HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY A Retrograde Campaign Adversity is a teacher, an evolutionary assistant, arguably, an essential ingredient to everything that exists or has ever existed. Without something to overcome, what is there? In light of this, the idea that anyone would feel entitled to a life without some kind of adversity is naive absurdity at best. This message is brought to us by the Mercury retrograde.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). The mood is warm, nostalgic and teeming with simple pleasures such as the smell of rain on a hot sidewalk, finding a bill in your pocket or sharing a look that says everything without a single word. TAURUS (April 20-May 20).

It’s very natural not to understand things the first time you’re experiencing them. Whether doing, hearing or seeing, it takes repetition to clarify the information and get to deeper meanings, and it takes boldness to ask for the clarity you need. GEMINI (May 21-June 21).

The universe clinks a spoon against a glass, drawing attention for a toast. The acknowledgement of you is not about a big moment or milestone, rather it’s something more remarkable -- the small, daily kindnesses you bestow wherever you are. CANCER (June 22-July 22).

You welcome problems, especially the kind that seem easy to solve. Some can be handled with a simple attitude shift. This may involve letting go of an idea.

You’re willing to forgive, forget and adjust. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22).

It’s the little graces, gentle joys and quiet moments that make f.