For anyone suffering from friggatriskaidekaphobia, fear of Friday the 13th, this week’s Mars, Venus and Saturn in Libra bring love to town – the heart’s classic antidote to fear…
ARIES: If recent cosmic configurations have dragged you through the existential shredder, this week applies soothing lubricant to life’s raw edges with quality attention and feel-good invitations to revive your pleasure centres, jump-start your heart and restore a your joie de vivre.
TAURUS: This week what you say will definitely be what you get, so don’t act on assumptions, especially the one that you know everything that’s happening. The temptation to overspend is likely to override level-headed, dollar-conscious McTaurus - but is that necessarily such a bad thing?
GEMINI: This week’s cosmic conflagration has plenty of sexual sparks flying, a surge of impulse buying and the likelihood of being swept away by a sudden attraction to an irresistible someone or something. Looks like the love bug’s biting and it’s going viral…
CANCER: Cancerians are the zodiac’s number one romantics and this is the week for expressing it with candlelit whatevers, presents, tender words. Feel the love, spread it around and whatever you water with your care and attention should produce delightful results where it matters most.
LEO: This week looks like bringing your majesty’s flair and artistry the rich recognition they deserve. It’s hard to tear yourself away from your adoring public, but it is also the annual portal of opportunity to focus on writing your wish list for the coming year.
VIRGO: Virgo writer Paolo Coelho says: Things pass, and the best we can do is let them really go away… Otherwise they start affecting our health. This week needs you making your home beautiful, its atmosphere harmonious and your thought processes peaceful no matter what’s going on.
LIBRA: Pressure test, invention test or mystery challenge: whatever ingredients this week’s cosmic masterchefs serve up, Mars and Saturn in Libra will turn into a delicious dish – which Venus in Libra plates up, as Libran George Calombaris is so fond of exclaiming, Beeooteefoolee…
SCORPIO: This vivid, colorful, sexy, surprising, high energy week brims with creative passion and romantic sass. Mars and Venus in the loving couple placement suggest a magnificent attraction, plenty of dramatic action, a booty call, and in the immortal words of Little Richard, that ain’t all.
SAGITTARIUS: Archers tend to be as direct as the Sagittarian arrow, but others don’t necessarily operate the same way. Don’t let this week’s pleasantries lull you into a false sense of security - be aware of backstage shenanigans which necessitate your staying a step ahead of the game.
CAPRICORN: As Capricorn Carlos Castaneda observed, we either make ourselves miserable or make ourselves happy, the amount of effort involved being the same either way. The secret to dealing with this week is making it easy for others to help you and being extremely appreciative when they do.
AQUARIUS: Make your mind your friend this week, so it helps instead of hinders you. Start by asking it which things in your life need to be either redesigned or left behind: ideas, attitudes, behaviour, aspirations, associates. Then request some user-friendly methods of achieving this.
PISCES: This week bossy types might want you to listen to what they say and do it their way, which understandably you may rather not. But these people are also desperate for admiration, so keep buttering them up and they won’t mind you doing things your way.