Are you going to have a healthy 2018?

Our astrologer JUSTIN TOPER takes a look at what the coming year has in store for you in your health and wellbeing

CAPRICORN DEC 22-JAN 20

REGARDLESS of how happy you are, you may have built up a resistance to exercise. Nevertheless, how you function is all in the mind.

In the meantime, Saturn currently in Capricorn means you may be feeling a bit low as this year begins. Therefore, it is crucial that you try yoga, aerobics, get plenty of fresh air, anything that increases serotonin levels.

The period of the year when you are most susceptible to stresses and strains is around the end of May and beginning of June. Fortunately, this is a year when life satisfaction and personal wellbeing is guaranteed.

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PISCES FEB 20-MAR 20

DON’T worry. You can be happy. The key if you are a Pisces is care and love, something you haven’t had enough of in the past.

By contrast, you should be in a healthy place in 2018. What you need is to be more physically active on a daily basis and take up any classes that may help you tone up or lose weight.

As long as it doesn’t become an obsession, and of course, there is no use punishing yourself at the gym.

The best time to begin a new fitness regime is around February 18th.

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TAURUS APR 21-MAY 21

AS a Taurus, you may be used to a sedentary existence.

Maybe, you have exhausted your store of excuses? Exercising outdoors is highly recommended, and 2018 is certainly the year when you should enjoy more sunshine holidays and freedom. It will probably be around the last week of April that you take a big step towards health and happiness, by breaking old habits. The benefits of cutting down on calories is obvious, and maintaining your normal weight will hardly be a chore.

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AQUARIUS JAN 21-FEB 19

THE Full Moon as early as January 2 may coincide with a time of general apathy, and not feeling too healthy. Indeed, there were lengthy periods when you had to take time off work last year, though thankfully, once the Sun enters Aquarius on the 20th, you should look and feel great, and not suffer from any major sickness during the duration of 2018.

Barring the odd headache or minor ailment around late June, you should be in peak condition, and keep misery at bay.

Staying busy is what you should be aiming for every day.

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ARIES MAR 21-APR 20

YOU are supposed to be full of vitality. Instead on occasions, you may complain of extreme tiredness, apathy, and can’t even muster the energy to get out of bed.

And yet, with Uranus in Aries throughout 2018, it is time to adopt a high tech approach to health and fitness.

Besides that, happiness is rather contagious, the new wonder drug, and you should certainly catch the bug, especially once the Sun enters Aries on the 20th March. Even those of you who are going through some kind of mid-life crisis are over the worse.

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GEMINI MAY 22-JUNE 21

YOU normally don’t worry about your figure, sugar junky that you are. Nor is there any point renewing the gym membership you rarely use.

Even so, this is the year to whip yourself into shape, and switch your diet to health shakes and the like. No more burgers and fries. Happiness is the Holy Grail, you cannot lie. You could be so surprised by how a healthy mind does it every time if you are a true Gemini, and how anxiety disappears early in 2018 when you realise what the real problems are.

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CANCER JUNE 22-JULY 22

HOW to satisfy those hunger pangs or other cravings? Like every Cancerian, it’s how you feel inside that matters.

More cardiovascular exercise and caloriecounting – of course it all helps. The real key is less emotional pain. Thankfully the happiness graph rises as this year begins. Last but not least, a new fitness and diet routine is essential if you want to stay beautiful. Cosmetic surgery you can rule out.

The end of June is really when you should start to work tirelessly on looking and feeling your best.

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LEO JULY 23-AUG 22

START as you mean to go on. Reverse the cycle of all those years of unhealthy living.

The combination of the Sun, and in particular Saturn in Capricorn as January commences, may force you to pay some kind of penance.

The smoking, drinking, binge-eating has to cease. You won’t recognise yourself in the near future.

You need to circle June 27 and 28 June in your diary. The transformation of mind, body, and soul should be complete by then, and all without a military style regimen or taking any drastic measures.

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VIRGO AUG 23-SEPT 22

VIRGOS have a reputation for being gluten-free, cleaneating health freaks.

All that has gone out of the window, as you struggle to stay in shape in 2018 and you may feel past your sell-by date.

The key in 2018 is to free yourself from worry, cynicism and scepticism which is clogging up your mind, and possibly your arteries. In other words, live free.

The period around February 15 is a time to not only shed the pounds, but old methods and perspectives – chief among them being a pessimistic outlook. If you do, by or around the summer time, you should be firing on all cylinders.

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LIBRA SEP 23-OCT 23

YOUR response to unhappiness is to remain in the house alone, avoiding human contact and any form of exercise.

Therefore, 2018 is the year to connect with your environment, learn to love yourself and make good health your main priority.

The ebb and flow of your moods, which as any Libran knows is like a see-saw, should improve greatly this year.

The New Moon on March 17 is when you should hit the ground running – literally, while the end of August is when, having tackled your nagging insecurities, you seem lean mean and as fit as a flea.

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SCORPIO OCT 24-NOV 22

WITH Jupiter in Scorpio until late November, life should be more enjoyable than usual. You won’t be forced to endure a gruelling routine like the year before.

However, the tendency is to put on weight, a habit you need to break out of. Providing you don’t get carried away, you should manage to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

New age treatments may keep any ailments at bay. Happiness comes through freeing up some headspace and taking more holidays.

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SAGITTARIUS NOV 23-DEC 21

SATURN recently moved out of your own birth sign.

Despite a weakened constitution, symptoms of depression and feeling weepy at times, you should be full of vim and vigour this year, sleek and lithe as nature intended.

Is it worth trying alternative medicine, get your chakras aligned? Rubbish!

Refuse to buy into the faddish culture. It’s over-rated. It’s less emotional distress that is the key to your happiness and overall fitness in 2018.

Make a mental note of the May 15 and October 24.

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