THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 16, 2015
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ROSE IS ROSE
ARIES (March 21-April 19). There are
times when it’s better to risk, but not to-
day. Chance will favor you because you
make choices not to take chances. It’s as
if chance appreciates the break.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There’s a
balance to strike between what you want
to do and what life seems to keep lead-
ing you into. This has to do with a piece
of history that needs to be revisited and
forgiven.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll get
the best results because you turn it into a
competition or because you realize you’re
already in one. The challenge will be diffi-
cult, uncomfortable, exhilarating and pro-
ductive.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You don’t
have to be fearful or tense. Your risk will be
minimized by a safety net. When you feel
like you have nothing to lose because you’ll
be saved if you falter, you do much better.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll enjoy small
talk and casual relationships now. A casu-
al relationship that happens on a regular
schedule will at times be more intimate
than relationships in your inner circle.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The family
member who is misbehaving will get some
of your focus, but try not to dwell there. You
have better things to do with your thoughts
and better emotions to feel, too.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The thing
is, you won’t know how much kindness is
necessary for the situation, but it’s proba-
bly more than most people are applying.
Anyway, you won’t be sorry if you give a
little too much.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Change is
much more strenuous than lazily pulling
the covers over our head and staying in
the cocoon of the life we’ve built thus far.
This day pushes you up and out because
you want the change badly enough.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It
doesn’t matter that they behave in illogical
ways. Your own illogical reaction will be
that you try to help and love them anyway.
In this case, two wrongs do make a right.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Get-
ting back on track might simply be a mat-
ter of making friends who have as much
ambition as you have or used to have or
want to have. They are out there. Put the
word out.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). When
you let go, you create space for some-
thing else to move in to your life. That
doesn’t make letting go any easier, but it
should make it more of a hopeful process.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You
wouldn’t bet against yourself, and that’s
what you’re doing if you project a negative
and fearful view of the future. No worry-
ing! This thing isn’t as major as your mind
wants to make it.
TUESDAY’S BIRTHDAY (March 17).
You’ll be proud of yourself at the end of
this year for how hard you worked and
how much you were able to accomplish.
Stick with a tested plan for the next sev-
en weeks — that’s how you’re going to
be successful. After that, you can exper-
iment, explore and push the boundar-
ies. May and July are the most romantic
months. Cancer and Scorpio people
adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 2,
33, 37 and 19.