STAR GAZING

Aries

March 20 April 18

You don’t think of yourself as a control freak. However, the odds are good an exciting but completely unexpected range of ideas and offers are likely to come your way. While obviously you can’t get involved in them all, it’s worth exploring each one. What you learn could lead to something amazing.

Taurus

April 19 May 19

For ages you’ve been complaining about certain increasingly troublesome situations. You’re facing more demands, yet getting less for your efforts. The real problem is you’re so attached to these, you’re ignoring other ideas or offers. Now exciting options are appearing. At least explore these. Once you begin, you’ll be thrilled.

Gemini

May 20 June 19

Recently, you found a way to deal with what were tricky issues. Obviously, you prefer to stick with it. The problem? Certain individuals think they know more and are determined to share their wisdom. Listen to what they have to say. While it’s unlikely to change your thinking, it will make them happy.

Cancer

June 20 July 21

Over the past few months you’ve been aware that, unsettling as changes in certain longstanding arrangements are in the short term, they’re leading to timely breakthroughs. However, the form this will take remains frustratingly unclear. You may not be feeing patient. But it’s the best strategy. Within days things will work out.

Leo

July 22 August 21

For ages you’ve known certain tricky situations would need attention. But every time you made a plan, the actual circumstances changed. And, judging by the coming days’ planetary activity, those changes will continue. Knowing that, ensure both existing plans and those for the future are flexible. You’ll soon realise how wise this was.

Virgo

August 22 September 21

While it’s rare anybody actually looks forward to the period when your ruler, Mercury, is retrograde, the unexpected twists and turns it brings can be amazingly informative. That could be the case now and over the coming week or so. The trick? Wait and watch. Then, when you’ve the facts you need, speak up.

Libra

September 22 October 21

The last thing you’re in the mood for are unsettling changes on the domestic front. However, judging by the coming days’ planetary activity, these aren’t just inevitable, ultimately, they’ll prove to be in your best interests. The trick? Go along with them, making it clear for now, you’re exploring these, no more.

Scorpio

October 22 November 20

For ages you’ve intended to disentangle yourself from certain longstanding, but increasingly annoying, alliances. Some may involve friends, others activities that have become a familiar part of your life. Take it slowly. Gradually destiny itself will make it clear how wise this process of letting go of the past is for you.

Sagittarius

November 21 December 20

By now you’re beginning to recognise that you, and the world around you, are in a period of exciting and often completely surprising change. While some of what’s coming your way isn’t exactly unexpected, just as many ideas, offers or encounters are so new that they’re taking you into unfamiliar territory.

Capricorn

December 21 January 19

True, recently certain individuals have been taking chances, not only risking elements of their own arrangements, but those of others who’re involved, as well. In certain cases, this includes you. If they’re not updating you frequently enough, speak up. In fact, the more forthright you are about these and other matters, the better.

Aquarius

January 20 February 18

For some months and, in certain cases, for years you’ve been seeking a way to make long overdue changes in the nature of complex relationships, while ensuring they remain strong and solid. You’ve mentioned this, but others seem puzzled. The secret? Be prepared to discuss these frankly. That will do the trick.

Pisces

February 19 March 19

Nobody is better at sensing when others are so deeply involved in their dramas that they’re unlikely to focus on anything else. That’s the case now. This, means that at long last you can give serious thought to certain of your own plans or interests that will require your constant and unbroken attention.