Horoscopes by Holiday by Holiday Mathis

The sun enters Scorpio, circulating deeper psychological truths. This time of year encourages us to live more fully by being honest about our passions and agendas. As a fixed water sign, our emotional lives might resemble a bottleneck or an unstoppable reservoir dam generating forceful creative energy. For Scorpio, it's in the way you use it!

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You're having some mighty brilliant thoughts. Announcing them might take away some of your enthusiasm, though, since not everyone will understand you. Work out the details in private.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You have a sense that you should stop giving a certain unreliable friend the benefit of the doubt. You can still stay friends if you stop expecting this person to act in a way other than his or her nature.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Several people at your workplace are putting pressure on you. Collaboration is the best means to a good end. Let your inner guidance system lead you to the right partnerships to make your life easier.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your excitement about a relationship continues to grow even as you learn more and spend more time with a person. And the best part is that the feeling is mutual. Make plans you both can look forward to.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Take the time to involve the people around you in formulating a plan and executing it. This requires patience and social savvy. Others will appreciate your restraint and recognize you as a team player.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (OCTOBER 22). Your social status is on the rise this year. You're modest and internally centered, so this may matter very little to you; still it makes life easier because the doors will open and what you do is taken quite seriously. You are privy to inside information in November. Relationship rifts are healed in January. April and August are financially abundant. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 26, 51, 40 and 1.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You're popular. Instead of letting that go to your head, you use your current charisma to build friendships. Also, you'll be privy to the wisdom and mistakes of others, from which you'll learn immensely.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). It's pointless and stressful to argue with what is. Acceptance of what you can't change will set you free. And if you take it one step further and really fall in love with reality, you'll be downright happy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your work requires you to grasp skills and concepts that are big, weighty and hard to process. It's all a very good sign that you're bettering yourself.

Dig in. It will get easier tomorrow.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The task at hand is not your favorite, but act quickly to secure an enticing incentive to keep you going. You respond to rewards. The evening fun will be some compensation for this laborious day.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Relax and refrain from defending your version of the truth. Take a beat to think things over. There are many versions of the truth, some of which will never be heard. This is probably a battle not worth fighting.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Exuberant morning activity could tire you out for the afternoon. Pace yourself carefully. When you exercise a measure of restraint, it is possible to promise very little and deliver way over what you said you would.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). With all the giving you're doing for others lately, some of the more frivolous details have gone overlooked. Glamour is a nice thing to strive for, but being real and doing what's right is obviously much more important.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "I am a Pisces born 3/10/83, and my love life is not exactly great. I have always attracted bad boys and trouble. Will my love life ever improve?"

So you're attracted to trouble like a magnet, huh? Your Venus and Mars are joined in Aries so this makes sense. First things first, recognize the power to choose whom you attract. Trouble likes you because you're attracted to him, but by making the same choice again and again, you really do limit yourself to this one dimension of love. There's value in your attraction for risk-taking, impulsive, even dangerous types — and hey, you like whom you like. But danger is an operative word for you here and there is such a thing as healthy danger. An EMT or professional sports player demonstrates the more noble qualities of Aries, and both have the risk, masculinity and excitement factors you dig. Of course, this would mean making the courageous choice to choose differently: to literally will yourself toward the positive side of Aries — brave, independent, pioneering men. Not boys. By not doing so, you're simply not playing your powers of attraction — your Venus — to your full advantage.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Scorpio has the honor of claiming two ruling planets: the modern one being Pluto; and the traditional ruler, Mars. These planetary bodies power desire and energy, respectively, offering those born under this sign both the stamina and the drive for exceptional creative achievement in their lifetime. This is true for Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies, who has four luminaries in the sign of the scorpion.

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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