Your stars for the week ahead.

Shelley von Strunckel, one of the world’s top astrologers, writes a weekly forecast for Friday

PISCES FEBRUARY 18 – MARCH 19

This is one of those rare occasions when you’ll insist on having the final word, and in several situations. Recently you’ve been wrestling with circumstances that have been as uncertain as they’ve been puzzling. Now, unexpectedly, things are coming together, and suddenly. But with so much having changed, you need time both to think and gather facts. Ideally, decisions will wait until those are crystal clear.

ARIES MARCH 20 – APRIL 19

No sign is better equipped to deal with this exiting, if unruly, period than Aries. True, with the ideas planet Mercury retrograde from the 23rd until mid-April triggering confusion, unexpected developments are inevitable. Knowing that, try to ensure plans are flexible and, as important, approach everything you organise with a sense of humour. Do that, and the rest will be easy.

TAURUS APRIL 20 – MAY 20

No matter how carefully you’ve thought out plans, you’re unlikely to have anticipated the coming weeks’ changes. While they’re unsettling, each offers an opportunity to review arrangements, and just when the foundation on which they’re based is shifting. Forget about attempts to regain control. Even dramatic developments will prove unexpectedly rewarding. Go with the flow. You’ll be glad you did.

GEMINI MAY 21 – JUNE 20

You’ve a knack for dealing with unexpected events, even those currently turning relatively simple plans into chaos. While some changes are fun, others are challenging. Worse, those around you will be complaining because they’re struggling to shore up existing arrangements. Encourage them to be more flexible, even helping them rethink plans. Soon they’ll be able to proceed on their own.

CANCER JUNE 21 – JULY 21

The changes you’re facing are not unexpected. For ages there’s been talk of reorganising your way of living, working or both. Still, the current unruly planetary activity indicates even simple arrangements will change, possibly often. Knowing that, ensure your arrangements are flexible enough to withstand twists and turns. Unsettling as this is, the end result could be better than you conceived possible.

LEO JULY 22 – AUGUST 22

Over the past weeks, events or possibly loyalties to others have forced you to focus on crucial but rather dull matters. While you both learnt and achieved a great deal, things have become too predictable. Now, finally, between your existing plans coming to life and intriguing, if sudden, events, you’re experiencing a timely change of pace. While unsettling, at least initially, it’ll be worth it.

VIRGO AUGUST 23 – SEPTEMBER 22

For ages you’ve known that eventually certain once worthwhile arrangements would need attention. That time has come, which means first deciding whether those plans actually should be saved and, second, what’s next. Now, instead, you’re urged to explore your options gradually. What you learn could change your thinking about both these existing ideas and your vision for the future.

LIBRA SEPTEMBER 23 – OCTOBER 22

No matter how wisely you’ve organised plans, they’re unlikely to last as they were first conceived. Accepting that won’t be easy, but once you do, it will give you freedom to explore whatever comes your way. Be patient until the 31st, when the Libra Full Moon brings both circumstance and your priorities to a head. After that, you’ll have no problem making lasting decisions.

SCORPIO OCTOBER 23 – NOVEMBER 21

Once you understand that there’s no simple way of dealing with the very tricky situations you’re facing, you’ll choose what seems the most complicated option. And that’s tackling each of these issues, point by point. Once you begin, you’ll realise that while you’ve missed vital facts, so have others. The resulting joint discussions won’t just clear up these issues, they’ll help eliminate past difficulties as well.

SAGITTARIUS NOVEMBER 22 – DECEMBER 20

True, you thrive on a busy, and demanding, schedule. Still, the past month has been so overwhelming that even you have been struggling. Consequently, you’ll be relieved the pace has slowed and, equally, will be delighted to be facing uncomplicated financial or business issues. Better yet, as you deal with these, you’ll have a chance to update other equally important but neglected matters as well.

CAPRICORN DECEMBER 21 – JANUARY 19

Obviously you’d rather rethink recent decisions now, while the actual situations are in transition. However clear cut they seem, certain unspoken or, possibly, undiscovered issues need to be acknowledged and dealt with, and that’s unlikely to happen until early April. If you must organise plans, regard them as tentative and, equally, ensure that others are made aware of this changeable situation as well.

AQUARIUS JANUARY 20 – FEBRUARY 17

It’s not that you’ve been keeping important facts from others but, rather, you’ve been unclear about the direction certain arrangements should go. Actually, you’re also lacking crucial information, which means the less you decide the better. Explaining that to others won’t be easy, at least initially. However, once they, too, understand there’s no rush, they’ll join you in exploring these intriguing options.