horoscope

Jan. 6 — 12

ARIES | March 21-April 19

This week is the best time all year to think about your life direction. Where do you want to be 10 years from now, five years from now, even next year? If you know these answers you will know how to make the decisions you’re making today, this week and this month. All these little decisions add up to “your life.” Very rarely, we make a single decision that takes us in a new direction. (“I’m moving to Istanbul.”) More often, our lives are the sum total of many small decisions that carry us along.

TAURUS | April 20-May 20

The New Moon this week is your best chance all year to think about how to expand your world and your experience of life. Traditionally, we expand our experiences through knowledge. Ask yourself what courses or further education or training you could get to improve your job or enrich your life. What can you learn that will be exciting and fulfilling?

GEMINI | May 21-June 20

Your life is intertwined with others, especially financially and in practical terms. You might have credit card debt or a mortgage; you might share property with someone; you might be involved in an inheritance; you have to pay taxes; you even have to deal with the values of others that don’t necessarily reflect your values. These are some examples of financial and practical areas that the New Moon this week is highlighting.

CANCER | June 21-July 22

This week is the only time all year when the New Moon will be opposite your sign. This is a clue that this is your best opportunity in the entire year to think about how you can improve your closest relationships with others. Relationships are important because whether you are extroverted or introverted, you’re still a very social being.

LEO | July 23-Aug. 22

This New Moon urges you to focus on your health. These decisions can affect you for the rest of your life. What can you do to reduce or eliminate whatever is unhealthy? And what can you do that will improve your health? For example, getting more exercise and eating more vegetables. This planetary focus also highlights your work and the service you offer to others. How can you get a better job, improve your job, or improve the way you do your work?

VIRGO | Aug. 23-Sept. 22

The New Moon this week wants you to contemplate how much fun and play you allow yourself. Pleasure, play, vacations, romantic diversions and chances to express your creative impulses are necessary for a balanced, happy life. (All work and no play makes Jack’s widow rich.) Do you give yourself enough guilt-free play time? Do you enjoy sports and fun activities with children? When was your last real vacation? How often do you express your creative energy — dancing, singing, drawing, painting or whatever you like to do?

LIBRA | Sept. 23-Oct. 22

This is the only time of the year when the New Moon highlights everything to do with home, family and your private life. On Friday and Saturday this week (especially Friday), write down your “perfect world” regarding relationships to family and experience of home. What can you do to improve relationships this year? What can you do to make changes at home so you feel more comfortable and thrilled with your living space? More than any other sign, your immediate environment affects you. Furthermore, you love to entertain! You want a home that welcomes your friends. Any ideas?

SCORPIO | Oct. 23-Nov. 21

This year is a major turning point, which means you want to know what others are saying and what they expect of you, just as much as you want to be confident they understand what you’re saying to them. No wonder this New Moon draws your attention to how you communicate to siblings, relatives and neighbours. This is also the time to scrutinize habits. How can you improve your daily habits and communication with others? Now, test your observation skills: Turn around. No peeking. How many times did I mention the word “titillation?” (Verrrry good. I’m impressed. But then, all Scorpios have the mind of a sleuth.)

SAGITTARIUS | Nov. 22-Dec. 21

You adore travel, discovering the answers to the big questions in the universe, and protecting and loving animals. But this takes money. (Especially travel and education.) That’s why this week your New Moon task is to write down some moneymaking ideas on Friday. What can you do to boost your income or get a different and better job?

CAPRICORN | Dec. 22-Jan. 19

The Sun, Mercury, Venus, Pluto and the New Moon are all in Capricorn. You’re out there flying your colours! This is all the more reason for you to be aware of the impression you create on your world. Take a realistic look in the mirror. What can you do to improve your appearance? What impression do you create?

AQUARIUS | Jan. 20-Feb. 18

It’s all subtext. You’re not sure what’s happening or what you can expect, and why you feel like you’re sitting on the sidelines observing your life. (“As an outsider, what do you think of the human race?”) Basically, many important things are going on right now but they are secret or private. You’re not broadcasting. (This doesn’t mean they are sneaky or illicit.)

PISCES | Feb. 19-March 20

As this year unfolds, your appreciation of your home and family will be enriched. And soon, either this year or next, you will take a fabulous vacation. This emphasis on your happy family life and your romantic and social life will totally affect your dealings with friends and groups. Friday’s New Moon is the perfect time to think about how to enjoy your popularity, or how to find better friends and certainly how to identify what your hopes and dreams for the future are.