YOUR WEEKLY STARS December 9-15

SAGITTARIUS

November 22 — December 21

Get out more. Spend the days — and nights — as far away from home as possible. The energies are clashing and if you’d like to avoid a fight, leave. By next week, you’ll have calmed down enough to deal with the dramas in a much more adult manner. For yourself, meanwhile, learn to mix business with pleasure to make both more fun. Keep lists of contacts. The people you meet now will be really useful later. But call them later. Now is not a good time. 

CAPRICORN

December 22 — January 19

The wheel keeps turning and your life turns with it. Just because you’re not currently ready for change, doesn’t mean you get to escape it. This is your week to alter your thinking — and your reality. Before you do, remember this: your thoughts create your reality. If you think negative thoughts, you create a negative reality. Remind yourself how powerful you are, and make something happen. Tune in. Your instincts have never been more fabulous. Trust them.

AQUARIUS

January 20 — February 18

The love planet has floated in to soften that lurking aggression you’re trying so hard to hide, and it’s offering some creative new outlets, for all that missing passion. For the next little while, you’ll be throwing yourself at new experiences with the kind of enthusiasm you haven’t felt in a long while. There’s a new glamour about you, and people are falling over themselves to help you out. You’re feeling powerful — but without the meanness you are sometimes prey to. Enjoy. Watch yourself and learn.

PISCES

February 19 — March 20

Poor judgment and over-confidence are your current crosses to bear. Which means, where possible, postpone major decisions until next week. Mind you, paradoxically, you’ve also been gifted with an extra-powerful intuition, so if you can tune into your instincts instead of that noisy ego, you’ll make magnificent choices. But just in case, wait. And work on developing your wonderful new talents. Ignore love for now. Best left as it is.

ARIES

March 21 — April 19 

The energies are overwhelming and you’ve completely forgotten who you are, or what you want. So make sure you know exactly what you’re talking about before opening that big mouth. And sure, it’s as good a time as any to make your presence felt. But it’s a very bad time to be babbling like a banshee, causing drama wherever you go. Take a few deep breaths, and distract yourself with some love intrigue. It’s there if you look, under every bush. Sanity returns (somewhat) next week. 

TAURUS

20 April — 20 May

If long-term goals seem impossible to attempt, try for daily ones. It’s important to feel you’re making some kind of progress — and to pat yourself resoundingly on the back for each tiny step. And sure, there are those who may be perpetually one step ahead — but so what? Just concentrate on playing your own game, with your own rules and your own fun. Besides, these planets want you open to change. Stop planning for your old age.

GEMINI

21 May — 20 June

Listen: depriving yourself of a social life is like depriving yourself of air. So drink loads of water, throw some sea salt in your bath, and detox yourself back to life. And sure, there’ll be a few dramas as your crawl out of your safe little hiding place. But by next week, there’ll be a few goodies too. Work pressure lifts, your relationships transform, the career takes off (possibly in a different direction), and you start to like yourself a whole lot more. Which is the whole idea, of course.

CANCER

21 June — 22 July

Your attention shifts from love to money. Just as it should be. Not that the love life isn’t fabulous. But for now, your attention is needed elsewhere. Business meetings, for a start, need all your extraordinary skills to stop the members ripping each other’s hair out. You’re the one to focus their attention, and by next week you’ll be the one with the large bunch of flowers and other gifts. Be willing to receive. Gratitude is key.

LEO

July 23 — August 22

All those wildly creative surges are being dampened by a pair of delinquent planets. Don’t fight them off so vigorously. There are many ways to focus without losing the flow. Besides, ideas without instinct tend to end up as babblings in the pub. The love life’s going well though. With your added charm complementing the dynamism of innate sensuality, there’ll be no difficulty lining up a whole row of admirers, and making acres of hay while the sun shines.

VIRGO

August 23 — September 22 

Take your time over financial decisions. The planets want you wealthy — but they know how you mistrust anything that comes too easily. So, the help will be there, but so will the effort. No wild moves allowed. Meanwhile, how about some community work? Local politics even? Tell the truth now: you know how you love to involve yourself. Go ahead — make yourself useful. You are, you know. Very. 

LIBRA

September 23 — October 22 

Your career will catch you unawares. Nothing you can plan for, either. So, you’ll have to work on that fabulous flexibility, getting more and more creative as you go along. Some kind of move is on the cards — house, job, lover. No rush though. Tantrums are not the best route. The planets want you to free yourself from restrictions and fly. That brilliant mind is working overtime. Let the ideas flow. Write them down. You’ll amaze yourself.

SCORPIO

October 23 — November 21

Uh oh. Having little tantrums about the smallest thing? Take care. As loveable as you are, even the most adoring devotees can get irritated by your attention-seeking dramas. Although truthfully, it’s not entirely your fault, since your calming planets have gone temporarily missing. Best bet? Grit your teeth and work like a dog. That’ll keep your mind off the sulks. When in doubt throw something at the wall. Next week brings much better news.

Your Chart 

Sienna Kellan (14 January 1988, Ladysmith, 10h56) 

Sun sign: Capricorn   

Moon sign: Scorpio   

Rising Sign: Aries 

Phew! You must scare the pants off anyone who comes near you. You have every single “take charge and get out of my way” energy that exists. And now, as you move towards your midlife transformational cycle, you’re already arming yourself to the teeth in anticipation of a fight. Sit back down. This is the moment you rethink your life, your dreams and precisely where you’d like to take yourself next. Forget all the people who’ve let you down, and concentrate on yourself. Next year, everything will change — with or without your consent. For now, there’s still time to take charge of the next step. Your career is obviously hugely important to you, and if you haven’t yet found what you’re looking for, now’s your chance to find it. Success for you is virtually guaranteed. And sure, your love life may be difficult. But once you take your power back and remind yourself how extraordinary you are, you’ll begin to feel that old dynamism in the veins. And you’ll get straight back on your horse. Everyone else has noticed it. Now it’s time you did.  

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