How are you weathering the second Mercury retrograde of the year? Have you received any surprises from the financial realm to wake you up to the true value of material items in your life? The Aquarius moon supports an intellectual and detached approach to obstacles, ideal for solving money problems.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). If you're not totally sure whether or not the one you love shares your feelings, the question to ask is: Why are you not sure? You deserve clear communication from someone with a strong intention of loving you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). They'll think of you as an angel, dropped from the empyrean to give miraculous help and healing to the mortals. Sure, you usually prefer a down-to-earth assessment, but don't shut it down too fast. It might be a nice change.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You do like it when they voice their support and approval, but do you need it? Not in the least. Would you proceed in exactly the same way regardless of external support? Absolutely!

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Don't let a relationship get bogged down in material exchanges. Fairness, justice, mutuality, reciprocity — it all matters, but none of it is exciting or passionate. Fiery love doesn't squabble over pettiness.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). While the goody two-shoes types are busy writing in their diaries, the fun people are out making a life worthy of those entries. You'll be a little of both this weekend.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You can be fine with another person's choices even when those choices do not resemble yours in the least. You deserve the same tolerance from others. Get away from the judgers. Who needs them?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). While others assess your accomplishments to try to understand you, you know that you're much more than what you've done. You assess yourself by what you believe you are capable of. Your assessment is closer to truth.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The qualities that are alive in a special relationship happen to be the same qualities you look for in any environment, including your home, work — even your clothing. Comfort, utility and beauty are the values to seek and uphold.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You and your crew are developing a language together. Maybe it's mostly the same words you use with outsiders but to the inside group they have special, secret meaning, as well as bonding power.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). In the process of giving, you'll wind up giving even more, perhaps until you feel the pang that tells you "too much!" On the bright side, you'll never look back and wonder if you loved enough.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). None of the items you come across will have inherent value. You'll have to assign it. Though strongly influenced by society, you still have free choice in the matter. Declare value for a piece of cherished rubbish.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). While you have a viscerally negative reaction to a sink full of dishes or a random paperwork pile, these problems are your chance to straighten up a corner of the world, thus making it a better place.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (APRIL 30). Name three destinations you'd like to reach by your next solar return because a declaration as such holds magic for you now. Next month brings the passing of a test and/or an award. July stitches your heart to the heart of another. There's a substantial sale in September. This helps you to see your potential. Virgo and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 13, 20, 5, 25 and 11.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "Does he love me? He was born 9/17/60 and I was born 6/14/69. We've been together for three years, and he doesn't want to get married. I practically live at his house, but I have an apartment. I want to get rid of the apartment and move in with him and every time I mention it, he clams up. And I think we should get married, and he doesn't see why. He's been married before and feels like he got burned. Maybe I should break up with him. What do you think?"

Scorpio men can be so bluntly honest that you wish they had lied. You're a Gemini full of ideas and always moving forward. Will he move forward with you? It is possible. But if you ask him directly, all you'll get is resistance. After three years, things have settled into just the groove he prefers, no commitments and a girlfriend whenever and wherever he wants one. It doesn't mean he doesn't love you, it just means you're going to have to shake it up. Your instinct will be to talk it out — fight that instinct. He'll respond to action. Stop staying at his house. Go back to dating once a week. Get a structure in your life that isn't dependent on him. Date other people. You'll see a favorable shift at the end of May.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Immortalized in his child actor form in the holiday classic "Christmas Vacation," Johnny Galecki enjoyed a string of career successes before the explosive success of "The Big Bang Theory." Taurus actors have an advantage in comedy with a down-to-earth sensibility that keeps comedy's essence — truth and pain — alive. Galecki will show another side of pain in the horror flick "Rings."

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