Venus in Scorpio is a red dress, steam rising from a hot tub on a cold night, a bonfire dance. Venus in Scorpio is the high thrilling drama that ends act one of the opera. Venus in Scorpio scatters sparks through formerly friendly relationships to see what catches. She incubates the eggs to see what hatches. She looks into souls and bats her lashes.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You’ve been hurt before, but instead of making you fearful, it made you brave. You can’t protect your heart against everything. Trying to do so would mean living a very small life. Experience keeps making you stronger.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re a loving person, but that doesn’t keep dear ones from occasionally getting on your nerves. Even so, you’ll have a charming way of turning friction into humor. Also, some solo time is warranted to recharge.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s really OK to have a number of problems. It means you have a full life, and the challenges necessary to engage in it. You may feel you’re being snagged into a difficult circumstance, but problems have to hook you to lift you up.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Trust is a prediction about how things will go. Knowing, on the other hand, is a lack of prediction. When there is no question in your mind, there’s nothing to trust or distrust, just action. That’s where you’re at today, and it feels good.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Patterns of thought can be like old jeans you wear because they’re worn in and comfortable even though they may not be your best look. Today, you’ll level up and drop the thought pattern that’s not helping you be who you want to be.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). We want good situations to go on forever, but of course everything changes — sometimes fast, sometimes slow, always according to its own timing and not ours. Until then, enjoy, knowing when the moment is right, all will move along with grace.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You have your hand on the dial of your emotions. Maybe you can’t exactly choose how you feel, but you will be able to turn the heat up or down so you can warm, simmer or boil your feelings according to your recipe for this day.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Your participation in groups may be minimal, but in a short amount of time you’ll still manage to inspire others to take action. You won’t have to tell anyone what to do. You’ll do it yourself and make it look cool.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The way to deep spiritual wisdom is deceptively simple. Do the right thing in the moment, do it again in the next. If the “right thing” isn’t obvious, it’s usually less, not more — care instead of neglect.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Learning calms you. The more you understand something, the less you’ll worry about it. Patience will be required for all that is unresolved, and tolerance for all that is resolved.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You need a better idea of where you are. Today’s “map” comes in the form of expert estimation, insight from friends and other guidance. Maps can’t come close to your experience of reality, but the context will aid your journey nonetheless.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Millions of your choices led you to be here, and one or two different ones would have landed you somewhere else entirely. In many ways, today’s events have come from the creative center of you. Do not doubt your power to make a new scene.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 4). Welcome to your year of beautiful timing. It will be like watching the inner workings of an intricate mechanical clock — cogs fitting together and turning to create an elegant sense of order. You’ll win a game. You’ll earn bigger and invest better. Smooth connections flow to beautiful events, shared projects, travel, and hearts taking flight together. Taurus and Leo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 7, 1, 3, 39 and 21.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Jay-Z recently joined Instagram, with exactly one follow (Beyonce) and one post, the trailer for the upcoming film he executive produced, “The Book of Clarence.” There is hardly an area of culture the Sagittarian mogul doesn’t touch, with companies in music, film, fashion, beverages and more. Jay-Z was born when the sun, Mercury and Venus were all in Sagittarius, the sign of expansion. Jupiter and Uranus in partner-oriented Libra indicate a talent for making beneficial alliances.

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