Horoscope

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010: This year, you have an opportunity to stabilize your finances and create greater monetary flow and security. If single, you will want to impress a new sweetie. If attached, dote on your significant other a little more often. You will witness a change. Aries adds wit to any conversation.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) •••• The unexpected could set you back and encourage a better response or a more direct inquiry. If you are willing to back off and do something totally different, everyone will gain.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ••• Being goal-oriented is perfectly OK, especially if you get a lot done and create as much good will as possible. Acknowledge others for their support.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) •••• You must take charge and take the lead if anything is going to get done. Investigate alternatives surrounding a long-term goal. Give up monovision, and you will see the path.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) ••••• Keep reaching for the impossible dream. Consider alternatives that surround this wish. News from a distance is full of facts and important information.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) •••• Unexpected developments could turn out well, as long as you don’t push. You’ll find answers when you least expect it. Trust yourself and be willing to break out of a pattern.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) •••• You are in a position in which you might want to defer to others. How you make what you want happen often is surreptitious, truth be told, but it works.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ••• All work really doesn’t work well. You need to loosen up some and take a break. You look at all the mounds of work and cannot see how taking a break would help.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) ••••• You might have difficulty settling in and getting ahead. Rethink a decision with more care. Investigate possibilities more openly, and don’t negate a risk.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) •••• You might be hard-pressed to come up with the right answer, especially as you could be surprised by the nature of the question.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) ••••• Keep communication open and flowing. Realize what might be happening within your immediate circle. You might not like the answers you come up with.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) ••• Be sensitive to spending, and make decisions accordingly. Realize that you cannot always take a risk and trust that you will be lucky. Don’t push. Understand limits.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ••••• Your smile is a sure-bet winner, and others respond, even if you do something unexpected. Your vision of what works might not be in accordance with someone else’s.