HOROSCOPES

March 20 – April 19 Aries

two big steps forward within a few days of each other could take your career to the next level. Excited, you wonder if there’s more to come, but early April brings a reminder to slow down and consolidate your position. The rewards for success are now greater, but the penalties for failure may be devastating. Give yourself time to get used to the new rules of the game.

April 20 – May 20 TAURUS

There’s a slightly dreamy feel to the next few weeks, as soft planets cushion your ride through life. It’s all very nice, but it gives you the feeling that you don’t have to really try hard. So when you have to make a choice at the start of April, you may take the easy option, but it’ll leave you with less when you could so easily have had more. Push yourself a little harder – you have the talent, and it’s worth the effort.

May 21 – June 21 GEMINI

Whenever you’re in a situation that requires you to keep to a restrictive set of rules, you’ll do all you can to find a way to break free. But is the opposite any better? You may now be given complete freedom in your role at work: no rules, no previous model to follow. At first it sounds like a dream come true, but without making some sort of structure, you may find that you drift. It’s not as easy as it looks.

June 22 – July 22 CANCER

Your most important relationship is about to change – an action or decision will not only alter your social-media status, but perhaps your legal status, too. Whether this is the start or end of the affair doesn’t actually matter; the important thing is that you have decided that you want to move your life forward. As with all decisions like this, once you’ve done it, there’s no going back.

July 23 – August 22 LEO

The next few weeks are all about maintaining the purity of your ideas against those people who are trying to convince you that what you want is impossible, or just wrong. While some sort of compromise will be necessary to bring a concept into reality, as long as a large proportion of your original belief and its values are still visible in the finished product, you can be happy.

August 23 – September 22 VIRGO

Is there ever a perfect moment to declare your love? Perhaps not – too much planning may make it seem artificial. It’s better to recognise that an unexpectedly sweet moment is actually a significant turning point. One such moment is on its way. When you look back on it, you will be amazed at what you said – but also very pleased that you did.

September 23 – October 23 LIBRA

Most of the time the future is a continuation of what you have now, but not always. Unexpected events – in the part of your life that you thought was the most secure – may force you to re-examine all that you take for granted, and give you new priorities. It’s very disorienting. Act quickly to put yourself back in control.

October 24 – November 22 SCORPIO

Most people’s emotions work on a scale of one to 10, but yours seem to be stuck on 10. You’re impassioned, not angry, but your intentions are still likely to be misinterpreted. Perhaps you should stand back slightly from any argument to soften the impact of your words. This phase will pass, but for now, you’re too hot to be close to.

November 23 – December 21 SAGITTARIUS

Are you bored with your lifestyle? Do you think you spend too much on things you don’t really need? As this new decade gets underway, you realise the big question is not about what you have, but how you live. You have a chance to push the reset button on all that you have built up, or bought, in the past decade. Do you dare push it?

December 22 – January 19 CAPRICORN

You have been under great pressure to perform, to lead and to produce astounding results. But it’s hard to do when there are people behind you constantly urging you to go faster. This month changes the pace, allowing you to go more slowly if you wish and to make sure that what you do is exactly how you want it. You’ll like that much better.

January 20 – February 18 AQUARIUS

Sometimes the best romances are the ones that don’t happen. Although you like each other, it’s hard for you to see each other, and it may be necessary to use a third person to act as a go-between. Yet at a crucial moment, both of you decide that it’s all too complicated, or you’re not ready for it, and pull apart. Maybe later in the year, you think; but not now.

February 19 – March 19 PISCES

You’re in love, and for now that’s all that matters. Yet just as you and your favourite person are chiming together so harmoniously, another pair of planetary hands on the celestial clock coincide, quietly marking the end of an era, changing the direction of your ambitions and removing any obstacles that previously held you back. Things you didn’t even know you wanted have just been granted to you.