Your Stars

2019-12-14 -

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Don’t underestimate the power of lights and music to set the mood of interactions. Movies have soundtracks; why shouldn’t your relationships? And it’s a joy to assemble the playlist.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): To pay attention once is never enough. You want to take in the whole of a person, but that is always changing. And so, you must keep tending to matter. Love grows.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): Sometimes it’s easier for you to accept people who are very different from you than it is to accept people who are similar. You project your wishes or regrets on the latter, perhaps unconsciously until today.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): This problem you are working on seems like it should be a little easier. The reason it’s not is a matter of positioning. You are an integral part of the mystery you are trying to solve.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The ones who succeed aren’t necessarily smarter, more talented or better looking. They’re not even the ones with the most money. The ones who succeed are the ones who never quit.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Your contentment depends on recognising where people are in their development and setting your expectations along those lines instead of other invented and unrealistic realms.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Take the time to ramble, wander or stroll because that knotty bit of psychology that’s had you so distracted will get all worked out in the rush of fresh air you’re moving through.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The best jobs will be the thankless ones. It is when you’re pretty sure no one cares or notices that you will do the most important work of your soul – the work that’s validated purely by your higher self.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You don’t care as much as the others do about being right or sounding like you know what you’re talking about. Maybe that’s why you’re the one everyone wants to sit next to.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Your respect for your elders and mentors has been cultivated over time and is now at a high you may wish you had years ago. No one is born with manners. And now it’s your turn to teach them.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Subconscious tendencies can take years to form and won’t change overnight. Love yourself as you are, and coax yourself each step along improvement’s path.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You’re a giver, but it’s OK to make people trade you something, too. In fact, that’s when it will become clear how close or far apart you are on the value assessment.

Across: 1. Cordwainers 8. Chariots 9. Itch 10. Metre

13. Spit 16. Even 17. Zulu 18. Kind 20. Barge 24. Rent

25. Liveried 26. Fortunately

Down: 2. Opal 3. Drive 4. Altar 5. Exits 6. Ice-breakers

7. Whitsuntide 11. Thumb 12. Ember 14. Pout 15. Bean

19. Deter 21. Alien 22. Great 23. Mill

Across: 1. Aura 3. Lynchpin 9. Recants 10. Noise

11. Supernatural 14. Opt 16. Aloft 17. Eye 18. Police states

21. Among 22. Odorous 23. Badly-off 24. Thus

Down: 1. Abrasion 2. Recap 4. Yes 5. Consultation

6. Primate 7. Need 8. Increasingly 12. Arose 13. Persists

15. Twofold 19. Tooth 20. Daub 22. Oaf