A school bans Halloween celebration because it’s disrespectful to real witches.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Do you remember when you learned to read, back when you were six years old? One week the clumps of letters were indecipherable, and the next week you could actually make sense of them. I propose to you, Taurus, that you are now at a comparable threshold in the evolution of your emotional life. Feelings that have previously been obscure or puzzling will soon come into focus. You’ll be blessed with an upgrade in your intuition about your friends’ and loved ones’ moods. Your power to enjoy intimacy will dramatically ripen.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): J. Edgar Hoover headed the FBI for almost 50 years. While many admired the way he transformed it from an amateurish collection of hacks into a formidable law enforcement agency, others regarded him as a paranoid control freak who gave police work a bad name. Even U.S. President Lyndon Johnson had a strong ambivalence towards the man. Asked by *The New York Times* why he didn’t fire Hoover, Johnson replied, “It’s probably better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in.” Consider making that your motto in the coming week, Taurus. There may be persons in your life who will serve you better as problematic friends than unpredictable adversaries.