Relationships have purposes in our lives and take their natural courses in service of those purposes. Some are rather short. Some are lengthy but they end, and that ending doesn't mean the entire experience was a waste of time. What was learned? What remains? The Capricorn moon encourages a practical perspective in times of change.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You have a dry way of delivering humor. They won't all get you, but the ones who do will adore you even as your charm goes sailing over the heads of a less-astute audience.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). While it will be a joy to give in any way that is convenient, you will also go out of your way to give when it's not. This will probably be a pain, but it's the right thing to do and a testament to the depth of your generosity.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You accept scraps of attention when you deserve so much more. You deserve all manner of love — passionate, platonic, respectful, desiring, reverent, unconditional and beyond.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You're slightly more sensitive and impressionable than you want to be this weekend. You'll have a much better time if you insulate yourself from chronic whiners and complainers.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You're getting closer to figuring out what you really want. Order it up like you're ordering a pizza, with great specificity. Why shouldn't life give you the toppings you crave?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You've the wondrous imagination of a child. Use it to stretch your self-concept. Visualize yourself in various roles — a pilot, a parent, an inventor, an acrobat. What fits?

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your mouth can't seem to form the words you think you should say. Maybe it's because your head and heart don't really agree. There's a way to be honest and cooperative at the same time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Misery loves company, but it loves a nurse even more. Unless you're qualified to take care of that miserable person, keep walking. This weekend is too beautiful to spend in a downer situation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Do not fear success. Celebrate any shred of evidence that things are going your way. Think of everything good as a sign of even better things to come.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The first question that will pop into your mind might be "Why?" But the question that will make your day go better is "how," or, more specifically, "How can I make this work?"

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You'll find yourself in a situation you haven't prepared for, but that's fine because you're a brilliant improviser. You'll fly by the seat of your pants and wind up at the same destination as the ones who are flying first class.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). To avoid becoming enslaved by the very things that are supposed to be helping you, don't add anything to your life without testing it out first. This could be about technology, teachers, employees, services or possessions.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 14). Your luck will be mysterious at the top of your solar return, and it will be difficult to tell the direction your fortunes are headed. Assume it's all for the best, and seek smiling companions. January and March are ripe moments for investment, especially in your own education. April will bring a windfall. Capricorn and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 29, 4, 15 and 19.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "I've been working on the same artistic project for five years. No one wants to buy it. I can't let it go. I feel like if no one wants to buy my creation then that means I've wasted my life. So I keep going back to it and working on it, developing it further, perfecting it. Maybe it's a bad idea to begin with. But I just can't move on. To me that's like admitting defeat. What do you think? I'm a Libra born Oct. 3, 1965."

Your Libra eye for design is honed, and you have Mercury in Libra, too, so you emote in a way that many can understand and find pleasing. The Capricorn moon you were born under is a commercial influence. Within the exchange of funds is a validation that you find deeply important. Keep in mind that selling your work may have less to do with how good it is and more to do with how many people see it. Put as much work in the marketing of your work as you put in its formation. And remember that art isn't easy. For those who are driven to express themselves in a medium so subjective, a thick skin and plenty of tenacity are necessary qualities.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Josh Duhamel will star in the upcoming television mini-series "11/22/63" about an English teacher who travels back in time to stop the Kennedy assassination. Duhamel is an intense Scorpio, born when the moon was in Aquarius, the sign of technology and philanthropy. Duhamel supports a wide range of causes, including helping displaced polar bears and disaster victims.

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