JONATHAN CAINER

Dear Jonathan, I agree with Ben regarding the interpretation of planets in signs of ‘exaltation’. I feel the same applies to planets considered to be in a sign of ‘fall’. I am a Pisces, with Mercury in Pisces, which is not considered the best place for Mercury. I am an astrologer and psychic. While Mercury in Pisces means I am not always great at detail, it helps me visualise and empathise. I feel that ancient astrologers developed ideas of exaltation and fall according to what was valued in their time. Everything has to move forward! Helen

ARIES Mar 21 — Apr 20 WE all know how to make do and mend. Sometimes we become so adept at improvisation that our makeshift solution becomes a permanent part of the plan. Even when people remind us of more elegant or ergonomic alternatives, we may say: ‘Oh, I don’t need to do it like that. I always do it like this.’ This weekend, you become keenly aware of the need to address a particular issue from a practical perspective. That may first involve acknowledging what’s impractical about a current arrangement. NEW! Your fourminute forecast for 2016. It’s going to be a much better year than you think. Find out why. Call 0906 751 5601.

TAURUS WE don’t have to Apr 21 — May 21 spend our whole lives creating compromises that make us feel uncomfortable. While we may have to accept the need to do things we don’t want to do, if only to get the results we desire, we should not assume every new development is bound to result in a new demand on our patience. Sometimes, some things happen surprisingly smoothly. Some situations turn out less stressful than we anticipated. This weekend, there is a real possibility, for you, of comparatively painless progress. NEW! Your forecast for 2016 is ready! Just give me four minutes and I’ll give you the keys to a great year. Call 0906 751 5602.

GEMINI YESTERDAY, I May 22 — June 22 mentioned that Hitler was a vegetarian. It turns out he wasn’t. His doctors apparently put him on a diet of cabbage to reduce flatulence. To me, that sounds even more unlikely, but it helps make an important point about your outlook this weekend. Be wary of claims that sound counterintuitive. Be equally wary of explanations that make little sense. Just do what needs to be done, regardless of who else may have done something similar in the past, and whether or not you approve of them. NEW! Your four-minute forecast for 2016. It’s going to be a much better year than you think. Find out why. Call 0906 751 5603.

CANCER HOW do you June 23 — July 23 know what you need to know? All you know is that you need to know something. If you knew the precise question to ask, you would be more than half way to the right answer. While questioning everything may seem like a scattergun approach that could unsettle various people you interact with, there is no harm in pursuing

gentle, inventive lines of inquiry. Somehow, this weekend, you will elicit information that proves valuable in material terms and helps to improve an emotional bond. NEW! Your forecast for 2016 is ready! Just give me four minutes and I’ll give you the keys to a great year. Call 0906 751 5604.

LEO THEY say we should count July 24 — Aug 23 our blessings. Why? So we can distract ourselves from the many liabilities we have been saddled with? Honestly! Such cynicism! I can hardly believe that someone as nice as you would think along such lines. What’s that? Those are my words, not yours? Ah, but somehow, secretly, you do suspect you are being hard done by and that this may have some link to your own willingness to be easily pacified. This weekend, remaining hopeful will be the key to all kinds of success. NEW! Your four-minute forecast for 2016. It’s going to be a much better year than you think. Find out why. Call 0906 751 5605.

VIRGO PHILOSOPHERS love Aug 24 — Sep 23 to discuss and debate the factors that make humans different to animals. Are we more intelligent or more sensitive? Or more aware of our own existence? I am a lowly astrologer, I do not purport to have answers to such questions. But since you ask my opinion (you did just do that, didn’t you?), I venture to suggest that it is our capacity for compassion that truly sets us apart. If, this weekend, you show kindness and sympathy, you are doing and being your best. Nothing but good can come of this. NEW! Your forecast for 2016 is ready! Just give me four minutes and I’ll give you the keys to a great year. Call 0906 751 5606.

LIBRA WHEN we are Sep 24 — Oct 23 indecisive, some people are derisive. ‘Aha,’ they say, ‘you are saying this now but before, you said that.’ The implication is that inconsistency is inexcusable. Yet there may be many good reasons for a person to change their mind. Far better, surely, to arrive belatedly at a correct conclusion than to stay committed to a bad idea. Allow yourself the freedom this weekend, to absorb new information and develop a more intelligent understanding of a sensitive situation. NEW! Your four-minute forecast for 2016. It’s going to be a much better year than you think. Find out why. Call 0906 751 5607.

SCORPIO IMAGINE a boat Oct 24 — Nov 22 out at sea with one lone, weary sailor at the helm. There is no sight of land, a storm has washed away all maps and charts from the deck, the satnav is broken but there is one working compass. From that, plus a rough idea of place and position, a sensible course can be chosen. Don’t be distracted, this weekend, by what could go wrong if a decision were to prove unwise. Focus on what your best guess is telling you and what the best information you have seems to confirm. NEW! Your forecast for 2016 is ready! Just give me four minutes and I’ll give you the keys to a great year. Call 0906 751 5608.

SAGITTARIUS IT ISN’T Nov 23 — Dec 21 always easy to hold a sense of purpose. We may set out with the best intention, yet we soon get distracted by emerging dramas and unexpected developments. We think: ‘Right! I am going to take care of this now.’ Then the phone rings and suddenly our attention is elsewhere. For a while, you have been inadvertently putting off something that ought to have been prioritised. This weekend, you start getting around to it just in time. Late, as you will soon see, is far better than never. NEW! Your four-minute forecast for 2016. It’s going to be a much better year than you think. Find out why. Call 0906 751 5609.

CAPRICORN YOU have got Dec 22 — Jan 20 what it takes. You can do what is required. Your contribution, this weekend, will make a significant difference to a sensitive situation. It won’t all be easy. It won’t all be smooth. Others may begin to fear that a prized ambition is all but a lost cause. You are steadfast and stoical. You know, from experience, that sometimes, if we just keep going and try to finish what we have started, the universe does what it can to support us and enable our success. Will that happen now? It will! NEW! Your forecast for 2016 is ready! Just give me four minutes and I’ll give you the keys to a great year. Call 0906 751 5610.

AQUARIUS ARE you Jan 21 — Feb 19 clever enough to recognise the limitations of your own intelligence? Smart people often get so intoxicated by their ability to solve problems that they begin to imagine there are no problems they cannot solve. This makes them vulnerable. Their pride can persuade them that they know what they do not know at all. This weekend, be alert to a situation that may seem simple, yet which deserves closer, more detached and open-minded evaluation. NEW! Your four-minute forecast for 2016. It’s going to be a much better year than you think. Find out why. Call 0906 751 5611.

PISCES IF THIS doesn’t work, Feb 20 — Mar 20 that may do the trick. Unless, perhaps, you want to stand even further back and question whether any process is as worthwhile as you had previously imagined. Radical rethinks and revolutionary reappraisals should never be ruled out entirely, just because they involve a mental journey away from the traditional comfort zone. But there is no point in turning every simple solution into a convoluted ramble through a forest of furrowed brows. Try embracing the obvious this weekend. NEW! Your forecast for 2016 is ready! Just give me four minutes and I’ll give you the keys to a great year. Call 0906 751 5612.