Horoscope

ARIES: A lot goes on beneath the Aries surface most people aren't aware of - including you. Let Inner and Outer Aries get acquainted so they aren't working against each other this week, while boss planet Mars in the fiery sign of the Lion's drumming up trouble and strife. You like being first, so be first to drop disagreements and make peace.

TAURUS: Tauran insecurities aren't obvious, because you don't usually share personal doubts or lapses of confidence. But being stubbornly determined to hang onto something could cause you and those around you grief this week. So let go a little, and you'll gain a lot - not least from friends waiting to repay all the support you've given them.

GEMINI: This is one of the year's periods for dealing with feelings, so don't shy away from those emotional sore spots or they'll start irritating your chest, lungs or nerves to get your attention. You might think personal developments for navel-gazing new-agers, but in-depth self-examination would give you significant health improvements.

CANCER: No-one, not even you, knows how you're going to behave this week while complex internal changes are going on. Some people will listen to your fears and feelings - others will find them too much of a burden. Temper the abundance of your emotional output, and you'll find others willing to forgive your vagaries...

LEO: Mars, red fly in the domestic ointment and irritan t chilli in the social soup is fuelling arguments with friends or loved ones. The three little words most conducive to diffusing rifts are: Maybe you're right. Their unspoken corollary of I could be wrong opens the truce room door and pulls out chairs at the negotiating table.

VIRGO: This is a sensitive-to-the-point-of-paranoia time, so if someone's crying poor me, your views on self-victimisation might not be well received. The slightest hint of criticism, however constructive, may be taken as an attack. Edit your thoughts before expressing any helpful suggestions someone else might find devastating.

LIBRA: This week's balancing act calls for neither catering to other people's expectations (difficult for Librans), nor making those expectations wrong. As usual you'll be juggling gender roles as well as the requirements of workplace, home, family, love life, bargain hunting and being a style icon with your usual Venusian brilliance.

SCORPIO: Being so deep and complex, Scorpios naturally get annoyed at simplistic, reductionist thinking and shallow answers. Rightly so - but try to restrain yourself from using the sting. Parts of your past needing to be recognised or made friends with are likely to show up this week - along with other parts it's time to let go of.

SAGITTARIUS: You rolling stones are best off investigating the pleasures of domesticity this week. Boring? Not when the world's full of desperately sensitive people getting hysterical over something you said. It'll take humour, tolerance and patience not to snap. You're blessed with the first two, but the last may be too big an ask.

CAPRICORN: You're filing away info in the mental referdex to use at a later date, gathering connections to call on when the time's right. Speaking of which, the time's past right, it's over-ripe for showing family, friends and associates just how much you really appreciate them, but have been too busy to let them know...

AQUARIUS: You might have to admit logic's not your forte this week Waterpourers, and accept that emotional rapport and empathy actually seem to be working quite well. Also that whatever conundrums the cosmos confronts you with, you already have the answers - you usually just have difficulty accepting they're the right ones.

PISCES: Even by Piscean standards, your imagination's unusually active, so this week watch how dreams and fantasies affect your relationships and self image. How do you make the richness of your imaginal life work for you - rather than against - in everyday reality? Start by sharing it with others, and adding a new dimension to their lives.