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Do you spend so much time serving the needs of your loved ones, audience, customers, employer and others that you sometimes forget what it's like to do whatever you want? The Venus conjunction to Saturn in the sign of selfhood suggests that the time you spend answering to no one but yourself is sacred. Plan it, protect it, and keep adding to your list of what you'd like to do with it.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Why do people ask questions they have no interest in learning the answers to? You'll listen through the question for the need beneath it. Serving the needs of a situation or person is much easier than answering a question well.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You could dispel a mystery, but it would ruin the fun. You'd rather say less, show little and leave long silences for people to fill with their own imagination. You respect the intelligence of others, and they'll rise to the occasion.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Lofty expectations can actually be met. You'll prove it. Someone new will prove it. You may even wonder if you're shooting too low. You're much stronger, wiser and more able than you realize.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Happiness runs when chased. But when you embark on a purpose that's meaningful to you and those around you, you'll notice joyful side effects along the way. Today, you'll do what's right and accidentally become happy in the process.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Whoever said, "It's not the cards you're dealt but how you play the hand" must have had a good hand. Making the most of some hands requires risky plays or bluffing. Today's hand calls for a theatrical touch, and your poker face.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It's a day of new ideas. The best ones give you energy because they are doable. When you imagine them, your mood lifts, so they bring you a gift even before you begin to apply them. It bodes well for what's to come.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A poetic way of thinking of a problem can only take you so far. Rationality picks up where imagination and romance leave off. Rationality can only take you so far. Poetry picks up where logic leaves off. And so it goes.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You know the person you are at a deep level. It also sometimes seems that you have not yet become this person. Faith and courage aren't just for the big things. Sometimes it takes courage just to be you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Some have gone their whole life without the sweet kind of encouragement you give. Your support makes a huge difference to them as you point out even the most incremental signs of progress. This feels so good to you, it's its own immediate payback.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). People get nervous and things get awkward, and you're there for it. Not because you prefer life weird but because people are multidimensional, and that "weird thing" someone does doesn't define them. It's a snapshot, not the full film.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Whenever you feel your mood dip or your thoughts get shadowy, you get the strong urge to do something kind for someone else. A deep part of you remembers that it's impossible to bring sunshine into other people's lives without also feeling the warmth in your own.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You have felt and will feel again the healing force of unconditional love. You give it, too, embracing the multifaceted and complex nature of the people around you. You refuse to see anyone as inherently flawed or fortunate.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (March 8). It's your Year of Luminous New Undertakings -- the sort that start from genuine curiosity. You'll gather and leverage information and fold it elegantly into art. This ends in great fulfillment and in applause. More highlights: A soulful romance restores faith in tenderness. Your perception deepens so even casual errands and outings have a sense of destiny. Indeed, fortune follows -- financial, professional, personal and more. Cancer and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 27, 32, 18 and 45.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Superstar rapper, producer, songwriter and newlywed Benny Blanco began his music career by making beats in his bedroom and went on to mega-hitmaking for an extensive list of artists including BTS, Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande and his bride Selena Gomez. His artistic Pisces sun and a soulful Scorpio moon are balanced by mostly practical earth-sign planets, heavily tilted toward Capricorn energy, noted for sharp business acumen and leadership.

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