Horoscopes by Holiday by Holiday Mathis

The air signs are heavily influencing the heavens, as the sun, moon, Venus, Saturn and Neptune are all stationed in the bright, intellectual and progressive elements of air. The Libra moon keeps us focused on relationships. Anything worth doing is worth doing with a partner — or better yet a team. Combined efforts are touched with magic.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your command of language will propel you and a special project to new heights. Take the time to work out what you'll say. Proofread written correspondence, and finesse it to perfection.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You find a loved one's flaws endearing. As for your shortcomings, they are a non-issue to those close to you. Therefore, you should seriously consider accepting them yourself. Love yourself "as is."

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). In many ways you uphold the virtues of your parents. And yet there are some qualities you do not care to reflect. Because of this, your handling of a situation will be different from what you were taught.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There is passion in your life, though it's been hiding out lately, waiting in the cockles of your heart like a mischievous child playing a game, ready to spring out the moment it will cause the most delightful alarm.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Someone pays greater attention to you and your work than he or she did before. This could be a colleague trying to learn from you, a boss under pressure or a potential client checking out your skills.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You may not be a professional singer, but whatever you do, you will give the kind of performance that makes the connoisseur leap to his feet with shouts of "bravo." Those with lesser expertise won't get it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The troubles of the world are caused by joyless people. So finding happiness is not only a fun option for you to check out, it is your responsibility. Today you could be lucky enough to discover that you are happy already.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are moving toward unknown territory. If your life were a book, you would be tempted to peek at the end of this chapter to find out what happens. But it's not a book. Make the best of the mysterious moment.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Home and work, work and home. It's not enough stimulus for you at this point in the game. Get some fun in your life. Then the work will be more exciting and home will bring you great comfort.

CAPRICORN (Dec.

22-Jan. 19). The wind is carrying something new your way. Now is a great time to toss your kite up into it and see what happens. Something you never would have predicted is already beginning.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Those around you may resist the winds of change like stiff, sturdy oaks, but you'll be inclined to react more like bamboo, bending easily with whatever blows your way. An interesting and rare opportunity will be presented to you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Like an expert juggler, you do your best work when a lot of people are watching. Take this slow time at work to develop your skills off-screen, and your performances will be even more dazzling.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 3). This year, you turn up the passion and attract the thing you focus on like gangbusters. That's why it's crucial that you keep thinking about what you want, and not about what you don't want. A business breakthrough puts money in your pocket in March. A sweetheart wants to whisk you away to an island in June. Aries and Capricorn people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 25, 40, 31 and 29.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "My daughter has gained 30 pounds recently, and I know it probably bothers her. What can I do to help her get back into shape? I'm a little limited in my reach since she lives in a different state and happens to be 40 years old. But still, I'm her mother. I'm a Cancer, very intuitive, and my daughter has always listened to me. We're very connected — so connected that sometimes I feel as though if I'm eating healthfully and exercising, it's doing some benefit to her, too. Anyway, maybe there's something I can say to help."

No, there's not. Stay out of it. Focus on your own health and fitness, and stay out of her business. I appreciate how connected you are with your daughter. It's true that Cancer is extremely intuitive. It's also the sign of mothers. I don't doubt that your caring runs deep. That makes it even more important that you recognize boundaries between you and your daughter, accept her the way she is and relinquish the need to control her. At 40 years old, she is extremely capable of making her own decisions.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: From Australian soap operas to starring in big-screen romantic comedies, Isla Fisher is an Aquarius who takes her celebrity in stride, claiming to have a "laid-back attitude." Her chart says it's true. With her sun in witty and progressive Aquarius, and Mercury and Venus in down-to-earth Capricorn, Fisher is apt to make sensible career and personal choices and have a ball executing them.

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