You are articulate about your opinions. You are self-assured, positive and convincing. This is the last year of a nine-year cycle, which means it’s time to take inventory of your life. It’s time to let go of the people, places and things from the past that have held you back.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). A stellar presentation turns heads, stirs appetites, gets attention. Everything acceptable, expected, respectable, pretty good is in that mid-zone, which gets very little notice. Eyes go to the terrible and the exceptional.

Your August 10 horoscope is here. Mars and Pluto retrograde connect, ushering in change. Power struggles may persist if we aren’t mindful of our interactions with others. Lead with kindness. The signs having the best days are Taurus and Gemini.