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YESTERDAY, Mercury perfected the angle it has been forming with Mars. Today, it repeats the trick with a Saturn still coloured from its conjunction with the red planet. But following a Full Moon, and with the coming link of Venus to Saturn, though this requires us to be hard-headed, we cannot afford to be hard-hearted. And with Mercury retrograde, we should endeavour not to be hard of hearing, either. We can define and pursue what we think we want now. But we must listen to what our heart needs, too.

ARIES Mar 21 — Apr 20

WHEN you meet someone at a party or social event, you get merely a snapshot of who they are. Their physicality is apparent and they might tell you about their job or what they study, but you don’t get the full identity, their spirit, popularity, achievements or values. It’s true of you, too. Sometimes, it’s easy to believe that all these outward signs, the ‘official you’, are what makes up your identity. But right now you have a chance to redefine the ‘real you’. It’s time to find out more about who you really are. Uncertain? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5601.

TAURUS Apr 21 — May 21

WHAT happens if the answer to your question is not what you wanted to hear? Perhaps you have an answer and now you wish you hadn’t asked to begin with. Somehow, you’d like this truth to be different. It means you have to act differently. Fear not. As ever, the cosmos is looking after you and this impasse will be brief. Indeed, it will turn out to have been the best thing that could have happened — no matter how unlikely that seems now. Sometimes an apparent backward step is needed before you can move forwards. Anxious? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5602.

GEMINI May 22 — June 22

WHEN restyling a room, it’s usually easiest to strip the grime, paintwork and wallpaper away and start afresh. If you just try to patch the worst bits it will be all right for a while, but soon the old, unimproved parts will start to show signs of age, and it will take even longer to smarten up next time. A clean break with the past is the order of the day. Likewise with issues or unresolved business hanging over you from earlier times: the moment is right to take a new broom to some old, nagging difficulty. Confused? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5603.

CANCER June 23 — July 23

TV SHOWS often use the ‘good cop/bad cop’ plot device: a suspect is questioned harshly, even violently, by one member of the police team, then the cop’s partner takes over, using a friendly and conciliatory approach (while the ‘bad cop’ lingers nearby). The suspect soon starts to co-operate. You don’t have a partner to use in your negotiation. But having created an impasse with a tough ‘bad cop’ approach, the cosmos suggests it’s time to become your own ‘good cop’ in a difficult conversation. Worried? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5604.

LEO July 24 — Aug 23

FEAR is doubleedged. It helps keep us from danger, but it can debilitate us, making us afraid to lead a full life. People used to fear trains and motor cars, the noise and ‘unnatural speed’. Experience taught them otherwise. As this century progresses, we will surely have similar fears about regular space travel, perhaps even teleportation! OK, I’m joking, but fear is no laughing matter. What fear is holding you back? Mercury’s challenging angle to Saturn suggests you can face down a fear today. Uncertain? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5605.

VIRGO Aug 24 — Sep 23

IT’S easy to get despondent when things go awry, but failure is rarely permanent. In fact, it’s the best learning tool we have. Writer Samuel Beckett summed it up perfectly: ‘Ever tried. Ever Failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.’ Similarly, American golfer Bobby Jones observed: ‘I never learned a thing from a tournament I won.’ When things don’t succeed, we find new ways to act, new strategies to try. If you’re feeling down because something isn’t working out, keep trying. Anxious? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5606.

LIBRA Sep 24 — Oct 23

EVERYTHING is moving: the universe, galaxies, stars, planets, land, sea, people and every atom that exists. No wonder you feel in a spin. It’s natural, but sometimes we crave a break from this mad world. For you, right now, you’re spinning on all fronts: home, relationships, work, study — even in your social life. I can’t promise respite from the maelstrom, but I can tell you that Mercury’s links with both Mars and Saturn now offer a tremendous opportunity to get out of a spin and right a wrong. Confused? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5607.

SCORPIO Oct 24 — Nov 22

IT’S good to make a plan and follow it, because you can track progress and see how close you are to achieving your aims. But what if you simply don’t know where or when to start? Well, sometimes it’s better not to have a plan, as long as you have an intention. What matters is that you make a start. There’s one burning issue that needs your attention. You can’t solve it all at once. You’ll have to tackle it by degrees. The skies are hinting that right now is the perfect time to make that start. A plan will soon emerge. Worried? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5608.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 — Dec 21

WARFARE experts advise that, rather than approaching an enemy head-on, consider a flanking manoeuvre. I know you’re not at war, but you do have to overcome something: a difficulty, a negotiation, an awkward social situation. The same rules apply: employ lateral thinking, something non-obvious. Only you will know what that is. As Mercury squares with Saturn, you’ll face interesting drama soon, but nothing you can’t handle. Come up with another way to approach it all. Uncertain? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5609.

CAPRICORN Dec 22 — Jan 20

WITH retrograde Mercury linking to Saturn in your sign, you’re being encouraged not only to re-examine the past with a critical eye, but to make efficiency the name of the game. ‘Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful,’ said William Morris. But note that he used the word ‘believe’. Some things are precious for sentimental, rather than aesthetic, reasons. Cast adrift what you don’t need now, but retain what anchors you to your foundations and protects your roots. Anxious? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5610.

AQUARIUS Jan 21 — Feb 19

AS A CHILD, if I showed my Aquarian father my latest Lego creation, I knew I’d receive praise. I also expected to hear: ‘Very good, but you know what you could do…’ It didn’t bother me then — it showed that my father was interested in the same things as I was. But as an adult it’s easy to take such interactions as veiled criticism. Be careful how you communicate your ideas in a sensitive matter now. Don’t let a quest for perfection harm your ability to build meaningful connections. Confused? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5611.

PISCES Feb 20 — Mar 20

WAITING for a breakthrough can take for ever. That’s the nature of them: you often don’t know how close you are to a solution until it suddenly arrives. You have been working long and hard towards a change for a while. It might be a change in someone near to you or, indeed, a change in yourself that has eluded you so far. The message from the skies is clear. That breakthrough? It is very near at hand. Now all you need to show is a little bit more tenacity and doggedness to get you there. Worried? There’s a very special message for you. In four minutes, get the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5612.