"Artists who are content merely to hone their gifts eventually come to little," says the Belgian writer Simon Leys. "The ones who truly leave their mark have the strength and the courage to explore and exploit their shortcomings." I'd like to borrow that wisdom and provide it for you to use in 2014, Aquarius. Even if you're not an artist, you will be able to achieve an interesting kind of success if you're willing to make use of the raw materials and untapped potential of your so-called flaws and weaknesses. Whatever is unripe in you will be the key to your creativity.

Sometimes it's a challenge to try to figure out what's important and what's not important. If you'd like more of my input, tune in to your EXPANDED AUDIO HOROSCOPE.

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GAZING AT THE BIG PICTURE. With the horoscopes you're reading here, I offer you the first of three weeks' worth of big-picture views of your future in 2014. They're free.

Beginning next week, I will also be offering the first of four weeks' worth of Expanded Audio Horoscopes that explore your long-term destiny in the coming months. They cost money. There'll be more information about them with next week's horoscopes.

In the meantime, would you like to check to see whether my long-term horoscopes from last January were accurate portrayals of your life in 2013? Check them out here.