JONATHAN CAINER

I have long believed this world is becoming safer and saner. I still see this, despite the Paris tragedy. Countless millions want only to live in peace. To give that peace a chance, we should try to want nothing but good, even for those who want nothing b

ARIES Mar 21—Apr 20 WHY are we required to act like grown-ups? Can’t we be allowed to act like the kids who, deep down inside, we surely still are? What’s all this pressure to pay bills, fulfil duties, accept responsibilities and make tricky decisions? Why can’t we be left to play under the kitchen table while someone else takes care of all that stuff? Someone, it seems, thinks that it is necessary for you to display an adult attitude this week. You may not feel especially inspired to do this, but you are quite capable — as you will soon prove. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest week-ahead forecast: 0906 751 5601.

TAURUS Apr 21—May 21 PERHAPS you doubt your own ability. Maybe you question whether you are entitled to wield a particular type of power. Even so, you are in a stronger position than you think and are about to be the beneficiary of advantageous circumstances. These will ensure that, whether by accident or design, luck or skill, you have wound up in the right place at the right time and are about to find yourself naturally understanding how (and when) to do just the right thing. Trust what your instincts are starting to tell you. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest week-ahead forecast: 0906 751 5602.

GEMINI May 22 — June 22 LIFE on Earth is not always as easy as we wish. Nor, though, is it always as difficult as we fear. There are, it’s true, times when things fall happily into place for some folk and times, too, when others seem to be struggling against more than is fair. But experiences at either end of that spectrum are rare. Most of us are somewhere in the middle. It’s only our imagination that persuades us we are drifting towards one extreme or another. This week brings realism and reassurance. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest weekahead forecast: 0906 751 5603.

CANCER June 23—July 23 WE OFTEN observe that ‘some things are sent to try us’. If so, doesn’t it follow that there must be ‘other things’ that are sent to assist and inspire us? It stands to reason, doesn’t it? We can’t expect only sources of stress and strain to be sent our way. The same channels that deliver these must surely also bring more desirable developments. This week’s most important question is simply: ‘What happier packages are also likely to be sent your way this week?’ You’ll like the answer you eventually get. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest weekahead forecast: 0906 751 5604. AS

LEO July 24 — Aug 23 WE always turn to our zodiac forecast in the hope of hearing good news, there must be a real need for that good news in our lives. If we were already benefiting from a cavalcade of comforting communiques, we wouldn’t seek such messages from astrologers. Does that mean then, that when the world finally becomes a fairer, happier, place there will be no further call for my profession? We’ll find out if it ever happens. Meanwhile, you need some good news and I can promise plenty for you this week. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest week-ahead forecast: 0906 751 5605. VIRGO Aug 24—Sep 23 PEOPLE who forever look on the bright side may find a need to wear sunglasses. But that hardly means that they would be better off peering into darkness. People who seek hidden truths may be overwhelmed by the sheer amount that is waiting to be discovered, yet that’s no reason to dwell in the realm of delusion and deception. It is as if, this week, you are reluctant to pursue an inspiring idea lest it raises too many confusing possibilities. Focus on it anyway. All will become comfortingly clear. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest weekahead forecast: 0906 751 5606. LIBRA Sep 24 — Oct 23 IS IT fair or reasonable to expect a good week? A degree of thought must be given to what we mean by the word ‘good’. Flights of fancy that culminate in lottery wins or in the favourable completion of protracted conflicts may be unlikely. I’m not saying such events simply cannot transpire, but would you really require developments quite so dramatic? Are there not smaller hopes and wishes which, if even partly fulfilled, would bring a smile to your face? Those possibilities, at least, look distinctly feasible. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest weekahead forecast: 0906 751 5607. SCORPIO Oct 24—Nov 22 WHO runs the world? Old folk? Or young folk? If the young are all doing what the old are telling them to do, let us hope that the old folk recall the many ridiculous rules which they had hoped to eradicate, yet which are still being upheld, more through inertia than intent. If the young folk daren’t challenge these and the old ones can’t even remember that they need to be challenged, how can there ever be positive change? In your heart, you are young. And this week will yet bring you a young person’s victory. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest weekahead forecast: 0906 751 5608. SAGITTARIUS Nov 23—Dec 21 YOU want to do what’s fair. You want to do what’s right. But do you also want to do what’s realistic? A natural urge to pursue the path of truth and justice burns in every Sagittarian heart like a torch in a sacred crypt. But your definition of ‘realistic’ is, well, it’s not for me to criticise you, especially when you so often surprise the naysayers. But let’s just say your definition of ‘realistic’ is surprisingly similar to someone else’s definition of ‘unrealistic’. You may well be proven right this week. Be sensitive, even so. Just four minutes could change your life. Call your latest week-ahead forecast: 0906 751 5609. CAPRICORN Dec 22—Jan 20 IF WE only ever do the obvious, what’s the point in having an imagination? Why be glad of the spark of innovation that lights our inner candle of creativity? Don’t we feel fantastic when we are exploring new territory? While it can hardly be wise to reject any idea simply because it is too conventional, there is much to be said for exploring all options. This week, there is so much to be said for this it is no wonder you are hearing encouraging suggestions everywhere you go. Feel free to heed these. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest week-ahead forecast: 0906 751 5610.

AQUARIUS Jan 21 — Feb 19 AQUARIANS are unafraid of difficulty. If someone tells you they expect a plan to prove problematic or that you had best prepare to face an obstacle, this hardly daunts you. You are tenacious. Experience has also taught you that most folk are too quick to give up. They don’t think things through. They assume the worst and opt, instead, for whatever looks easiest. You are smarter than that, and that’s why you often accomplish so much more. It is certainly why you can expect to do so well this week. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest week-ahead forecast: 0906 751 5611. PISCES Feb 20 — Mar 20 SINCE 1846, astrologers have seen the planet Neptune as the ruler of Pisces. Since June, this year, Neptune has been going through one of its regular retrograde phases. That ends this week, and, with it ends some of the reticence you have recently been feeling about a plan or project. It may, in principle, have made much sense to you. But you have felt unable to fully identify with the objective. Slowly, this week, you regain faith in your own future and begin to see many a reassuring reason to expect success. Just four minutes on the phone to me could change your life. Call your latest weekahead forecast: 0906 751 5612.