LIBRA: June 25-July 1 Tuesday, June 24

Would you like to be free from the experience of getting criticized? Wouldn’t it be nice if no one accused you of being wrong or off-track? Here’s how you do this, says American writer Elbert Hubbard...

VIRGO: June 25-July 1 Tuesday, June 24

When a Navajo baby laughs for the first time, the whole community celebrates. It’s regarded as the moment when the child completes his or her transition from the spirit realm into the physical world ...

LEO: June 25-July 1 Tuesday, June 24

“Forget the suffering / You caused others. / Forget the suffering / Others caused you.” Czeslaw Milosz wrote these words in his poem “Forget,” and now I pass them on to you. According to my …

CANCER: June 25-July 1 Tuesday, June 24

If you could harness the energy of a typical lightning bolt, you’d be able to use it to toast 100,000 slices of bread. That’s an impossible scenario, but it’s an apt metaphor for the challenge ahead...

GEMINI: June 25-July 1 Tuesday, June 24

The Japanese word tsundoku describes what happens if you buy a lot of books but never read them, leaving them piled up in a neglected heap. Avoid indulging in tsundoku any time soon...

TAURUS: June 25-July 1 Tuesday, June 24

After a thorough, detailed, painstaking analysis of astrological omens, I advise you to not be thorough, detailed or painstaking in the days ahead. Instead, be spontaneous and improvisatory...

ARIES: June 25-July 1 Tuesday, June 24

It’s It’s According to astrologer Astrolocherry (astrolocherry.tumblr.com), Aries is the sign of the freedom fighter, explorer, daredevil and adventurer. I agree. An important caveat: As you get older, it’s your duty to harness all ...

A MAN, A GUITAR AND A COROLLA Tuesday, June 24

Nomadic highway poet David Dondero passes through towns, singing about life, love and his instrument of choice

ANATOMY OF A SCREW-UP Thursday, June 19

How Action News (accidentally) labeled a competitor’s weatherman a sex offender

MORE HAMSTER BUTTS! Wednesday, June 18

Noting Japan's latest social trend, two paperback photo books — both with portraits of hamsters' rear ends — have experienced surprising and still-growing printing runs. Japanese society has long seemed easily captured by anything kawaii (or …