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Horoscope

Hyper awareness is often linked to anxiety, and ignorance to bliss. Neither cliche is true, especially as Mars enters cool Capricorn with wide-open eyes. It is possible to be very alert without anxiety. This cosmic omen is a confidence boost and a suggestion to go easy. Shift the internal posture to calm and watchful. Let it all fall into place.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). The shortcut is safe but expensive. Whether it’s worth it depends on you how you want to be spending your time. There’s no wrong choice, so make your decision quickly and commit.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). The wisest way to go about your day is to start with the ever-important question, “Is this worth doing?” Maybe you won’t feel the same in five hours or in five years but right now, if it matters to you, it matters, period.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Grand developments are merely a series of well-aligned small accomplishments. The steps you take now are building toward something substantial.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You could explain yourself but it’s wiser not to. Saying less allows the action to move along. Bonus: You get to maintain the sense of mystery that’s been working so well for you lately.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Because you are open and supportive, people will tell you their thoughts and plans even if they have nothing to do with you. In situations where you are a team member or leader, your receptivity will have obvious advantages.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Conflict resolution is your talent of the day. One reason you’re so good at this is that you leave your ego out of the equation. You hear the other side first and prepare your offer or argument only after you’ve gotten their story.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re an expert at determining quickly what can be controlled and what can’t, then accepting your findings. Success is a function of embracing the truth and tending to only the controllable matters.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re walking around with your eyes wide open. You take your responsibility to the world seriously. You’re busy creating the environment you want to live in. It’s a lot. Allow for breaks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). While it’s difficult to quit established habits, it’s easy to get interested in new ventures. Use “shiny object syndrome” to your advantage. Pursue the shimmer of new goals, and the old ways naturally lose their appeal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). What you intend is intrinsic to the alchemy of the action. The same move can be made out of strategy or impulse, from anger, passion or loyalty. Each mode will have a different result.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you feel like the situation isn’t right for you, let that be enough to say no. You don’t need to be able to explain your feelings to anyone, not even to yourself. Believe your intuition.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ll contribute to others according to your mood. Things you’ve been known to give include: information, provisions, good cheer, support or space and freedom.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 24). A creative, tenacious visionary, you’ll sell people on your plan using a combination of approaches. Your ambitions are altruistic. Your keen understanding of what others need and how you can benefit them makes you a trusted leader. In turn, you’ll get exactly what you need, and in delightful, surprising ways. Scorpio and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 1, 44, 39 and 14.

COSMIC QUESTION: “My daughter has been called an old soul by many people who meet her. No one ever says this about my son, and I think it’s making him feel bad, even though we don’t know what old soul really means. It seems to be positive. Is it?”

To subscribers of the theory of reincarnation, old souls are thought to have been on this earth many times in various capacities. Imagine life as a cosmic video game in which a player returns to the earth with the same goal every game: to perfect the soul. When one has played this video game several times, one begins to learn the ins and outs and thus have a more mature perspective about what it takes to manage the game. Someone who just sat down to play the game for the first time is no better or worse than someone who has played the game 100 times, just like a toddler is no better or worse than a 34-year-old person. One is simply more experienced than the other. My advice is to think about your son’s talents and strengths and remind him and others of these qualities whenever the old soul compliment comes up.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Happy birthday to Neil Diamond, one of the most successful adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart. This singer and songwriter has natal sun and communication planet Mercury in the quirky, humanistic sign of Aquarius. He said, “I try to be honest and truthful and soulful with the voice I have. If I make mistakes in notes … I don’t fix them. That’s the way it is.”

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