Horoscopes: Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Check your aspirations like a compass — toggle between them and the actual landscape where you stand. Too much focus on the tools could lead to stumbles. It’s mostly about your environment. Consult the tech, but don’t fixate on it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Can you love the sinner and hate the sin? People you like doing things that you really don’t will bring on a complex interplay of conflicted emotions. With compassion in your heart, you needn’t form an opinion in any direction.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You can’t add water to a full cup. You’ll have room for the loveliness you wish to add to your life, just as soon as you pour out some of the old stuff. Being open to receive will start with making room for it.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You may feel like you messed something up, but it’s time to let that go. Could it really be a mistake if it made you wiser and more compassionate? Besides, it’s what you do with the lessons that matters.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Seasoned thespian, you know the value of a dress rehearsal. The lighting and logistics that are worked out in advance will count for a lot. Putting thought into things that others wouldn’t think to practice will give you an edge.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). To fully accept yourself, you have to consciously realize what it is you have been rejecting about yourself. You will realize where you have judged yourself harshly and unnecessarily, and you will turn the trend around.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Marcel Proust said that the only paradise is paradise lost. You’ll challenge his premise today with your talent for knowing a good thing while it’s happening. You’re a magnet for the heavenly moments because you appreciate them so deeply.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). To some degree, all socializing is a front. That’s why it’s so special to be welcomed behind the scenes of someone’s personal world and get a glimpse of the larger picture — the person behind the person.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll work now to make less work for yourself in the future. You’ll set up the elements to support your vision. Start by making sure the environment is conducive to the activities you want to do in it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Awareness isn’t something that happens outside of your regular life, rather it’s a manner of living no matter where you are or what you’re doing. You will grow in awareness, make an astute observation and change your course.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The focus is on your belongings, how you experience them and what they say about you. You’ll streamline, enhance and systematically arrange things to better honor the individual you are and also the one you are evolving into.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Today brings the kind of problem that is best solved by taking your energy away from it. Without the fuel that your attention readily provides, it will die of neglect. You’ll tend instead to what you want to grow.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec. 17). Your cosmic gift: clarity of thought, purpose and being. You’ll forgo the distractions, embrace a certain amount of discomfort and find your groove, and once you do, you’re unstoppable. More highlights: Beautiful moments of self-expression that move people. You’ll learn about yourself through the situations life tosses your way. Like an athlete, you’ll serve right back. Aquarius and Pisces adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 2, 20, 1, 11 and 40.