ARIES (March 21-April 19). Approval is a fleeting and precarious thing, not to be taken too seriously. Using approval as a guiding light would be a comfortable and grave mistake.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). People get bored with one another. The best way to keep it interesting is to create space while you work on things that make you feel vital and renewed.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Today features an immersive, joyful and satisfying experience. The best part is you know when you’re in it; you note and document what’s going on around you; and later, you can savor this again.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You consider doing more for yourself, though you worry how it’ll affect others. If you keep ignoring your own interests, you’ll wind up being disappointed.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You may come across work you did long ago and discover that it makes no sense to you now, or you may be utterly baffled by a decision you made way back when.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Robots can repeat precise maneuvers tirelessly but cannot respond to anything outside of their programming. For you, repetition gets tiresome indeed. You need fresh circumstances to think your way around.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ve heard it before, but you have trouble taking it to heart, so it bears repeating. Doing things for yourself doesn’t mean you’re selfish. It means you’re doing a good job with your No. 1 job in life: taking care of yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Emotional fitness is just like physical fitness. You have to move and lift the heavy things until they feel lighter. Practicing this will be a main achievement now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Your signmate Ludwig van Beethoven’s notebooks reveal how he gradually assembled his glorious melodies, sometimes culled from uneventful beginnings. Don’t expect miracles from the start ; this is a process.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Lesser-known aspects of your life will be a point of fascination for someone who’s a good fit for you. Avoid the incurious, as they aren’t good fits for you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll deal in two kinds of instruction. One is meant to be followed to the letter, and the other is more of a statement of purpose that allows you to achieve your mission by any means you see fit.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Emotional avoidance eventually causes more pain than if you’d just dealt head-on with what you were feeling. Name the feeling and then let yourself wallow in it.