LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There is a silent competition going on. You have an excellent strategy.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The ones who do you a favor want nothing in return. Or so they say. The difference between a loan and a gift is that one should be repaid literally and the other should be repaid in a more creative way.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You have an ideal image in your head about how you want to look. Invest in yourself.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Everyone gets disillusioned at one time or another. But that doesn't mean you have to stop believing.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Look into the future - this October, to be exact - and set an exciting goal. Daily action will get you there.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Should love be this much work? After all, getting into it was easy - you just fell. For love to live, you have to find new ways to keep falling.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). It may feel as though you're not doing much, but in reality, it takes massive amounts of brainpower to sustain your current lifestyle.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). To stay successful at this job, you'll have to maintain your energy and love for the work. Find a person in similar straits whom you can look up to.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (Aug. 28). This is your year of charismatic influence. You will engage people, sell them on your services and products, and make it fun for them to buy into your ideas and point of view. You'll be a champion for your family in September. Your powers of attraction are especially obvious in January. You'll make a forever friend in February. Taurus and Scorpio people adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 4, 15, 9, 44 and 17.
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