JONATHAN CAINER

Aspects, angles or alignments provide the most crucial insight to astrologers. Whenever I cast a chart, far more than I ever want to know ‘which planet is in which sign?’ I want to know ‘which planet is forming what alignment with which other celestial body?’ that’s always going to tell me whether an outlook is easy or challenging, and why! It was the great 16th-century astronomer, Johannes Kepler, who had most to say about how revealing this particular information could be. His writings on this subject inspired me when I was a student. I still respect his views.

ARIES Mar 21 — Apr 20 ARE you of sound mind and judgment? Can we trust you to take responsibility for an important process? Ought there not to be someone else, somehow older and wiser, with whom the buck stops? Apparently, it all falls on your shoulders and you can’t shirk that, even if you want to. Thankfully, you don’t want to, do you? You have got to do what you can’t avoid doing today, and thankfully, you are perfectly capable of doing it — and of doing it well. You will soon demonstrate that beyond all doubt. Uncertain? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5601.

TAURUS Apr 21 — May 21 YOU are aware of much that needs to be done and worried lest somehow, you find yourself unable to do it. Have you not made mistakes in the past? Might you not be in danger of repeating those now? Actually, your very sense of reticence and apprehension can be seen as a reassuring sign. Having established that it might, at times, be wise not to trust yourself, you now just have to concede there are other times when you can, indeed, be fully trusted. This, today, is one of those times. Anxious? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5602.

GEMINI May 22 — June 22 WE GET used to trials and tribulations. We learn to take these in our stride. Life teaches us that, as fast as we have solved one problem, we can expect to be presented with another so we had best not rest on our laurels. Yet once in a while the challenges don’t come quite so thick and fast. Then, instead of basking in a rare chance to relax, we begin to worry about whether they may be disguising themselves as innocuous events. Even so, you need not over-react to a minor factor today. Confused? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5603.

CANCER June 23 — July 23 YESTERDAY, we discussed the saying, ‘some things are sent to try us’. If that is true, other things must be sent to assist us. But who is doing all that sending? Is there some cosmic sorting office from which curses and blessings are dispatched? Can we change our fate (or improve our fortune) by changing our address or refusing to answer next time there is a knock on the door? Even if we could, might that not also mean we’d miss the positive parcels? What’s coming your way today is worth having. Worried? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5604.

LEO July 24 — Aug 23 WHY don’t the papers contain more good news? Once in a while, happy tales do make the headlines but research, strangely, has proven that most of us have a perverse preference for hearing of struggles, stresses, strains, conflicts, complaints and controversies. As long, that is, as those things are happening to others, not to us. You want to feel there is hope on your own horizon. There truly is. The more you believe it, the more you’ll look for it. The more you look for it, the more you’ll find it today! Uncertain? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5605.

VIRGO Aug 24 — Sep 23 SOME people say, ‘Beware the light at the end of the tunnel, for you may merely be seeing the headlamp of an oncoming train!’ Now that’s classic pessimism. There is always a risk of something. There is always a reason to doubt everything. We can invariably persuade ourselves to feel fearful if we are so inclined. But whilst you should, of course, think carefully about potential negative implications of an arising possibility today, you should not dismiss it, just because it may not be perfect in every way. Anxious? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5606.

LIBRA Sep 24 — Oct 23 WHAT if this goes wrong? What if that falls apart? What if so-and-so fails to do suchand-such? What if a series of unfortunate events lead to a set of regrettable circumstances? Please don’t worry. I’m not raising these questions to prepare you for undesirable developments. I’m just drawing your attention to the presence of a doubtful voice in the back of your mind. There it chatters away, just as it does in the back of every other mind on this earth. Is your worry valid today? Most definitely not! Confused? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5607.

SCORPIO Oct 24 — Nov 22 YOUNG people never fully understand the impact they are having on older people. In each of us, no matter how old we may be, there is a young person. The thoughts, feelings and philosophies of our youth continue to influence us, regardless of how many years have since passed by. Nor do we ever entirely forget our early fears and aspirations. Should you now be reviewing a past policy in the light of your own advancing years? Actually, today you see that what you once thought was right ... is still right. Worried? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5608.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 — Dec 21 TEST pilots and racing drivers have fewer accidents than one might expect. They are conscious of the risks they take so they are exceptionally diligent. As much as anyone can know what they are doing, they know! Others might not realise this. That’s why the only folk who travel in their passenger seats, are co-pilots who have matching nerves of steel. You may not think you are being brave today. But someone watching is worried. Don’t let that put you off but do be sensitive where you can. Uncertain? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5609.

CAPRICORN Dec 22 — Jan 20 BECAUSE you were born under such a sensible sign, I am reluctant to speak about cosmic forces whispering advice or spirits making helpful suggestions. That sounds far too airy-fairy. Perhaps the fairies think so too and that’s why they are resorting to a more direct messaging system. If you can’t or won’t hear the whisper on the breeze, perhaps you will heed the content of a letter or the implication of an event? Whether from the fairies or from a more mundane source, only good guidance comes your way today. Anxious? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5610.

AQUARIUS Jan 21 — Feb 19 IF ONE person has an idea, they may be a maverick. If two are of that opinion, they can be seen as partners in crime. Once we get past three, we have the makings of a conspiracy. But when any new vision gains enough groundswell of support, it slowly becomes a consensus that none but a fool would question. Every pillar of the establishment began as a small outpost of innovation. You might not have as much support as you would wish for, but that doesn’t mean you are making an error. Keep on. Confused? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5611.

PISCES Feb 20 — Mar 20 ASTRONOMERS get cross with astrologers because ‘we read meaning into things that aren’t even real’. To back this up they cite the importance we attach to factors like retrograde phases — of the kind that your ruler, Neptune, is now reaching the end of. They are right, in one way. No planet ever truly moves backwards. That is just an optical illusion. But at the very essence of your zodiac sign is a spirit of illusion and diffusion! Something that once baffled and bamboozled you is about to become brilliantly clear. Worried? I’ve recorded a very special message for you. In four minutes, I’ll give you the key to your future. Call 0906 751 5612.