Horoscopes: Monday, July 25, 2016

ARIES (March 21-April 19). The drama doesn't have to involve you if you don't want it to. You'll feel like you're getting away with something by staying out of it, but you've earned the right to mind your own business.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are mightily affected by your environment, much more so than the others around you today. Your observations about a place are spot-on.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). With the recent cosmic shift, you are feeling extremely playful - and wary of any situation that asks you to take it seriously. If there really appears to be no room for silliness, avoid it altogether.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Usually it wouldn't serve you to pretend to be interested in something you're not, but today is the exception. Stretch yourself, and you'll get understanding into someone very different from you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). This will be a topsy-turvy day, when the little things are big, and the big things are little. The prevalent perspective is the one to go with, as there is not much to be gained taking the contrary view just for the sake of it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Yesterday you started to follow some pretty specific instructions, and today you can finish strong by following this line of logic to the end. The encouragement of elders will help.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). A like-minded spirit is coming into your world - someone with artistic leanings who might open you to new influences and who will be changed by what you bring to the relationship.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Sometimes, you look back and think, "Boy, I really messed that one up." Maybe you messed up "that one" so you would have a chance to make today's really count.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). This cleaning and organizational effort requires much of your body and your mind, too. You will restore balance and harmony to your inner and outer environment at once.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your life will be like one of those movie-of-the-week specials in which the plot presents preposterous coincidence. The improbability of what actually occurs will certainly wake you up.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You know what's right for you. Others want to, pretend to, and purport to. But only you truly do know the answer. Believe in the echoes of your heart.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You've agreed to do things that have turned out to be not so beneficial to you. Others have gained from your work. Others have profited from your efforts. Now what?

TODAY'S BIRTHDAY (JULY 25). The exhilarating highs of the next 10 weeks will offset recent challenges you've experienced. You'll be ready for October's noneventful, coasting sensation. Love is the main attraction in the last months of the year, and you will willingly make big changes to accommodate a relationship that is so worth your while. Pisces and Sagittarius adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 27, 11, 48, and 15.