Scottish Daily Mail

JONATHAN CAINER

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Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenk­o is not, under normal circumstan­ces, the kind of astral apparition I get excited about when preparing prediction­s. For a comet to qualify as a true herald of hope, it must be visible to the naked eye for a significan­t number of earth’s inhabitant­s. Sadly, few such heavenly visitors ever achieve such spectacula­r status. Yet you could argue that by successful­ly depositing Rosetta’s lander, Philae, on the surface of this distant iceball, the european Space Agency has placed this cosmic symbol in front of all our eyes. I’ll say more, soon, about what this may portend. ARIES IF YOU don’t ask

Mar 21 — Apr 20 questions, you won’t get answers. And if you don’t get answers, you won’t have to keep asking more questions. You can live safely in a bubble of reassuring bliss. Well, they do say that’s what ignorance is and aren’t we far better off knowing as little as possible? Won’t we find that if we probe and pry, we stir up a hornet’s nest of drama? I’m not trying to suggest this is the kind of policy you should pursue this week. I’m just pointing out only the brave can afford to be curious. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest weekahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5601.

TAURUS ANOTHER week rolls

Apr 21 — May 21 by. And for the little blue ball of rock that spins in space as it hurtles endlessly round the Sun, it is another week among billions. Yet for you and I, with our limited lifespans, it is one in 5,000. (For that, assuming we reach 100, is about the number we can ever expect to see). Must they all be made to count? Can’t we allow ourselves to drift through some of them? We can! We don’t have to fight with all our might for every minute of every day. Allow yourself, this week, to be carried for a while. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest weekahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5602.

GEMINI WHY do some

May 22 — June 22 people think the way they do? How come they keep jumping to so many silly conclusion­s and accepting so many unproven assumption­s? Why aren’t they more sensible? Perhaps because, if they were, the rest of us would run short of reasons to throw our hands up in horror in disapprovi­ng judgment. We all secretly like having things to react against. Could it be a particular conflict in your world is being artificial­ly fuelled by a hidden hunger for divisivene­ss? I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest week-ahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5603. CANCER SOME say that if

June 23 — July 23 we expect the worst, we invite it. I’m not so sure I agree. Sometimes the very act of envisaging the most undesirabl­e outcome to a situation can alleviate stress. We follow the line of thought through to the end. Then, having imagined the worst and seen that somehow, even if it were to occur, we would survive, we can allow ourselves to relax and feel more confident. This very upgrade in our attitude may well lead to an improvemen­t in our circumstan­ces. You will see this week. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest weekahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5604. LEO THERE is an old saying in

July 24 — Aug 23 the medical profession: ‘Diagnosis is half the cure.’ Mechanics would tend to agree. If you can work out what’s wrong with an engine, you are well on the way to mending it. But what if there has been a misdiagnos­is? What if someone, somewhere, has been too hasty to decide they recognise the cause of a particular malaise and must take a series of drastic steps to rectify this? There may yet be a simpler, happier, explanatio­n for an issue that has arisen this week. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest week-ahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5605. VIRGO WE ALL like to feel as if

Aug 24 — Sep 23 we know what we are doing. We don’t mind so much about the size of the challenge, as long as we can feel sure we understand both it and what is required of us. But what if the challenge the cosmos is currently putting in front of you involves forgetting all that you think you know about how a situation works — or what is really going on in a particular person’s mind? This week’s events are effectivel­y inviting you to alter an opinion. That won’t be easy, but it will be most rewarding. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest week-ahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5606. LIBRA THESE days, many

Sep 24 — Oct 23 check-in desks at airports display notices warning passengers they are not to joke about the contents of their luggage. No matter how funny a comment may be, if it implies a potential security threat, it will have to be taken seriously. Protests that this represents an intrusion on freedom of speech go unheard. The card of fear has now been deemed to trump the card of joviality. Don’t allow a similar twist of priority in your personal life to spoil your week. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest week-ahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5607. SCORPIO WE ALL like to

Oct 24 — Nov 22 define ourselves by the characteri­stics that make us stand out. There are times when we all take refuge in our commonalit­y. ‘I belong to this group.’ ‘I agree with these people.’ ‘I am a subscriber to this belief.’ There is a great sense of security to be derived from identifyin­g with a view to which many others also relate passionate­ly. Sometimes, we so strongly seek this sense of support, we play down the areas where we may differ from others. Be wary of such blurred vision. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest week-ahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5608.

SAGITTARIU­S COMPLAIN

Nov 23 — Dec 21 all you like about the nature of the creek you have wound up in. But the fact remains you are sitting in a boat and that long thing lying by your feet is a paddle. Pick it up and use it. And, yes, there is no getting away from the fact that if you put the paddle on the outside of the boat and start paddling, you may end up getting splashed. But it is still the only way to remove yourself from an unsatisfac­tory situation and hasten towards a happier set of circumstan­ces. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest weekahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5609.

CAPRICORN RECENT

Dec 22 — Jan 20 astrologic­al challenges have placed you under stress. It is even possible that, in my efforts to alert you to the intensity of these forces, I have only added to your sense of discomfort — for which I apologise. But at least I can’t be accused (as I often am) of painting an overly sunny picture. Things have already begun to get better. Soon they will get better still. And just as I didn’t mince my words when times were tough, I am not mincing them now when I tell you this week holds much promise. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest week ahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5610.

AQUARIUS Jan 21 — Feb 19 HOW do people make delightful discoverie­s? Rarely, if ever, does this come about as part of the process that involves remaining within familiar territory and applying only tried-and-tested techniques. If we don’t go out on a limb, we never discover how far that limb can extend and what delights we may be able to stretch far enough to reach. You may feel a little risk-averse, but there is no need to let this dominate your every decision. Be open to a potentiall­y rewarding adventure. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest weekahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5611. PISCES PERHAPS you had

Feb 20 — Mar 20 best not read this sentence to the end for, if you do, you will discover a full stop. Whoops! I was trying to suggest that perhaps, if you saw that full stop, you might read symbolism into it and imagine this somehow implied something was coming to an end. You are keen to feel that no such restrictio­n and limitation need be taken too seriously now. Have you not recently had too much experience of impediment? But what once stood in your way need no longer stand there — as you will see this week. I have important news about the big changes due to happen in your life. Your latest week-ahead forecast is ready. Call 0906 751 5612.

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