By Jonathan Cainer

Venus is about to enter Pisces. For the next few weeks, we will all be more mystically minded. Pisceans will find their love lives improve and perhaps their finances. Now, this raises a question that some astute readers may care to ask. If this is so significant, why did I not make a similar fuss late last year when Saturn moved from Scorpio to Sagittarius? The rules of astrology function differently with the slower-moving planets. These produce longer-lasting but more subtle changes. It is wrong to suggest that one sign will benefit and another will lose out.

ARIES (March 21 – April 20)
In libraries, we are expected to be silent. At football grounds, we are encouraged to make noise. By and large, we pick up these social signals and comply with them. But no matter where we go or how we are supposed to behave, we never end up at a place where it is forbidden to feel hopeful. Even in situations that are deliberately designed to remind us of life’s sadnesses and sorrows, we are at liberty to remain calm, still and peaceful if we wish. You are allowed to enjoy yourself this week.

TAURUS (April 21 – May 21)
The worst is really not going to happen but if you prepare for big bad news, a minor difficulty will seem easy by comparison. The secret of success involves appreciating what you’ve got. Don’t waste time feeling upset if this doesn’t match your idea about what you ought to have. Develop love and appreciation, even for things you are not so sure of, and for the people you are in conflict with. Then you will find that, somehow, others direct love and appreciation towards you – and with this, comes the best!

GEMINI (May 22 – June 22)
Is there too much to think about? Are you starting to feel overwhelmed? Would you like answers to questions and complex explanations that set your mind at rest? The trouble with explanations is that they rarely explain as much as we wish they did. They raise as many issues as they resolve. Unless, that is, they have been carefully tailored to match an expectation by an expert yarn-spinner or storyteller. If something seems to be too easily believable, this week it probably isn’t quite so simple.

CANCER (June 23 – July 23)
They say, ‘There’s no place like home’. But who are ‘they’ and how do they know? ‘They’ have never been to my place; have ‘they’ ever been to yours? Can a sense of belonging be quite so crucial to every single one of us when we are all so different in so many ways? Apparently so. The need to feel safe is universal and primeval. It is as important to us as the need to eat or sleep. Which means that the satisfaction of meeting such a need is powerful beyond all description. A great sense of fulfilment awaits you this week.

LEO (July 24 – August 23)
We talk so much, we speak so often, we hold endless meetings, encounters and conversations. Yet how often do we really listen to each other? Frequently, we find ourselves thinking more about what we are going to say next, than about whatever someone else has just said. Then we wonder why we feel so estranged and alone. Or why we can’t understand someone or why they don’t seem to understand us. If you want to make progress in a sensitive situation now, do less talking and more wholehearted, listening.

VIRGO (August 24 – September 23)
If there’s something you need to know, why not ask? It sounds simple – but who are you going to ask? And how are you going to rely on them to tell you the truth? Nobody, I’m sure, would deliberately deceive you, but the world is full of people who hate to concede uncertainty. Rather than utter the three dreaded words, ‘I don’t know’, they will tell you about their favourite assumption in a tone that implies they are relaying the absolute truth. Remember, this week, confidence and accuracy are not automatically the same.

LIBRA (September 24 – October 23)
Imagine receiving a wage packet and then throwing away the notes. ‘I don’t want these pieces of paper, but I reckon this envelope will come in very handy  –  so I shall hang on to it!’ Sometimes, we discard what we ought to keep and place too much value on items of dubious merit. You are starting to see that a ‘prized possession’ or a ‘cherished ideal’ is worth less than you once thought. It has been preventing far more useful things from entering your life. Let go of it this week, and then see what else takes its place.

SCORPIO (October 24 – November 22)
How can something be both right and wrong? Think, for example, about war. All war is wrong. Yet, many people who go to war sincerely believe that they are fighting for a just cause. To them, the alternative of refusing to engage is the greater of two evils. They feel they are combating some force that must be opposed in the name of all that is decent. There are times when we all have to commit to a course of action, even though we have our doubts about it. This week’s moral dilemma can yet be resolved.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23 – December 21)
There are arrangements to be made, difficulties to be resolved and delicate balancing acts to be achieved – all in a hurry. Trust your own ability to negotiate a safe path through the minefield of potential pitfalls. As long as you think calmly and carefully, you will be fine. You can’t ignore your emotional reaction to a certain situation – but you can, and should, refuse to let this colour your response. As long as you are prepared to negotiate – and to give a little ground, you will find that another person is similarly flexible.

CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 20)
Recent intense experiences have cleared a path. You may still feel as if you are caught in a jungle of confusion but you have at least one viable route out of all this difficulty. It may not seem to be leading in exactly the direction that you most want to head off in – but, then, recent events have left you feeling pretty dizzy. You can’t be entirely sure that your inner compass is functioning accurately. Accept your most inviting, encouraging option. Trust it, for the time being at least. More clarity will come later this week.

AQUARIUS (January 21 – February 19)
People who act with supreme confidence frequently perform acts of supreme stupidity. The doubts, the uncertainties and even the fears that you are now experiencing may not be creating a great sense of pleasure… but, if they are drawing your attention to a genuine cause for concern, they are working in your favour. Only by treating this delicate issue with due deference are you going to safely avoid trouble. That means having the humility to concede a possible error, even if this briefly hurts your pride.

PISCES (February 20 – March 20)
Use your imagination. Summon your creativity. Think like a designer, an artist or an inventor. You may not have what you want but you have the wherewithal to manufacture it. The ingredients are within reach. All you need is the right recipe and then enough dedication to follow it through. That may require hard work but the result will satisfy you far more than any tailor-made solution ever could. Venus is entering your sign. Once you find your inspiration there will be no stopping you and no more reason to doubt yourself.

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