Horoscope

ARIES: You'll have an uncanny ability to see peoples' deepest dreams and fantasies this week - insights which need careful sharing. If your attempts aren't appreciated, don't get judgmental - just accept that others mightn't be ready, interested or have the time. Focussing on your own motivations instead could be extremely enlightening.

TAURUS: Get ready for big realisations which may be a little uncomfortable, Taurans - even weird, strange or unusual - but they'll be right on the money. This week's star scenario unveils major revelations about the real way somebody or some process works. And also, if you can relax and accept them, certain key insights about yourself.

GEMINI: Your boss planet Mercury was traditionally regarded as messenger between the gods and earth, ie. the energy operating between spirit and the human instrument. Something intriguing and unusual - a coincidence, synchronicity or mystery - will tease your mind this week into a significant discovery about yourself.

CANCER: If life feels like the Too Hard Basket, remember you're a member of the ancient Crab clan - notorious from time immemorial for never letting go or ever giving up. Hang in there. The good deeds you've done have probably racked up enough karmic flyby points for the Celestial Helping Hands Society to answer a short prayer - like Help!

LEO: Mercury joining Mars in Leo brings extra brainpower to your creative drive and soul control over your emotions. And you know all that mood-swinging going on? It's giving you some practise at graceful ways of dealing with change - which is necessary and inevitable, unless you intend becoming a sort of royal dinosaur.

VIRGO: Surveys show unhappy people are more self-obsessed, antisocial, angry and unhealthy - unlike more energetic, relaxed and effective happy chaps. This week, list what you do that makes you happy, and what doesn't. Then decide to stop doing what makes you miserable in favour of feel-good behaviours. Simplistic? Try it.

LIBRA: No, you're not wrong. The stars really are challenging right now, but still nothing to get frantic and panicky about. It's always those closest to you who put you through it, because they can - and will, during Cancerian transits. So don't forget that saying about friends being the Great Creator's way of making up for families...

SCORPIO: Something you thought only existed in dreams or imagination is about to make its possibility felt, producing anything from mild shock to a full-on epiphany. It's one of the year's most psychically attuned times, Scorps - which could show you how to bring your internal universe into the business world with commercial success.

SAGITTARIUS: You'd be wise to research, check out or investigate a person, situation, concept or business deal in depth before you make any decisions. Things aren't always what they seem, because everyone has their blind spots and hidden agendas - even your straightshooting self. This week could show you a few of your own...

CAPRICORN: Shifting into Capricorn survival stance and going all aloof and incommunicado? Don't close the armour-plated rollerdoor on your heart. Because while you're busy building up boundaries and lines which mustn't be crossed, circumstances are conspiring to break them down. Existence is just set on getting closer to you, Capricorns.

AQUARIUS: Your link to universal consciousness is strong this week, illuminating the seemingly perverse way human nature works. Why others are the way they are, and why you do what you do. You'll understand the common chords you share with others, and how your unique but essential piece fits into humanity's jigsaw puzzle.

PISCES: Yes, it's a jungle out there - seething with cutting, stinging stuff, and those feeling frail should seek assistance. But water signs need to be needed, so give this week's fraught and over-wrought the practical and invaluable comfort of your sympathetic arms and ears (as a Piscean you know better than to offer advice).