Horoscopes: Friday, Oct. 7, 2022

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your effervescence makes the whole scene sparkle. You have a way of making people think that they’re the reason you’re smiling, and often it’s true. You enjoy people and bring out the lighter, brighter side in all.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). If success were easy, everyone would be reveling in spectacular results. Expect it to be hard sometimes and push through. To keep your stamina up, don’t waste a single moment in doubt. You have what it takes. Believe.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). No group is ideal, though you can imagine yours being a little better than it is. Keep in mind that organizational change tends to happen very slowly. Changing yourself can happen fast, and the change in you will affect the group.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Rather than pondering what to do, just do it. If you’re in action mode, so much more becomes possible, and once you’re moving, you won’t want to stop. Fellow water signs (Pisces, Scorpio, Cancer) figure into the action.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Seize the opportunity to hang out with that silly person you know. You two have your own language and an endless stream of inside jokes that the rest of the world will probably never understand.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). As inclined as you may be to stick within comfortable boundaries, your curiosity will get the best of you. Nothing makes you more curious than people. The social aspects of your life will sparkle. You’ll make new friends.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Your attractions are information to be curious about, not impulses to squash. Just because you don’t know the purpose of wanting to do a thing doesn’t mean there isn’t one. Nothing is a waste. Reasons will be revealed in time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). What you’re involved with has an interesting history. It wasn’t a competition until someone approached it that way and now it’s “game on.” Is there a way to bring it back to its roots? Could competitive forces unite as one team?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Shopping isn’t necessarily buying. You use the same principle in social scenarios. You’ll enjoy getting to know people and you’ll go carefully forward from there, mindful of what’s exchanged and the investment you’re making.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Anyone can seem huge while sitting on a high horse. There are those who would love to remain perched, although at some point everyone must come down and do the things humans do on the ground.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Changes must happen. You see the need and take responsibility for it too, but this isn’t all up to you and nor will you have to do it by yourself. You are a part of a natural evolution that is already in motion — a wave involving many.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Do you believe in angels? Either way, you will experience an act of heavenly grace, delivered by an angel of great beauty. In the future you will repay this kindness by intervening to save the day.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Oct. 7). Every beautiful thing you build for yourself will be beautiful in the lives of others. You’ll venture boldly and be in a position to risk more than you have in the past. Education figures prominently. You’ll streamline your business, possessions and relationships in the name of efficiency. It won’t be lost on you: efficiency equals power. Gemini and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 9, 3, 33, 38 and 17.