If you celebrate your birthday this week, you share with:
11th: Harry Connick, Jnr Age – 55
12th: Jennifer Hudson Age – 41
13th: Niall Horan Age – 29
14th: Sam Neill Age – 75
15th: Prince Harry Age – 38
16th: Nick Jonas Age – 30
17th: Baz Luhrmann Age – 60
Your Year Ahead
This year is fuelled by finances. Basically, Virgos want more spending power, and you’ll become far more inventive in the ways you can earn it. It’s also time to take your professional life into your own hands. The message is simple: if dissatisfied, look for alternative ways of making a living. If this involves retraining, so be it. Once that’s achieved, you’ll be amazed at how much success flows your way. Upgrading a car or property also looks to be on the agenda. On top of this, a carnally-charged cosmos brings romance into your life.
Virgo (August 24 – September 22)
Best Day: Friday 16th
Mercury retrograde strikes again and creates a hot mess for everyone. This retrograde creates an optical illusion that stirs up technology, travel and communication. But if you work with this transit, rather than against it, you can truly glean a fresh perspective on your life through reflecting, realigning and recreating.
Libra (September 23 – October 23)
Best Day: Wednesday 14th
A plodding Mercury is prompting you to tie up any loose ends – sooner rather than later. Pay outstanding bills, reorganise your cupboards and rid yourself of any unnecessary baggage. In the same way, it’s not a great week for new ventures. To stay in the planetary flow, delay starting anything new until early next month.
Scorpio (October 24 – November 22)
Best Day: Thursday 15th
Change doesn’t come easily to Scorpios. This week, however, you start to learn new ways of dealing with life. It won’t be easy to make certain changes, but letting go is exactly what you should do. Stop worrying about the things that you may leave behind and instead focus on everything waiting in the future.
Sagittarius (November 23 – December 21)
Best Day: Monday 12th
Silence might be golden but it can also lead to inner conflict. You’ve been asked to maintain secrecy and, until now, have kept good faith. After all, it’s in your nature to be unquestioningly loyal. That is, until you run against a particularly petulant Mercury, who’s keen to get you talking when you should be staying quiet.
Capricorn (December 22 – January 20)
Best Day: Saturday 17th
Your confidence and optimism make a comeback, counterbalancing Mercury’s scrambled signals. Many a karmic debt has been repaid, and much grace accumulated. This is your time to shine, so be prepared to declare your most cherished desires to the world. Your own agenda, driven by your soul’s unique purpose, comes to the fore.
Aquarius (January 21 – February 18)
Best Day: Wednesday 14th
It’s time to sit down and resolve your problems with loved ones. If you don’t take this opportunity to talk with your spouse, colleagues or friends, then expect upheavals by week’s end. Clear the air by unearthing any hidden hostilities. Discuss finances, especially. Health will improve once the tension has been cleared.
Pisces (February 19 – March 20)
Best Day: Saturday 17th
It’s hard sticking to the centre of a problem when your head is spinning like a centrifuge. But once mind settles, options will become more defined. There are times in your life when a crisis forces a change. That time is now. Along with altering the way you react to others, you develop a deep need to locate that special power that’s within us all.
Aries (March 21 – April 20)
Best Day: Friday 16th
You have plenty to think about this week, so do exactly that. Just don’t act on any of your ideas. With Mercury sidling backwards, it’s not the right time to make final decisions. Also, after last week’s major planetary transits, the cosmic dust again needs to settle before you move on major issues. In matters of love, too – tread warily.
Taurus (April 21 – May 20)
Best Day: Sunday 11th
Prepare for the unpredictable, Taurus. Thanks to a delinquent Mercury, you’re journeying though an “anything can happen and probably will” phase. Maybe it’s time to be less indulgent and, perhaps, try not to cause disruption. Your relationships are also at odds, as is your bank balance. A week for caution.
Gemini (May 21 – June 21)
Best Day: Tuesday 13th
Sometimes a time-out does the trick, Gemini. Take a day or two off from whatever is making you tetchy (a wretched retrograde Mercury, no doubt) and, pretty soon, you should start to feel right again. Talking to an objective friend can also be of assistance. It could help you to stabilise a situation, and then make positive changes from there.
Cancer (June 22 – July 22)
Best Day: Sunday 11th
It’s been said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. Sound familiar, Cancer? Perhaps it’s time to let go of things that you may have been conditioned to accept, habits that are hard to break or people who are hard to let go of. It won’t be an easy decision but, maybe, a necessary one.
Leo (July 23 – August 23)
Best Day: Monday 12th
There’s no shame in moments of weakness. You feel vulnerable, as you’ve been so trusting. Don’t be so hard on yourself, Leo. Life’s been tough lately and despite all, you’re still standing strong. By week’s end, the planets push for spiritual and intellectual growth. This could mean learning new disciplines, and then applying them to daily life.
