Horoscope

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011: This year, you are in the limelight. Your professional and community commitments are highlighted. Not every moment will be easy, but all in all, it will be worth the discomfort. June and July 2012 witness you expanding your circle of friends. If single, someone very special could enter your life at the same time. If attached, share more of your outside life with your sweetie. Taurus understands you well. A baby born today has a Sun in Leo and a Moon in Taurus.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) • • • Optimism runs high in the morning. Drive a hard bargain on an expenditure for your home. Confirm meeting times.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) • • • • • You feel energized. Follow your whims – you will have a day full of fun and energy. Don’t take someone’s words personally. Let your positive energy speak.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) • • • Take your time, and if you need some down time, take it. Use this day for you. If you are not OK, you cannot do your best.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) • • • • • Make time to socialize and get out of your immediate environment. You’ll feel wonderful in a different setting.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) • • • Accept the limelight. Be ready to organize a get-together or complete a project. Don’t forget an older relative or friend who might need some attention.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) • • • • Keep reaching out for others. Don’t worry if someone doesn’t call back immediately. You have an unusual decision to make involving travel or perhaps a foreigner.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) • • • • Work with a partner directly. You could be quite uncomfortable at first, but open up with ease to potential changes. Remember, you have inadvertently walked down the path of negativity.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) • • • • If you decide to go along with another person’s opinion, know that your opinions are not any less important or wrong.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) • • • • Extend yourself and take care of another person you dearly care about. Your ability to accomplish a lot and get the job done marks plans.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) • • • • Don’t worry about someone’s reaction to a suggestion. You seem to have charm and charisma mixed in with suggestions. Know that a misunderstanding doesn’t need to happen.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) • • • Take some extra time with a family member or roommate. Though in many ways you disagree about your hobbies and the way you relax, you still have a lot in common.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) • • • • Sometimes, continuing a conversation in a nice, easy tone, even after you made a faux pas or someone else tripped him- or herself up, is gracious.