Zodiac forecasts

Hi Jonathan, In my forecast, you said a person’s identity cannot be lost. I’m not so sure. What if someone has Alzheimer’s or another mental health issue? I’ve been battling depression and anxiety for years. I no longer know who I am. It is terrifying to feel so far from others’ reality. Please don’t publish my name. Dear Anonymous, You could argue that if any of us ever forget that we are spirits, only briefly inhabiting human forms, our sense of identity is equally incomplete, no matter how much we may remember about who else we’re supposed to be.

aries Mar 20 – Apr 19

Some people, it seems, argue ‘ just for the sake of it’. Others have much more meaningful reasons to disagree. They may know, through experience, that many assertions are unreliable. People say what they have been told to say - or echo what they have been taught to believe - without really checking to see if there is any truth in their view. Or, instinctively, someone may hear an explanation being given and feel quite sure that this must be wrong. Such differences can be highly healthy. Respect them, as they arise, today. Anxious? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

gemini May 21 – Jun 20

If our responsibilities become burdensome, if we have too many promises to keep, if there are too many things to worry about, we experience the pressure as a load that we must carry. Even if we can manage to put it down for a while, sooner or later, we will have to pick it up again. Won’t that be all the more depressing? But you are now in a fine position to start reducing and lightening your load. It can’t vanish in an instant but if you deal, today, with something that you have been avoiding, you will make surprising progress. Confused? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

leo Jul 22 – Aug 22

Physicists are keen to have us believe that there once was a very Big Bang. This idea that the universe had a beginning defies the concept of eternity. Eternity has no beginning, it has no end. That is why it is often symbolised by a circle. Any attempt to comprehend such an idea, is enough to blow the mind of a mere mortal who leads a very finite existence, no matter how high his or her IQ may be. We will return to this debate tomorrow. Meanwhile, today, avoid inventing crazy explanations for things that you can’t grasp. Anxious? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

libra Sep 23 - Oct 22

We all do our best to rub along with one another. We avoid arguments. We tread delicately around sensitive subjects and, where we know that we are in danger of saying something that will upset a companion or a colleague, we bite our lips and raise some other topic of conversation instead. But none of that means that we see eye to eye entirely with those around us. Current events are giving an airing to some bone of contention that has long been at least half buried for too long. That’s awkward but it may yet bring good news. Confused? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

sagittarius Nov 20 - Dec 20

Some folk are ‘ fair- weather friends’. They are there for us when we don’t need much help, and when times are tough they go to ground. Others clearly stick with us through thick and thin. Some might be in either camp. We may have to put them to the test. We should surely give them the benefit of the doubt before deciding that there is artifice in the affinity. You aren’t sure quite who to approach for assistance with a sensitive matter now. Begin where your heart would most like you to feel that you would be right and safe to start. Anxious? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

aquarius Jan 20 - Feb 17

What if we just do nothing? What if we give up, shrug our shoulders, adopt a kind of easy- going, ‘ take it as it comes’ approach? Is that an outrageous abrogation of a great responsibility? Is it an act of reprehensible laziness? Or are such self- denigratory comments borne only of misplaced guilt and an over- reliance on some outmoded work ethic? Before assuming, today, that the only way to go forward is to run as fast as you can, at least consider the possibility that all you need will come naturally to you, if you just sit still. Confused? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

taurus Apr 20 – May 20

Are you ready to think the unthinkable. If something is unthinkable, how can anyone ever think it? What we mean by ‘ the unthinkable’, is the ‘ taboo’. The world, it seems, is full of secrets we are all trying to keep from one another. Truths that we fear it may be too impolite to tell. Or opinions which we fear will offend other people if we give voice to them. What is ironic is that often the folk around us are hiding, from us, much the same thing that we are trying to hide from them. A little more candour may be called for today. Worried? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

cancer Jun 21 – Jul 21

When psychologists and psychiatrists go out drinking in bars, what are their conversations like? ‘ Good to see you.’ ‘ Do you feel it is really good or are you just experiencing an obligation to say that?’ ‘ Are you asking me that question in an attempt to expose my hidden hostility or to help me understand the root of my overeagerness to please?’ And so on. Heaven knows how they ever get round to watching the TV sport or deciding whose turn it is to buy the next round of drinks. Don’t fall into such a quagmire today. Uncertain? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

virgo Aug 23 - Sep 22

How much energy do plants devote to yesterday? Do tall trees think back wistfully to when they were saplings? Do they contemplate their future security? Or do they just simply exist in the here and now, blissfully unaware that there has ever been - or may ever be - a there or a then? Are we not all encouraged by the gurus of mindfulness and meditation to be similarly centred? Like a tree, today, you can be bigger ( and wiser) than whatever is bugging you. This will yet help you bear rich fruit. Worried? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

scorpio Oct 23 - Nov 21

When we leave this world and enter the realm beyond, will we be greeted by some official clutching a clipboard? Will we need to fill in a form to see if we are now destined for Heaven or Hell? What will be on it? ‘ Were you well behaved? Did you let anybody down?’ What if no complicated point scoring system existed at all? What if there was only one question? Did you allow yourself to appreciate what an incredible gift your life was? Today brings you a chance to do just that. It may count for more than you think! Uncertain? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

capricorn Dec 2 1 - Jan 19

You may not know everything but you know enough. There may be gaps in your experience but nonetheless, you do have some very useful knowledge of a situation. Think of that experience as an island in an ocean of uncertainty. You will be on safe ground as long as you stick with what’s familiar. And if it’s necessary to venture out across the great water of the unknown, first fashion a boat from whatever materials you can find upon that outcrop. You’ve got what it takes to start creating all that you need. Worried? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.

pisces Feb 18 - Mar 19

We want to belong to the winning team. We want to know that we have nailed our colours to the mast from which now flies the flag of inevitable victory. It is human instinct. So much so, that it can, if we are not careful, supersede discrimination. The slight matter of an objective appraisal begins to seem like an irritating irrelevance. Never mind asking, ‘ do we deserve this?’ Just keep shouting, ‘ we are the best’ until we can believe nothing else. As it happens, today, you truly are on the right side and you will yet reap the benefit of that. Uncertain? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Call 1900 950 020.