Moon alert
Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions after 5:30 p.m. Chicago time. The new moon in Libra today is at exactly 10:50 a.m.
Aries (March 21-April 19)
Today’s new moon is your chance to think about how you can improve your closest long-term relationships. Do you listen carefully? Examine your behavior in your relationships. What do you expect? What do you offer?
Taurus (April 20-May 20)
Today is the best day of the year to think about how you can work smarter and be as productive as possible because the new moon is in your house of employment. (This applies even if you’re not in a salaried job.) Will setting goals help? Making lists?
Gemini (May 21-June 20)
Today’s new moon urges you to examine your attitude toward romance, your style of relating to children and your appreciation (or lack of it) of your creative talents. Do you enjoy your leisure activities and creative opportunities? Think: creation, procreation and recreation.
Cancer (June 21-July 22)
You’re a nester. Today, the only new moon all year is in this part of your chart, which is your chance to think about how you can improve your relations with family members, as well as what you can do to improve where you live. Ideas?
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today the only new moon all year in your house of communications is happening. Observe your style of relating to everyone on a daily basis. Are you clear in your communications? Are you friendly? Are you courteous and thoughtful? Or do you ignore these life-enriching qualities?
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Today’s new moon is in your money house. Your belief about something affects how it manifests in your life. Do you respect money as energy to make things happen? Are you “easy come, easy go” or “a penny saved is a penny earned”?
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Today, the only new moon all year in your sign is happening. Take a realistic look in the mirror. What impression do you create on your world? Your appearance dictates much of how people treat and respond to you. Ideas?
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Today’s new moon is in the part of your chart that symbolizes your unconscious behavior. Because each new moon is a chance to make resolutions, you might ask yourself, “Where do I undermine myself? In what areas of my life am I most self-defeating?”
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today’s new moon is your chance to make resolutions about your friendships. Are you spending time with people you really want to be with? Are your friends quality people? If you want to have friends, be friendly!
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Today’s new moon is at the top of your chart. This happens once a year, and it’s your chance to observe your style of relating to authority: bosses, the police, courts, parents and the government. It’s also an excellent day to think about long-term goals. Where do you want to be in three years?
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
This might be the best day of the year to take stock of your education and your world experience. What further training or education might improve your life and your job? What travel might enrich your world? Think about this today — even briefly.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)
The new moon today is in the money house that concerns debt and shared wealth. It’s the best day of the year to think about how you can reduce your debt and also to look at how much you rely on your own resources versus those of people who help you.
If today is your birthday
Actor Charles Dance (1946) shares your birthday. You are practical, rational and perceptive. You become absorbed with whatever you are doing. Enjoy life this year! Your creativity and zest for life are at a pinnacle. Nurture the happiness and beauty you have within. Let your guard down, and loosen up a bit. Have fun, but remember your goals.