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As soon as Venus pounced into Leo, she got to work on an agenda even she may not fully grasp. The realms of love, beauty and desire follow their own mysterious rules -- rules that exist well beyond the cramped walls of logic. Now, with Venus tugging at Pluto in a profound opposition, trying to make sense of love's logic is about as futile as herding cats.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You'll encounter something in wonky form. To make this appealing or useful, work must go in, like new thought, adjustment or negotiation. Your job isn't to accept it as is, but get in there and turn it into what works for you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You hold your own standards and stay curious about people who live differently. Being firm in yourself but open with others is a balance that allows for less conflict and better relationships. It's emotional maturity in action.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You've an aim today, and you feel good about going after it. As for friction, it still exists, but you don't pick it up. Focus on it, and your refusal to entertain it or engage with it makes your choices flow in a clear progression to the goal.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Questions come, but you're under no obligation to answer them, especially the ones you feel weird about. Or even if you just want to withhold information out of a sense of strategy, it's your prerogative. Keep some mystery. It suits you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Past challenges gave you skills. You'll find yourself in a situation where you can offer an example drawn from your own experience with hardship. Since you've been through it, you're uniquely knowledgeable about how to move forward.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You aren't chasing adventure, but it finds you on this day offering delightful and unexpected fun. Your intention, style and presence turn a regular task into a mini-quest. It's a little twist of fate that makes your day feel enchanted.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You've accumulated a lot: connections, tasks, passions, stuff. Some of it happened gradually, some all at once, but now it's clear that you're carrying more than is sustainable. Reassess. What's worth it?

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You'll trade control for expansion. Good for you. It's a power move indeed. Defining something too soon can box it in or shrink its potential, while leaving space for mystery allows things to grow in unexpected and possibly amazing ways.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You show up the way you said you would. You expect others to do the same. You value follow-through, and you get it because you don't tolerate flakiness. Once is forgiven. Twice is a pattern. Three strikes, they're out.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). The tendency to go into debt isn't limited to finance. The debt between people? That's the most interesting kind. That's where values are truly subjective, which makes for some inspired, creative and, in today's case, astoundingly nonsensical arrangements that feel, nonetheless, so right.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Don't fix what's not broken. You may think something is showing signs of wear, but until it's really showing you a problem, it's going to be more trouble to improve it than it's worth. Let working things work.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Moving your body through physical effort will do more than just improve your fitness. It will create a stronger internal link between your thoughts, instincts and actions. Your body starts listening more closely to your mind's focus.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 27). Take the ordinary, add you -- voila! You get extraordinary. This year, you're a machine of originality. At work, you're a professional who's been to the edge and back with this work thousands of times and will go thousands more. In your personal life, you're giving that X factor that makes you a fan favorite. More highlights: a lucky spin for a bundle of money, a success in the public eye, and a healing love. Gemini and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 22, 19, 40 and 6.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: In the upcoming horror sci-fi "The Midnight Pool," Aaron Paul plays an investigative journalist consumed with exposing an elite secret society. Mysterious underground worlds are a bit of a specialty for the Virgo actor who brings his earth-energy grounding to every world he visits, from the drug world of "Breaking Bad" to the future in "Westworld" or the multiverse of "Black Mirror." Paul was born when Mercury and Jupiter were in Leo, the sign of entertainment.

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