Horoscopes

ARIES: Trust and acceptance are tops on this week's menu: trusting yourself, accepting others. Seeing people less as adversaries and competitors, more as possible allies and potential friends. And most important: no matter what the provocation, don't be a fool - stay cool.

TAURUS: With your ruling planet Venus moving into Virgo, little things mean a lot this week. Like handsome returns for relatively small outlays - but also a lot of bother if certain seemingly insignificant, but critically important, details aren't attended to.

GEMINI: This week if you're raring to go but something says no, don't immediately override that small voice. Listen to what your intuition's telling you - which is that something you're about to do isn't in your best physical, emotional, financial or spiritual interests.

CANCER: It takes courage to acknowledge your true passion and follow it - even though the alternative could be a quasi security you're forever trying to rationalise and dreaming of leaving. Basing this week's decisions on what others want isn't going to work.

LEO: The present cosmic climate deals you lavish amounts of out-going oomph, showcasing your sterling boss qualities. Your thinking big inspires people, so reach for the stars but with four paws firmly on the ground. Pay attention to what others around you are saying and doing.

VIRGO: It's good news week (actually, make that three) for you Mercurians as Venus of the pleasing graces shines her love light on Virgoville. You know by now love flies out the window when criticism walks in the door, and with Lion energy ascendant critics risk being - well, dead meat.

LIBRA: Endless phone hold muzak, roadworks, checkout queues, snail-pace traffic, trying to figure out whether something you can't find is lost, stolen or momentarily mislaid... when the going gets tough this week, what should Librans do? You already know. Lunch, of course.

SCORPIO: Luxury must-haves and costly toys beckon temptingly this week as Leo vibes escalate expectations and nudge expenses sky high. Which could make the Life Of Scorpio somewhat fraught, but what the heck - you can balance the budget next month when Virgo kicks in.

SAGITTARIUS: This week could have you yearning to accomplish something different and adventurous, something grand and worthwhile. Which, paradoxically, can be achieved by staying exactly where you are and engaging fully in whatever's happening right in front of you.

CAPRICORN: You're likely to be judged this week not on whether you succeed or fail, but the way you play the game. How hard you try, how much of yourself you're prepared to share. Your authenticity and originality - the integrity of your intentions, the stylishness of your moves...

AQUARIUS: This week gives your problem solving abilities an extra leg up, so after you've invented a new world order and figured out your BAS, have a go at some of those trickier, more challenging little life niggles that have surfaced lately on the Aquarian horizon.

PISCES: A week of power games and egos on parade with Mercury retrograde's usual quota of irritations. Don't ruin a promising week by exaggerating mini-grievances or blowing minor upsets out of proportion - but do discuss serious issues rather than letting them brew and stew.