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In Chichen Itza in Mexico, a shadow creates the appearance of a serpent slithering down the pyramid steps. In Japan, many visit ancestral graves in remembrance. Symbolically, the equinox is never just "yay, spring." It's symmetry. After weeks of review and revision, Mercury rights itself just as the equinox splits the sky evenly between shadow and shine.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Happy with your own company, everything else is just a bonus -- and there will be so many bonuses in the weeks to come. It all starts with accepting every little thing about yourself as a trait you can work with.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you're in logical, uncluttered surroundings, you really do think better. So clearing and cleaning is as much about your environment as it is your interior. Today brings orderliness and inner calm.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). If your focus is too narrow, you'll feel trapped even when you are free. It will be good to get an outsider's view on your scene today. They can point out freedoms and routes that are invisible to you because you're too close.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Time is more precious than money, and that's why you give it to your loved ones. You show up for the long conversation, help someone sort out a problem, sit through the game or the rehearsal. The payoff lasts longer than anything you could buy.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your expectation of others doesn't stretch too far beyond common decency, but you expect much, much more from yourself. Go easier! Being hard on yourself yields nothing good. Even if you produce like gangbusters, you risk burnout later.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). "Fake it till you make it" works best in situations where you actually want the transformation in question. But there are certain things that will just never be you and no amount of faking makes the role worthwhile. Drop the effort and be free.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You invested. You showed up. You earned a place in the inner rotation of a complicated person. That feels good. But the healthier metric is: Is this dynamic reciprocal? Is it respectful of your time? Is it sustainable?

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If you feel like you made an awkward choice, or didn't quite fit the scene with smoothness or adequately meet people where they were... well, at least you were memorable, and that's more important than you think today.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Love is an art form. Just as writing, painting, acting and other artistic disciplines call for imagination, so does love. You conjure an idea of who the other person is and what the relationship could be, and it's, to some extent, a creation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Every time you keep your word, you earn trust. The trust that matters most will be the trust you give yourself. Because when you trust yourself, you can do anything. You just decide and then execute the necessary work.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Maybe someone brings up emotional subjects because they are trying to get closer to you. If you love it, that's a tender emotion. If it bothers you, that's an emotion too -- and oddly enough, both create a bond if you connect instead of avoiding the connection.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It's not just what you choose to do but what you choose not to do that makes this an interesting day. You'll change it up. You'll lose something you suspect was holding you back.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (March 20). Welcome to the Year Playfulness Wins Out. There's a heightened energy to your day. Whatever doesn't seem like fun also becomes easy to reconfigure or work around until your days are more delight-filled than they have ever been. More highlights: There's a symbolic purchase or ceremony. Professional savvy has you rising, making the moves that give you more to help others with. A dear one pays tribute to you. Taurus and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 43, 2, 6, 45 and 8.

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