Horoscope

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, July 31, 2012: This year you often make extraordinary efforts to reach out to others who are withdrawn. Someone could open up at the most unexpected time, and you might wish he or she never had. If single, finding the right match can happen, but you often end up in fights with those who are not right for you. If attached, the two of you need to learn to express your needs and desires with less judgment. Your relationship will become more loving as a result. Capricorn can trigger anger in many of your friends. A baby born today has a sun in Leo and a moon in Capricorn all day.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) • • • For the most part, others receive your messages loud and clear. Your softer side emerges when you see how distraught someone is.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) • • • • Push to get past an argument, and understand where someone else is coming from. You often are very serious.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) • • • • Success comes through dealing with others on a one-on-one level. You can turn a problem around if you stay open.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) • • • • Defer to others, yet be responsive to a superior who seems to have a very different but positive way of handling important matters.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) • • • Push yourself, and focus on what must be done. In fact, getting more done than anticipated will free you up when people in your life need to air out their opinions and/or need your time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) • • • • • You have a lot to reflect on, especially a situation involving a partner or loved one. Check out the possibility that money might be a part of the problem.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) • • • You might want to stop and think about what is going on. Your home life takes priority, which makes it difficult to focus on anything else.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) • • • • You might want to open up a conversation and get to the root of the problem. Could you be swallowing anger or doing something else that does not serve you well?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) • • • A meeting could shed some light on an issue. You go out of your way more often than not to help friends. Suddenly, you could find that the cost is too high.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) • • • • You can handle a difficult situation with someone you cannot avoid. Your instincts might be to ignore this person.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) • • • • You need to see what is not being said. Someone seems to be direct, but this person is skipping over an important point.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) • • • • Zero in on what is important, not only to you, but to those in your immediate personal and/or professional circle. A partner or loved one takes a stand.