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Your daily horoscope: August 13

IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY

Next year will be good, but it can be great if you change your mindset in one small way. Ask yourself every day how you can help other people. The universe will send you this help many times over.

ARIES (March 21 – April 20):

The planets warn that someone, perhaps a friend, perhaps a work colleague, will try to divert attention from their own failures by putting you under the spotlight. Keep calm and refuse to get angry with them. Nothing they say or do can harm you.

TAURUS (April 21 – May 21):

If you want to impress your employer or someone else in a position of power this weekend, you need to act fast and decisively. You won’t be the only one striving to get noticed, so make your move and do it now.

GEMINI (May 22 – June 21):

The only danger this weekend is that you may overreact to criticism and make things harder on yourself than they need to be. Authority figures are well aware of your talents and won’t take what your enemies say seriously unless you do.

CANCER (June 22 – July 23):

Emotions you’ve been struggling with for quite some time will come to the surface in the next 48 hours, and it might not be good. On the other hand, you’ll feel a lot better once you get all that unnecessary negativity off your chest.

LEO (July 24 – August 23):

You have to stand your ground when dealing with people who try to rank you. Saturn in your opposite sign will bring challenges that you may not feel prepared for, but if you stay strong and think creatively, you will find ways to overcome them.

VIRGO (August 24 – September 23):

If you try to see the situation from the perspective of a friend or loved one this weekend, you will understand why they have been acting so strange lately. Would you react differently if you were under so much personal pressure?

LIBRA (September 24 – October 23):

Do whatever it takes to clear the air in the next 48 hours. Any ill feelings that may exist between you and those with whom you live, work or do business must be overcome. Be honest with everyone and demand that everyone be honest with you.

SCORPIO (October 24 – November 22):

What seems like a perfectly good decision to you may seem strange to people who don’t share your outlook on life, so expect a few questions this weekend. Make sure the answers you give not only sound rational, but are actually supported by the facts.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 – December 21):

The planets suggest that your heart isn’t in what you agreed to do this weekend, but you know it’s too late to back out, so get on with it and make sure you do a really good job. Friends and colleagues will appreciate your professional attitude.

CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 20):

Just because you helped someone in crisis a while back doesn’t mean you have to help them again. If they haven’t learned their lesson, then what makes you think they will this time? A little rough talk can go over well with them.

AQUARIUS (January 21 – February 19):

The more excited friends and loved ones are this weekend, the more you must refuse to get caught up in the emotional storm brewing. If others want to get carried away, that’s up to them – you’re not obligated to join their stupidity.

PISCES (February 20 – March 20):

You may think you know the answer to a given problem, but what’s happening this weekend will make it painfully clear that you don’t even know the half of it. According to the planets, you are too close to the situation to see it clearly. Back off a bit.

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