Here's what good listeners don't do. They don't wait to hear the right thing, i.e., the thing that they have a snappy comeback for. Instead they ask questions and pay close attention to whatever comes back, because that's how to forward the conversation in an honest way. Good listening will help us gracefully through the solar transit into Aquarius.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Start with the most crucial thing. If you don't, there may not be time. You'll get to the end of these 1,440 minutes in a day and be disappointed, having missed the whole point.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You construct an expectation, and when the expectation proves to be way off, there's nothing left to do but laugh — at least, that's your response. (Being light of heart and heavy of intellect helps make it so!)

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What was derailed is now popped back on track, thanks in part to your "popping" abilities. Force usually isn't the way. It tends to be more of a wiggle and snap that puts the pieces back in line.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Given the multitude of ideas you generate, of course there's not enough time to act on all of them. But with your knack for sensing the best one and focusing there, this day will be an enormously productive one.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It's definitely a work in progress, but every day, in hundreds of different ways, you're acting out the person you want to be. It's not perfect. You may be starting to want something different for yourself, and that's OK, too. Acceptance is the path.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have seen the truth without really noticing it. And the truth, not wanting to intrude on you, let you go on, knowing you'd someday come back to it and be liberated by it in some small way. The day has come.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The one you are so fascinated with represents a whole new world to you. You'll breathe the air in that world as you interact with this person and get a sense of what a more extensive visit might be like.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). No person who carries his worries with him is really on break. The only vacation from worry is to resolve it one way or another. You can rid yourself of a significant one inside of an hour.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The reason you are able to touch the hearts of others is because you are very much in touch with your own heart and know what makes it puff up with joy and swell with empathy.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You've gotten used to some pretty unusual situations because the oddities evolved so gradually that you couldn't even see them as anything other than ordinary life. Friends will provide an alternate perspective.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). If you want time to go by fast, fall into the routine. If you want it to go by slowly, novelty is the ticket. Bounce between the two for optimum pacing and a humming good mood.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You know what you want it to look like, and from there you'll extrapolate all that needs to happen. The order it needs to happen in — now, that's the tricky part. Luckily, your organizational skills will be amplified all day.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 19). You alight upon social secrets, charismatic habits and ultimately ways of bringing out the cleverness in others; they celebrate you time and again for it. February and October both bring a surprise gift and money, too. Professional advancement will come in April. The travel in August will be out of character in a very fun way. Cancer and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 47, 10, 33, 15 and 6.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "I am being socially excluded because a woman in my circle has poisoned my friends against me. My friends don't call me back. I have been so busy with my family and work that it took me several weeks to realize fully that I was being shunned! This has never happened to me before, and I don't know why I've been singled out for persecution. I have been a good friend to these people. I've asked if anything is wrong to two friends, and they have both said no, but then I found out that there were these events going on that I wasn't invited to. I know it's this Aries woman, but I can't prove it. What should I do to fix this? I'm a Capricorn."

You have a strong social veneer. Capricorns can be cool on demand. But this is one time when your ability to be stoic isn't helping you at all. Make an impassioned plea to the best friend you have in this group. Let her see how much this is hurting you. Let her hear your side of the story with all the emotion you feel. She will crack, and you will get to the bottom of this, dispel the lies and repair your social life.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: It's no surprise to locals that hundreds of Tennessee wildfire victims are receiving financial help from Dolly Parton, who by now is legendary for her generosity. Case in point: Parton so wanted to foster a love of reading in her community that her foundation sends books to every preschool-aged child in her county. Parton has her natal sun, Mercury and Venus in responsible, ambitious Capricorn.

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