Horoscopes: Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024

ARIES (March 21-April 19). There are many ways to promote the well-being of others, but your favorite one is to be a source of joy and laughter. Don’t underestimate the power of your good mood. Your infectious positivity creates ripples of good happenings.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Agents of progress aren’t known for playing it safe. If you stick to the facts, you’ll be limiting yourself. If you only go on what you know, or what is knowable, you take yourself out of the running as an innovator.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll direct your generosity where it’s most needed, caring nothing of notoriety or reputation. Consider anonymous giving. What counts is making a difference, which is most easily accomplished with discretion, perhaps to the point of invisibility.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll add to your network. Follow up and turn loose ties into better ones. A benefit to having a variety of relationships is that it gives you the luxury of matching events to the people who would most enjoy or benefit from them.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Fortune favors your choice to focus small and get the little things so right. Beautifully attended details will attract people who know and appreciate fine work. You’ll impact a moment, a heart and a season.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Just because you trust your intuition doesn’t mean you act on every hunch. Your success will be based in part by your refusal to take anything too seriously or too literally, including self-direction.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Though an evolutionary negativity bias has kept humans safe for centuries, these days there’s more benefit to thinking positively. Your optimism is well founded today, and what you focus on will grow.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). These are not easy times, but your grateful heart makes them easier. You’re appreciative of the little things that make life enjoyable. Only a few generations ago, something as simple as ice cream in the summer would have been an impossibility.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). People’s expectations can be a source of motivation or stress. Staying in a place is a sure way to get stuck. When the pressure seems like a bit much, take a walk. A change of location is a shift of perspective.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You think and you rethink. Going through your mind and views doesn’t make you rigid. You’ll actually notice the holes in your logic. Some can be mended, but the unmendable ones lead to a breakthrough.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). There’s nothing to rise above. There’s no one to put down. Thinking of life as a ladder is not very helpful in this spherical moment. Everything fits somewhere in the circle, which has no beginning or end. Keep it rolling.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Emotionality is not weakness. You’re in charge. Your emotions won’t drag you around just because you dare to process them. The more you deal in feelings, the better you get at managing them and putting them to optimal use.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 17). In a year teeming with rare moments and improbable circumstances, you’ll wonder if you’re being filmed for a reality show. No, but there are wonderful opportunities in the spontaneous strangeness. More highlights: A body of knowledge gives you keys to a new world. You’ll sell your work for an impressive price and then continue the trend. You’ll be toasted at a formal event. Aries and Virgo adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 23, 17, 30, 15 and 8.