Moon Alert

After 6 a.m. EST today, we have the "all clear" today to shop (whether you spend $10 or 10 million) and make important decisions. The Moon is in Aquarius.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today you have a deep-rooted desire to improve yourself in some way. In particular, the way you want to improve yourself is with respect to your compassion and your concern for those who are less fortunate than you.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Give some thought to how you can improve your goals for the future. For starters, do you have specific goals? And if you do, are they your goals or someone else's? Your goals help shape your decisions and choices. (They guide you more than you might think.)

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

This is the perfect day to give thought to your life direction in general. Can important people (bosses, VIPs, parents) help you in some way? What can you do to improve your reputation in your community? (Having a good reputation comes in handy when you need it!)

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

How can you improve your life through education, training or travel to new places so that you learn more? This is the question the heavens want you to ponder today. Somehow you can improve your relationship to the world in general by learning something.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

Today you're keen to become a better person. You might even be making lists about what you wish you wouldn't do any more, and what you wish you would begin to do. And if only you could stop doing some of those things, and start doing some of the other things -- you'd be perfect!

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Discussions with partners and close friends are very powerful today. Someone could be coming on like gangbusters but smooth, which is scary. If they're trying to improve you, put on the brakes! And as for you, don't try to improve others. It's just meddling.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

How can you introduce reforms to your job or where you work? For that matter, what can you do to improve the way you approach your job or your work? Or how can you do your job in a better way, especially an easier, more comfortable way?

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Parents might give serious thought today about how to be a better parent. Mostly, your kids just need love. They need to be loved and kept safe. (They can learn an awful lot on their own.) What about your own needs for creativity? Do you express these or ignore them?

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Home improvements, especially to plumbing, garbage areas and anything to do with bathrooms or laundry places, will go well today. However, at a more subtle level, you can also improve the plumbing (as it were) of your family dynamics. Are the channels of communication running smoothly? Good day to get rid of clutter.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Think about how you can become a more effective communicator both at work and with family members and more casual acquaintances. We all communicate with each other. Do others really understand what you're saying? Come again?

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Give some serious thought to others sources of income today. This is an extremely fortunate year for you, and it can be fortunate financially as well. (Although that is more likely to come along in 2010-11.) Ah ha! I let the cat out of the moneybag.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Take a serious look in the mirror. What can you do to improve your appearance, your image and the impression you create on others? Similarly, what can you do to improve your closest partnerships or relationships? Give this some thought because it's about improving your own life. Why not do that?

If Your Birthday Is Today

Actor Kelsey Grammer (1955) shares your birthday today. You're an emotionally deep person. Because of this, you're slow to trust others. You don't want to get hurt. You care strongly about your work and the challenges you encounter only make you try harder. You're very open and honest. In the year ahead, you will learn or study something that is valuable to you.