Your daily horoscope: April 17, 2025

HOROSCOPES IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY

Mercury joins forces with Neptune on your birthday, so you will be more aware than usual of what is going on around you. That in turn will make it easier to understand why other people act the way they do. Question your own motives too.

ARIES (March 21 – April 20):

Try to avoid making major financial decisions between now and the weekend, because it is only when the sun moves into the money area of your chart next month that you will begin to recognize better ways to make your creativity pay. Why rush when you don’t have to?

TAURUS (April 21 – May 21):

A new solar year will begin for you in a matter of days, so forget about what might have gone wrong in the recent past and look forward to everything that is about to go right – and it’s a lot! Some seriously good things are coming your way.

GEMINI (May 22 – June 21):

You like to be helpful but you should not be doing for other people what they should be doing for themselves. The planets warn that certain individuals will try to make you feel guilty just so they can take advantage of you. Don’t fall for it.

CANCER (June 22 – July 23):

You will start to see results over the next few days for something you started as far back as the turn of the year. It may have been a long time coming but the planets indicate you are about to see a major breakthrough on the creative front.

LEO (July 24 – Aug. 23):

Sometimes you can be too competitive and see everything you do in terms of winning and losing but you really need to get past that. What occurs over the next few days will demonstrate that it is possible for everyone to be on the winning side.

VIRGO (Aug. 24 – Sept. 23):

Although there have been times of late when everyone but you seemed to know what was going on you won’t be in the dark for long. The first thing you will discover is that most so-called “secrets” were so uninteresting as to not be worth the effort.

LIBRA (Sept. 24 – Oct. 23):

You don’t have to like everyone you work or do business with but you do have to be on the same wavelength professionally. Leave any bad personal feelings you may have about other people outside the door today. There is far too much at stake.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 – Nov. 22):

Be nice to everyone you meet today. When the sun moves into your opposite sign at the weekend there will be a growing number of occasions when you need to call on friends and colleagues for assistance. Will they be in the mood to give it to you?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 – Dec. 21):

Although you will have to make a number of minor adjustments on the work front today it’s really no big deal, so don’t allow yourself to get frustrated. Besides, some of the small changes you make now could lead to big rewards later on.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 21 – Feb. 19):

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 – Jan. 20):

PISCES (Feb. 20 – Mar. 20):

You would be the first to admit that you have been a bit moody of late but the good news is your outlook will improve in leaps and bounds over the coming week or so. In fact it won’t be long until you are back to your charismatic best.

Home and family matters will take up a large amount of your time and energy when the sun moves into the domestic area of your chart at the weekend, so give yourself permission to have some fun today and tomorrow. You really can’t laugh too much.