Today has two distinct tones, speculative and assured. For by the time moon shifts from Pisces to Aries, it's as though someone changed the planetary play list from chill-out music to rock 'n' roll. As some of us get lost in the transition between winding down and fired up, maybe the wise thing to do is let this last day of the work week … just slide.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your close friendships are a source of comfort, but it's your weak friendships — the network of acquaintances you hardly know — that will bring you the best leads for love, money and ideas.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Helping brings you pleasure. Others feel the same. Don't rob them of the chance to assist you. Approach your work like a relay race. When you get tired, hand your baton to the next person and let him or her run with it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You're tempted to toss out casual invitations, but be careful. Follow social protocol. What you consider to be a more-the-merrier situation, your friends might think is a less-is-more situation.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You and someone you are close to share a special language that no one else can understand. (Reading this should save you the trouble of trying to explain it.) One of today's secret communications has far-ranging meaning.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You've heard your share of crazy success stories, but it never had as much impact on you as the one you hear today. That's because you care more about what happens when it's happening to someone you love.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (April 4). There's a surge in your creativity this year when you realize that it's up to you to make the events of your life vivid, beautiful and important. You're the star this month, and you dress for the role, attracting new business and the kind of attention you enjoy most. Invest in July. Loved ones make you proud in August. Libra and Scorpio connections thrill you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 52, 24, 26 and 45.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have smart people in your life, but none so wise that you should question your own judgment. Establish the boundaries. This requires no discussion. Once you silently decide, that's how it will be.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You can feel extreme emotions without making any drastic moves. That's the kind of emotional control it takes to win in high stakes games against powerful competitors. You've got it, so use it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You've been so accepting lately that it startles you to come up against someone thinking in narrow and perhaps archaic terms. Go around this person.

Do not engage! It would take the jaws-of-life to pry this closed mind open.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The pace goes from clickety-click to tick … tock … Slow times are grow times. You are receptive and will learn fast. Use any down time to work on your skills, connect with your friends and, most importantly, to read.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There are strange twists in the game you're playing. Although it may seem that someone who is being petty has won, this person only took away the fake, hollow prize. The real prize goes to the bigger person — always.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You're drawn to feminine energy, as you need to be nurtured and cared for. Call the maternal people in your life, and let them baby you for a few minutes. Just knowing you have someone to turn to makes you feel more powerful.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can use the same success formula for your love life as you can for your finances, career or any old problem at all. The answer is simple, foolproof and easy to remember: Think it, write it, act on it.

WEEKEND LOVE FORECAST: ARIES: Seeds you've planted in the past bear sweet fruit — and a steady relationship. TAURUS: Whether entrusted with another's secret or your own — you're not telling. Your conscience is clearer for it. GEMINI: Even if at first glance your goals resemble sandcastles in the sky, building them together is twice as powerful and fun. CANCER: You're becoming a more visible presence in the world and to someone who adores you. LEO: Love's purpose is to give you wings to fly. By living in this truth, you soar. VIRGO: You become involved in a partner's life to discover you've got more to give than you thought possible. LIBRA: Love always triumphs. A relationship changes, yet you remain strong but gentle like a rose. SCORPIO: The little things add up. The goal is to return to happiness, so tackle "things" with a happy heart. SAGITTARIUS: Be charismatic, be bold. You transform everything and everyone around you. CAPRICORN: Home is where your heart is. So if you're troubled, you take heart there. AQUARIUS: With each beautiful and brilliant thought you express, you grow wickedly omnipotent. PISCES: Love freely given grows exponentially. But love yourself first and it retains value.

COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: Pisces and Scorpio. Two water (emotional) signs fluidly do the ins and outs of relationship. You're a coupling of rare sensitivity and strength, nurturing the private world of heart and soul. While "emotionally objective" may not be in either of your vocabularies, you know that the tide will change — because it always does. And you'll yield, flow with and ride that wave together.

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