Do you have a strategy for grocery shopping? How about one for getting along with a difficult family member? The lucky arrangement of Venus and Uranus promises that life will go better for you when you apply strategy to some of the daily activities and interactions you wouldn't have thought would require such a high level of intention.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). If you pretend that it's your job to help the other person express himself, you will have a transcendent conversational experience (with someone you may not agree with, or even like).

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If only you could be a fly on the wall where she works or a shadow that follows him through his day, you'd know more about what matters to a certain someone. Casual and gentle interest will gradually open the relationship.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It takes courage to let another person help you with a problem. If you go into it pretending you have no problems, you're wasting time. There's something to be gained from handing over the flaw. Be brave.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). What fits the occasion today may not suit you at all next season, but that's something to consider later. Speak your mind. Live this moment. Better to do what you'll regret than to regret what you didn't do.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There are times when forgiveness is harder. You're not holding a grudge exactly, but there's a bit of justice to be served here, and it feels you'd be doing all a disservice if you were to simply let it go.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You prize yourself on being useful in a crisis, but you're even more useful in avoiding such things. They may never know or appreciate what you do to steer clear of the drama today, but you should feel really good about it!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There's a difference between listening to what others are saying so you can use it and build on it with your own story and listening to help another person articulate what's on his or her mind and heart.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The way you're acting — they'll swear you have a secret. Of course you do! And no matter how badly they want to know, they'll have to settle for reveling in the delicious air of mystery around you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Before you endeavor to resolve a discrepancy, settle a dispute or dispel a doubt, first consider why you need so badly to fix it. Also, is it yours to fix? Lastly, might there be a benefit to leaving it broken?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Whatever a quality lifestyle is to you, you can bet there are others who share enough common elements in the Venn diagram to warrant you making a serious go at combining your efforts and forming a relationship.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You seek greater control over your life and feel driven to start with your body. Be gentle and kind in this regard. Doing too much or restricting too much will be counterproductive.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Those who support you best may turn a blind eye to the things you do to sabotage your own success, instead focusing on all the things you do right. Get on your own support team. This method may just work.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 5). Exaggerated circumstances will bring out your best at the end of the year. There will be a confetti "Bang!" feeling to the beginning of 2017. Freedom will come in the form of financial luck. Adorable influences come to your realm in April and your nurturing instincts take over. You're so productive in May. Gemini and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 50, 3, 25 and 16.

ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "We met on the internet, and immediately I felt a connection with him. For fun we ordered our astrological charts. It turns out that he's a Leo with a Taurus moon and I'm a Taurus with a Leo moon. How will this work out?"

It will be one of those relationships in which each person seems to have a remote controller to the other's emotional programming. It will take an extremely short amount of time for each of you to learn which button to push for joy, annoyance, pain, ecstasy, pride, tenderness, shame, lust, devastation, playfulness — on and on. This powerful dynamic has the potential to be a dream-come-true situation, while it can also be a nightmare waiting to happen. Much depends on the intention of the remote controller. Ultimately, the most important thing to remember is that unlike the phenomenon of an actual remote control, just because someone pushes your buttons doesn't mean you absolutely must respond. You always have the power to receive the signal or not.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: As the matriarch of the Kardashian clan, Kris Jenner has a knack for staying in the public eye. It's unusual for a Scorpio to want this kind of attention; Scorpio's are private people. Jenner has her sun, Venus and Saturn all nestled in this secretive sign. With her lucky Jupiter in Leo, Jenner sometimes leads with her desire to entertain others, and this brings her success.

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