Horoscopes

A lofty, eagle-like perspective is called for by a week when everything is indeterminate. Normally, an Aquarius new Moon signals opportunity, but with a solar eclipse involved, all bets are off. Research and plotting take precedence.
· Oscar de la Hoya, 4 Feb 1973

Pisces 20 Feb-20 Mar

Not an ideal week for a binding agreement, though your stars otherwise spell opportunity. The part of your career that depends on meeting the right people is where you find advantage; play by the rules and impress your diligence upon powerbrokers. Put your wild child within on hold until the weekend, when a Pisces Moon arrives.

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Personal authority is signalled by Pluto arriving at the peak of your horoscope for the first time since... 1762! Still, it is best to forgo delusions of power in favour of handling tricky meetings and getting to them on time - Mercury makes your public life a labyrinth until the 18th. While it is advantageous to wear your ambitions openly, realising them is done by small increments.

Taurus 20 Apr-20 May

Deciphering contradictory signals from those higher up the professional totem pole looks like a full-time occupation in itself - treat what you are told as provisional and practise stubborn self-reliance. Your guardian star, Venus, ensures that there are options - business allies, friends in high places, itinerant lovers. Stay true to those who are true to you, and play stubborn with the rest.

Gemini 21 May-20 Jun

Providing you don't rely on getting anywhere quickly (your planet, Mercury, is awry until the 18th) this is a productive period when your ideas are hot and your inquisitiveness (OK, nosiness) pays off - research brings breakthroughs. The demands of others also weigh less heavily than in an age - with Mars back on side, no harm in baring your teeth.

Cancer 21 Jun-22 Jul

However much rules and rituals stick in your craw, observe due decorum. You can loosen up in private. Work and property call for a slow dance of diplomacy and peeling open layers of information. Romance looks more transparent.
· Kate Nash, 6 Jul 1987

Leo 23 Jul-22 Aug

En garde! When a raft of planets is in opposition, including a solar eclipse, there's sparring to be done, if only of the verbal kind. Stay fluid: what others promise is unlikely to be what's delivered. While you can't be passive, the fewer commitments you make until 18 Feb, the better. Though trusted allies and friends are a different matter.

Virgo 23 Aug-22 Sep

However tedious your work - and a major project is the preferred mode this year - if you are not stuck into it, you're missing a trick. That said, it's a week to watch, listen and learn, as your Mercury ruler changes from morning to evening star. Personal pursuits that speak from and to your heart remain promisingly starred, not least at the weekend.

Libra 23 Sep-23 Oct

If you'd like to shake down your social scene, whether to find fresh stimulus or lose time-wasters who have insinuated themselves, you're in tune with Thursday's eclipse. Good time to shop around, catch up, examine what makes people tick. But, given the flaky atmosphere, self-esteem and self-reliance come first, along with an overhaul of your home base.

Scorpio 24 Oct- 21 Nov

If you are planning to move home or to change your career path, you're marching in tandem with your horoscope, though given the volatility of this week's planetary picture, skip seven days and investigate further. There's a streak of misinformation in the mix. As much may apply to matters of the heart - though for singles there are new faces aplenty.

Sagittarius 22 Nov-21 Dec

Mercury retrograde means misplaced documents and kaput computers have to be borne with grace. More substantial changes concern your social life, where significant others stop dithering. Trying to build a partnership or a team? Nurture fellow travellers with patience.
· John Galliano, 28 Nov 1960

Capricorn 22 Dec-19 Jan

You're allowed a certain impatience now, at least where personal pleasures are concerned. Venus skipping through your skies puts friends, pleasure and flirtation first until the 18th. As for material concerns, an eclipse in your money zone makes this wait-and-see time: no panic measures, even if you own a bank.