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In some stretches of life, many days can pass without anything particularly memorable standing out to help you mark the time. It's an argument for whimsy or breaking the pattern on impulse. The lunar opposition to Mercury is an invitation to flip the script. Dinner for breakfast, a dance break, a ridiculous fashion choice -- give them, and yourself, something to remember.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Whatever the awkward or seemingly inauspicious thing that happened, the sooner you brush it off, the better. You'll laugh about it in a week, and in four you'll hardly remember it. That you showed up at all -- that's what matters.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Move under the radar, operate within the group, and support others and help them to shine. Not attracting attention gives you an advantage. For starters, attention is something to manage. You have more energy when you don't have to deal with it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your curiosity is on 10. You ask the extra question. You stop to read the plaque. You want to know how the machine works or why the building looks like that. Today, people will have more fun because you bothered to look.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Life is material for your collage on this day of eclecticism. You'll trim, swap or rearrange until everything clicks into place. Then you'll stop. Knowing when enough is enough is part of the art.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Groups of people can look intimidating from afar, but today, that's just an illusion you'll dispel soon enough. Today, you'll have the opportunity to mingle in a group, and the hardest part will be breaking the ice. After that, people will be warm.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There's something about yourself that you decided, for whatever reason, to edit. And now the reason has been debunked or is no longer applicable, but the habit of hiding the real you will remain until you willfully break it.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Wait -- have you been accommodating a preference that nobody actually asked you to accommodate? Check your assumptions. You may discover that everyone is flexible, including you. Make the plan you'd enjoy and see who joins.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You know how a certain conversation usually goes, which gives you the perfect opportunity to change it. Skip your customary line. Ask the question you've avoided. Old dynamics will be altered by new material.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Don't borrow trouble. For starters, it's hard to return, and the late fees are brutal. It will be lucky to borrow other things today, though, and to lend them. Say what you need and what you have to give.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You'll still accomplish what needs doing, plus you'll have a story from an otherwise forgettable afternoon. An ordinary errand turns into an outing. The right company helps. Stop somewhere you've passed a hundred times.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You know the shortcut, but do you know the long way? Take something apart, trace the steps or learn what happens behind the button you push. You'll gain more than trivia. When the usual route closes, you'll know another way through.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You can change the atmosphere by changing one small detail. Wear the good thing on an ordinary day. Call the person instead of texting. You'll turn a routine moment into one that earns a place in memory.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 27). In your Year of the Spectacular Scrapbook, the moments worth capturing will be as big as family reunions and as small as flowers in the garden -- grand as cars and canyons and geese overhead. Emotions and achievements will be worthy of the archives. More highlights: Steady investment pays much later, dozens of fun events and three key agreements. Capricorn and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 14, 30, 15 and 20.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Kelly Osbourne recently returned to the red carpet in London, stepping back into public life after a season of profound personal change. Throughout the years, she has shared life's triumphs and heartbreaks with remarkable honesty, a quality that reflects her Scorpio Sun. Mercury, Venus and Pluto in Scorpio highlight resilience, emotional depth and the capacity to emerge transformed by life's defining experiences.

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