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Venus in Virgo has a beef with Uranus in Gemini today, and whatever the grievance may be, it invites discussion. Some guidelines for working things out during a Mercury retrograde: Speak of your experience, not of your conclusions. Leave room for information you don't have yet. Aim to understand instead of decide who's right.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). It feels like the other person controls the pace of a relationship, responding in their own sweet time. But you have complete authority over how much of your attention, energy, imagination and time gets organized around that fact.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Someone's mixed signals have you constantly interpreting clues. Maybe they subconsciously love how this snags your attention. But you don't need to solve every mystery. The energy you spend decoding can be redirected toward observing. Patterns tell the story without requiring a detective.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You're not waiting to be chosen. Maybe it seems like they're deciding what role you play in their life, and maybe you don't yet feel any which way about that because you're busy deciding what role they play in yours.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Human interactions are complex, detailed and varied from person to person, so it's impossible to get them exactly right for everyone. But if you try and please yourself, you have a good chance of succeeding with at least one person.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Initiation is a form of power. You start the ball rolling and influence where it's going. You're socially courageous and curious. The question isn't whether you're reaching out. It's whether you're reaching toward people who reach back.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Does it seem like a relationship would improve if the other person changed one particular behavior? You could be right, although your leverage isn't in changing them. It's in deciding what you can tolerate, encourage, reciprocate and build around.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You're taking responsibility for another person's happiness, as if their happiness (or your own, for that matter) is really up to you. Happiness is like a butterfly. All you can do is grow the right flowers to make a visitation more likely.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Just because you care a lot doesn't mean the other person holds all the cards. Caring deeply isn't weakness. Remember, your feelings belong to you, not to the person who inspired them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You really do accept what you cannot control, and it gives you a serenity around relationships today. People feel easygoing and real around you. Without all the "fronting," you learn what's actually going on.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You know where you stand with someone even though they have not explicitly stated it. You pay attention to actions, which usually give much more accurate and comprehensive information.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Ask for what you want. A clear request may change the relationship, but uncertainty would change it, too. Being honest at least gives you the chance to change things in a direction aligned with the truth.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The other person seems to have more options than you do, but this is an illusion. They have the freedom to choose their actions. You're free to choose your response, your investment, your availability and your future.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (JULY 13). It's your Year of Quirky Logic. You'll dream both silly and practical things and attract collaborators with your proprietary blend of originality meets straight-forward good sense. Your creativity will be applied to lucrative effect. More highlights: new friendships, joint ventures and exciting escapades. A deal in which you expect nothing and get everything. Uncanny powers of prediction. Sagittarius and Capricorn adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 40, 22, 13 and 25.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Harrison Ford has recently starred in back-to-back projects playing a Red Hulk, a rugged rancher and an emotionally astute psychiatrist. Whatever the role, Ford applies to it his signature steady intensity, dry wit and rugged charisma. From Han Solo to Indiana Jones, Ford makes his characters feel lived-in and loyal beneath the bravado. Ford has natal sun, moon, Mercury and Jupiter all in the sign of the crab.

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