HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (May 5): Risks you took nearly a year ago will pay off this month. You’ll be in a strong position to take care of business. As you tackle problems in June, your raw energy and can-do spirit will draw a crowd. Many will want to be on your team, but you should only take the most qualified applicants. 2014 will be filled with love and laughter. Cancer and Virgo people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 25, 43, 31 and 49.
ARIES (March 21-April 19): External signs of wealth don’t tell the full story. It will be enlightening to consider why a person would crave a symbol to set them above the rest and to ponder your own relationship with status and materialism.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Socrates said we should eat to live, not live to eat. But with the sun in your sign, appetites are strong, especially your own. Being around healthy people will help you make healthy choices.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21): It’s nice to be praised, but you already get enough attention for what you do. Tell people that what you need now is the kind of attention you can put in your wallet.
CANCER (June 22-July 22): Once you see things, you can’t un-see them. That’s why it’s good to be careful of where you go. Think about what you are likely to experience in a place before you venture inside.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Do you think you might be stopping yourself from moving forward in some way? If every seed contains the secrets to growth inside it, then the planter’s job is simply to create the proper conditions and get out of the way.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Instead of shying away from what might bring you emotional discomfort, move through it. If there is hurt to be experienced, it will soon give way to something beautiful.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): Your elastic mind will go to the far reaches and then snap back home. As fun as imaginative solutions are to come up with, it’s probably the simple, practical thing that will help the most now.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): Because you’re irresistibly drawn to a circuitous path, getting to your goal may seem to take forever. If you keep going, you’ll eventually get there and feel pretty good about it, too.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll be more interested in other people’s business than usual — but you’re not exactly nosy. It’s more that you’re a student of human nature, and you really want to know whether your predictions are coming true!
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): When you like someone, you go out of your way to see that person smile, alleviate their stress or make them feel comfortable. But doing this for someone you dislike or don’t know shows true nobility.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): There are times when going over the past might help you make a better decision for the future, but this isn’t one of them. Your instincts are keen. Trust that you’ve learned your lessons, and make a move.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your success strategy is so simple. It’s only three steps: 1. Say what you’re going to do. 2. Do it. 3. Repeat. You’ll end the day with a feeling of accomplishment.