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DEPENDING on where you are in the world, you have just enjoyed the year’s shortest night or the shortest day. At least, i hope you enjoyed it. You have certainly lived through it! in so far as the Solstice has a single defining moment, it is over now. But

ARIES Mar 21 — Apr 20 WE CAN all be cheerful when we’re not dealing with something difficult. And if we’ve recently eaten a good meal, we’ve got friendly company and have had enough sleep, why shouldn’t we smile? Yet even the most easygoing among us know that reasons to be grouchy are never far away. This Solstice week, you can focus on all that unnerves you or make a conscious effort to be part of the solution not the problem! The sky will support your every endeavour to paint the clouds with sunshine. How will the Solstice transform your life? I have inspiring news for you in your NEW four-minute forecast. Call 0906 751 5601. TAURUS Apr 21 — May 21 WHEN we think that others won’t like what we have to say, we say strange things instead. We make unlikely assertions and infeasible excuses. We even align ourselves to opinions which we don’t really hold, simply because these help to explain why we’re taking a certain stance. We hide behind reasons that sound ‘socially acceptable’ in the hope that this will make our true motives less obvious. The Solstice makes it possible, this week, for you to see, at least, what’s really going on in someone’s mind. Just four minutes on the phone could change your life! Let the warmth and power of the Solstice inspire you. Call 0906 751 5602. GEMINI May 22 — June 22 ONCE in a while, even the smartest among us make mistakes! It can take a while before we realise this is what we have done. It can take even longer before we see exactly what we misunderstood. Sobered by the realisation that such a thing is possible, we try to keep ourselves in check when opportunities come along. We scrutinise them suspiciously and keep our enthusiasm curbed. But what if our mistake is to doubt what we ought to trust? Don’t be too quick to quash a hope this week. The Solstice can touch your heart and transform your world. Make the most of the energy available to you now. Call 0906 751 5603. CANCER June 23 — July 23 WHEN truths need to be told, facts be faced and realities accepted . . . who you gonna call? Myth-busters! But people rarely feel inclined to explode the myths they take comfort in believing. They don’t believe they are false. They see them as real and they see any attempt to replace them with more logical explanations as subversive and malicious. Events, this week,

oblige various people in your world to reconsider some convenient assumption. After some initial

resistance, there’ll be delightful change. The Solstice brings potential for powerful positive change! There’s great news in your NEW four-minute forecast. Call 0906 751 5604. LEO July 24 — Aug 23 NOT everything turns out the way we want it to at the time we’d like it to. That’s just a fact of life and there’s no point in taking it personally. It’s as daft, in its own way, as being offended because someone in the street needs to blow their nose — or feeling hurt because the local weather, today, doesn’t match the general forecast for the area. It’s important, this week, to keep a sense of perspective as well as a sense of humour. It’s important, too, to trust that what’s less than great can yet get better. How will the Solstice transform your life? I have inspiring news for you in your NEW fourminute forecast. Call 0906 751 5605. VIRGO Aug 24 — Sep 23 ACTIONS, they say, speak louder than words. This is a generalisation. Some actions, perhaps, do. If you bang your fist on the table it probably has more impact than if you whisper, ‘I don’t like this’, quietly to yourself. But if you open your mouth and say something rude in the middle of a quiet library, you can rest assured you will have got your message across. The truly controversial issue surrounding this idea is the one that arises when people do one thing and say another. Watch, this week, for mixed messages. Just four minutes on the phone could change your life! Let the warmth and power of the Solstice inspire you. Call 0906 751 5606. LIBRA Sep 24 — Oct 23 WHAT has to happen will have to happen, regardless of whether you try to hurry it up or slow it down. But you may be able to gain an advantage from influencing the timing of the event. That, if nothing else, will provide you with a sense of power over at least some aspect of ‘cosmic inevitability’. And we could argue that all of life, in some way, is a game of just such weaving and dodging. Don’t feel thwarted, this week, by what’s beyond your power. Feel inspired by what you do have the ability to alter! The Solstice can touch your heart and transform your world. Make the most of the energy available to you now. Call 0906 751 5607. SCORPIO Oct 24 — Nov 22 THE future belongs to you! Now, doesn’t that fill you with excitement and inspiration? Or are you inclined to fear it bodes no better than the idea that any other object or situation is all yours? Don’t you have several possessions, already, that have turned out to be something of a liability? What if this future of yours turns out to be a drag? But surely, you don’t want someone else’s future instead! What awaits you now is good and well worth having. And, this week, you take a big, positive step towards it! The Solstice brings potential for powerful positive change! There’s great news in your NEW four-minute forecast. Call 0906 751 5608. SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 — Dec 21 YOU’RE being asked for more than you can supply. Again. If you meet one need, you’ll compromise your ability to meet another. Again. No matter how hard you try, you may have to try harder. Again. Unless, that is, you decide to let the world do its worst and trust in your own ability to fall on your feet, albeit with slightly more of a jolt than your knees are comfortable with. But things look worse than they are. This week, you’ll discover the universe is not as bad a place as it seems. Again! How will the Solstice transform your life? I have inspiring news for you in your NEW four-minute forecast. Call 0906 751 5609. CAPRICORN Dec 22 — Jan 20 YOU’VE got so many talents. If you consider yourself weak in some area, it may only be because you’re more able than most, yet more self-critical, too. Probably, you’ve got what others might see as a rare gift, but you’re inclined to dismiss it as a mediocre ability. The capacity to assess oneself objectively may be the most elusive skill a human can attain. 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