Your Stars

2019-01-26 -

ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): It’s better when loved ones don’t struggle at the same time so they can hold each other up as need be. Alas, these things can’t always be helped. One solution is to widen the support to include more people.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): What you do for another person is done out of love and caring. You believe acts of friendship shouldn’t be burdened with stressful promises and obligations, and you avoid those who attach strings to their gifts.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You make a bigger impact than you realise. You’re walking down the street, minding your own business, but not everyone is doing the same. They’re noticing you and the positive feeling you bring.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): To find joy, position yourself to look inward. There’s no one you need to outshine, no one who can outshine you, just you orienting your perception so there’s no one to compete or compare yourself with.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): It won’t feel like you’re making decisions. It seems your body, conditioning and subconscious is making many moves for you. Still, every move you make, however small, gives birth to a new reality.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): Whatever you do to use what you have efficiently, clean up and waste less will not be celebrated or even noticed, but it will make you feel good to know that you’re contributing to the solution, not the problem.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): In carefree times, stupid things seem important – and they are. They are until you get to the less carefree times. Being able to live in different sorts of times is a privilege that makes you wise.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): The role of rituals cannot be underestimated now. Consider the ones you don’t recognise as rituals – the daily habits that have become a part of you. What do you want to keep going forward?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’re asking questions that don’t have answers. It’s a sign of intelligence; then again, there’s a line to walk. On one side is a state of wonder, and the other is a state of confusion.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): It’s pretty simple. You wanted to get noticed, and now you’re getting noticed. Keep your cause in mind at all times. Direct the attention where it will do the most good.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Everything seems brighter when you’re around so people want you around. Sometimes you lose yourself in the interaction. It’s OK. You’ll find yourself later.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): A presentation that’s too long will lose the audience. This is true at all levels – a one-to-one conversation, a performance, a media event. It’s the same. Be aware of limited attention spans.

Previous cryptic solution

Across: 1. Pipe down 4. Swig 8. Imp 9. Dirge 10. Leg

11. Perused 12. Still 13. Killing time 17. Extra 18. Problem

20. Pun 21. Emits 22. Viz 23. Rise 24. Defended

Down: 1. Primps 2. Piper 3. Wired 5. William 6. Giggle

7. Sensations 9. Displeased 14. Intends 15. Deeper

16. Amazed 18. Prise 19. Livid

Previous quick solution

Across: 1. Cherubic 7. Shake 8. Impromptu 9. All 10. Fury

11. Harmed 13. Surreptitious 15. Bisect 16. Hind 18. Per

20. Tabulated 21. Snake 22. Persists

Down: 1. Cliff 2. Emperor 3. Upon 4. Impracticable