Your experience is bound by the words you have to describe it. Experiences can be reduced by their explanation. Words cannot do justice to what we live. It can go the other way though, as it likely will with Mercury moving into a trine with Jupiter. Language will open experience and help us to appreciate aspects of it we otherwise wouldn't.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Lady Gaga lives for the applause "applause... applause..." or so she sings, though she would agree that with worthy tasks, the glory-seeking aim that was the initial draw usually fades into the satisfaction of the work itself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). People won't ask the right questions so don't wait for them to inquire. Talk about what you want to talk about. Discus the headway you've made. Speak of your curiosities. Take charge of the conversational flow.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Maybe you can't teach a person to do the things you'd like to see them do. You can try other things, for instance, leading by example or by provocation.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There's a type of pain that lets up at the exact same time that the job is finished — sweet relief. This won't deter you from taking the same task on. The more times you do, the easier it gets.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Right and wrong are obvious. Most of life falls into narrower categories. Address the gray areas with different barometers: kind/unkind, effective/ineffective, energizing/draining, etc.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You'll ponder the underlying meanings and connected personal truths. A little goes a long way with this so don't wallow in the depths. Soon your brain craves either action, comfort or rest.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Don't wait for praise. They seldom say what you want or need to hear. They only see the public result of what you're doing, but you're also on a private journey that requires internal reinforcement you'll have to provide yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It is only natural to want to be under someone's skin the way they are under yours. Does it comfort you to know that perfect balance and mutuality is not the norm in love? Someone always gives more.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). No one gets to be all one thing today. Introverts will have to do extraverted things and vice versa. Agreeable people will have to have the guts to disagree. Disagreeable people must learn to acquiesce.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). What is more important than people's feelings? Not a lot. But when you come across it, you'll know and you'll do what's necessary instead of what makes everyone happy.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Success is a pretty simple equation really. You'll decide which tasks seem worth your while, then you'll work hard at them and be as kind as possible in the process.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Today's paradox: You care about others more than you care about yourself, but if you don't take care of yourself first, you won't be able to take care of them either.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (AUGUST 28). Confidence surges. You'll often make your entrance like the star who knows just what the scene needs. Where there's a triumph to be claimed, you'll claim it. Where there's not, you'll invent a game. A settlement in September helps you launch new projects. Family decisions affect you favorably in January. Scorpio and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 48, 2, 26 and 8.

WEEKEND LOVE FORECAST: ARIES: A relationship can't give you well-being and inner peace, but it can certainly provide some bedrock for such a state to occur. TAURUS: Indecision may be a lot easier for the one trying to decide than it is for the one waiting for that decision. GEMINI: The mere fact that someone is reaching out to you says more than what their actual words do. CANCER: When you love someone mercurial, you may understand them in one moment but must learn anew in the next. LEO: They don't have to love everything you do, but if they love the same animals it helps. VIRGO: Predictable relationships are not romantic. Romance walks with surprise. LIBRA: Caution: Talking about the relationship could burst the magic, pin-to-bubble style. SCORPIO: If you're too easygoing, you'll be taken for granted. Turn up your maintenance level. SAGITTARIUS: Words are the sounds that open possibilities. Touch closes the deal. CAPRICORN: Because a person follows through on what's said each and every time, you relax into trust. AQUARIUS: If you are to have the advantage of an educated approach, research and inquiry will be necessary. PISCES: You love someone enough to create a fascination for them.

COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: Capricorn and Virgo are a friendly pair who understand one another. Chemistry doesn't always lean in a romantic direction, but this weekend it will as the Virgo solar influence teamed with the Capricorn moon amps up the attraction between these two earth signs. Capricorn will escalate the relationship and Virgo will be thrilled by the show of power which also produces a sense of security that both signs thrive inside of.

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