ARIES (March 21-April 19): Make how you earn your living the focal point, and you will advance. Love may be difficult and disagreements prevalent. If you sidestep any anger being directed your way and offer kindness, compassion, and doable suggestions, you will keep the peace.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You may feel anxious, but if you take the required steps toward getting something accomplished, you will ease the stress you are feeling. Plan for a vacation or a social event. Speak from the heart when dealing with friends, children, or your lover.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You can hide your feelings, but don't let anyone take advantage of you. A stern, disciplined approach to whatever you do will help you gain respect and advancement. A career change or having greater freedom to do things your way is apparent.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You call the shots, and before you know it, you'll be running the show and getting things done your way. A love concern is likely to develop if you allow someone to act aggressively toward you. Don't accept the responsibilities of others.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Put your heart into your work until you perfect whatever it is you are trying to accomplish. Don't let an emotional situation slow down your productivity. Love is on the rise.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Talk to someone in the know about something you want to pursue, and before you know it, you will be engaged in the thick of a new project. Travel if it will help you relax. You'll have the will power and the intelligence to get ahead personally and financially.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): You'll have to spend more time going over what you need to do to make your domestic life easier and more cost-efficient. The changes you make can involve a move, real estate, or help from a colleague. Now is not the time to give up or give in.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): A partnership should be your first concern when a decision has to be made. Ideas you have shelved can now be brought back to life. Recycling will lead to rewards.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Open up conversations with people who can offer you insight into a skill that interests you. Picking up courses or trying to develop something that may bring you financial freedom should be your focus. Compromise will bring favorable results.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Love, money, and practicality will all get you past a roadblock that you've been facing. Don't underestimate the extent of a job or leave too little time to complete what needs to be done. Balance everything out to the last detail.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): A partnership can benefit you emotionally and financially. Love is in the stars. Don't live in the past when the future looks so bright. Make a decision based on what will bring the highest personal and financial return.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Work-related matters need practical application if you want to get ahead. Don't mess with what works, but add your own personal touch. An old partnership can be revisited. You can make money if you are willing to meet someone halfway.

Why you (YES, YOU!) should consider becoming a Ledge writer:

• Because I'm sure you've probably sat there before, reading the Ledge, and thought, "What a bunch of hacks. I could write funnier stuff than this." And maybe you can, and here's your chance to prove it.

• Look at me. I grow weary. Won't you please hold up the sky for me, if only just a moment?

• Because instead of sending emails telling me that I should write a Ledge about something, you could write a Ledge about that thing you wanted a Ledge written about. Because, seriously, I'm probably not going to write a Ledge about it.

• If you're a dude, it gets you chicks. And if you're a chick, it gets you dudes.

• If you're a dude who's into dudes, then it gives you yet another voice with which to reach the teeming masses.

• If you're a chick who's into chicks, then that's hot and can I please watch?

• Because in a comedy column, you don't have to worry as much about political correctness.

• Because you will garner (a very small amount of very local) FAME!

• To paraphrase MLB Hall of Famer Tommy Lasorda: If my scotch-soaked, malfunctioning brain can write over 700 of these stupid columns, than you should be able to come up with one.

• Because why the hell not?

• You'll get your picture in the newspaper—and for something noncriminal, for once!

• Because even I'm tired of reading my same old crap every day.