Apr 1, 2015

It will rain Mercurian crystals and gold Venusian sand; The rings of Jupiter were bought and sold as Kardashian wedding bands; Mars Rover got kicked over by giant-mutant mules; And that's the cosmic update, folks! (Happy April Fools'! ) ARIES (March 21-April 19). A social situation is overwrought with complications. Lately it's getting harder and harder to choose the right words to say. A wise man once said nothing. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You're no marionette controlled by the hand of fate. You move freely where you want to go. Then again, every once in a while you ask for a lift, and sometimes (like now) the asking makes it happen. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You'll look back and wonder whether you made the right decision. It was the decision that, at the time, had to be made. You would do it again were you back there. Don't let the pretty colors of nostalgia change your view. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Items, habits and thoughts that you carry along with you have a way of becoming who you are. This is your chance to emotionally strip down and choose carefully what you want to put back on. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your instincts are like knives: They need to be sharpened by rubbing them against the ridged steel or, in today's case, the tricky problem. Solving this one will help you cut to the chase later in the week. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Glamour creates attraction, attraction creates opportunities, and opportunities create income. That's why you'll take the time to gloss up a presentation until it's slick. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). If you don't quite know what you want today, at least you know what you don't want. You'll witness a person in a state of being that you do not wish to have as your own, and this will inspire your behavior. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Lift the stipulations, amend the rules, knock out the obstacles that limit the ways in which you allow yourself to experience happiness. Decide to be happy no matter what happens, and you will be. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don't leave the bad feelings trapped inside of you, or they'll fester and spoil your internal system. A pinprick of acknowledgement may be all that's necessary to let out the tension. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You're a sincere person, and you respond to others who share this quality. You also have an internal alarm that goes off when you hear stories or marketing pitches that don't add up. Listen to and save the information. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Money might not be the biggest thing at stake. It's the life energy you put into making money that gives it the charge, and that is the true exchange in the purchase and sale of goods and services. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can think of past instances when people have been kind to you who didn't have to be, and it's part of the reason you extend yourself with such a generous heart today. TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (April 1). This month your mind will fill with profound insight, and you'll need an outlet to express it. You could touch the lives of others through art, writing, public speaking or teaching. In June, you'll be paid for the good you do and sent on a mission. August brings heart-fulfilling developments and passionate pursuit. Aries and Sagittarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 12, 1, 44, 17 and 38. ASTROLOGICAL QUESTIONS: "My friend gave me a tarot deck for my birthday last year, and I immediately took The Empress out of the deck because it was my favorite card. I've been carrying it around with me as a lucky charm in my purse for the whole year, and it really seems to work, especially in my love life. Why do you think? " The Empress in a deck of tarot cards embodies all those qualities for which Venus, the goddess of love and beauty, is known. The Empress is the outward feminine ideal, as well as the anima, which Carl Jung described as the internalized feminine self. She embodies love, life, growth and harmony between men and women. She is nurturing and wise. Her body is fertile, and things just naturally blossom under her care, as evidenced by the lush garden in which she is seated. In addition to being associated with love, beauty and femininity, Venus also symbolizes money and luxury. The Empress in the tarot deck is clearly well cared for financially. She is a queen, after all, and is used to all the finer things in life. Her robes are luxurious, she wears a crown of gold, and she is powerful — the mother of future kings, creator of dynasties. If love and money are what make the world go 'round, then Venus — and by extension The Empress — is the ultimate creatrix. Like Mother Earth, all of humanity springs forth from her body. She sustains us with her bounty. CELEBRITY PROFILES: WWE Raw wrestling champion and actor Randy Orton was advised by his family not to go into professional wrestling, and they were speaking from experience — his father, grandfather and uncle were all wrestling pros. But the Aries warrior energy ran too deep for this champion to resist his calling. With Mars in Leo, the business of entertainment also comes as a natural fit. If you would like to write to Holiday Mathis, please go to www.creators.com and click on "Write the Author" on the Holiday Mathis page, or you may send her a postcard in the mail. To find out more about Holiday Mathis and read her past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2015 CREATORS.COM