Do you think you could come up with the next big thing? Someone has to! While Mercury and Uranus are in this fantastically inventive configuration, you could be that someone. Why not? And while you're brainstorming like mad about ways to make your life better, think of your love life, too. The positions of Venus and Uranus will favor you.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). There are certain things you wish you could tell a loved one, but you're reasonably sure that he or she wouldn't be receptive to the message. Maybe there's a more subtle way to get it across.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). To observe instances of beauty without another person is practically torture for you. You want to share! You need to share! You have to share! And share you will.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The spider is a fine hunter. You're not afraid of this creature, as long as the spider in question doesn't encroach on your territory. You will see the arachnid today — a sign that your own hunt will be fruitful.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You are socially more advanced than most and will be the grease that allows a group of people to function well together. You'll pick up on people's cues and behave as they would prefer, as long as it's also what you want to do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You'll get the chance to express your artistry. New materials will be made available to you. Also, your ideas about how things should look will be taken seriously.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Don't cast a wide net to catch every fish that comes within a mile of you. That will be too much trouble, and you have no use for so many random fish. Use the right lure to catch the exact fish you want.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your potential is innate, and you're just the one to nurture it and bring it into reality. You don't need a teacher now. You'll get good on your own by practicing what you like to do in a way that delights you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You'll quietly guard your privacy. You might say you're in one of your "complicated" moods, which to the rest of the world just looks like a self-assured, soft-spoken and gracious style of interacting.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The quality of your work depends on the information you gather before you begin. You'll do your research and come to an unexpected conclusion.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There's excitement brewing around you, and you can feel your body responding to the environment. It will be hard to tell whether this is good stress or bad stress. Ultimately, it will depend on your interpretation.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you dare to make the first move, you will join forces with like-minded individuals. You'll find fun and profit in helping the people in your neighborhood, community or town.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You'll feel like you have something to prove today, but you're not trying to prove it to anyone else. This is all about what you think of you. Get busy, strive for greatness, and work at it all day long.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 3). Your mental wheels spin with big ideas and high hopes. This optimism draws to you the best and finest support and resources available. Relationships are tinged with a new ease, and you'll flow with the changing times, even when those changes seem contradictory to what you've learned in past years. Leo and Aries people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 40, 10, 31, 16 and 50.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "I have a feeling I might be in line to be laid off at work. I know that due to budget cutbacks three people have to go. How do I fight for my job without creating enemies? Someone has to go, and I don't want it to be me. I'm a Capricorn."

The first thing to do is gather as much information as you can about what's going on. Do your homework. Find out who else is vulnerable in this situation and why. Ask good questions of your higher-ups and of anyone who might have an inside track on things, and really listen to the answers in a rational manner. If you show any negative emotion, the person you are listening to might hold back, not wanting to upset you further. When your source has answered your question, don't say anything. Leave a long silence. The other person may be inspired to go even deeper, filling in the vacuum with valuable information. Armed with the best information, you can begin to make a case for your job and show the powers that be why your position will solve the current problems facing your group. You can fight for your position without fighting against your colleagues.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Roseanne Barr has documented many versions of domestic life, all of them hilarious. Her hit television show, "Roseanne," lasted nine seasons. Then there were the reality-show versions of her life: "The Real Rosanne Show" and "Roseanne's Nuts." Rosanne is a Scorpio diva who speaks her truth. Her natal Mercury and Venus in adventurous Sagittarius guarantees she'll never run out of comic material.

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