"What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?" asked Henry David Thoreau. Most people know there is something they are doing on a regular basis that needs to be adjusted for the good of all who share life on this blue marble. But who will do it? Pluto goes direct to ask, Who will take initiative, own the responsibility?

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You'll clear up a financial problem and feel instantly at peace in other areas of life, as well. Also, whatever sort of adjustment you make today will be easy to stick with.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your "someday" has been known to arrive right on time — or ahead of schedule even. Start thinking of what you want, because it's coming to you sooner than you think.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You're in the mood to explore and experiment. You'd like to do anything but work. But if you simply must work, at least you'll carry the spirit of play within you.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). When you focus on the best in your relationships, things just keep getting better. You'll shower the people you love with love and, not surprisingly, get lots right back.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You'll do a bit of time travel today, through pictures and through planning for the future, but don't dwell there. Memories and dreams certainly color life, but they are not life. Life is only now.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). This exciting day flows just the way you like it, with some order and some chaos and then back to order again. You can feel great about your ability to keep sorting things out.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your creative mind is so strong today. You're inventive. You could come up with a brilliant fix for something that isn't technically broken. Your different take on this will be a game changer.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There's a role reversal on the table. This is only temporary, so don't worry too much about it. The opportunity here is in getting the chance to experience things in a way that is pretty close to the way a loved one does.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The change you're trying to make will stick once your environment completely supports it. Be thorough. Get rid of everything that flies in the face of your goal.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Some linguistic prescriptivists want "it is what it is" out of the common parlance, claiming that it's a lazy description of reality. That may be so, yet it does aptly express your total acceptance of a complicated situation today.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You were born with unique talents, but today is about developing that which can be cultivated only through learning. The discipline required will help you later make the most of those things that come easily to you.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It is difficult to know what to do around instability, and certainly you can't build on it. Look for people and situations that are predictable, that exist within certain rules and follow an order that makes sense.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Sept. 30). You go into this solar return feeling as if you need a little more space, and you'll get it straight away, both figuratively and actually. Property and territory will be redistributed. More highlights include the exchanging of vows, a new social circle that opens out of a civic group, and a very fortunate journey in threes. Scorpio and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 4, 40, 33 and 18.

FORECAST FOR THE WEEK AHEAD: Pluto, the underworld ruler, the master of transformation and the lord of subconscious, starts this week by turning direct. Sure, he's an outside influencer, not even considered a planet by most and so small and distant that it's questionable to some that his movements even matter. The same could be said of anyone, though, and matter we do, each and every one of us. We are interconnected in ways we'll never be able to fully explain or understand. We move and adjust, and the ripple spans the universe.

Another feature this week is a series of squares that signify discomfort with our own power, not knowing the extent of it or how best to use it. Yet these aspects are opportunities to get concerns out in the open and receive some clarity about where we stand with others, what they expect from us and what's worthwhile in our exchanges.

Venus goes retrograde at the end of the week. The love goddess is in Scorpio, and the echo of this change rings out to distant Pluto, the planet ruler of Scorpio. Love seems to demand something that is different from what we're willing to give, but don't rush to judgment or action, because our feelings are likely to change many times over.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Libra Fran Drescher knows a few things about turning a negative attribute into a positive one. She tried to change her distinctive nasal voice. But it was through not changing it that her perceived liability became an asset. For every sun-in-Libra person, life offers many opportunities to flaws as gifts and gifts as tools for getting to the next place in a way that is uniquely his or her own.

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