Horoscopes by Holiday by Holiday Mathis

The Aquarius moon offers a small measure of peace, understanding and compassion to our endeavors. Sometimes it won't seem like enough, but try to see the glass as half-full and trust that the waterbearer will come back around to fill it up. Relationships will improve over the course of the day. Hearts grow lighter.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You'll be working in a group, throwing out ideas and trying to figure out how to go forward together. When an idea is right, it's right. Everyone in the room knows it. People feel it. So don't settle for less than that feeling.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Working effectively toward a long-term goal means sometimes forgoing opportunities for pleasure and fun. However, chances are that the things you find truly pleasurable are very much in line with your goals today.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You'll have augmented powers of self-control. When you run into roadblocks, you'll be able to relax and come back to the issue at a later time. This beats getting upset.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Don't punish yourself just because you are not performing at an optimum rate. It's normal for your productivity to ebb and flow. You'll be most successful when you let it happen naturally.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You'll do things spontaneously when you think of them. This is how you'll get a million things done in one day, quite literally, depending on the level of detail you account for.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There is some debate as to whether or not positive thinking really makes you healthier. Even if it doesn't, isn't life a lot more pleasant for the sunshiny effort? Your friends think so, and they appreciate your smile, too.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Windows of opportunity are always opening and closing. You'll get more than one, but no two opportunities are ever the same. Knowing this, you'll be eager to take advantage of what appears to be a decent deal.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The fear of striking out will not keep you from stepping up to bat. You'll make your play, and if it doesn't work the first time, you'll try it again and again.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). As much as you'd like to sit back and relax today, a little bit of the right kind of stress will be undeniably positive for your life. You'll sparkle when there's some pressure on you to perform.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.

19). Visual clutter produces mental clutter. Don't let unimportant and unorganized things bog down your life. An hour of cleanup will be worth three additional hours of productivity before the week is up.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You'll start and finish a project right on time. It's not because you are trying so hard to be punctual, but because you realize how much simpler life can be when everyone sticks to the agenda.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There may be something going on that makes your mental environment more interesting than your physical environment. You're no stranger to getting lost in dreams, and you'll find today's fantasies to be quite adventurous.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 27). Your structures and traditions may be transformed over the next three months. In April, you'll feel settled into your new groove. You'll look back in amazement at all you've accomplished in a matter of weeks. Computers, communication and writing figure into your financial gains in March. May is romantic. Pisces and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 20, 4, 17 and 50.

VIRGO POWER RESOLUTION FOR 2012: Consider choosing just one this year. You'll find this one easy to keep, and its benefits will be far-reaching:

Get Listy. Sometimes you write things down for weeks at a time, carefully accounting for receipts, noting grocery items and scheduling down to the half-hour. Then life gets hectic, and before you know it, your back to juggling the details in your head — a balancing act at which you are quite good, though the outcome is never going to be as thorough as the times when you've written it all down.

If you make this the year you commit your thoughts to paper on a daily basis, it will be the most empowered you've felt in a long time or maybe ever. Your pen and notebook will work like magic to keep you on track, clear-headed and in control.

LUCKIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR: January 8, 9, 10; February 20, 21, 22; March 3, 8, 30; April 19, 20, 21; May 27, 30, 31; June 5, 6, 7; July 14, 15, 16; August 5, 6, 28; September 1, 15, 16; October 7, 8, 9; November 1, 2, 3; December 24, 25, 31.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Paramore singer Hayley Williams knew who she was as an artist even as a teenager. When record labels wanted her to be a solo pop artist, she suggested she stick with her alternative rock band, and the rest is history. With her sun, Mercury, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune all in Capricorn, Williams is grounded, driven and focused. Blame her wild colored "mane" on an entertaining Leo moon.

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