As the moon wavers between Scorpio and Sagittarius today, we dare to soar deep and leap high. Only through knowing our truest feelings — where our hearts are holding on, where they are longing to let go — can we reach the aspirations of our higher selves. If perspective is a gift, it's often earned by slogging through the trenches of our hearts.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your social network supports you in silent ways now. People thinking good thoughts about you will have a fortuitous impact on your mood. Friends make the sweet times sweeter and rocky times smoother.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Life, like jazz, often happens best in the spaces between the notes. What you do while you're waiting around — and you will be waiting around this afternoon — is more important than what you do while you're doing.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The more energy you pour into a relationship, the better this bond gets. Of course you figure out how to do this in as cool a manner as you possibly can, tantalizing the object of your affection.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Self-depreciation, even in the form of a joke, should be a crime now. Acknowledge your talents, and commit to nurturing them. Others are depending on you to be your best.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The highlight of your day is dreaming up how you will entertain others. That's what makes you fun to be around — you think of your company first and create an atmosphere where they can be interesting and lively.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 27). You're ready to embark on an exciting journey involving love, beauty and artistic expression. The next three weeks bring important self-exploration. Someone has a crucial piece of information that will help you know yourself more thoroughly. June brings tantalizing invitations. There's big money to be made in July. Leo and Aries adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 20, 14, 42 and 2.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You're not married to your own point of view now, and in fact, it's mighty productive to get inside someone else's. Preferably someone you're having trouble with. You will see relationship solutions almost immediately.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You are so agreeable, you'll even agree to disagree. Your sophistication of self allows you to give your full attention to people whose opinions are dead wrong without feeling the need to prove the error or their ways.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). What happens to you is significant.

Important. A very big deal, if only to you. Try not to compare yourself with others as you give total attention to your own business.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Handle what's important first and your whole scene clicks into "smooth" mode. Furthermore, you can successfully combine business and a hobby for some sudden money.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Nurture the romance in your soul by getting out in the world — alone. Solo experiences turn up the vibrant creativity inside you. Take yourself on a really impressive date.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You're ready to meet the challenge, especially if it's bigger than you are. Some call you crazy, but time will show that you're the sane one. Crazy is letting opportunities slip by when you could be rising to the occasion.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You're still trying to decide how close you should get to a certain person. If you can't seem to figure out this person's character, just check out his or her friends. The story becomes clear by tonight.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "I am a Scorpio, and I care very deeply for my friend, a Leo. Can we make it together? She seems stronger, smarter and more confrontational than I, and sometimes I feel intimidated by her, but I understand that you can't change people, you have to change yourself."

Don't let your Leo intimidate you, Scorpio. Leo is not stronger and smarter than you. She acts larger than life because her emotions are larger than life, and her shine is what attracts you and others to her. I'll let you in on a little secret about the Leo psyche, Scorpio — Leos need to be appreciated and loved like you Scorpios need emotional rapport and connection. View her most confident, or even confrontational, behavior with this in mind: Behind your lioness's roar exists a private but tender vulnerability. Oh, to be so dependent on another's love and approval, on another's need for her! She may never admit this, though, and don't undermine her by using this information against her. Instead, stay aware that this need may motivate her sometimes. And when it does, let it stir your compassion and thereby your empathic connection to her.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Josh Groban has said, "What people know about me, they know through my music." He's not only referring to his admirers. Indeed, one of the best ways to get to know a Pisces personally is through the music they sing, love or listen to. Pisceans connect empathically, over a lingering feeling or note. Josh's music is rich with those transcendent lost-in-the-feeling moments.

Holiday Mathis is the author of "Rock Your Stars." If you would like to write to her, please go to www.creators.com and click on "Write the Author" on the Holiday Mathis page, or you may send her a postcard in the mail. To find out more about Holiday Mathis and read her past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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