Horoscopes

ARIES: Try not to take life - or your precious self - too seriously this week. Let go a little of needing to be needed, of being in demand. Step back for a different perspective. Observe the passing parade without participating for a change.

TAURUS: Everything seems so solidly rooted in here-and-now material reality it's hard for you to see past the world of appearances this week. Keep reminding yourself about growth, about evolution - what's happening right now isn't all there is. Strengthen your spiritual connections.

GEMINI: Geminis are highly perceptive at reading and critiquing others, being connoisseurs of the ways image and style are expressed. While it's tempting to judge this week by its cover, appearances are only the tip of the iceberg - you'll have to look further than the surface.

CANCER: Tauran transits usually push your security buttons like nobody's business. But this week's bullish insistence on the sanctity of the comfort zone, imperative surrender to the magnetic pull of The Couch, and food as therapy is really right up Crab Alley...

LEO: This week's stars see you in vigorous leader mode, avoiding pitfalls with masterly manoeuvres. Which can only happen if you're being flexible and not intractable, charming rather than superior and generous instead of condescending, ie. your best and finest Leo self.

VIRGO: Careful you don't go into duty overload this week. Relax the responsibility factor. Affection, warmth and being cared for are more important than work perfectly done. Remember the Ministry of Fun mantra: If it's not fun, don't do it. If you must do it, make it fun...

LIBRA: This is the kind of week that puts you between a rock and a hard place. Neither particularly attractive propositions, so don't get locked into choosing either. You're a Libran: get creative and go shopping for a third alternative. Or a fourth.

SCORPIO: With El Sol and Lady Venus together in this week's Tauran garden of earthly diversions, the sensual possibilities are endless - and even more enjoyable if you can access your frisky side and not take things as intensely as you tend to.

SAGITTARIUS: Careful Sagittarians (are there any?) will take advantage of the present Tauran non-volubility, because people got offside this week will be unrelenting enemies - they won't forget and they don't forgive. Charm will get immeasurably better results than arguing.

CAPRICORN: Capricorns know exactly the kind of presentation that impresses. But would it be out of the question to forget about your image this week - to pay less attention to the impression you're making and more to just enjoying life?

AQUARIUS: Advice won't appeal at all this week. You'll find it boring, cautious and ordinary - all things Aquarians abhor. And it will be dull and sensible, but it could also save you heaps of costly mistakes trying to find things out your own way.

PISCES: The transit of the Bull isn't known for delicacy or fragility, so use tae kwon do principles this week: don't stand in peoples' way, step aside, let them lumber past... It's a fabulously sensuous and sensual transit though, which more than makes up for its shortcomings.