ARIES (March 21-April 19): This is a good day to take advantage of employer benefits. Others have a sense of mission to assist others through their job. An enterprising attitude carries you through to victory.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are quick to come to others' defense today. In fact, you may go looking for dragons to slay, problems to correct. You have a strong sense of right and wrong and act accordingly.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Be very careful about expressing opinions and the language you use. What seems innocent and natural to you may be disliked by another. Make your real thoughts clear and unambiguous.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You want to be involved with what others are doing and you are difficult if turned away. You don't always take the initiative or make the decisions but you hate being left out of the decision-making process.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): A basic lack of self-esteem could make you behave or speak inappropriately. Beware of spreading rumors or speaking about what you do not know just to gain favor or attention. Say only what you know is true.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You flourish in situations in which there is change and innovation. You are sensitive to general needs over just your own and you bring a valuable objectivity to counterbalance selfish or partisan agendas.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You have a great need to enlist cooperation from others. Your enthusiasm is a good selling point but be respectful and don't threaten people's positions or demean their accomplishments.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are caught up in general excitement today. You may need to deliberately separate yourself from this and take responsibility for your contribution to overall mental and emotional balance.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have trouble finding good ways to get people to take you seriously. You tend to fuss, to complain, to meddle. You are challenged to make a positive contribution that others can recognize and respect.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There is immediate need for action to assist others. Your focus is on the moment, even as there is also good reason to plan ahead. You are challenged to juggle short- and long-term needs.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You are apt to feel as though what you have is being taken away. Feelings of persecution are strong. You must struggle to maintain a sense of balance, though some may need to push for fair treatment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are heavily engaged in a dispute now. Differences of opinion are strong and polarized. You need to push past partisanship and address the basic needs creating the controversy.

Sun............... 1st degree Aquarius

Moon.............. 28th degree Scorpio

Mercury........... 1st degree Aquarius, retrograde

Venus............. 18th degree Pisces

Mars.............. 19th degree Capricorn

Ceres............. 14th degree Virgo, retrograde

Jupiter........... 4th degree Aquarius

Saturn............ 22nd degree Virgo

Uranus............ 20th degree Pisces

Neptune........... 24th degree Aquarius

Pluto............. 2nd degree Capricorn

Eris.............. 21st degree Aries

Lunar Node........ 10th degree Aquarius, retrograde

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You feel that you must exercise cleverness in order to reach goals. Simple honesty gives others a chance to say no, perhaps, or take steps to head you off. Some devious calculations appear to be necessary.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your achievements are recognized today. Your knowledge is your strength. Your technical know-how is your passport to success. Insofar as you have competence, you are rewarded.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): This is a good day for consolidating data and generalizing into patterns. Facts must be woven into a coherent narrative. Some may simplify toward general rules, others may extrapolate and make projections.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You pay attention to profounder, more meaningful issues of life today. You are introspective and are able to shed unneeded psychological barriers. Take a look at a self-help method that applies to your needs.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are able to turn social connections to your advantage now. It is important to stay in communication, to keep up with events, in order to gauge your own actions and reactions.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You are giving thought to how you can improve your health. Learn as much as you can about healthy eating, proper diet and proper use of medications. It's vital to be an informed consumer.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You are feeling playful, which may manifest either in mild sports or games involving mental skills. You may not be totally above taking advantage of people who are less clever than you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You place a lot of attention on home and family. You easily relate to family members now, and enjoy the familiarity of home. You still need to reserve time to think by yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are highly competent on the job today. You have a chance to learn more details about procedures and policies. Take any opportunity to understand matters that have so far been outside your routine.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You place focus on acquiring money, saving it and spending it for essential resources. This is an excellent time to assemble a first-aid kit, begin stockpiling emergency food, building up stores of supplies.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): New interests begin today and you like to spend a lot of time learning and researching. There is something unusual or obscure in the topic, so do not start expecting general approval or even awareness.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Your ability to act effectively and take the initiative is hampered today. You may need to let others take over and direct matters, while you play an essential supporting role.

Sun............... 2nd degree Aquarius

Moon.............. 10th degree Sagittarius

Mercury........... 30th degree Capricorn, retrograde

Venus............. 19th degree Pisces

Mars.............. 20th degree Capricorn

Ceres............. 14th degree Virgo, retrograde

Jupiter........... 4th degree Aquarius

Saturn............ 22nd degree Virgo

Uranus............ 20th degree Pisces

Neptune........... 24th degree Aquarius

Pluto............. 2nd degree Capricorn

Eris.............. 21st degree Aries

Lunar Node........ 10th degree Aquarius, retrograde

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are feeling strong hopes for the future but also strong misgivings. You don't know which way it will turn. Don't let fear rule your decisions but have something to fall back on if the worst happens.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Where you have felt the need for control, you experience a loosening up and a willingness to let others have their way. You can address basic fears and retain what are important and valid positions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Important new ways of understanding old facts help you to move forward. You benefit from self-improvement programs that bring repressed tension to the surface so you can release it or examine the causes.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Be very careful when things are going easy. Slipshod methods or ethics will come back to sully, even ruin, your reputation. You are challenged to be true to yourself rather than play false to fit in.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You re-shape your professional environment somehow. A deliberate change of behavior causes big repercussions. You work to establish a new paradigm and total disregard of precedent is quite possible.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): This is a good day to stop unhealthy habits and start new ones. However, don't start an untested or poorly researched regimen. For some, a doctor's approval is best before making a change.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You feel you can't be successful in the usual way, which means, by others' rules. You find ways to be successful on your own terms. You change the rules of the game, which can be upsetting to many.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are susceptible to artificial means to improve self-esteem. Beware of people or programs that appeal to flattery or a sense of being special. Simply belonging to a particular group doesn't make you superior.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You have strong ideas about what will work and you will extend yourself to the least bit of strength to accomplish a task. You may be willing to find loopholes in the rules to have a successful outcome.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Tired of hardships and doing without, you take steps to obtain something useful and necessary. You make a change for the better; it is very practical, not impulsive or gaudy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You make a change of plans today. Just when people expected you to continue on your path, you take a different path, throw away what you've built or saved. You have a better idea about what to do now.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You sense an inability to be effective and this makes you moody. You are at a turning point now; your decisions should be in your own best interest, without being tainted by revenge or despair.

Sun............... 3rd degree Aquarius

Moon.............. 21st degree Sagittarius

Mercury........... 29th degree Capricorn, retrograde

Venus............. 20th degree Pisces

Mars.............. 20th degree Capricorn

Ceres............. 14th degree Virgo, retrograde

Jupiter........... 4th degree Aquarius

Saturn............ 22nd degree Virgo

Uranus............ 21st degree Pisces

Neptune........... 24th degree Aquarius

Pluto............. 3rd degree Capricorn

Eris.............. 21st degree Aries

Lunar Node........ 10th degree Aquarius, retrograde

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You experience shocking developments today that challenge your ability to adapt and maintain emotional equilibrium. You are tested to take events in stride, to be able to start all over again.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A change of tactics creates a turnaround. Windfall profits and unexpected recognition are good for success and well-being. This is a good day for bringing out your ideas for innovation and reform.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): A positive, yet quirky, attitude at work does wonders to brighten the day. Where everything is stale and boring, you can liven things up with excitement that captures hearts, minds and imagination.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are willing to take extreme risks to break out of confining circumstances. You are easily bored, very desirous of personal freedom and intellectual exploration. You're dissatisfied with current states.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You feel the need to associate with different kinds of people, though they may not all be best suited to you. The desire for new experiences could expose you to dangerous situations, so choose wisely.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You attract new and vibrant people today. Somebody has a new perspective to share. You gain immensely by being intellectually curious and emotionally open to possibilities.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There is great emphasis on your health today. You can make positive changes now. Beware though: A heightened awareness of bad habits produces the danger of following them; instead, use it to resist better.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Changes dominate the day. People come and are quickly gone. You are forced to examine your feelings about the value of permanency and the need to let go. Do you let go too easily?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You draw a sharp distinction between your public and private lives. You are quite willing to appear conventional and obedient but otherwise your life is your own and you behave as you please.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): It is very hard to stick with routine today. You must judge carefully whether you are best served by staying with something reliable. Beware of throwing away a good thing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Your tastes exceed your ability to pay for them. You are in danger of squandering savings, of running up a debt. This is no time to reverse carefully tended investments and savings. Resist impulsiveness.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are successful in situations in which you are given a lot of leeway and freedom. You turn rebellious and uncooperative otherwise. Do not mistake clear and valid instructions as oppression.

Sun............... 4th degree Aquarius

Moon.............. 3rd degree Capricorn

Mercury........... 28th degree Capricorn, retrograde

Venus............. 21st degree Pisces

Mars.............. 21st degree Capricorn

Ceres............. 14th degree Virgo, retrograde

Jupiter........... 5th degree Aquarius

Saturn............ 22nd degree Virgo

Uranus............ 21st degree Pisces

Neptune........... 24th degree Aquarius

Pluto............. 3rd degree Capricorn

Eris.............. 21st degree Aries

Lunar Node........ 10th degree Aquarius, retrograde

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are prone to react first and think later. Situations are usually not so dire, so stop and think things through. Decide on the appropriate response or whether one is really needed at all.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You feel squeezed at work between demands from the bottom and pressures from the top. You resent having to take blind orders, so your role is to be creative interpreting all this into creative action.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You want to do the right thing but for the wrong reasons. Selfishness, self-glorification, revenge, pride are all very bad motives. Realign your feelings to their positive opposites.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are heedless about the people you let into your life. If you don't exercise healthy discretion you are apt to allow destructive and exploitive people. Keep control of your immediate social environment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Your idealism does not match reality, for which you are apt to assign blame. You are challenged to step down expectations while encouraging others to ramp up. There is a confusing mix of goals and energy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You may spend a lot of energy pointlessly finding ways to go against someone directly. Instead, find your own direction and do it well. It's more important to understand what you are for rather than what you're against.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You are in situations that feel confining and restrictive, especially in family relationships. You want to create more personal space but your methods may be too disruptive and insulting.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You want to get going with important projects but you don't apply yourself consistently. You start and stop; energy levels go high then low. Pace yourself, don't get distracted, so you can be consistent.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You are prone to think you can do anything without paying a price or encountering consequences. Take responsibility instead and fashion your behavior to generate the consequences you truly desire.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are subject to fluctuations in energy and attention span. Do what you can while you can; waiting will only be frustrating. Control your actions carefully so you aren't exhausted by being frantic.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You fluctuate between selfishness and generosity. It seems as though if you are socially active, you need a corresponding amount of time for privacy. People have trouble keeping up with your moods.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You encounter problems that do not fit the standard mold and the recommended solutions. You resent efforts to mishandle them and demand the right and freedom to be more innovative. This creates its own problems.

Sun............... 5th degree Aquarius

Moon.............. 15th degree Capricorn

Mercury........... 27th degree Capricorn, retrograde

Venus............. 22nd degree Pisces

Mars.............. 22nd degree Capricorn

Ceres............. 13th degree Virgo, retrograde

Jupiter........... 5th degree Aquarius

Saturn............ 22nd degree Virgo

Uranus............ 21st degree Pisces

Neptune........... 24th degree Aquarius

Pluto............. 3rd degree Capricorn

Eris.............. 21st degree Aries

Lunar Node........ 10th degree Aquarius, retrograde

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Take a look at your preparations for advancement and success. This is a good day to move those plans forward and moving. You can attract a great deal of attention now and many benefits flow to you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Somebody makes you feel threatened, though you may only be consciously aware of a sense of unease. Accept challenges without feeling that someone is after something you need to protect.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You are capable of doing adequately at work but to really excel you must try harder. You are willing to take on more burdens but the cost may be loss of affection or active resentment. Be respectful.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Important issues are a puzzle to be solved now. You must consider alternatives and their consequences, while being very clear about what you want the end result to look like. There are many variable to consider.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You benefit through the actions of important people. You are considered for a successful partnership. Take whatever opportunities are offered to you whether you've worked for it or not.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Everything you do must be done deliberately and with forethought. Relationships and money, especially, must be handled carefully. Don't be moved by habit as this doesn't serve you well now.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Many opportunities open up for your, especially if you open up and let people know what you want and what you're capable of doing. Your enthusiasm and optimism are inspirational.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You have doubts about whether people like you. You can discover how important this is to you. You are challenged to come out of a defensive mode and engage the people you really must get along with.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Past failures motivate you to try harder for success. You drive yourself hard to succeed, to meet deadlines, to fulfill standards. You should give charitable donations to the unfortunate.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): This is a good time to move forward boldly. A plan is in place, so you know what to do. Much is going to be expected of you, so you need to persevere, knowing that you have backing of strong people.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Good fortune comes your way, as long as you are industrious and make more of it than you're given. After an initial chance, your own initiative and innovation carry it the rest of the way.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Nothing goes as expected today. There are lessons in modesty and frugality. Where you desire leniency, you get accountability or discouragement. You need to draw useful conclusions now.

Sun............... 5th degree Aquarius

Moon.............. 27th degree Capricorn

Mercury........... 25th degree Capricorn, retrograde

Venus............. 23rd degree Pisces

Mars.............. 23rd degree Capricorn

Ceres............. 13th degree Virgo, retrograde

Jupiter........... 5th degree Aquarius

Saturn............ 22nd degree Virgo

Uranus............ 21st degree Pisces

Neptune........... 24th degree Aquarius

Pluto............. 3rd degree Capricorn

Eris.............. 21st degree Aries

Lunar Node........ 10th degree Aquarius, retrograde

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You seek to find ways to keep control over situations but this could only make things worse. Learn to guide or manage, not dictate. When in charge use your authority wisely, not high-handedly.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): It feels as though all the fun goes out of living now, as very serious business takes all your attention. Your sense of self-esteem is lowered, so focus on your internal strengths, not external events.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You encounter people whose motivations are more about power and control than about helping you or people in general. You may be able to understand why this is shortsighted. Take notes on changes needing to be made.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You struggle to find the right motivator for people now. You want things to be done; seeming inertia is simply different priorities and agendas. You are tempted to descend to base threats over good arguments.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Relationships grow cold and stern. Necessity or misfortune takes out a lot of the fun, replacing it with hard work. You are challenged to maintain a sense of humor, which best uplifts the spirit now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Be very cautious today. Your health and well-being should be top concerns. Avoid falls, or other activities that could exacerbate chronic health problems. There could be undesirable developments at work.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You empathize with people who are suffering from misfortune. You know their situation, and so you work to alleviate it. You prefer helping from an emotional distance, without direct entanglement.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You are very driven, against all odds. It can seem as though the deck is stacked against you but with determination you can make headway. Obstructions simply give you more motivation to overcome.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): It is very hard to implement your will today. There is a lot of resistance now as people dig in their heels. Entrenched positions, turf wars, dominate the day, perhaps undermining the general welfare.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There could be a blurring of distinctions between what is yours and another's, especially in the realm of ideas. Don't plagiarize and give proper attribution and credit, both while speaking and in writing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You try to organize people and situations but encounter resistance. Events move slowly; some people are obstructive. You must be patient, alternately negotiating and pushing your will.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You can find yourself in a mad scramble to come up with resources. Bills come due and money is short. Something you need is missing. It's a good time to spare some energy for inventory and projections.