Horoscopes: Friday, November 18, 2016

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You'll run into people you know in places you weren't expecting to see them. This will present an interesting conundrum - nothing you can't handle, of course.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Your job goes better when your loved ones have your back at home. If you're distracted by domestic details and responsibilities, you're not likely to put in your best performance. Delegate.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The ones who need you will really need you today. In fact, whether or not you want to be, you'll be among the most needed. Well, they couldn't have chosen a more qualified candidate!

CANCER (June 22-July 22). It's a little like you're being forced to act like you're having fun. Roll with it, and then don't be surprised if all this acting becomes the truth.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). It's the small things that will matter most to you today. To be able to count on someone, a secure relationship with a person who makes you laugh -- that's a little slice of heaven.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It's hard to believe if you don't really live there, but it's absolutely true: Some places are populated with cheerful people. Cheerful! Really! Go looking. This is the existence you deserve.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will let them all know what you think, but you'll do it in such a cool way they might assume they've come up with it themselves. They're not trying to rip you off; they just really admire you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). If you said yes to everything, your life would be chaos. But you can safely say yes to the thing that's offered today. This one is too good to miss. Bonus: Your new priorities will order themselves.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You'll attract good people. Givers. People who are naturally drawn to relate in a friendly, cheerful way. These are the ones you'll keep coming back to. Commitments are a no-brainer.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Why do you spend so much time in another person's world? This is what people who love each other do. They try, really try, to understand each other.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Your influence over others will be profound today. Your thought waves will affect the stranger passing on the street, the clerk in the grocery store and the person picking up your mail, as well as those individuals in your inner circle.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The wealthy American industrialist J. Paul Getty said that if you can actually count your money then you are not really a rich man. If this is true, you'll cultivate a sense of prosperity in yourself by simply not counting.

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Nov. 18). This year, when you're happy, you're ecstatic. You'll do your best and give your all to the relationship that makes your life sing! Work improves in January, and you'll add a new skill set. March is your chance to trade out a tired aspect of your life for new purpose. Children make you proud in May. Aries and Cancer adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 43, 14, 3, 33 and 13.