FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012 by Holiday Mathis on Creators.com

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FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012

Jupiter in Taurus amplifies the hungry tendencies of the Taurus moon. Luckily, there are some things you can still be ravenous for without compromising your health and integrity. While it may not be your first inclination, it will certainly be energizing to cultivate your hunger for knowledge, joy and spiritual fulfillment.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You started out working hard because you liked a certain person and you wanted this person's approval. Now you just work hard because it feels right to do it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You'll feel uncharacteristically impatient. Your diligence will make a difference, though not in one day. Commit to doing the same action for three weeks, and you'll be amazed at where you wind up.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You feel protective, recognizing how fragile people really can be. Your conscientiousness extends not only to your loved ones, but to people you don't even know.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You'll get the kind of rare challenge that focuses your thoughts. Instead of being reactive and critical, you'll be active and creative, bringing all your knowledge to bear on the situation.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Something that now requires a great deal of discipline to accomplish will require far less discipline once you've established a series of habits to support the activity. Keep going.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may be in a position to report to another person about your work, but no one is really the boss of you. You'll take charge and feel in control of what you will or won't do.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Action doesn't have to be momentous and revolutionary to create progress. What occurs out of consistent, small steps will be remarkable, meaningful and crucial to the big picture.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your general excitement about life will stir up something brave in your soul. You'll need to put all that energy into something, and today brings an endeavor just risky enough to appeal to you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You are changing, and the environment around you will transform to meet your new needs. What brought you pleasure yesterday is not the same thing that will bring you happiness in the future.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It takes strength to move a relationship forward, but it also takes vulnerability.

Being willing to let others lead once in a while shows both qualities at the same time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There's something you need to know, and you'll set a kind of trap to try to get the information you want. You may not realize exactly what you're doing. So many of the games people play happen on subconscious levels.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Someone with a similar background is the most fun person to be around today. No matter how far away you are from where you grew up, you'll feel like you're home.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 4). This year your creativity will be met with inspired action, and the result will be explosive success. You'll build a bridge to someone's heart this month. March is your chance to trade in "old baggage" for shiny new luggage — and you'll take a trip to celebrate, too. New professional situations open up in July. Sagittarius and Taurus people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 20, 14, 43, 6 and 28.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "I'm a Virgo, and I have my eye on a Gemini guy. Can you give me any advice that will make me irresistible to him? I had a dream that he was the love of my life. If he's not (and I'm not even sure whether I believe in romantic fate, soul mates or "the one"), then at least he's someone I would very much like to add to my life. In short, I want him to be as excited about the prospect of dating me as I am about the prospect of dating him. That doesn't seem to be happening on its own. How can I make it happen?"

Gemini men like to keep things light for as long as possible. If he feels that you're in any way fixated on him, it will scare him. Another thing that you should know is that Gemini men can be really social and aware of what their friends think. Sometimes a Gemini guy will pursue a date because he knows she's the type his friends would also be attracted to, and their jealousy gives him pleasure. So focus your efforts on making yourself a prize. Be lighthearted and fun around him. Act as though you know deep down that you're the catch of the century.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: The world would be a much different place for the visually impaired were it not for the efforts of Capricorn Louis Braille, whose revolutionary form of communication changed millions of lives and continues to do so today. Braille was a determined Capricorn with his Mercury in the determined sign, as well, and his natal Venus in altruistic, philanthropic and future-thinking Aquarius.

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