Horoscope

ARIES: Just because you tell it the way you see it, doesn't mean that's the way it is - other views and opinions may be equally valid. It's often obvious where others go wrong, yet we have mysterious blind spots about ourselves. Forget fixing other people - this week it's a better idea to take care of Aries problem areas.

TAURUS: Where's the good fortune you're always after going to fit if you're already full up? Consider Tauran Rabindranath Tagore's description of possessiveness:

Why did the flower fade? I clutched it to my heart and crushed it. Why did the lamp go out? I shielded it and it got no air... It's definitely a peak week to cull.

GEMINI: It's the time of year for body maintenance, booking the human vehicle in for a service - so start making appointments for those checkups you keep putting off. At the moment your energy's being depleted by the excessive expectations of others, so attend to your own needs - they'll manage without your help.

CANCER: Science has now found that a damaged fingernail grows much faster than one in its normal state. Similarly, people who've been hurt can experience sudden growth spurts in the emotional area - news which gives all that Cancerian suffering a worthwhile purpose. Though now you'll be expected to just get over it and grow...

LEO: Taurus time tends to send your Majesties into do-it-my-way-or-hit-the-highway mode - a trying time for us all, because if people choose the highway you get absolutely furious. But why get so growly when party stars are sparkling, pleasure planets percolating and the heavenly bodies are reasonably Leo-friendly?

VIRGO: Wacko, Virgo! Jupiter, the planet of juicy opportunities and expanding fabulousness, has stopped shuffling round in retrograde and is galloping forward again towards Lady Luck and Dame Fortune - those notoriously fickle sisters who've been a bit elusive lately. And opening up a whole new can of interesting possibilities...

LIBRA: This week's ultra-stubborn people won't give an inch - but being Libran you wouldn't dream of meeting them head on anyway. Why would you when charm, artistry and cleverness will get you what you want. If you ever wonder about your mission on this troubled globe, one of them is role modelling non-confrontational operating.

SCORPIO: Rules need to be flexible enough to include all kinds of different cases and changing scenarios. Sometimes it's necessary to bend them before they end up bending you - or breaking someone else. If you insist on operating by the rule book, then it's high time to throw the old one out and find something more user-friendly.

SAGITTARIUS: You newshounds won't be able to resist relaying the latest entertaining information, complete with added theatrical effects and generous artistic license. But gossip's a hot medium and indiscretions will have repercussions, because this week's grapevine has extremely busy ears and tongues...

CAPRICORN: This week's one of the year's best for taking inventory - assessing how far you've come, and giving serious thought to where you're going from where you are now. You're at an important crossroads and Netscape Navigator can't help you. Your insights will be extremely keen, so give your motivations some in-depth scrutiny.

AQUARIUS: You like inventing new ways of doing things. So now Mercury's stopped dramatically demonstrating what doesn't work, how about some communicating methods that do? This week's inflexible attitudes and blinkered thinking is just the scenario you naughty Aquarians love to be outrageous and make mischief in...

PISCES: This week's astral energies are pushing you to a whole new level of achievement - navigating the S.S. Pisces through the shark-infested reefs of the material world, standing up to authority figures, and taking control of Fish business. And you were expecting just another ho-hum, humdrum week...