Horoscopes by Holiday

Venus, in her final days of a transit through the sign of mothers and home, receives a heartfelt embrace from Jupiter today, signaling an auspicious moment of abundance in the domestic realm. It's an opportunity to ask for, invest in or build the very thing you most need to make home a place of peace and healing. What could you use more of in your home?

ARIES (March 21-April 19). The gift that would make the biggest difference at home these days is organization. A good logistical flow is the mood-lifter that lends a sense of progress, ease and accomplishment. Even one cleaner drawer is enough to start luck rolling in.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Hope wafts in like a fresh breeze to delight the senses, especially the olfactory realm. The scents you love will relax your nervous system and convey signals of safety, luxury and goodness. Getting these feeling right leads to more luck.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). What contributes most to a lovely home life is clear communication with everyone and everything that lives there. Relationships need the lines open, but so do pets, plants and the inanimate world that is always "talking" to you.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). More than decor or upgrades, what changes everything now is tenderness. Because your home thrives on emotional atmosphere. A kind tone, a shared meal, a softer landing after hard days — comfort multiplies when people feel genuinely cared for.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Beauty is the blessing that transforms your environment now. A home should feel expressive, alive and welcoming to the senses. Art, color, music, lighting — every dramatic flourish is a reminder that life is supposed to feel enjoyable.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Functionality can be the greatest luxury. Tiny inefficiencies have a way of draining psychic energy over time. A repaired system, useful tool or cleaner routine restores peace of mind and frees up attention for more creative and fulfilling pursuits.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Harmony is the true wealth of a household. You'll notice how much easier everything becomes when everyone and/or everything is included and respected in the picture. To consider the physical balances in play, as well as labor, emotion and design elements, is to live in grace.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A restorative home contains spaces where secrets, feelings and unfinished thoughts can exist without intrusion. You'll have the privacy and protection that matter now. Creating more emotional safety will strengthen every relationship, including the relationship to self.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Fresh energy is the blessing your home life craves. Open the windows, rearrange the furniture, invite fascinating people over or bring symbols of possibility into your environment. A household grows luckier where there's movement, humor and room to dream bigger.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Reliability is the cosmic gift that keeps good stuff flowing your way. When the practical foundations are handled well, everyone relaxes. Timely tending to maintenance creates a secure and sustaining home environment from which to build your beautiful life.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Freedom is essential to domestic happiness and abundance. It's having room to think, create and exist without excessive scrutiny that allows for flourishing. Small adjustments toward more individual expression within the household will lighten and improve the mood.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your home absorbs emotional and spiritual tone like a sponge. What you actually do at home makes your place an auspicious environment. Music, prayer, laughter, imagination, study and embodied expressions of health and joy infuse the space with inspired compassion.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (June 9). It's your Year of the Labyrinth. Unlike a maze, your path does not contain tricks, dead ends or wrong turns. There is only one path — a creative and magical winding way, which you'll follow in grace and certainty. More highlights: Sweet, funny company when you want it. Tickets of all kinds open the door to fantastic and thrilling experiences. You'll share what you have in abundance and be provided for in kind. Leo and Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 16, 8, 11 and 19.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Gemini is the sign that rules fascination. The twins can magnetize public curiosity. People project stories onto Geminis because Geminis leave interpretive gaps. For instance, the inimitable Johnny Depp has cultivated mystery through muttering speech, bohemian styling, strange humor, evasiveness, vintage aesthetics and an almost pirate-radio approach to celebrity. The public keeps trying to "solve" him and never will. In the upcoming action thriller "Day Drinker," Depp plays an enigmatic stranger who forms an unlikely bond with a grieving bartender.

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