Horoscopes: Thursday, April 16, 2020

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You may not do what you set out to do, but that is hardly the point. The more you try and accomplish, the better your skills get. Soon your ability will be so sharp that all connected work will be done in a fraction of the time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Gravity is invisible, though the proof of gravity is rather obvious to see. Love is the same way. Today, you’ll witness the effects of love and feel its force on a visceral level.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You are coming back to a part of yourself that has been long abroad. It’s not that you outgrew or rejected this aspect of you, but you have not been able to prioritize it. That will change.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Privacy is sacred. Your story is yours to impart or not. Keeping things on a need-to-know basis can be as much about self-respect and love as it is about image control.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Consider what it means to feel trapped. If a person believes there is a lack of options, it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not; limits are in place. Ask the question and repeat: What is really true here?

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Problems just get knottier when left to nature. The thinking -- or more likely the unthinking -- that created a tangle cannot also unravel it. You’ll employ your higher mind.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You don’t think it’s anyone’s job to be on your side, and that’s what makes for the sweet moment when you notice that it’s happening quite naturally. Your team is emerging.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You are enacting patterns that served another situation and no longer apply to the current one. There’s nothing to work on here. As you get used to the way things are now, the unnecessary things will fall away naturally.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The historic cases of subjects falling in love with their biographers are numerous -- a natural progression, as there is nothing more seductive than interest. Use the concept to your advantage.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). To be true to yourself creates a power that the world will organize itself around. It will be well worth the courage you have to muster in order to make this happen.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Places aren’t perfect because people aren’t perfect. Wherever they go, they are there inside an imperfect vessel. While it’s futile to look for the ideal spot, today you’ll find one that’s much better than the last.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). On the one hand, you feel you shouldn’t have to perform for people. On the other, everyone does. People need their roles, and they also need to trust that others will play theirs, too. It’s making the world go around today.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 16). Your cosmic birthday present is the power to create yourself, which you’ll do in affirmations, actions, prayers, exercises, work and reflection. It’s your own innermost feelings that will have the greatest bearing on who you become and what happens next. Practice self-love and faith in all you have to offer. Your Leo and Scorpio adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 8, 1, 44, 37 and 11.