Horoscopes: Sunday, January 15, 2023

ARIES (March 21-April 19). People say they have your back, but you trust most the one who just seems to be there behind you, silently picking up whatever falls or providing a buffer of safety or warmth as needed.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your imagination is one of your most useful tools in living your best life. You can’t always steer it the way you want it to go, which is actually a benefit. It keeps your inner world mysterious and interesting.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You get the chance to express yourself in that captivating way that’s so you. Your specialty is making the mundane seem interesting, either because you understand it deeply or because you approach with levity.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Luck favors you as you say yes to promising invites, intriguing requests and the opportunity to give with no hope of being repaid. You haven’t fully lived until you’ve given what cannot possibly be repaid.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). One of the best ways to ignite the spirit of adventure is to ask friends to introduce you to the other people they like. If each person is a world, the new people are new worlds, ripe for discovery.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Sometimes your feelings come from inside you, but not always. You can pick them up from media, people you live with and passersby. You can soak them up from the sky. Go where the sun is shining.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’ll be inspired by those who’ve built their own good fortune. Most of the people you look up to started somewhere similar to where you are. A well-aligned dream is the beginning of destiny. Take the time to consider what you want.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). With so many people trying to involve you in their doings, you may feel like you’re losing control over your schedule. You stay powerful and in charge by being slow to commit.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Change can be stressful, even if the change is an improvement. You don’t need to run from stress or try to alleviate immediately. It’s like a spice that kicks the dish up a notch. A little is invigorating, just don’t overdo it.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). There are choices on the table and decisions need to be made now, or some of those options will no longer be available. Accept responsibility because you’re very good at this now.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Today’s plan will be derailed by interesting tangents. It doesn’t mean the original idea isn’t good. The detours will eventually take you back to your main purpose with a satisfying sense of things coming full circle.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). “You’d be home now if you lived here,” the old sign offers. When you love the home you make inside yourself, you can have a feeling of belonging in any “here” you happen to inhabit.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. 15). There’s an electric optimism in the air, and you’re right to feel energized by this year’s prospects. Relationships are always a gamble, but fortune favors you in the games this year with mutually enriching connections. Your financial sector becomes a motivating force that leads to adventurous business and new interests. Taurus and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 12, 6, 3, 38 and 15.

CELEBRITY PROFILES: Capricorn civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world through nonviolent methods. Communication planet Mercury was in the humanitarian sign of Aquarius at King’s time of birth, and his natal moon was in spiritual Pisces. King famously suggested, “All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.”