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THE ASTORIAN • THuRSdAy, AuguST 5, 2021
BLONDIE
DAY AFTER TOMORROW’S
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021
RHYMES WITH ORANGE
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
When you don’t have the pa-
tience to sit through the lecture
or read the book, dive in and
learn by doing. Mistakes make
the best teachers anyway! Their
lessons are relevant by nature,
brief, thorough and acute.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
There is certainly a mystical as-
pect to what you are taking on,
but it’s not worth thinking about
now, let alone trying to describe
it to others, as it’s unexplainable.
Live it and love it.
B.C.
DILBERT
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Be-
cause you believe that everyone
is great in a different way, you
wouldn’t value your own efforts
while devaluing the efforts of
another. You’ll have to search
for the value that isn’t readily
apparent.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Don’t take the chaos as a bad
sign. You’re early to the party,
that’s all. Things are still swirling
around, deciding where and
how to settle in. Early to the
party means you get to estab-
lish the rules. You get to be a
founder.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). This
scene is far from perfect, but as
you aim to keep stress low and
spirits high, you succeed in cre-
ating the sort of day you’ll enjoy
even as you build your sunnier
future upon it.
BIZARRO
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
Perhaps when Narcissus con-
templated his reflection and got
stuck there, it wasn’t his fault.
Rather, the contemplation of
one’s own reflection is an all-
around bad luck move, especial-
ly for anyone who has real things
to accomplish.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There
was a time for blending in and
adding your subtle colorations,
and that time is over now. As
you paint yourself onto the can-
NON SEQUITUR
WIZARD OF ID
ROSE IS ROSE
vas of this backdrop called your
community, use broad strokes
and bold colors.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It’s
a hard thing for children to un-
derstand, but you’ll model this
concept so well today: Just be-
cause we put others first doesn’t
mean we make ourselves less
important. You’ll embody social
organization with compassion-
ate maturity.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). You’ve been known to get
swept into the slipstream of
beauty and gladly, helplessly
glide wherever it takes you.
In today’s case, you’ll wind up
where the wild things quench
their thirst.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
It is only natural for people who
are good at one thing to think
they would also be good at an
adjacent thing. The wise take
overlapping strengths in stride
while tending to the unique
study each discipline requires.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
This new venture needs defi-
nition. Go powerfully into the
realm of naming and renaming.
What you call a thing will strong-
ly influence what it becomes.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
Timing sends a message. Argu-
ably, the spaces are more infor-
mative than the information that
interrupts them. You want to be
in control of this.
SATURDAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug.
7). The ocean, the Grand Can-
yon, a wall of sound from a mag-
nificent band ... to feel at once
enveloped and miniaturized by
something vast pulls your spiri-
tual self to the helm. From there,
you make excellent decisions
and find your way to the people
who sing your soul. You embody
awe. Sagittarius and Aquarius
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 4, 25, 41, 27 and 12.