Horoscope

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Friday, July 23, 2010: This year, you come up with excellent solutions when focused. A foreigner, education or perhaps a spiritual type of experience opens you up even more. If single, someone very different easily could sashay into your life. If attached, the two of you can gain through pursuing a hobby together or perhaps actually planning that special trip. Capricorn might push you harder than you want.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) • • • You feel as if you must handle certain obligations, like it or not. You have shared possibilities openly. No one but you will carry a project to the finish line.

TAURUS (April 20-May 21) • • • • • Take advantage of an ability to back off your position and view a matter more clearly. Check in with several respected friends who also have a different view.

GEMINI (May 22-June 20) • • • • • Use a meeting to obtain results. You could be surprised by how this specific group changes its focus. An unexpected insight points to a new direction.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) • • • • • Defer to others. Understand what needs to happen in order to move key people back into your life. Perhaps they need to process as you did. Help them along.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) • • • Whether you like it or not, you are in the trenches, and any work left undone will tumble on you. A delay might be aggravating yet necessary to solidify plans.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) • • • • Your creativity flourishes as you breeze through one issue after another. A partner whose support you count on could suddenly feel soft, or not as committed.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) • • • Many of you want to stay close to the givens, especially as you sense a change in the wind. Pressure builds, as others seem to need your feedback and attention.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) • • • • Keep conversations moving. How you handle a change and what you are doing on an active level define your ability to achieve a goal.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) • • • Be aware of the costs before you OK a project or idea. Emotional or financial risks might pay off, but understand that you could have a backfire.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) • • • • • Express yourself and don’t hold back any longer. The moon in your sign adds energy and charisma. Others sense your power. A family member or domestic issue needs handling sooner or later.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) • • • You see someone’s support and caring yet notice a change in his or her attitude. Consider sitting back and becoming more observant.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) • • • • • Observe your influence in a meeting. Dealing with others individually might not be as effective. Note some very dramatic changes within your circle of friends.