Though it's very popular to measure success in terms of accomplishment and acquisition, these are not necessarily the best standards, and they certainly are not the only standards that count. The Scorpio moon angles Neptune, also in a water sign, in a soul-stirring way. What was at the bottom floats up. This is what really matters.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Today is for thinking ahead. There's a process you'll begin now (while you're far upstream from the destination) so that you'll have what you need in the moment you need it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Paradoxically, humility is among the least popular virtues, but those who adopt, understand and live it are among the most popular people. It takes a lot of confidence to be humble!

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your work and process and role may be very different from your colleague's or loved one's position, and yet you both struggle with the same obstacles. There's a way to work together for mutual benefit.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). When everybody tends to his or her own business, news is scarce. If the helpless are being harmed, step in. Other than that, there are very few instances when it's right to intervene.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Investigations aren't just for solving crimes. Investigate positive things too, especially the qualities and habits that might lead you toward the attainment of your goals.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There are some very unhealthy situations in the world, and some of them you have to deal with on the regular. Don't let it stop you. At the end of the day, it's up to you to make a change and go where you can grow.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). As for that person with whom you can't seem to sync up with: This is nothing to take personally. What's going on is that you're just not hearing the same music. Don't try and impress. Instead, search for common ground.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Some are offended by the colloquialism "whatever," putting it in the same category as a curse word. At the very least, it represents disrespect and faux apathy, two things against your nature.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You can't do it all in one day, or even think of it all in one day. But you can keep a running list. There's something extremely lucky about committing your plans to writing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Knowledge alone won't make you any more effective than knowing the fundamentals of a dance will make you a dancer. This is why you practice over and over today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). People who take responsibility for their actions once are likely to do so again and again. The reverse is also true. You'll make an important decision, and an accurate character assessment will be key in this.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). "Duty first" is your guiding principle. Furthermore, you'll put your own agenda aside to do what your friend needs. Just don't leave yourself out entirely. What you do for your own enjoyment makes the world better, too.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (March 16). You'll flip the script on your inner world this year, seeing yourself as humbler and yet more powerful and richer and with less to contend with. April brings an exciting venture complete with big responsibilities that will be a joy to keep. May and July bring the chance to learn about your loved ones in new places. Sagittarius and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 7, 13, 22 and 48.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTION: "When I was 13 years old I did terrible emotional harm to someone. It wasn't premeditated, or physical; it was just something terrible I did that I'd rather not mention, but it was the kind of thing that could definitely damage a boy for life and make him maybe cynical or afraid of girls forever after. I'm in my 40s now, but I have thought about this incident many a sleepless night, wishing I could take it back. I looked for the boy on social media so that I could ask for forgiveness, but I never found him. When I think about this, I really still hate myself. What's a Leo to do?"

You might be surprised, dear Leo, how many people have something like this in their pasts. As the sign of heart, you pride yourself on being an above-average lover of humans, and the fact that you were cruel as a child is even more shameful to you than it would be to most people. And yet you just need to let it go. You had your reasons. What you did may be unforgivable, but why you did it is very forgivable. You were too young to know better or you wouldn't have done it. Let it go in some ritualistic way and don't mention it again.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Academy Award winning filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci explores the complicated yearnings of the human soul in a particularly Piscean way: through imagery. And his work brings to life both the spectacular imagination and innate complexity of a Pisces-ruled mind (he also has Mercury in Pisces). According to Hollywood legend, he's even had psychoanalysts on his movie sets!

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