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Horoscopes by Holiday, Apr. 16, 2026
Yesterday brought four lunar conjunctions in Aries. Today only brings one, but it's more intense and enduring — a perfect alignment of Mercury and Neptune highlighting electric sparks of communication, filled with imagination, originality, vitality and specificity.

Resetting a Pandemic Friendship
Dear Annie®, Apr. 16, 2026
Dear Annie: My neighbor and I became friendly during the pandemic. We'd pick up things for each other at the grocery store, help water each other's plants, chat on our porches in the evening.

How To Handle In-Laws Hurling Insults
Dear Annie®, Apr. 15, 2026
Dear Annie: I have been married for 12 years to a good man whom I love very much, but I dread nearly every holiday, birthday dinner and casual Sunday visit with his family.