Horoscope

ARIES: Aries love a challenge, so how about saying what's on your mind this week (who could stop you?) so sweetly nobody could take offense? Plus remembering the art of conversation is not only saying the right thing at the right time, but also leaving unsaid the wrong thing at the wrong time.

TAURUS: Mars the Mover and your boss goddess Venus in mental-as-anything Gemini are busy changing and rearranging the Tauran domain. Not comfortable! If you're feeling symptoms of feverish resistance and burning irritation, boost your psychic immunity with huge doses of humour and take your patience pills.

GEMINI: You're fast as Speedy Gonzales and this week's slow motion drives you nuts - not a long drive some might say, but we won't go there. This is really a week to stay at home - so naturally you'll go out and play in the traffic. At least pace yourself so your nerves don't suffer.

CANCER: Cancerian Nelson Mandela endured years of political imprisonment by concentrating exclusively on the good in each day - sometimes only a glimmer of kindness in a guard's eye. What you put your attention on expands; this week either frustrating delays and setbacks - or all the things that are actually working.

LEO: Right now you're either dazzling the general populace with brilliance or charming them with blarney. And getting imperious and impatient over this week's inevitable glitches, which will cause dramas in the royal palazzo. Better to maintain a radiant dignity, your Majesties...

VIRGO: Everyone's imperfections are on display this week, though smart Virgos will refrain from comment. Because there'll be a hell mood in Virgoville if you insist on grizzling about disgraceful this and outrageous that, yakkity yak... Forego the whingefest; be a silent witness, and you'll be glad you did.

LIBRA: Retrograde Mercury, Jupiter and Pluto make this week's energy pretty dense. Naturally you'll lighten it by lifting peoples' spirits, tickling their funnybones and being tactful, cooperative and diplomatic. And how exhausting is all that? Better reward yourselves with spa baths, massages, nice food and retail treats.

SCORPIO: Refusing to communicate won't get you anywhere this week but in a self-destructive cloud of black sulk. Everyone behaving like angry ants is still no use excuse for power-brooding. For your own sakes, drop it - because five minutes of anger has been shown to lower your immune system for eight hours.

SAGITTARIUS: Messages mysteriously disappear, electrics rebel and forget cheques in the mail. Worst of all, forward progress is impeded and you're forced to play a waiting game. Mercury retrograde is Sagittarian hell; so approach all dramas - your own included - with patience and understanding till it passes.

CAPRICORN: If this week's plans meet delays over which you have no control, pushing won't get you anywhere but frustrated. Affection will move things more smoothly - good reason to be approachable rather than armoured with a force field of driven busyness. Don't be unavailable for people to show they love you.

AQUARIUS: This week gets everyone energetic: as in leaping to conclusions, flying off the handle, throwing wobblies and spinning out - a fussing and fighting scenario which eats up energy, dissipates concentration and drains inspiration. If you need to stay solitaire to stay sane this week, so be it...

PISCES: This week's volatile reactions are the cosmic equivalent of habanero chili, so steer clear of hot spots if you don't want to end up as Fish Flambé. If somebody's giving you the pip - and that possibility's high - view them as yet another interesting deviation from the norm. Like we all are...