While there is no inherently correct way to view things, there are certainly perspectives that help us see our way forward. Take the issue outdoors when the sun is soft, though not the late afternoon when the shadows are long and even small things loom large. Four trined aspects suggest insights and felicity as we gaze on the golden parts of life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Language will describe, reflect and even create a situation. You’ll wield your words with caution, paying the utmost attention to tone, which will be the difference that gives or subtracts from your influence. Soft tones will be most persuasive.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Coming up with a plan is sometimes the most fun part of an endeavor, so revel in it. Draw up several versions. This is the stage in which you can let your creativity go wild. Leave the edits and practicalities for another session.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Seeing the potential in others is a form of love. It takes effort to see another person’s talent, and it takes creativity to imagine various versions it could take. These qualities will be woven into the support you give and receive.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Typically, legacies are not built in years, but in decades. Save a percentage of your resources for the distant future. Look ahead and align your actions with a longer trajectory in faith that small actions will add up.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The day is a puzzle with intricate workings. It will feel magical when it opens. The trick is in posing the right questions, but even the wrong questions will get you a little closer to what you need, so just ask.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Plans will be made and remade as things develop, and your easygoing approach will keep things smoothly rolling along. What you initiate will grow to the size that helps the most people and uses the least amount of resources.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Don’t listen to armchair experts. They’ll be more critical than helpful and will certainly underestimate the real-world effort required to make an idea come to life because, from the comfort of a climate-controlled living room, everything looks easy.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Love is a messy game because the emotions of love won’t fall neatly into a category. Romance, risk, passion, vulnerability and so many tricky feelings are part of the complexity now, which makes you feel, somehow, more than alive.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Of course you’ll do your own growing, as each human must. But spending time with the people who help and inspire you will speed up the process, or at least make it more pleasurable.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Often we notice the qualities in others that we share. You’ll see things you like and dislike and you’ll note your reactions, as they are keys to your next bit of fulfilling personal work.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You prefer to leave things better than you found them, and yet improvement processes are rarely a steady show of betterment. There’s almost always a period of chaos while things are getting re-shuffled. Have faith and push through.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your feelings are interpretations. The happenings of the day are neutral — neither good nor bad, and without a feeling at all until you make one inside you and assign it. You can remake feelings, too, if necessary.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 28). Your magnetism is turned up — and tuned up, too — so you only attract what you desire, what you’re ready for and what is good for you. You’ll play many roles: healer, teacher, the fun friend, a darling love — sometimes all in the same relationship. More highlights: a fat check, treating all with your culinary brilliance, and new business with buzz. Gemini and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 10, 3, 33 and 17.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Generosity is sewn into the Aquarian soul package, and it’s easy to spot the embroidery in the celebrated work of Alan Alda, who gives himself completely to every role. Whether acting, directing, teaching or writing, a deep, abiding love of humanity rings through, connecting hearts. His book, “If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?” delves into the very Aquarian art and science of relating and communicating.

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