By Jacqueline Bigar

For Friday, Nov. 29, 2002. Those with birthdays today: You might frequently feel frustrated when dealing with key associates and partners. Trust your persuasive abilities. Given space, others see the positive nature of your ways. Travel and education could easily play strong roles in your year. Your career blossoms after August. If you are single, you will greet success and happiness. You meet someone very different who will introduce you to different styles of positive relating. If you’re attached, you will benefit as a couple from entertaining more and becoming more active together.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

Aries (March 21-April 19)

• Your ability to smooth rough waters comes through with friends and a partner. Your imagination allows new avenues to present themselves. Tonight: Party with your friends.

• You might decide that an exercise program is just what the doctor ordered. Tension surrounds your finances. Make the wise decision of not joining the throngs of people shopping. Tonight: Take a walk and then decide.

• You could be much harder on a loved one than you realize. Try to imagine what it might be like to walk in this person’s shoes. Tonight: Buy a Christmas CD or get Christmas concert tickets.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

• You could be far more negative than you realize. You ultimately might not be looking at what is happening within you, but projecting your personal feelings outward. Tonight: You don’t have to go far.

• * A friend might make demands that you would prefer not to meet. Decide to initiate a talk. Before you know it, everyone feels better. Tonight: First hang the mistletoe.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

• Give up trying to convince authority figures and those in charge of the “rightness” of your thinking. Tonight: Treat yourself, too.

• You wake up renewed, feeling like you could take a tiger by its tail. Take action that encourages others to come toward you. Clear up recent problems. Tonight: Use your imagination.

• Step back and let others reveal their true colors. Whether making holiday choices or filling in a gap at work, you’re instrumental. Don’t take anything personally now. Tonight: Get a good night’s sleep.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

• Your energy draws startling results. Many smile around you, creating a happy, positive atmosphere. Your instincts guide you in making the correct choices. Tonight: As always, where the action is.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

• Associates seem to push and pull in order to get more of the results they want. Take a stand, letting others know that you understand what needs to happen. Tonight: A must appearance.

• Your imagination takes you down a wild path. Think carefully, because ultimately you’ll have to deal with the end results. Tonight: Be impulsive.

• Your instincts help you deal with the many people in your life. Realize more of what you want by taking direct action. Tonight: With the one you love.