TODAY'S ASTROLOGICAL TIMETABLE

Positions of the planets and luminaries today at noon GMT (8 a.m. EDT):

Sun............... 1st degree Virgo

Moon.............. 11th degree Capricorn

Mercury........... 10th degree Virgo

Venus............. 22nd degree Leo, retrograde

Mars.............. 11th degree Gemini

Ceres............. 22nd degree Taurus

Jupiter........... 11th degree Sagittarius

Saturn............ 29th degree Leo

Uranus............ 18th degree Pisces, retrograde

Neptune........... 21st degree Aquarius, retrograde

Pluto............. 27th degree Sagittarius, retrograde

Eris.............. 22nd degree Aries, retrograde

Lunar Node........ 8th degree Pisces, retrograde

ZODIACAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TODAY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You're apt to expect too much reward for your effort today. While much of what you do is valuable, it may also be expected and necessary. Be satisfied with a job well done.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Your sense of ambition is apt to suffer today. Just when you most need to demonstrate proficiency, you may be least able to do so. Begin the day in ways designed to wake you up and keep you focused.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Emotional vacillation can make you appear unreliable. You need to demonstrate that you are mature and reliable. In certain ways, you have allowed others to take charge but now it falls to you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are feeling a vague inkling that you want more out of life but can't quite put your finger in it. Keep the question in the back of your mind and return to it when you have time to let ideas rise to consciousness.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You have trouble calling anybody wrong. You're challenged to use critical thinking. Doubts or trust can arise first; reasons come later. For today, you're safer holding back until you have hard data to reason with.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You can feel held back by family concerns, from making the most of public fame. Be aware that private concerns bleed into the public arena now and if your can't be true to the former, you may not be trusted in the latter.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You have trouble translating imaginative ideas into something to show. Ideas seem locked in your head or seem impractical once you try to demonstrate them. It's better to work on them further.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Unfinished business distracts you from making forward progress. It may be best to tend to them so that they no longer hinder you. Problems arise so long as you deny the importance of real circumstances.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Impropriety in various forms is an important issue today. You must help others help themselves, while paying careful attention to the proper limits of your own position and responsibilities: don't transgress them.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are prone to rely on intuition rather than experience. However, this need not be so. You must make an effort to research what others have found and incorporate that knowledge to your benefit.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Connect to the most altruistic and beneficial facets of your beliefs. There is great attraction to irrational and dangerous ways of thinking. Don't be confused by claims of special cases.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are too ready to start big and grand when smaller, more thorough steps would be more appropriate. You may think others think more highly of you than they do; you are not immune to serve criticism.

These interpretations are based on the aspects and positions of the planets in relation to each sun-sign. They indicate the general mood and issues of the day as you experience them. Be creative in applying your forecast to the actual circumstances of your life.