Today's Horoscope for Cancer
April 17, 2026
There really is only one effective and at the same time spiritual way to work, and that is to stop watching the clock and throw yourself into the tasks at hand. This is much more easily achieved when the object of your work is to your liking and pleasurable, which does seem to take you out of space and time. The challenge today is to implement this type of state of mind into doing jobs that are not your favorites as well as those that are.
Power Numbers: 40, 43, 33, 12, 34, 45
Born Today: Jennifer Garner, Henry Vaughan, John Pierpont Morgan, Nikita Khrushchev, Thornton Wilder, Isak Dinesen, Daffy Duck
Quick Quote: "What anger worse or slower to abate then lovers love when it turns to hate."
-- Euripides
Random Fact: Cheetahs are the fastest land animal and can reach speeds up to 72mph.
Today in History:
1977: Christian-democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
1973: 2nd Boston Women's Marathon won by Jacqueline Hansen of CA in 3:05:59
1993: Police officers found guilty of violating Rodney Kings civil rights
1978: 82nd Boston Marathon won by Bill Rodgers of Mass in 2:10:13
1991: Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)
1995: 99th Boston Marathon won by Cosmas Ndeti of Kenya in 2:09:22
1947: Jackie Robinson bunts for his 1st major league hit
1596: Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais
1421: Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown
1994: Jennie Garth weds Dan Clark
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