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IT’S the International Day of Happiness! No, really, it’s a real thing. But, if the Monday blues find you struggling to ‘get with the programme’, there’s astrological news to lift your spirits. It’s the Equinox!

If Solstices are like the Sun’s birthday, the Equinox represents the Sun’s coming of age. It has experienced enough, this year, to make sense of where it’s coming from, and it can see far enough into the future to have a clear view of what to do next.

That really is a good reason to celebrate. ARIES Mar 21 — Apr 20 WHO’S that knocking at your front door? The Sun of course. After all — it is the Equi-nox! Sorry to make you groan. Especially today. But at least I bear good news along with bad puns. The Sun moving into your sign is special. It shines a light into your life, allowing you to act with more purpose, and achieve something that, until recently, seemed only remotely possible. There. Now you know your life is about to feel less like a punch-bag, I don’t feel so bad for hitting you with my terrible punchlines! It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hopegiving, heart-warming, worry-quashing fourminute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. TAURUS THINGS just can’t Apr 21 — May 21 carry on the way they were. They’ve already begun to change — and soon they’ll change again. Aren’t you glad? Perhaps you feel confused? Perhaps you can’t work out what’s going on — or why? With your ruler retrograde, perhaps you even wish that you could turn back the clock? Try not to let yourself feel that way; it won’t help anything. If you want to will the hands of time to move in any direction, try wishing them to move forward faster. The Equinox is here and you’re heading in a good direction. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hope-giving, heart-warming, worry-quashing four-minute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. GEMINI MES amis. May 22 — June 22 Amigos mios. Vennene mine. No matter the language, the concept of friendship remains the same. And, all over the world, Geminis are about to be reminded of the comradeship in their lives. Be it coming to someone’s aid, or feeling like you’re being supported, it’s time to recognise the everyday heroes in your life. You’re being offered a divine helping hand. And it’s encouraging you to clasp a more earthly one too. Wherever you need support to make progress, you can find it. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hopegiving, heart-warming, worry-quashing fourminute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. CANCER FROM tiny June 23 — July 23 acorns, mighty oaks grow. But not if the acorns get fussy about where they’ve landed. Not if they say, ‘I can’t possibly put my roots down here, it’s a dreadful neighbourhood.’ What if someone comes along and says, ‘You’ll need a licence and a permit before you can start turning into a tree.’? The Equinox encourages us all to look to the future, and we just have to trust our impulse to fulfil the highest level of our inner potential, regardless of the apparently important reasons why perhaps we shouldn’t. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hopegiving, heart-warming, worry-quashing fourminute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. LEO ‘IT was one of those July 24 — Aug 23 March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.’ wrote Charles Dickens. As I sit writing your horoscope it’s probably unwise to predict the weather. That’s not the sort of forecast I’ve spent years studying. But your astrological outlook certainly does match the title of the book this quote comes from. It’s his masterpiece, Great Expectations. If you choose to walk in the light today, your life can live up to them. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hopegiving, heart-warming, worry-quashing fourminute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. VIRGO IF your best isn’t Aug 24 — Sep 23 good enough, what else are you supposed to do? Surely, there’s nothing else you can do? You just have to keep on doing your best. Perhaps it is the definition of ‘not good enough’ that’s not good enough! Perhaps ‘not good enough’ is actually much better than you think — for reasons yet to become clear. Don’t feel frustrated about what you couldn’t achieve last week. Venus’s retrograde motion and Mercury’s questioning nature will help you see that what you can’t do is exactly what you don’t need to do! It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hopegiving, heart-warming, worry-quashing fourminute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. LIBRA THE actor Morgan Sep 24 — Oct 23 Freeman once said: ‘Dr Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He’s an American hero.’ I’d go further and suggest he’s a hero of humanity. There are people over the world for whom he’s an inspiration. Sometimes putting labels on things is helpful. Putting them on people rarely is. Even ‘hero’ can be a restricting word. Dr King was a flawed human being, like us, who had the courage to do something incredible. So are you. Today, reach across a divide. Unity is waiting to be found. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hope-giving, heart-warming, worry-quashing four-minute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. SCORPIO AS Venus links Oct 24 — Nov 22 to Mars today, someone needs you to love them. This isn’t necessarily the person you now feel a strong attraction to. Your attention is being drawn by a drama or a person who creates a dramatic reaction in your heart. Despite any doubts you have about your self-worth, though, you mean a lot to a lot of people. And today, you have the ability to make an enormous difference to someone else’s well-being just by sharing a little kindness and support. Doing that will make you feel better too. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hope-giving, heart-warming, worry-quashing four-minute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. SAGITTARIUS YOU’RE Nov 23 — Dec 21 naturally benevolent, intrinsically creative and inherently wholehearted. So what happens when the planets align and give these qualities a boost? Are you in danger of flooding the market with the contents of your generous heart? Possibly! But that’s not what’s at risk now. There’s no need to scale back production when demand is this high. The world needs more boundless optimism. And you have bucketloads. Share it and we’ll all be grateful. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hope-giving, heart-warming, worry-quashing four-minute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. CAPRICORN HAVE you Dec 22 — Jan 20 missed a trick? Are you doubting yourself? Are new factors causing you to question old decisions? You must remember there’s no such thing as perfection. Too often, we set ourselves impossibly high standards, or blame ourselves for failing to avoid the inevitable. You’ve responded well to your recent challenge and shouldn’t feel fazed by any new difficulty. With the Equinox arriving so soon after the Sun linked to your ruler trust yourself to know how to make everything work out well. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hopegiving, heart-warming, worry-quashing fourminute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. AQUARIUS MY threeyear-old Jan 21 — Feb 19 calls the seed of an oak tree an ‘eggcorn’. Most of us have words we mispronounce. We mishear something and keep pronouncing it that way. Sometimes we don’t question the pronunciation because it makes sense. An acorn is sort of a tree’s egg, right? This, though, isn’t a time for you to question what you say. Not when you’re energised by Mercury. You have something important to communicate. The delivery matters less than the message you need to share. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hope-giving, heart-warming, worry-quashing four-minute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611. PISCES IF anything can Feb 20 — Mar 20 possibly go wrong it will.’ In the English-speaking world, this is known as Murphy’s Law. Actually, it doesn’t belong to someone called Murphy. It belongs to all of us. Or, at least, so the pessimists would have us believe. But we live in a world full of glorious, glaring examples that prove the inaccuracy of this assertion. We’re absolutely surrounded by things that could go wrong and the vast majority never do. So as the Sun leaves your sign today what could go wrong for you? Far, far less than you fear. It’s the Equinox! Your light-shedding, hope-giving, heart-warming, worry-quashing four-minute forecast is ready. Call 1550 511 611.