JONATHAN CAINER

Hi Jonathan, Thanks for answering my recent question about whether an alignment can have an influence if we can’t see it for clouds. I guess a cloud, being vapour, is no match for the strength of gravitational pull from an enormous heavenly body. Suzie Hi

ARIES Mar 21 — Apr 20 PEACE, love and harmony. That’s what all hippies aspire to. Many religious idealists wish for much the same, too. Even those who see themselves as tough will concede it wouldn’t be so bad if the world had more of all that in it. The problem is that some people don’t much like other people! We annoy one another and tend not to forget this. You don’t need to create a perfect world. But if you want to make a bit of your world less imperfect, you might try thinking more kindly of someone. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5601. TAURUS Apr 21 — May 21 WE FEAR that if we are too forthright, we may make fools of ourselves. What if we show kindness to someone, yet they turn out to have a nasty character? What if they take our pleasant behaviour and throw it right back in our face, laughing as they do? Characters who are so hardhearted are few and far between in real life. Normally, they are just depicted by actors who have been engaged to play villains on TV cop shows. Rest assured that if you show someone

respect, they will show it to you. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5602.

GEMINI May 22 — June 22 WE LIKE to think of ourselves as sensible and smart. Yet if we’re really smart, we must concede there are some questions that cannot be answered by logic alone. There are, indeed, even some times when common sense is not sufficient to guide us through the ins and outs (or the rights and wrongs) of a situation. To be a human is to be a mysterious mixture of heart and mind, emotion and intellect, structure and spontaneity. If your intuition is saying something to you, listen to it. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5603. CANCER June 23 — July 23 ONE day, some enlightened observer of human nature will explain to us why humans divide so often (and so easily) into ‘leaders’ and ‘followers’. For now, it is enough to acknowledge that they do. Cancerians, it is sometimes forgotten by those who write about astrological traits, have strong (if subtle) leadership qualities. You don’t command anyone to do anything. But sensitive people soon find themselves compelled to emulate your example. You show us all how to do the right thing. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5604.

LEO July 24—Aug 23 ‘WHERE there’s a will, there’s a way.’ That’s what they say. But what if there’s more than one way? What, too, if a person asserts so much willpower to the only way forward they can see that they thus fail to recognise the viability of an alternative approach? Variety, they say, is the spice of life. But when we are experiencing an intense hunger, we sometimes feel willing to sacrifice flavour for the possibility of swift satiation. A pressing need is not actually quite as pressing as you fear. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5605. VIRGO Aug 24 — Sep 23 WHEN a person is trailblazing, they can hardly let themselves spend too long wondering if they’re doing the right thing. As a Virgo, you’re naturally inclined to consider every situation carefully. You don’t like to make mistakes. It annoys you intensely to find you’ve overlooked the obvious. Yet there are times when the only way to overcome an obstacle is to get yourself so fired up that you cannot help but find a way through it, round it, under it or over it. Be a little bull-headed. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5606. LIBRA Sep 24 — Oct 23 IF WE don’t do anything, we can’t be too surprised when we fail to cause something to happen. Unless, that is, the ‘something’ in question is the result of doing nothing! What will occur if we do everything we can think of, leave no stone unturned, push out every boat and challenge every apparent limit? It may just be that if we apply ourselves too energetically to a pursuit, our effort will be counterproductive. The secret of success involves getting it ‘just right’. You’re good at that. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5607. SCORPIO Oct 24—Nov 22 WHAT good is an astrologer if he only says you stand a fair chance of success as long as you work very hard? That’s hardly an assessment of luck. Isn’t it just a statement of the obvious? Not necessarily. Though some people think they can force the world to co-operate with them simply by summoning effort and determination, there are times when, no matter how hard we try, we find ourselves flummoxed and thwarted. Where you invest your energy, you are much more likely to get a reward. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5608. SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 — Dec 21 WHY, when life presents infinite possibilities, do any of us opt for the obvious? Why not experiment? Why stick to the tried and tested? Well, yes, I know, Sagittarians are more adventurous than most. Indeed, we could say your default position is to rise to every challenge. In which case, doing the obvious would be doing anything other than the obvious! If you really want to be different — and to succeed — do what you already know how to well. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5609. CAPRICORN Dec 22 — Jan 20 IN RECENT weeks, we have been discussing the true meaning of your zodiac sign. I have stressed how the symbol of Capricorn is no ordinary goat, but a mer-goat, with the tail of a dolphin. That’s relevant because it says something about your innate ability to apply extraordinary insight and intelligence to ordinary situations. You can take circumstances that might seem daunting to many and respond to them with wit, skill and style, turning them into distinct advantages. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5610. AQUARIUS Jan 21 — Feb 19 MUCH depends on your willingness to believe in yourself. We should ask how or why we have got to a point where such a thing needs to be said. Who has undermined your self-belief? How dare they be so intrusive and abusive? But wait. Perhaps the culprit is closer to this page, right now, than we realise. Can you not be your own worst enemy when you fall into a self-critical spiral? Have you allowed yourself to take a negative suggestion too seriously? Be bigger than that. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5611. PISCES Feb 20—Mar 20 EVEN when we expect an event or know not only that it is due to happen, but almost exactly when that will be, it can still surprise us. Some element of the process can differ or all can be much as anticipated, yet our appreciation of what’s happening can be enhanced to a point where it all begins to seem as though we’ve entered a world apart. It is at such times life becomes magical and we begin to learn the most valuable lessons. Look for the extraordinary in the ordinary. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Your latest forecast is ready. Call me now on 0906 751 5612.