HOROSCOPE

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 16): You’ll gain greater control over your own mental state this solar return. Aries and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 50, 14, 20 and 11.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Melodramatic people will avoid you, freeing your time for maximum positive productivity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It turns out that a few of your tangents were unnecessary, but no regrets. Your story is better for journey.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21): When everyone does the assigned job, things go smoothly. The trouble occurs when jobs haven’t been assigned. Who isn’t working and could be a great asset to the cause?

CANCER (June 22-July 22): While you’d love to help everyone who asks, some of the requests you’ll get are out of your jurisdiction or just don’t feel right to you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your lion heart will lead you around today. Also notable is your access to excellent teachers. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Explore the nature of a problem, goal or objective. Analyze what has been tried, what worked and what didn’t. Take a straight-forward, scientific approach to making things better and you’ll succeed. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): When you concern yourself with getting to higher levels of trust with the people around you, you’ll skip over a lot of other kinds of problems that could arise.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): You have a holistic view that allows you to see the entirety of people to whatever extent is actually possible. You’ll be appreciated for your feedback.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’re sensitive to a wide range of social styles, and you will match your approach accordingly as a gesture of goodwill.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Don’t get snared into the myth of confidence. Any fool can be confident, and many are, while the wiser and smarter may be riddled with doubt.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): People will support what they create, not necessarily what they are paid to support, and of course not what’s been forced upon them.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): To form the bonds of loyalty, humans need to connect on many levels. Usually that is complicated, but today it will seem to happen naturally and effortlessly.