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Venus and Jupiter pull across the sky from one another, a tension reminiscent of the tango, the South American dance of longing, bravado and heat. Is it a fight or an embrace? Anger or simply a heart on fire? The dips look perilous, the lean impossible -- until the hold proves strong. Today moves with the power of surrender and trust -- one partner yielding, the other catching.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You don't waste time envying what a friend has when you can simply go out and get your own. It's when you see something in the world that is not accessible to you that the pangs persist and then turn into something else entirely -- motivation, then pure drive.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A daily ritual is so much a part of feeling like yourself that if you were to skip it, all else would feel slightly askew. This is your ideal moment to level up the practice with a small improvement. It ripples out to the rest of your life.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If you thought the gray areas were complex, wait until you get into the rest of the crayon box. But you're the artist of this life. You know that every color can have its place and use in the picture -- some you use a lot, some just a dot. You can make this work.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There's little to do but plenty to adjust to, which is the harder task. Flexibility is its own form of strength. Give yourself credit for your ability to adapt and settle in.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Just as nutritional needs vary from person to person, so do other needs such as novelty, social interaction, creative generation and physical exertion. So, don't go by anyone else's prescription. Only you know what feels right.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Knowledge is as bright as sunbeams and just as tricky to deliver. You can't hand someone a sunbeam. When you organize your ideas around what lights you up, others come closer to absorb what you know.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You have an instinct about who you can trust, and it's not always the one who is the right pick on paper. How you feel around people is more important than how their profile reads.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). In the echo chamber of the internet, with its crowdsourced consensus and recycled takes, you have a chance to offer something that wasn't there before. People are hungry for what isn't being said. You're well positioned to say it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). A well-supported idea in both therapy and relationship research is this: Psychological safety shows up as not having to perform your mood. In other words, the people who let you be you no matter what it looks like at the moment are treasures, and you really feel that today.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your vitality makes you courageous, and your courage fills you with vitality, so the cycle keeps looping until your head hits the pillow tonight. By then, you'll have a few stories to tell about this day, which is the happy consequence of your daring.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Maybe you'll notice that you are the thing that is "not like the others" today, but that's a good thing. Everything that is different about you is an asset, not a liability. You'll elevate the scene you're in just by being you, with minimal filtering.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). As spiritual awareness expands, the ego naturally contracts. Perspective grows and self-importance fades, replaced by curiosity, humility and connection. Today, there will be less of a need to prove, protect or perform, and yet you are more fully yourself.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 14). This is your Year of Beauty Gone Wild in which you revel in the natural gifts around you. It manifests in enhanced vitality, in profoundly peaceful moments in travel, hobbies and habits. You were never more aware that you, too, are nature's child empowered to accept what grows and flows through your world. More highlights: You'll accomplish award-winning feats in a diverse team, you'll do business all over the globe, and a special relationship will glow up your days. Leo and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 30, 2, 21, 14 and 8.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Jason Bateman has the classic Capricorn energy: steady, disciplined and funny yet grounded. His deadpan humor, precision timing and ability to anchor chaotic scenes reflect Capricorn's control and patience. Lately, the child star turned multihyphenated industry force has been directing, producing and podcasting en masse, but in the upcoming miniseries "DTF St. Louis," Bateman returns to acting in a darkly comedic tale of a love triangle gone wrong.

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