STAR GAZING

Aries

March 20 April 18

Taurus

April 19 May 19

Gemini

May 20 June 19

Cancer

June 20 July 21

Leo

July 22 August 21

Virgo

August 22 September 21

For ages you’ve intended to rethink certain longstanding arrangements. Once they made life a lot easier. However, the actual circumstances in question have moved on and so has your approach to the ideas you have in mind. The problem? Others are bound to disagree. The solution? Say nothing. Just make those changes.

Over the past week or so, you’ve realised that as much as you enjoy the company of certain individuals, their way of dealing with practical matters is entirely different from yours. A compromise is extremely unlikely. This suggests it’s wise to leave everything to them or, alternatively, take over arrangements yourself.

Your sense of humour is an asset. It enables you to charm others and lighten up tricky conversations. At the moment, however, you’re urged to be aware what you regard as a joke could be taken seriously by others. When discussing tricky matters, be frank and forthright. Humour can, and should, wait.

While many Cancerians are well aware of their sentimental side, and cautious about raising certain delicate issues with others, just as many give such matters little thought. If you’re one of the latter, pause and consider whether you’re adequately prepared for what your planning or doing. Thinking it through now will prevent dramas later.

You don’t think of yourself as being an optimist, until you spend time with those who base most of their thinking and planning on pure logic. While that approach is often useful, you’d rather think in terms of enjoying the process of learning what’s next, then putting those ideas into action.

Recently, you’ve been spending time with somebody who has a talent for turning almost any event, including those that are as much duty and amusement, into something rewarding. Yet, despite that, your reaction isn’t just negative, you’re feeling increasingly grumpy. The reason? You actually enjoy having something to complain about.

Libra

September 22 October 21

Scorpio October 22 November 20 Sagittarius

November 21 December 20

Capricorn

December 21 January 19

Aquarius

January 20 February 18

Pisces

February 19 March 19

As a tactful Libra, you’ve a talent for raising and discussing tricky issues without allowing the process to deteriorate into a manipulative battle. At the moment, however, you’ll need to address certain matters with a frankness you fear will be upsetting. On the contrary, it will be a huge relief, and for everybody.

The planet of innovation and the unexpected, Uranus, is taking a powerful role in your astrological chart, now and over the coming weeks. True, initially, you’re likely to be wary of the twists and turns it triggers. Still, you’ll soon begin to recognise how worthwhile even unsettling changes can be. DR while/worthwhile

As a quick-thinking fire sign, you’ve a talent for spotting situations that show promise, yet wouldn’t require too much time or effort. And, at the moment, you’ve several options. Tempting as it is to stick with one, explore each of them. You may even find a way to juggle them all. DR them all

Certain individuals are giving you a hard time about plans you’ve worked hard to organise. However, with so much in transition, everybody is facing similar sudden changes. The solution? Take things one day at a time. Ignore what others say and, equally, their demands. Instead, quietly procced with what you have in mind.

You don’t think of yourself as stubborn. However, in several recent situations you realised that you’ve rejected potential changes without thinking. Now that you have, you’re not just enthusiastic, you realise these streamline otherwise troublesome changes. This has left you wondering which arrangements would benefit from a similar magical makeover.

While it’s true, the period when the ideas planet Mercury is retrograde can lead to confusion, often the resulting discussions can be amazingly illuminating. However, this often requires focusing on dull practicalities. Recently you’ve been avoiding several. Tackle these now. Then wait and watch. Within days you realise how wise it was.