Horoscopes

ARIES: There's a touch of the eternal Peter Pan about most Aries - the small part of you that refuses to mature. But this week challenges you to play grownups - to be a big person, honouring your adult responsibilities and commitments.

TAURUS: The full-on transit of the Ram kick starts a period of rejigging the life of Taurus. But it's accompanied by no small degree of nervous tension, so it's crucial for you to keep constantly defusing this week. Take time out. Do whatever you need to stay calm, cool and stable.

GEMINI: Your boss planet Mercury in Aries can be an antsy, cranky time, and never more than when it's retrograde. The coming fortnight will tax your tact, diplomatic talents and sensitivity skills to the max - but is that really a bad thing, Twins?

CANCER: When our mind's set on one thing we tend to miss what's happening on the sidelines - which can be crucially important to what we want. Remember this week that one of the major arts of living is knowing when to push, when to pull back, and when to do nothing.

LEO: The royal imagination's pumping this week - but getting the underlings jumping's a whole other story. Talk about rude! Talk about ungrateful! Talk about it with a big growl and a loud roar... but then settle down and get on with it.

VIRGO: Know how you hate being criticised when you've done your best? Keep that in mind this week when you're suggesting improvements someone else could make, because they may not be in the mood to keep their irritated reactions to themselves.

LIBRA: This week won't benefit by you rushing to make things right or providing easy answers. Some things need to get hot, heavy and not very nice before a change is made - but that doesn't mean they're not proceeding exactly as they should.

SCORPIO: As stress levels skyrocket shall we speak of peace, and how you can best contribute to keeping it this week? Which would be by being as helpful, patient, thoughtful, tolerant, light-hearted and diplomatic as a Scorpio can manage...

SAGITTARIUS: The fiery Sagittarian temperament's a lightning rod for strong currents, but do you really want to be a trouble magnet this week? Then declare yourself a sacred site, a peace zone, and conduct stressful energies straight through.

CAPRICORN: Turning adverse circumstances to your advantage may look to others like luck, but it's actually a Capricorn skill. As a famous actor says of his craft: The more I practice, the luckier I get... This week brings heaps to practice with.

AQUARIUS: With this week's Sun, Venus and Mercury in Aries, sign of new beginnings, it's the astrological time of year for rethinking those new year resolutions (again), and fine tuning those commitments to your health, emotional life and soul sector.

PISCES: Energy builds this week like an electrical storm, roller coasting your emotions up, down and all around. If you're not in the mood to deal with in-your-face stuff, then just wait till it deals with itself by spontaneously combusting - peaking, passing, then settling.