ARIES (March 21-April 19)
We’re halfway through 2008. It’s a perfect moment to take inventory of how well you’re capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities. So let me ask you, Aries: Are you working your ass off in order to stoke the fire in your belly? In other words, are you doing everything you can think of to get more motivated? Are you trying hard to supercharge your ambitions and refine your passions? If so, this will be the year when you finally figure out how to do what you love to do a majority of the time—and how to get rewarded by the world for doing it. It’s high time to answer your highest calling.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
We’re halfway through 2008. It’s time to take inventory of how well you’re capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities. So let me ask you, Taurus. Have you been climbing out on a limb in order to think outside of the box? Have you been having adventurous fun while experimenting freely? I hope so. Playing around with smart gambles has been and will continue to be the secret to your success. Note well the adjective “smart” in the previous sentence. Dumb gambles and poorly thought-out risks should not be part of your game plan.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
How well are you capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities, Gemini? Now that we’re halfway through 2008, let’s take an inventory. I’m hoping that six months from now, you’ll look back and make the following declaration: “This year I’ve learned more about togetherness and collaboration than I’d picked up in the previous five years combined. I’ve finally registered the fact that a successful alliance of any kind requires as much hard work as any job. Most of my important relationships are better and more interesting, and the rest have faded away. I’ve surprised myself with how creative I’ve been in finding interesting ways to handle commitment.”

CANCER (June 21-July 22)
How well are you capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities, Cancerian? Now that we’re halfway through 2008, let’s take an inventory. I’m hoping that six months from now, you will look back and make the following declaration: “This year I discovered everything that’s important to know about what I don’t need and who I don’t want to be. That’s one of the important reasons why—hallelujah!—I’ve learned to avoid the suffering that comes from wishing my life were different from how it actually is. I’m more at peace with my soul’s idiosyncratic destiny than I’ve ever been.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
We’re halfway through 2008. It’s time to take inventory of how well you’re capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities. So let me ask you, Leo: Have you been redefining your relationship to your job so that it better serves the real you? Are you invoking all your imaginative powers so as to get into a position in which you will love work more than ever before? I hope you’ve been doing those things, because it means you’ve primed yourself to attract lots of help in accomplishing those changes.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
How well are you capitalizing on this year’s unique opportunities, Virgo? Now that we’re halfway through 2008, let’s take an inventory. I’m hoping that six months from now, you’ll look back and make the following declaration: “I’ve learned more about love in the past 12 months than maybe I ever have. I’ve also become far more skilled in the art of making myself happy. And I’ve finally figured out how to purge some of the martyr-like aspects from my generosity, which means I’m better able to give without strings attached and I’m more attractive to interesting people who are inclined to give me things I really want.”