Horoscopes

ARIES: You'll find solutions to problems faster than anyone else this week. Will they be pleased? No. They'll feel you took something away from them - stopped them learning for themselves, made them feel helpless. Unless they ask you to do it for them, they're probably better off doing it for themselves. And you doing it for yourself.

TAURUS: Taurus is the sign that most loves material things, but are they working for you - or are you working for them? If you accumulate more than you need in case you mightn't have enough, the curious truth is that too much is never enough. Whereas anything you share comes back to you when you need it.

GEMINI: People with chips on their shoulders are still busy turning innocent comments into grievous insults, so ideally you'd stay incommunicado this week, saying nothing. Obviously impossible for Geminis, so just remember people don't care how much you know - they're a lot more interested in knowing how much you care.

CANCER: Saturn, Prince of Discipline, could help you curb the urge to acquire those inviting items slashed at this week's sales. Because if you're lusting for stuff you don't have, the best antidote's enjoying what you've got - have a massage, eat your favourite food, put on your favourite music. What more do you really need?

LEO: If this week's mundane, humdrum daily grind seems stulfityingly dull and your soul longs for romantic adventure, it's up to you to do something extraordinary and exciting. Wear something flamboyant, buy something new, take a risk on an interesting proposition. Do something you've never done before, go somewhere you've never been...

VIRGO: Your logical mind and unruly emotions squabbling? Not surprising, since reason and feeling are at loggerheads this week, making what you do and what you say different. When you get emotional you rigidly discipline your feelings to control them, right? Not really. They're friends - you're better working with them, than against them.

LIBRA: It's self-realization time. This week's decisions will show you who you really are - as opposed to who you might have always thought you were. Talents you never knew you had have been lying in wait for your attitude and understanding to turn a corner. A breakthrough disguised as a crisis could reveal a mine of untapped potential.

SCORPIO: Unwillingness to let go a position, possession or relationship constricts your potential. Locking onto a must-have outcome limits your results and narrows your options. Enlarge your focus this week instead of concentrating it all on one area. Spread out. Give the universe some space to operate on your behalf.

SAGITTARIUS: If friendship issues are up and running, remember good friends open their ears, arms and wallets more often than their mouths. Simple, heartfelt assurances go a long way in healing rifts. Like: Yes, I understand. Perhaps you're right. Please forgive me. I appreciate that. Can I help? You did well. Thanks so much. I love you.

CAPRICORN: Getting your mind in a straight line and your ego in a huff won't work this week. Let it go. Open up. Those irritations are tailor-made for your evolution. See life less like a problem to be solved and more like an interesting mystery to be explored, and something that seemed a real pain could change into a blessing in disguise.

AQUARIUS: The greek word kairos means when the time's right, it's right. So take advantage of this week with a mix of convincing argument, inspired timing and outrageous humour - being so amusing people will laugh rather than be outraged (though that's not guaranteed). Even going too far is likely to work in your favour.

PISCES: It won't be hard to get your way this week by sweet-talking, charming, cajoling and generally exerting that invisible pressure known in astrological circles as The Pisces Squeeze. If others are stubborn, and that's likely, you'll just plant an idea in their mind, then wait till they suggest it as if it was something they just thought of.