LEO: July 21 – August 20

You're having a little more fun than usual. If it feels weird to be enjoying yourself this much, get over it! After what you've been through you deserve a good time. Something has opened up and you're seeing your life in a whole new way. Don't get too obsessive about people who seem as if they might have what you're after. Being taken in by someone who isn't being honest, or seeing what you want to see is your only pitfall right now. If you have doubts about anything, trust yourself enough to stay away from it.

VIRGO: August 21 – September 20

Finding out what it means to follow your heart has taught you that it isn't always easy. Who knew that this would force you to redefine everything? Anything that isn't working for you needs to go. If you have health issues you need to start paying more attention to what they are symptomatic of. Clear up as much as you can because you can't move into this next phase until you unload all of your baggage. If you thought you knew what you were doing, it's all about to change. Your life is about to start all over again.

LIBRA: September 21 – October 20

This doesn't look like it's going anywhere. If you could stop dwelling on where things are going to end up and just enjoy the ride you wouldn't be fretting about your future. Nothing can grow with this amount of impatience feeding it. Others are aware that you want something from them and they're not quite sure how to act. You are the one who can change this. If you can back off and give everyone the freedom to be themselves you'll find out whether or not this little fantasy of yours is worth the time and effort.

SCORPIO: October 21 – November 20

Recent changes have taken you away from others and the distance factor has actually improved things between you. Hopefully this arrangement will give you time to pull yourself together and develop your own interests. You can pretty much do anything right now as long as you know what it is. Instead of isolating yourself it would be good if you could get out and make different kinds of connections. Magical things will happen if you leave your comfort zone and try doing what you've never done before.

SAGITTARIUS: November 21 – December 20

Expanding your horizons is always enlivening. Recent trips outside the box have shown you how much you've held yourself back from being all you can be. This feeling you have now will carry you a long way. Try to remember that those closest to you haven't had the same epiphany and be sensitive to the fact that they're having trouble keeping up. As you change, they will be forced to change too. The hardest part of any growth process is adjusting to the ways in which every relationship gets rearranged.

CAPRICORN: December 21 – January 20

You've come out of so much it stands to reason that your perspective could be a little warped. Before you make any long-term commitments, be honest enough to see that this could be the same-old-thing in a different costume. Set your standards high and give everyone time to prove that they actually have something real to offer you. In a lot of ways the only thing you really need to be thinking about is where you want to go with your work. Those who truly care need to give you more space to focus on that.

AQUARIUS: January 21 – February 20

The next few months will fly by. You've got so much happening the best way to handle it will be to give everything exactly what it requires, no more no less. In and around all this outer activity many things will have to be put aside. If you've avoided dealing with your relationship issues, they haven't gone away. Whoever you're involved with isn't ready to change their ways. At the same time, they don't want to hold you back. Neither one of you is ready to discuss this. Call a truce for now and save it for later.

PISCES: February 21 – March 20

You've managed to pull yourself out of a big hole without too much pain and trauma. This recent trip to the pits taught you a lot about yourself. Realizing that you're either expecting too much or too little, from yourself, from life and from others has straightened out your perspective. For the first time in years you are able to get everything that you want and need from within yourself. As strange as it sounds, if you can manage to keep this up, you will discover that others are there for you 100 percent.

ARIES: March 21 – April 20

The best thing about what's going on right now is that you can't lose. Too many influences are working in your favor for you to be worried about how this will turn out. In your personal affairs you're not so sure that others are as happy about everything as you are. While they seem to be delighted by whatever you do they could be going along with the program just to humor you. Never underestimate the power of the unspoken word. Make sure you know exactly how they feel about this before it's too late.

TAURUS: April 21 – May 20

You can't seem to find any time for yourself. People are everywhere and there are so many demands you don't even know how you feel about what's happening. It's interesting that you've become the center of things at a time when it involves so much responsibility. The biggest decision facing you isn't one you want to make but you can't foist it onto anyone else. It's clear to you what needs to be done, but if you go ahead with this you'll be the talk of the town. Are you ready for all the gossip and the backbiting?

GEMINI: May 21 – June 20

It's not quite clear how things will go. With this much to divide up or mediate you can't tell if others will cooperate or drop the ball and let you take it all on. Part of you hopes they'll back out because it'll give you the freedom to do this your own way. What you may not realize is that without them, this project won't endure over time. Finding ways to make this a win-win situation is your best hope. If you can take the emphasis off money and remember why you took this on in the first place, it'll turn out fine.

CANCER: June 21 – July 20

Everyone is speculating about what you'll do next but nobody knows you well enough to be sure. So much is riding on your ability to make the right choice. If you put too much weight on what other people need from you, you'll miss the point, the boat, and a lot of other things. In the long run it will be of no help to them either. Having the confidence to do what's right for you is the main thing. If others feel hurt, as cruel as this sounds, it's not your problem. What they want from you they can get from themselves.| RDW