Horoscopes: Tuesday, April 11, 2023

ARIES (March 21-April 19). A spontaneous and uncharacteristic action will set off a chain of events. It will take a certain kind of mindset to optimize the situation -- open, positive and creative. There’s nothing here you can’t handle.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). To know a person is to know what they like, dislike, move away from and move toward. If you get this wrong, don’t worry, that’s how you’ll learn it. Mistakes teach you quickly. You can even think of them as shortcuts.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You normally don’t need much approval from the outside, but it feels good to get some anyway. Wanting too much is dangerous, only because it signals those who might take advantage of the instinct. Validating yourself is valid, too.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There are many ways to rise above this scene. You can do it with your compassion or with your imagination. What sort of picture would you get from the drone sweeping down on your scene?

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Can you miss someone you have yet to meet? Today there will be a tug at your heart for the unknown, a sense that a wonderful fit is out there somewhere and coming your way.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There’s not a bit of frustration until you introduce a clock. The expectation of having things accomplished in a certain frame of time is a pressure that can change everything about performance. Things left to their own timing will unfold with grace.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There are things you believe that your parents and grandparents also believed. And though your life is very different from theirs, those core understandings bind you in an enduring way. You’ll see it clearly today.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The air is there whether we notice it or not. Likewise, we live and breathe societal norms we are largely unaware of. Unconscious forces will rise to the surface of your awareness, and you’ll have a new understanding of them.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Hone your craft in a structured setting. A surge of creativity comes from the newness. Apply the extra creativity you have now to a task you’re already pretty good at. It’s a thrill to reach new levels of mastery.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). A boisterous mood has you playing a little louder, friendlier and funnier. Don’t judge yourself for your mistakes. No one else will. In fact, someone sees your mistakes as absolutely irresistible.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It’s better to say nothing at all than to mention anything remotely negative, especially at work. You will focus yourself on solving problems, and if you can’t solve them now, you will preserve them well and plan to address them at a future date.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The time you spend doing absolutely nothing is sacred. Guard it ruthlessly! Your healing, growing and thinking is all done below the surface of your awareness during long stretches of unstructured hours.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (April 11). Welcome to your year of code-cracking. You’ll unravel knotty problems and get paid well for it. You’ll find the key to getting to the next level or into the exclusive room. And you’ll attract an emotional genius and heal the past. More highlights: an inspired trade, and public recognition and private acknowledgement from opinions you most value. Scorpio and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 6, 30, 22, 12 and 18.