Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or making important decisions after 8 p.m. EST today (5 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. PST). After that, the Moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn.

Happy Birthday for Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023:

You are adventurous, enthusiastic and fun-loving. You will push the sides of the envelope because you’re daring and bold. This year, service to others is your theme. Therefore, take care of yourself so you can be a resource for others. Family and friends will turn to you for guidance and support.

ARIES

(March 21-April 19)
★★★★
Don’t believe everything you hear today. Rely on your own smarts and ability to be independent and think for yourself. Beware of confusion in the media, in the news and with those who might try to sway you with their rhetoric or propaganda. Tonight: Study.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)
★★★
This is a poor day for important decisions about how to share or divide something, especially if it’s valuable. Don’t agree to issues related to inheritances, shared property or insurance settlements, because an element of confusion, possibly even deceit, exists. Wait for another day. Tonight: Check your finances.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)
★★★
Today you have to go along to get along, which means you have to cooperate with friends and partners even though you might be suspicious about what they have to say. Give them the benefit of the doubt, because perhaps they are misinformed. (Either they are or they aren’t.) Tread carefully. Tonight: Travel plans?

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)
★★★
Double-check issues at work. If you have to make an important business decision, make sure you have the correct facts. Confusion and deceit are possible today. Be smart and double-check banking figures as well. Take nothing for granted. Tonight: Get organized.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)
★★★
This could be a disappointing day for romance. Maybe you need to ask yourself if you were clear about your expectations. Unexpressed expectations almost always lead to disappointment. (People can’t read your mind.) Parents should be vigilant about their kids today, especially with harmful liquids. Tonight: Practice.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
★★★
Be extra clear in all your communications with family members today. Someone might misunderstand you or misinterpret what you want or what you mean. Likewise, you might get mixed signals from someone, be-cause this is the classic day for confused communications. Tonight: Reassess.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
★★★★
This is a dreamy, confusing day. In fact, you might have trouble concentrating, because your mind will drift off into fantasyland. In conversations with others, if you think something fishy is going on, it is. (It’s that kinda day.) Tonight: Make sensible decisions.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
★★★
Be careful with financial transactions today, including shopping. Mistakes, assumptions and misunderstandings might occur, which directly or indirectly cost you money. Not good! You also might be tempted to spend too much money on something luxurious. Save your receipts. (And the box.) Tonight: Trust yourself.

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
★★★★
Today the Moon is in your sign at odds with Neptune and Venus. However, late in the day, things get “sensible” again. Nevertheless, for a good part of this day, you’re in a dreamy state of mind and subject to making questionable decisions. However, you will be interested in mystical and supernatural phenomena. Tonight: You’re productive.

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
★★★★
Today you feel sympathetic to others, which is why you will listen with sincerity to someone, and you might go out of your way to help them. Be careful you don’t give away the farm. And be careful you don’t fall for crocodile tears. Just saying. Tonight: Research.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
★★★
Postpone major financial decisions for another day, because today there are too many little things that might trip you up. You might not have the right facts. Someone else might not be straight with you. You might make financial decisions based on wishful thinking instead of analysis. It’s a tricky day to shop. Tonight: Cooperate.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)
★★★
You will enjoy socializing with others today; however, you might feel that conversations with a friend or a member of a group are “off.” Most definitely, if you think someone is not being straight with you, you are probably right. Tonight: Impress others.

BORN TODAY

Cartoonist, writer Matt Groening (1954), actress Alex Borstein (1971), actress Natalie Morales (1985)