphorically.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You're not sure how much of yourself to share with someone, but if you don't take a chance and share something, there will be no connection. Social grace is often an estimation about what others might enjoy.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Kindness is among your core, unbending values, though it's presentation can be unusual. "Cruel to be kind" is a legitimate, though seldom called for, tactic. More often employed is "minding your own business to be kind."

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Only try to fix that which is a true impediment. You could provide solutions to a variety of everyday situations, but so often the mend can open up the door for other problems, some of them much worse.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). How about getting more rest? If you undervalue rest, then you'll book your discretionary time with wasteful busy work and junky activities. Rest is healing, fortification and a fertility shot for wisdom.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You'll be reminded of how some kinds of stress are actually good for you, as they ultimately give you a sense of expansion and of being able and willing to do more than you would have were you left to your own devices.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). What's more daunting than a group you don't want to belong to? A group you (SET TIAL)do want to belong to. You're still figuring out what you have to do to fit in, learn the rules and live the creed.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You're more concerned with your character, (largely up to you) than you are with your reputation, which is outside of your control. Sure, you can influence your reputation, but ultimately, it's what other people say it is.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The more a person tries to be above the others, dignified and correct, the less cool that person is likely to be. Being cool is partly a function of accepting one's own humanity, especially the flaws.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can be deeply emotional and yet not a slave to your feelings. You are learning how to manage some of the uncomfortable ones and use them differently than you once did.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You rely on your intuition but don't act on every hunch, because you're not a lemming. To follow any directive too literally, including your own, is to shut out the spontaneous opportunity of the moment.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 15). The cosmic angels bestow on you gifts of charisma. Relationships lift and deepen. You'll have a tendency to heap loads of charm and dollops of humor into social situations. You're funny because you see the world as so much bigger and wider than your own problems, and indeed your trouble lessens in 2021. Gemini and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 33, 27, 4 and 14.

HOW TO WORK THE MERCURY RETROGRADE (INSTEAD OF LETTING IT WORK YOU) As the planet of communication backs it up, we get to review our recent history in a new light. To make the most of this introspective and retrospective time, here are Mercury's top suggestions. (Part Two) GEMINI: It is so much easier to think of the things that aren't going right in a relationship, because humans have evolved with such a strong negativity bias. Use the retrograde as an excuse to fly in the face of this tendency. Account for what is right in relationships because what you focus on will grow. Think of all of the things you appreciate about the people you know. Make a list and keep adding to it and reviewing it in the weeks to come. CANCER: The biggest frustrations that come with Mercury retrograde are the small ones — those annoying matters of modern living that challenge our cool. The printer won't work. Someone lost the key. The drain just doesn't. How we process these small irritations becomes, to some degree, an integral part of our personality. The Mercury retrograde is a chance to decide who you want to be when the dumb stuff of life comes to bother you.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: The writings of Friedrich Nietzsche caused a great ruckus among his contemporaries, as the philosopher challenged the religion, morality and the culture of his time. The Libra intellectual's ideas continue to have a strong influence in philosophy, science and even pop songs, as evidenced by Kelly Clarkson. "That which does not kill us makes us stronger." — Friedrich Nietzsche

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