Horoscopes

ARIES: This week you'll definitely need tolerance for (what you see as) the inadequacies of others. And if you stop concentrating on their irritating deficiencies you'll have so much more time and energy to get the best from yourself.

TAURUS: With Mars and Venus in Scorpio, feelings are running hot and strong. There's a kind of emotional undertow operating - a hidden agenda you sense but can't quite put your finger on. Is it someone else's? Or one of yours? Whatever, it's a very stubborn power struggle...

GEMINI: You don't need telling how over-taxed your nervous system is right now, so I'll just say the less stressful demands you make on yourself the easier this week will be. Set reasonable limits and don't push yourself to do the impossible.

CANCER: It's important for you sensitives not to isolate or withdraw into Paranoid Palace this week, whatever's going on. Stay in touch. Make contact, connect and communicate with friends, family and associates no matter how difficult that seems right now.

LEO: This week you might feel like Gulliver being overwhelmed by swarms of small things. Keep the bigger picture in sight - you aren't really being eaten alive by details which have morphed into psychic piranha. Calm down. Get a grip. It's all good.

VIRGO: This slapdash crash-crash week, definitely isn't up to snuff by Virgo standards - but don't waste your energy on advice because nobody's listening. Let things run their course, because surely you're a pretty busy person with lots of other business to take care of?

LIBRA: Librans can be appallingly pleasant in difficult situations - so be as charming as you can without actually making yourself sick this week, because your graceful negotiation techniques and awesome ability to find win-win solutions hopefully inspires others to do the same.

SCORPIO: Holy hell, wouldn't it make your brain boil? There's bulk opportunities for being grumpy and argumentative this week, but surely you're getting tired of that. Only another fortnight of Mercury retrograde, then a more friendly cosmic climate kicks in. So settle down.

SAGITTARIUS: Yes, it's a frenzied and frustrating period. No, others aren't as fast and smart as you Archers - but pointing this out isn't going to speed anything up. Best get used to the fact that things are just going to take however long they take this week.

CAPRICORN: If your Type A slave-driving self tries to tyrannise you into Doing Too Much this week, give it the flick. Excellence cares not for deadlines, so don't give in to short cuts or get in a rush. Just give things whatever it is, the time it needs.

AQUARIUS: There's no nice way to say it: this looks like an F-word week: fast, furious, frenetic, frazzled, fraught and flustered. And one of the best ways to deal with it is by applying the C-words: calm, cool, collected, clear and caring.

PISCES: If this week starts getting overwhelming, don't go gaga. Ask your dreams for guidance before you go to sleep, then check the first thing that presents itself when you wake up. Think straight, stay clear, tread carefully, be strong.