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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016 By Holiday Mathis, Creators Syndicate Inc. ARIES (March 21-April 19). In order for you to meet your very reasonable goal for the day, you must make a goal that is almost twice as ambitious. Reasonable goals are not enough to inspire you now, although you’ll hit them on the way to unreasonable goals. TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Once you start noticing and calling out the good moments, they begin accumulating and building on each other, until you have so much to be grateful for you can hardly believe your good luck. GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’re attracted to those with needs that can’t be fulfilled by just anyone. You have an inkling that you’re the one for the job, though you may not yet be qualified. You’ll learn by jumping in to help. CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll be the rock. When some around you get overly emotional, you’ll provide objectivity, stability and reason. Save the problem-solving for lat- er when they calm down and can hear you above the din of emotional unrest. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Lucky for you, most people will be too concerned with their own dramas and insecurities to pay much attention to what you’re doing. This will liberate you to explore, experiment and develop your ideas to your heart’s content. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You stick to your own rules. If it’s a “no-go” zone, then you don’t go there. Because of your example, others will hold themselves to a higher standard, too, which you may notice — while maintaining that it’s none of your business, of course. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re so loved. Sometimes you forget how much. You also forget how good it is to be held in such high esteem, given a special place in the hearts and lives of those who are deeply invested in FRANK AND ERNEST BLONDIE THATABABY SALLY FORTH PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN B.C. LOLA DILBERT SIX CHIX BIZARRO MUTTS NON SEQUITUR BABY BLUES WIZARD OF ID ZITS ROSE IS ROSE your happiness. Cherish them! SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’ll be invit- ed to join someone’s world, an opportunity not to be missed nor taken lightly! You won’t be very long in that place, so commit fully, leav- ing your known realm completely behind for a while. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You could worry about any number of things, but are these worries really legitimate, relevant or pressing? If the concern isn’t actionable today, then there’s no reason to concern yourself. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There’s nothing wrong with a fighting mood, just know that it doesn’t have to be applied to actual fighting. It’s better used to break records, push through barriers and become a generally stronger competitor. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). To be ex- traordinary you have to require yourself to do things you haven’t done, and maybe nobody has, because they actually can’t be done. Of course, it’s too early to determine that; now is the time to aim high and commit. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). There is enough to go around — more than enough — so much, in fact, that everyone could be satisfied many times over. There is, however, a distribution problem. You can solve that this afternoon. WEDNESDAY’S BIRTHDAY (APRIL 6). With your brain firing on all cylinders during this solar return, it’s all excellent choices at the speed of light. In the spur of the moment, you’ll act like you thought things through and think like action. There is magic in the world and you’ll touch it in June. September brings the payoff. Pisces and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 1, 4, 33, 29 and 19.
