JONATHAN CAINER

As I look ahead to later this month, I notice two unusual celestial developments are due on Christmas Day itself. In themselves, they aren’t so strange. Uranus changes direction for a while once a year, every year. There’s a Full Moon once a month, every month. But for either event to occur on December 25 is rare. Indeed, in 2016, my daily zodiac column will have its 30th anniversary and I can’t recall it ever happening before! There’s nothing in this to be concerned about. It means excitement and the potential of positive change for all in this festive season.

ARIES Mar 21 — Apr 20 WE SPOKE yesterday about how anger is like a horse, and passion is like a carriage. There are, of course, many types of horse. We can, for example, saddle the steed of inspiration, harness the workhorse of commitment or climb upon the high horse of pride. Yet, no matter what horse you use to pull a carriage of enthusiasm and faith, you will eventually end up getting somewhere. On its own, the carriage stands still. Put positive effort into the only sensible plan you can see today. I’ve got so much more to tell you. December will be amazing. Your NEW forecast could change your life: 0906 751 5601.

TAURUS Apr 21 — May 21 IF WE all came to planet Earth with one agenda only and if this involved making the most of every moment … we must ask one crucial question. Why does it often seem to be so difficult to feel grateful for the gift of existence? It may now appear to you as if there are a hundred reasons to resent an unsatisfactory situation, regret an unwise choice or fear an untoward development. Yet there is a more compelling reason to embrace all that’s golden and glorious about your life today. Do that, and all else will resolve. NEW! I’ve got lots to tell you about December — and you’re going to like it. For four minutes of helpful news: 0906 751 5602.

GEMINI May 22 — June 22 ‘I SAY pot-ah-to, you say pot-ayto…’ So goes the classic Gershwins’ tune. I’m not sure how my Spanish and Japanese translators will tackle this. Perhaps they will use examples involving pronunciation from their own culture. Today’s point, though, remains the same in any language. We all take pride in doing things a certain way, but do we sometimes choose one way over another simply to prove how different we are? Don’t let such an impulse skew your judgment today. Looking forward to December? You will be after hearing your forecast. Find out why your outlook is so hopeful: 0906 751 5603.

CANCER June 23 — July 23 TWO traditional English language expressions have always bewildered me. One is ‘curiosity killed the cat’; the other is ‘a cat has nine lives’. If both are true, we must assume that the cat who got killed was nosey nine times too often. Not that you’re a cat, but that’s a good ratio to keep in mind as you now ask questions which unearth uncomfortable answers. It is not as if you ‘know too much’. It is more as if, before, you knew too little. You have nothing to fear from the information you are starting to attain. I’ve got so much more to tell you. December will be amazing. Your NEW forecast could change your life: 0906 751 5604.

LEO July 24 — Aug 23 DO THE gods look down on us from the ethereal realm and set challenges? Do they take perverse pleasure in scuppering our plans and puncturing our pride? If we pray to them, will they show mercy? If our stars are in the right alignment, will they be obliged to stop punishing us for sport? You can spend your day contemplating the answers to such questions or you can just crack on with doing what needs to be done today. As this will lead to the result you want, the rest is a moot point. NEW! I’ve got lots to tell you about December — and you’re going to like it. For four minutes of helpful news: 0906 751 5605.

VIRGO Aug 24 — Sep 23 ‘JUDGE not, lest ye be judged.’ This saying, or at least the sentiment it expresses, was already old when the Bible was new. Indeed, when our ancestors came down from the trees and began to develop the traits of what eventually became the modern human, this was probably one of the first conclusions that emerging race of sentient beings arrived at. How ironic then that, after all these millennia, we are still struggling to put the idea into practice. Do your bit for evolution today. You’ll feel much better for it! Looking forward to December? You will be after hearing your forecast. Find out why your outlook is so hopeful: 0906 751 5606.

LIBRA Sep 24 — Oct 23 WHEN people want to find fault with others, they often describe them as two-faced. That’s hardly an insult. That’s surely, simply, a way of saying they are truly human. There are seven billion people alive on Earth right now and billions more who have lived here before us. Not so much as one of them has come here without a personality that is complex enough to contain at least a few contradictions. Don’t be ashamed today of your inconsistencies. Just be wise and aware enough to acknowledge them. I’ve got so much more to tell you. December will be amazing. Your NEW forecast could change your life: 0906 751 5607.

SCORPIO Oct 24 — Nov 22 IT’S one thing to answer a general knowledge question when you’re at home on your sofa, another to access your memory when in a brightly lit TV studio at a crucial stage of a competitive game where prizes hang in the balance. Yet the answers are the same. If you were ever to be in such a position, it would still be you who had to answer the question. You would still have exactly the same information. Don’t think today about the high stakes attached to a situation. Just consider the best thing to do. NEW! I’ve got lots to tell you about December — and you’re going to like it. For four minutes of helpful news: 0906 751 5608.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 — Dec 21 IS THE world full of folk who are angry with one another? Or are most of us simply wary of each other? Why would we be wary, unless we suspected that we were about to encounter anger? Yet if the anger is not so prevalent, perhaps the wariness is not so necessary? A sensitive situation in your life is rendered more delicate by someone’s unfounded expectation. Be mindful of their concerns but don’t allow these to become your own and to thus deter you from a brave show of strength. Looking forward to December? You will be after hearing your forecast. Find out why your outlook is so hopeful: 0906 751 5609.

CAPRICORN Dec 22 — Jan 20 WOULD it be wise to set out on a brave mission to ensure that night falls when today is over? Is it worth entering into negotiations with the Sun to extract a guarantee that tomorrow morning it will rise once more? Some things are going to happen, regardless of how much or how little effort we put into making them do so. What you need to take place in your life next is something that is extremely likely to happen anyhow. If you are already doing all you can about this, you are doing enough. I’ve got so much more to tell you. December will be amazing. Your NEW forecast could change your life: 0906 751 5610.

AQUARIUS Jan 21 — Feb 19 YOU have enviable talents, impressive abilities. You are far-sighted and high-minded. It is unusual for you to miss crucial clues to puzzles. Some might say the only thing that can cloud your view is an occasional tendency to let opinion inform assumption. This affects your ability to observe. You may see what you expect to see. I mention this only because you are so close to developing a hopeful understanding of a worrying matter. Remain open-minded. It won’t be a worry much longer. NEW! I’ve got lots to tell you about December — and you’re going to like it. For four minutes of helpful news: 0906 751 5611.

PISCES Feb 20 — Mar 20 ANSWERS, it seems, are like buses. We wait around for ages, hoping one will turn up and suddenly three come along at once. Or, at least, that’s how things used to be back in the days before bus companies tracked and regulated their vehicles by satellite. Which answer should you select if you are faced with the choice? Apply the same criteria that you would if that answer was a bus! Take the first opportunity you get and don’t waste precious time today wondering if you could have done better. Looking forward to December? You will be after hearing your forecast. Find out why your outlook is so hopeful: 0906 751 5612.