Horoscopes by Holiday by Holiday Mathis

Does it feel like there's water in your gas tank? As Mars in Cancer retrogrades, our emotional energy either fuels or dampens physical energy. Mars is protective in Cancer and prone to outbursts of insecurity. Buried resentments and unacknowledged needs tap away at our vitality but ultimately bring emotional healing to many.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Impossible problems are solved simply when you reach out to friends or make new ones. Asking for or giving help calls on the spirit of unity, which has magical capabilities.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There are times to give your heart over in faith, but right now, you'd rather have the proof. Love tip: Romantic triangles ultimately are trouble. Put your energy where it is reciprocated.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Is love from above or from inside? Is it something to be made or received? You're feeling the emotion differently now, which causes you to question its origin and role in your life.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Considering the bedlam around you lately, you're in a pretty clear frame of mind. Others would be wise to add you to their teams, invite you to their parties or, even better, propose to you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Loved ones really miss you when you're away. But in a weird way, you can be in two places at once by loving so consistently that others can feel your presence from a distance.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 15). This year presents so many people to meet, places to go and things to buy. If you put your attention on the people and places, it will seem less important to purchase the extra trappings to prove you were there. Your inner wild child is unleashed and determined to make big things happen at the start of 2008. Capricorn and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 10, 4, 41 and 16.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Enjoy a surge in feelings of freedom. The ability to choose and the circumstance that is rich with options makes you feel powerful indeed! A playful decision is called for.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Hold on to your hope. If you let others know that you're comfortable with less-than-stellar results, that's what you'll get. Keep the standards high, and let everyone know what they are.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Surround yourself with the kind of people you want to be more like. Create social opportunities so you can revel in the sweet exclamations of lighthearted friends.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov.

22-Dec. 21). Run toward opportunity, ready to make a decision. When you do, you avoid the ultimate laziness, which is to let circumstances or others decide life for you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You're in the mood to reason radically, change unexpectedly and desire unreasonably. When it's something you really want, there's no point in putting it off.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Do you feel stuck? It's not that things aren't changing, it's just that they are changing to the same thing over and over again. Think different thoughts, and everything changes to something different.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can't resist someone with that devilish look in his or her eye — but maybe you should! You're easily led down the windy path of mystery and thrills, but the real thrill comes from honoring prior commitments.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "I'm a 50-year-old Aquarian, born on Feb 11. I live my life by treating others like I would want to be treated. I'm an honest and easygoing gal and always try to do what's right. I moved away from family and friends to the big city. I can't go back now that I'm established in my career. Yes, I've made a few friends here, but true love has always escaped me. I have dated many, many men but can't find the one for me. Why is that? What type of zodiac sign would best go with Aquarius?"

You attract and are attracted to all walks of life because they satisfy your intense need for unconventional love explorations, yet some are clearly not right for a long-term relationship with you — if that's what you want. You can get in a relationship as fast as all get out. And you're lured away by another's promise just as quickly. There's a love contradiction here. Look deeply at the mixed messages you send yourself. To recognize Mr. Right, get honest about the ways you set yourself up for purely platonic, and thus comfortable, relationships. Once you clear up the contradictions, love no longer eludes.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Only the magnetic Scorpio Chris Noth could hold Carrie Bradshaw's interest, and ours, for years. With smoking hot Venus in Scorpio on his sun, maybe he was destined to become a larger-than-life sex symbol. Mars juices up Chris's sun, too, giving the star's stubborn personality an ambitious, competitive edge. This year, he'll get even more glamorous — perhaps in the "Sex and the City" movie.

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