Horoscopes: Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Group dynamics will be a theme. No matter how nice people may be, no assembly of humans is going to be perfect. If it was, who would qualify to belong to it? And who would want to?        

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Effort is like money. If you put too much forward, then you’re overpaying for what you want and that doesn’t feel good. Stand back and assess what others are doing. Study success and then follow successful behaviors. 

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Easy things won’t appeal to you today. Challenges invigorate you. It’s likely you will only really be interested in the people who are difficult to know and the prizes that are hard to win.       

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Part of the fun will center around mysteries and games. Find out who can keep a secret. Observe what people do with the innocuous information you give them before you tell them anything you would want kept quiet.     

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It’s something you know, but it bears repeating: Caring for yourself isn’t selfish. Neither is making sure you have interesting, pleasurable and fortifying experiences. It’s all a part of acing your No. 1 job in life: taking care of yourself.       

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Curious about the lives of others, your creative mind will fancifully fill in the blanks. The answers come along soon enough, but there’s also insight in your guessing. Speculation is part of the fun of getting to know people, and in this there is no rush.       

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re given a special message. First it comes as a hint. If you don’t take a hint, it becomes a suggestion. Ignore that, and it changes to a challenge, demand, then ultimatum. All in all, everything is easier when you catch it at the “hint” level.       

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). It will feel good to know you’re respected. You don’t have to work for it, and in fact doing so would only diminish what you already have. People will listen to you and give you an honored rank in their minds.       

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll field questions from all sides but the ones that matter come from the inside. Don’t rush to answers. Each question is an invitation to journey and learn. You might not learn the answer, but you will learn much.       

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Stories of heroism have you wondering what you’d do in similar circumstances. You’d be as brave, but it’s good you don’t have to prove this now. Know that you make a difference as you apply your heroic character to the daily noncrisis.       

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). While like-minded folks with backgrounds and experiences similar to yours may be the easiest to understand, these are not the associations that will be most useful to your development. The objective and unbiased eye of an outsider will be invaluable.       

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Aiming to impress will bring but a hollow win, brief and bound to cheapen your experience. Instead of focusing on the result, just tend to the moment with as much of yourself as you can bring to it and let the feelings come.       

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 30). Your birthday has often brought tense, tingling expectation. This year you enter your fresh act with a relaxed confidence, like the master, ready for the world’s delightful unveilings. The opportunities, for love, money, generosity, friendship, family closeness, leadership and more will come monthly, sometimes weekly, and you’ll optimize each like a pro. Aries and Libra adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 34, 44, 32, 16 and 7.