Is romantic love attainable? Are you attracted to the spiritual or the glamour in others? As Neptune, the planet of distant glamour, catches the eye of Venus, goddess of love and beauty, today our attractions hold a touch of unreality. Waves of ecstasy, fascination and enchantment create artifice out of art, and longing for the ultimate love.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You may feel that you don't have much to someone, but it's important that you contribute what you can. Even if it's only a happy wish or a general feeling of good will, give it wholeheartedly.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your astral superpower is the ability to make someone's day. You're especially effective now with people you hardly know. You can make even the grumpiest types smile and laugh.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Events seem to be catching up with you. Let them. You're usually so concentrated on being one step ahead of everyone that being in time or a little behind is a nice change. Relax.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Are you afraid that if you don't say "yes" to every interesting offer, you'll be missing out on something? Trust that you're having the experience that's right for you and hold on to a bit of sacred down time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There's a strong impulse to shop. Sure, there are a few things you need — very few. You're better off throwing things out than adding to your material wealth. There's richness in simplicity.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (JULY 31). You're becoming the person you always wanted to be. Enjoy the star treatment in August — a sign of your arrival. You motivate others without coming off as controlling, which is why you'll be put in charge of an important group effort in September. You'll see new parts of the world in November. Libra and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 52, 45, 18 and 21.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have undeniable chemistry with someone — a magnetic attraction that you forget about until you return to the vicinity of this person. You're due for another one of your exciting reunions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). What you want to know about someone is not readily apparent. However, seemingly superficial conversations will reveal it if you are an extremely good listener. What's not said is also important.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You'll get new flashes of insight about yourself and your life thus far. You'll look back at a fairly typical event in your life and suddenly see how pivotal it has been.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Try not to let minor disputes annoy you. Fix your attention on the way you want your life to run. Anything that's not matching up to your ideal will change; just keep looking up.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Not everyone realizes how talented you are — it's because your modesty has kept them in the dark. Speak up, or better yet, when friends brag about you, don't stop them! Just say thank you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You're ready to rev up your love life. An analytical look illuminates feelings you didn't think you had, and options you wouldn't have tried before. If one way doesn't work, there are 1,000 other solutions to try.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Lasso one of your pie-in-the-sky notions and tug it down to earth. It's time to stop dreaming and write down the practical steps needed to get you where you want to go. A conference with Capricorn helps.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "I'm a Gemini in love with a Taurus. We're both in other relationships. It's been over for us for two years now, but he still has yet to tell me why he ended things. I always felt he was my soul mate and that we were meant to be together."

I can't answer for Taurus, but I can say his silence speaks: Taurus men are notably strong, silent types, and sometimes resorting to guerilla communication tactics (which means nothing less than shameless, ruthless honesty on your part) could get enough of a rise out of him to speak his piece. Yes, you, dear Gemini, could push enough buttons to pull it off. Yet on a gentler, kinder note, I encourage you to seek closure from your own heart. You've moved on. And if you are in a relationship that you want to preserve, in the spirit of mutual trust, love the one you're with. As a Gemini, living a parallel or double life has incredible appeal and is dangerously unstable for your current relationship. Taurus was your soul mate of two years ago. Your soul mate of right now deserves your undivided attention and love.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Can Adam Duritz keep to himself? It's doubtful. Just as it's hard to hide the rising sun (Leo's ruling planet), he and other Leo natives find it impossible to hide their true feelings for very long. Dramatic emotional highs and lows do feel larger than life, often compelling a self-expressive "I'm in love!" or other declaration in a song. Heart on sleeve, everyone knows what's going on with Adam.

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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