CELEBRITY BIRTHDAY
John Irving turns 71 on Saturday. The tough-guy novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter has always shown a sensitivity to LGBT issues, from the trans character in The World According to Garp to his latest best-seller, which features a bisexual hero, In One Person.
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PISCES: Feb 21—Mar 20
Life has to balance or it doesn’t work. Too much yang breaks you down. If you want to get through the next few months, let everything you do be touched with equal parts of yin.
ARIES: Mar 21—Apr 20
There are a million reasons why you need to back off. Anyone can see that you have to make a move, but when you put the cart before the horse, nothing comes to fruition. Have your ducks in a row and keep your heart focused on your purpose.
TAURUS: Apr 21—May 20
No amount of forcing your will on this situation could have improved it. When it comes to other people and their ideas about where you need to go from here, you knew enough to shut off your control trips — don’t succumb to theirs.
GEMINI: May 21—Jun 20
Whatever you do now is going to open your life up to a greater sense of your own purpose. The last thing you need to do is let your fears and other people’s doubts keep you from finding out what you came here for.
CANCER: Jun 21—Jul 20
Between external pressures and internal changes, you insist on being the one who hopes for the best. In theory, high hopes are all one needs, but it pays to review the evidence before you stake your life on things that could go either way.
LEO: Jul 21—Aug 20
You could do so much with all the power you loan to yourself. Maybe this is all about you finding out that any power we have is meant to be given away. The less you make everything be about you, the happier you and everyone around you will be.
VIRGO: Aug 21—Sep 20
The need to come back to center, along with a willingness to really look at what you’re trying to create, will remind you that your pictures of perfection need to include you.
LIBRA: Sep 21—Oct 20
By the time your experiences show you that it’s safe to trust your feelings, you’ll be able to see that you are supported by people who would do anything to get you to see how much they care.
SCORPIO: Oct 21—Nov 20
All of your pictures of how things are supposed to be are in the process of getting reframed. Don’t think too much about what it all means. You’re going to have to grow into this before you’ll be big enough to contain the experience.
SAGITTARIUS: Nov 21—Dec 20
There are reasons you feel the need to hide. Don’t let pride keep you from clearing issues that are bound to get the best of you if you don’t wake up and see how lucky you are and how much you are loved.
CAPRICORN: Dec 21—Jan 20
Make peace with those who have kept their distance up until now. Making amends, or getting to the point where you see that it isn’t worth it to keep holding on to the hurts of the past, will go a long way to opening your heart to the beauty of life.
AQUARIUS: Jan 21—Feb 20
Questions will have to fade in the face of circumstance and/or heavier duty practical concerns. At times the only remedy is an internal examination. At other times, the best you can do is nurse yourself through it. Either way, stop flailing around; slow down, get quiet and keep it really simple.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition March 1, 2013.
