Horoscopes: Friday, July 28, 2023

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Difficult people will require your patience and it will be very worth your while to extend it. The more patient you are now, the richer you’ll be later, both in dollars and in something else you value.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your hobbies are sitting somewhere in your closet, twiddling their thumbs as they wait for you to join them. Getting mixed up into something you do strictly for fun will take your mind off issues you need a break from.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Knowledge is as light as air, as bright as sunbeams and equally hard to deliver. How does one package sunbeams? Good fortune comes from organizing your thoughts and ideas with the aim of effectively imparting your knowledge.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). People say that there are no bad questions. But there are so many excellent questions, why waste time looping around in foggy territory? You’ll aim your curious mind precisely, getting down to the specifics that lead to progress.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You know it’s love by the price you’re willing to pay. When love’s chord is struck, you will be willing to endure the tedious, irritating, difficult, boring and painful parts to keep that music strumming.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’re in no mood to stare into the ethereal mist and wonder what’s coming. You already know what you want the future to look like. Bringing this together will involve many projects. Start anywhere.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The work may look easy to the outsider, but that’s only because you’ve mastered the art of it. You may field requests that are ill-aligned with how you work. You will give them the benefit of the doubt without catering to their ignorance.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Gaining self-knowledge can be harder than you think it should be. Experience teaches you the most, especially bad experience. Stress has a way of highlighting the traits you most and least prefer.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Vacations aren’t always tremendously relaxing, but there’s a benefit to doing something different from your usual routine whether you’re relaxed or not. The need for novelty is real and you’ll start to feel stressed out if you don’t get enough of it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Perhaps you’re not as skilled at something as you thought. Waste no time on embarrassment or regret. You’ll keep improving because you’ll keep working. Believe in yourself all along the way.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You can start over at any moment. The thing that keeps you from doing that is the safety of holding on to certain ideas about yourself. Don’t worry: There’s much you can let go of without losing your whole identity.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Reality rules in the end, but don’t worry — you don’t have to give it the beginning and the middle, too. Keep your fantasies alive and work your way toward them. Reality just might let you win.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 28). Astonishing surprises are in store in this year of plot twists. Relationships will be sweeter than birthday cake. A settlement or sale allows you to open a new chapter. More highlights: Someone credits you with changing their life. You’ll be often above the clouds literally and emotionally. Your work will meet a much bigger audience. Libra and Aquarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 5, 30, 10, 17 and 8.