Horoscopes by Holiday Mathis

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You will help a loved one by first encouraging this person to help himself.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You might have fun dishing the dirt with a few friends, but don't neglect the one who comes to your emotional rescue.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You will be drawn to the center of the action, and you won't have to go far to find a major event. The scene you find will be major because of its residual impact.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There are many moving parts in today's action. You don't have to understand how they work in order to make your move. All you have to do is go for it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). In order to, as they say, "work the room," it helps if you've been in the room before - or one like it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Before you start talking: You may offer a humble opinion, but it won't be heard as such - it will be adhered to as the official word from above.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Some of your relationships are riding the teeter-totter of life. You're up and the other person is down, or you're down and the other person is up.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You'll be in the support position, and you won't mind it at all.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Better to live your principles than to talk about them. If you're under 30, people will just find you annoying.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Never mind about trying to make your family listen to you. Also, those people at work may not "get it" no matter how many times you explain it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You'll be parceling out the jobs today. Someone has to build, and someone has to do the maintenance.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It may appear that everyone else is having more fun than you, when actuality this is probably not true.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 30). You will be an unwitting trailblazer this year. As you find your own way through society, you will help others make their way. In September, you'll connect with someone who has a positive influence on your overall emotional state. There's a promotion in November and important travel in January. Taurus and Aquarius people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 10, 2, 33, 19 and 41.

Holiday Mathis is the author of "Rock Your Stars." To write to her, please go to www.creators.com and click on "Write the Author" on the Holiday Mathis page, or send her a postcard in the mail. To find out more about Holiday Mathis and read her past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.