JONATHAN CAINER

Dear Jonathan, In a recent letter, Nicholas suggested that the world resembled a toy humming top. This wonderful image is also sad. As children, we feel close to the secrets of the universe. As adults, life’s harsh realities make us forget those simple truths. Then, we can’t imagine how the top keeps turning. But does that mean we should regard the turning of the Earth as someone else’s responsibility? Doug Dear Doug, A good point. Isn’t it better for us to relax and appreciate a miracle than to fear that if we stop striving, the world may stop spinning?

ARIES Mar 21 — Apr 20 WHAT really did happen once upon a time, a long time ago? Are you sure you remember correctly? Perhaps you have placed a spin on a story. Maybe you have looked back on something baffling and figured: ‘Things must have been this way.’ This may have helped you make sense of it. Yet the subsequent explanation was not a part of the actual situation. You can’t be fully sure of it, even now. But this week’s events will help you see an important part of yesterday in a new light. Uncertain? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5601.

TAURUS Apr 21 — May 21 HOW can you pick up the ball and run with it if your arms are already full of some other ball that you picked up a while ago? What’s worth more: the commitment you have already made or the one that you could now make, if only you hadn’t made the first one? As you attempt to answer this question, don’t confuse the issue by worrying about what others will think of you. Don’t be swayed by your own misguided sense of loyalty, either. Be pragmatic. Be honourable, too, this week, but don’t be sentimental. Anxious? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5602.

GEMINI May 22 — June 22 VENUS is in your sign. Someone likes you. Someone special. Someone you like. What else do you need to know? Is it not enough, now, to know that you are appreciated and respected? Of course not. You want more. You can have it, too. In time. But you should still savour and relish a very special bond that you are now subtly building with an individual. It exists for a reason. There are constructive things that you can do together. And for each other. This week, you can solve a lot of problems. Confused? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5603.

CANCER June 23 — July 23 ‘FORTUNE favours the brave.’ That’s what they say. But who are the ‘they’ in question? Why, the brave, of course! The meek don’t say such things — they are too meek! But just because the brave insist that fortune favours them, we shouldn’t run away with the idea that the meek are never blessed with helpful coincidence. Luck is equally available to us all. If some seem to have more, it is because they are predisposed towards recognising serendipity. Who does fortune favour

in your world this week? You! Worried? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5604.

LEO July 24 — Aug 23 OUR minds, at times, are like machines. We file away some of our memories and it can take a while to access them. We focus on the needs of a current situation, forgetting wider experiences that might distract us from what’s important today. In doing this, we may lose the ability to challenge bad habits we have fallen into. This is a time to rediscover what you used to know and recall a different set of emotional priorities. This week, the past has something magical to teach you about the future. Uncertain? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5605.

VIRGO Aug 24 — Sep 23 WHEN we haven’t got what we feel we want, we try to cheer ourselves up by setting out to get what we feel we can have. We have to want it a bit, or there would be no point. But if we really wanted it that badly, it wouldn’t be our second choice. Sometimes, in that quest for an acceptable substitute, we compromise too many standards. Or we aim for something that we do want, and can have, but that we know we really ought not to want or have, because it’s bad for us. Watch for

that this week. You deserve the best. Anxious? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5606.

LIBRA Sep 24 — Oct 23 PEOPLE believe what they want to believe. They see what they want to see. They hear what they want to hear. That’s why there are so many misunderstandings. We talk, but we don’t listen. We interpret signs and signals. We read meaning into messages. We assume agreement, often without good reason. We expect disagreement, even when there is common ground. You are about to make a precious discovery. For a while after that you may not be sure what you believe. But then, you’ll have clarity and confidence. Confused? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5607.

SCORPIO Oct 24 — Nov 22 A SEEMINGLY endless drama is being played out. Every so often it looks as if it is about to get interesting — but mainly it is a repeat. You suspect you are living through some pale parody of what could be a much more satisfying saga. This week enables you to see how you can add depth and intensity. You are starting to make a discovery that is aggravating in one way, inspiring in another. You are becoming keenly aware of what’s wrong and why. You are also understanding how to put it right. Soon, you’ll get the chance. Worried? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5608.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 — Dec 21 TAKE a good look around. Make a note of all you see. Before long, much will have changed. By this time tomorrow, you may be looking at a different scenario. You know how when they demolish a building, there’s an explosion followed by an apparent anti-climax? For a few moments by it an looks as if the structure has remained intact, then suddenly it crumbles. Well, you have been working hard to create change of late. Sooner than you think, you are going to see results. Uncertain? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5609.

CAPRICORN Dec 22 — Jan 20 BE DISCREET Be delicate. Be gentle. Or at least, be as sensitive as you can be. Don’t mince your words, don’t speak with a forked tongue, don’t apologise for something you ought to be proud of. But don’t be contentious when you could be conciliatory or brusque when you could be polite. And if someone is behaving badly? Then set a better example. Don’t descend to that level. Two wrongs don’t make a right. You will find, this week, that all of the rewards on offer, are for kindness (not sharpness) of spirit. Anxious? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5610.

AQUARIUS Jan 21 — Feb 19 SOME say that Aquarians are creatures of instinct, not intellect. But many born under your sign are deeply analytical. They have stratospheric IQs that they use to great effect. It’s just that they can’t stop themselves from feeling moody every so often. This, though, is something to be proud of. It proves you are not a robot but a person of passion. Your feelings are a big part of what makes you so special. This week brings a very bright idea. Embrace it with your heart and... your head! Confused? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5611.

PISCES Feb 20 — Mar 20 DO YOU need to know what the week ahead holds? Not especially. You just need to know what it doesn’t hold. You need some reassurance that it contains no challenge that you can’t rise to. You need to know that your worst fear is not going to come to pass and that somehow, no matter what happens, you are going to feel fine about all that unfolds. Well, now you know — and actually that’s all you need to know. You can now allow yourself to be pleasantly surprised by all the rest that you encounter; it’s merely detail. Worried? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. Give me four minutes and I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5612.