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Mercury retrograde and berserk lunar antics have relationships shifting gears. Save the transmission by keeping things smooth and controlled. Always moving fast, always moving slow, always pushing or always withdrawing creates friction and burnout. Instead, tune into the other people and environmental elements so you can listen, adjust and respond in a larger context.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Just as it's easy to regard a cute child with love, you can notice your inner self affectionately. Self-awareness brings good fortune. You'll notice your patterns and interpretations without judgment.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Keep imagining yourself reaching a goal. You can envision this from many angles and really get into the feeling of it. The more you see it, the more real it becomes in your mind's eye and soon in everyone else's eyes, too.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The uncertain task is before you. Until you get a few experiences under your belt, it's totally normal to be angsty about new circumstances. But with every step completed, you develop a stronger belief in your ability to handle challenges.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It's one of those days when the body moves before the mind weighs in. There's a noble velocity to it -- bags grabbed, words already forming, attention fully oriented. Duty as muscle memory.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You'll make a sale, not because you're persuasive, but because what you have is a good match for someone who needs it. Your sincere desire is to help people out, and they can feel the truth in this.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You have built much in your life, but some relationships can't be built so much as they'll be allowed and experienced as they come together in a way that can't be forced, only observed and accepted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Oh, the fascinating minutiae of an unfolding relationship. As much as you love an intellectual approach to getting acquainted, you're very much aware of multiple aspects and factors in play as you decide how this is going to go.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Even when people don't tell you what they want, you can usually figure it out. But today, not knowing makes you guess answers, some right (fun!) and others wrong (even more fun!).

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). To be in conflict is to be engaged. Don't forget that negative attention is still attention, and many find it preferable to the absence of attention. Remember that attention (regardless of what kind) is powerful in its ability to grow things.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The journey is long, and when you take it at a comfortable stride, you avoid missteps, injury and weariness. And though you can't stand it when others tell you to "relax," you will very much enjoy the message as a self-direction.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Aim your dreams to the clouds while working in the trenches. Groundwork is essential to your success. Not only does it give you a solid foundation, but it also gives you the wisdom to be an excellent steward of your rewards.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You never know who is hurting or who can be helped or even saved by a little kindness. So you do it before it's an obvious need. You treat strangers with friendliness, loved ones with tenderness and yourself with the utmost love and respect.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 26). It's your Year of Playful Alchemy when your daring mixes and bespoke formulas transform common elements into the extraordinary and rare. Work develops purposely and pays you better too. New studies lead to applied skill and will open social realms, too. More highlights: Art bursts into form. Romantic encounters inspire and your generosity returns threefold. Cancer and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 11, 30, 5, 42 and 14.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Johnny Cash was an ordained minister, an Air Force Radio Operator, an author, an advocate and one of music's most enigmatic and complex figures. Pisces often live several lifetimes within one, as the sign of "old souls" are adaptable and empathetic, inhabiting and elevating the roles they take on. The "Man in Black" was born when the sun, Mercury and Mars were all in Pisces and lucky Jupiter was in entertaining Leo.

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