Horoscope

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011: This year, you have an opportunity to move forward and make waves in your immediate circle. You will be updating your perspective. The unexpected could create quite a kick and cause an issue within a key relationship. If single, someone quite exotic could enter your life. If attached, socialize as a couple more. Cancer understands you. A baby born today before 3:31 a.m. Pacific time, has a Moon in Gemini and a Sun in Virgo. Afterward, a Moon in Cancer.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) • • • Pressure builds once more. Unless you have learned ways of releasing stress, you could act up in an unexpected manner. You will take manipulation personally.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) • • • • • You are likely to express your thoughts and ideas. Are you ready to hear the reactions? Stay secure, knowing your choices are right-on.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) • • • Listen to what is being shared. You need to know more and handle a situation in a clear, adequate fashion. Finances could be an issue.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) • • • • • You are all smiles, just because. Others might test their boundaries, especially if they have been considering crossing one lately. The unexpected could cause quite a reaction.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) • • • Everyone needs time off from the drudgery. You could be very tired of your routine and whatever you deem uninteresting and/or stressful.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) • • • • • You know what you want. Understand where others are coming from. Keep a long-term goal in mind, and you won’t go wrong. Deal with an eccentric associate or family member lightly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) • • • Pressure builds.Your follow-through counts, as so much is put on your plate. When you think you are done, something else shows up.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) • • • • • Your ability to get past a problem emerges. Know that one of your strengths is your ability to distance yourself from others.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) • • • • A partner makes an overture that you cannot resist. Your decisions force your hand with another person. Expect a little uproar. Use care with spending.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) • • • • Others seek you out, knowing full well what they want, and you respond perhaps in a stunning manner. Relax and remake that decision.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) • • • • Focus on clearing out a problem that might have reared its ugly head. Accomplish what you can, but don’t take on any pressure.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) • • • • A risk could backfire. Be aware of that fact before leaping in. Your creativity, while wonderful in some areas of your life, can backfire when you least expect it.