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We close Aquarius season on this event-filled day featuring a solar eclipse, a new moon, Lunar New Year, Fat Tuesday and the start of Ramadan. If you needed another shot at starting fresh, this precipice of the new era is all yours. Celebrate and meditate. Wave goodbye with one hand and hello with the other. The Fire Horse rides.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Noticing the gap between who you are and who you want to be? That's a win. Accepting it without shame is the kind of mindset that makes real progress possible. It takes humility to grow, and humility like that will get you far.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). With billions of people on the planet, it's only natural that some paths will cross in messy ways. Conflicts happen. Challenges are unavoidable. And that's a good thing, especially today because they keep the adventure fun and the story interesting.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Things that are always around get ignored. Things you can never have feel frustrating. The things that keep you wanting more? They show up sometimes, not all the time. That's the sweet spot. The desire you chase or are chased by will illustrate the concept.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). After an extended cycle of accommodating others, your own needs are a whisper. At this juncture, it would be normal not to know what you want. It would also be normal to turn the trend around.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Endless choice can feel like no choice at all because too many options make it hard to know what you like. Everything starts to feel the same. You'll figure out what you like by choosing and sticking with something.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The day's dance is a kick line -- a cumulative effect, beautiful in its conformity, requiring peripheral awareness. The line becomes one creature with many legs hitting the same rhythm and height. Dancers who can kick higher save it for another dance.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You feel compelled to make a move even though you can't imagine the outcome just yet. Inability to picture a future doesn't mean the move is wrong. Right now, your instincts are simply ahead of your perception and imagination.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Can you be overeducated? Only if all that knowledge keeps you from doing anything. Not everything you learn is immediately useful. By taking action, you'll learn which part of your education applies, and from there, experience will be your new professor.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Take your time with today's decisions, especially financial ones. Note that expensive things aren't automatically better things, and sometimes they are worse, offered by the greedy to the ignorant, which is why you'll do the research.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Difficulty isn't just the price of admission. It's the weight that makes the muscle. Hard things aren't the dues you pay to be awesome; they are why you're awesome. The work required to earn them is what makes them transformative rather than hollow.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Oddly enough, putting too much thought into a thing can make it less effective. The slapdash version will contain the most honest information, whether you're on the giving or receiving end of it.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Feeling stuck? There are options you're not using -- things you could say, decisions you could make, buttons to push, experiments just waiting for the scientist in you to try. Play a few of those hands and then see how you feel. You're more powerful than you know.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Feb. 17). Welcome to your Year of the Bonsai Tree, when you grow in the direction you train in and create circumstances that bring about your most elegant form. Purposeful personal development will include making your own rules, helpful reinforcements and nurturing that has you continually warmed by emotional sunshine. More highlights: Romantic clarity, financial advantage, and spiritual insight that illuminates even your business decisions. Pisces and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 26, 5, 37 and 15.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Michael Jordan's work with 23XI Racing was back in the news as wins put the team in NASCAR title contention. Widely regarded as the greatest basketball player of all time, Jordan continues to make an impact like an Aquarius, donating record amounts to Make-A-Wish and other foundations. With Mercury and Saturn also in Aquarius, Jordan's visionary mindset and discipline define his approach to creating lasting change in the world.

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