The reason you are not an average person and you have never known an average person is because there is no average person. An average is a mathematical summation — an idea abstracted from things, not a thing itself. Today is best approached on a case-by-case basis. As Venus and Uranus align, each individual is a specific kind of surprise.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). A glorious day: The goal of the team will be accomplished by the team! For today, the victory you claim together will be just as sweet for you as any you could claim on your own.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You don't mind leading the dance, so to speak. You're a smooth leader, after all. Since you know where you're going, there will be a certain ease in taking people there.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The drama is there for the taking. Anyone who needs a little extra will find it readily available. And though you may be tempted, as today's drama appears especially juicy, you also have much better things to do. Productivity will win out.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The hardest lessons happen when we forget that life is a classroom. So remember. Learning happens everywhere when you're paying attention and occasionally asking the difficult questions.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Though you may, for an hour or so, stretch your imagination into interesting places, embellish reality and enjoy a bit of fantasy, in the end it will be your practical solution that saves the day.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You've a talent for giving. The best gifts aren't material. They're the right words at the right time, a manner of showing up, a smile, a joke. Sensitive and observant, you naturally gravitate to delivering what people need.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). In the digital world, it's pretty easy to get snarled into distractions and purchases, but it's also easy not to: Unsubscribe; block the call; don't go to the website. Such limits will keep you on task today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Today's opportunity is stellar in every way. Stepping into the situation will bring such a warm, inviting, hopeful feeling that you'll keep right on stepping. Before you know it, you're immersed in the culture of this thing...

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You know the nonverbal cues that tell you when people are wanting you to speak and when they are ready for you to stop. Others are not so attuned, which is why you'll need your advanced social tools to navigate this day.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Being first may give you a slight advantage, but it also comes with risk. In today's dealings, it will be better to hang back and study the scene awhile.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The people around you all want different things. Just ask them! Each one will have a different answer. Bonus: You'll discover that you have a purpose that coincides perfectly with that of another.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There's a time to turn your natural magnetism up and a time to tone it down. Today this mostly will have to do with the size of the space. When you're out in the big world, radiating to fill it will have definite benefits.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (MARCH 28). Belonging to the group has been important in the past, and it will be so again in the future. But this solar return begins with it individuality. You take your life in your own hands and earn the right to later say, "That was all me." Intellectual pursuits call you next month. Apply what you learn to the complexities of the summer. Leo and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 36, 3, 20, 22 and 49.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTION: "It's pathetic, but I'm still blaming my parents for the way I've turned out, and I'm almost 50 years old. I'm a Sagittarius, and I read what you said about self-parenting last month, and yet I just can't seem to let it go. I wasn't overtly abused, but I was neglected. Everything I learned was from outside sources (so Sagittarius, to be a person of the world) and from having to make it on my own. Now my parents are old and probably will need me to take care of them, and I feel resentful. Why should I support them for the next 20 years (potentially) when they did barely the basics for me for the first 10 of my life? Help!"

There's a gift inside of every box. The gift inside of the box labeled "neglect" is self-sufficiency. Move around the tissue paper and you'll find another small gift at the bottom... the gift of "I don't owe you anything."

Whether you can stomach giving the same neglectful treatment to your parents as they gave to you is entirely your choice. If you do decide to take care of them, do it for you — because of the person you are and the person you'll become through selfless generosity. If you do it for any other reason, the resentment will be ruinous.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Fiery Aries Lady Gaga is a walking press release and a standing fashion statement. The superstar's marketing genius is neck and neck with her massive musical talent. Born under a mysterious Scorpio moon, the real Stefani Germanotta is likely a private person with a close and small inner circle. Mercury and Jupiter in Pisces are the stars of one who lives for art.

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