JONATHAN CAINER

Hello Jonathan, Why does Aries have the least number of stars in its constellation, and why does that bug me? PS: I’m an Aries. Lindsay Dear Lindsay, ‘Why’ is never an easy question to answer. But I can at least promise it is irrelevant here. Astrologers don’t work with constellations. We use equal divisions of the ‘ecliptic’ or the path that the Sun, Moon and planets appear to follow through the sky. The constellations line this path but, though the zodiac signs we use are named after these, they don’t align exactly and aren’t quite the same thing.

ARIES

Mar 21 — Apr 20

LIFE puts us through moments of doubt. We don’t need to create such experiences for ourselves. We can just sit around minding our own business and, sooner or later, we will begin to wonder whether we ought to be minding some other kind of business instead. Not all fear is false. There may be good reasons to heed misgivings and respect potential problems. But if you’ve already paid attention to the issues that might arise, you’ve done all you can. Dwell no further. Allow a little light to brighten your day. Much can improve between now and the Christmas Day full moon. For your NEW moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5601.

TAURUS

Apr 21 — May 21

SOME say life on planet Earth is like a ride at a funfair. Each time we orbit the Sun, we complete another circuit on the great merrygo-round. Yet, though themes may repeat from year to year, we can become adept at seeing patterns. There is always something new to learn and to be inspired by. Life is now teaching you a lesson about the ability to be at peace, to create a shelter from the storm and to step away from unnecessary controversy. There is no harm or shame in doing any of that today. Great news between now and Christmas. For your NEW spookily accurate moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5602.

GEMINI

May 22 — June 22

WHAT will happen if you choose to do this but not that? Much depends on previous experience. If you have tried alternatives, you may be able to form a judgment and make a prediction. Yet life’s greatest controversies often arise over decisions that we are less sure of. We think, ‘this will happen’ or ‘maybe that’. We may have our favourite theories but to what extent can we rely on these? An experiment that reflects a sincere hope may take you further today than a pessimistic assumption. Much can improve between now and the Christmas Day full moon. For your NEW moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5603.

CANCER

June 23 — July 23

NONE of us get to design our life. Nor can we ever be in full control of it. The best we can hope to attain is a temporary feeling of familiarity based on simple expectations. Does that make us failures? Only if we wish to categorise the whole human race in that way. Some struggle to limit their own choices in the hope that this will give an artificial sense of power. But an ability to do this hardly makes a person into a success! Something magical and surprising is arising for you today. Be ready to embrace it. Great news between now and Christmas. For your NEW spookily accurate moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5604.

LEO

July 24 — Aug 23

WE MAY not know what we are doing here, where we have come from or where we will eventually go. But that doesn’t stop us from developing strong opinions. Perhaps we deliberately nurture these because they distract us from the questions to which we cannot ever hope to find answers. As you now seek the best way to proceed with a problem today, be reassured by the amount that you don’t know. It may be that one of the things you don’t know is why an apparent problem isn’t really a problem after all! Much can improve between now and the Christmas Day full moon. For your NEW moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5605.

VIRGO

Aug 24 — Sep 23

HEALTH, wealth, romance and success are traditionally considered life’s great mystery areas. They are where we would most passionately hope to feel blessed yet are least likely to be pursuing any kind of deliberate strategy. Even if we do follow a plan, it is probably based on our understanding of some accumulated half-truths and superstitions. It certainly can’t be a perfect policy. Does what you are doing now make any sense? Perhaps not. But as you are about to discover that it works, who cares? Great news between now and Christmas. For your NEW spookily accurate moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5606.

LIBRA

Sep 24 — Oct 23

IF YOU are doing what needs to be done, how can anything other than a good result ensue? And if you are making some dreadful mistake? Well, how can you possibly hope to tell whether you are making a mistake or not? If any of us had automatic, infallible insight into such a matter, we would never make another error. Where you currently fear that you have reached the wrong conclusion or picked the wrong direction, you may yet soon simply learn that you were wrong to imagine that you were wrong! Much can improve between now and the Christmas Day full moon. For your NEW moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5607.

SCORPIO

Oct 24 — Nov 22

WHAT inspires each blade of grass to burst forth from a seed and start soaking up the sunlight? What brings each fresh breath in and out of your chest? We should never underestimate the vital spark at the heart of life itself. It drives so many positive forces and functions. Without it, we would be nothing. And with it? Well, The energy at the heart of all creation beats in your heart today and resonates with every other constructive impulse on this planet. Trust that and let life guide you to a good outcome. Great news between now and Christmas. For your NEW spookily accurate moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5608.

SAGITTARIUS

Nov 23 — Dec 21

IF YOU weren’t here doing this, perhaps you could be there doing that? Yet if you hadn’t been there doing that, you might not have ended up here doing this. It is confusing to consider the should-haves, would-haves and could-haves that hang like a cloud over every human head. There is no profit in indulging any of these questions today. The moment you decide to accept and embrace what ‘simply is’ and to be truly glad of it, is the moment that magic comes flooding back into your life today. Much can improve between now and the Christmas Day full moon. For your NEW moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5609.

CAPRICORN

Dec 22 — Jan 20

YOU are good at what you do. That’s all fine, as long as you are doing something constructive. Problems become more likely to arise when you allow yourself to engage with a task that is not quite so useful. When, for example, you decide that you need to worry about a potential problem, then that becomes the thing that you are doing — and, being you, you do it rather too well! A seemingly big cause for concern is eating away at you now. But really, it is just a small cause for concern. Try to relax. Great news between now and Christmas. For your NEW spookily accurate moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5610.

AQUARIUS

Jan 21 — Feb 19

WE DO our best and hope that this will be good enough. We can’t, though, always be sure we know what our best effort needs to be. There is always a risk we may jump to an inappropriate conclusion about the ideal solution to a problem. A big part of ‘doing your best’ must involve checking first, that you aren’t inadvertently doing your worst. It may also involve giving the cosmos some credit. Might you, today, be interpreting an event as undesirable when it actually represents a positive possibility? Much can improve between now and the Christmas Day full moon. For your NEW moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5611.

PISCES

Feb 20 — Mar 20

IMAGINE a restaurant that served wonderful food but required customers to bring along their own crockery and cutlery. If folk just turned up, expecting to have their dinner served, they might feel very frustrated. But at least they would eventually see that a solution of some kind was attainable. Perhaps your current situation is analogous with that. The cosmos, today, is doing all that it can to provide what you need to feel happy. You just need to supply a willingness to recognise and appreciate that. Great news between now and Christmas. For your NEW spookily accurate moon sign forecast, call 0906 751 5612.