Your stars with Lilith: week starting January 7
ARIES: Mars kick-starts the year along with a strong congregation of planets in your spirit house – a fortunate assist while professional interests shift and slide on a somewhat unstable table. Iron self-control is recommended during provocative power plays. No channelling Kali. Stay calm, say little, play the give-nothing-away game till energies settle…
TAURUS: This weekend's moon is a doozy for guilt-free indulgence, so get a good wallow in before you're asked to step up and replace someone. Try to downplay full moon's dummy spits in favour of a no-nonsense, practical approach; this week sensible Saturn will assist in making clear arrangements, fair agreements and overdue improvements.
New year, new moon, new family issues.Credit:Mal Fairclough
GEMINI: Mercury's forward move green-lights a go-ahead approach to addressing the disconnect between current reality and the life you'd prefer. Give this specific consideration, but don't talk it all away countering conflicting opinions during early week Gemini moon. Listen to late week's deep-feeling love vibes bringing heart sense to head logic.
CANCER: This week you may have to get serious about a foundational or structural issue, either a literal or metaphorical one. You'll be super-sensitive and extra-sensory during Thursday's Cancerian full moon (a red letter day in the Crabster book of love), though be advised that others might experience its tidal emotions as overwhelming.
LEO: If a blast from the past resurfaces in the form of a person or prospect, rose-coloured glasses aren't your best accessory for this week's cosmic cocktail of overactive imagination, hopeful assumptions and unrealised dreams. Truth and trust are important, so be choosy where you give the benefit of the doubt.
VIRGO: Virgos are especially sensitive to the movements of Mercury, your planetary ruler. Which fast forwards this week with a problem-solving surge into the sign of practical ambitions, rebooting projects languishing in the pending file. If unsettling changes occur, well, you're a mutable sign – make them work for you.
LIBRA: Mercury's direct turn refreshes your enthusiasm for improvement this week, which recommends tying off loose ends (you know which ones) in preparation for this year's new Libran astro-cycle. As late week full moon feelings seesaw between bitter venting and tender loving sweetness, you'll be busy doing the equilibrium dance – again.
SCORPIO: As Mercury's forward move (planets be praised!) makes decision-making easier all round, prevailing mysteries clarify, and financial affairs benefit from the application of Saturnian practicality. At full moon's tidal emotions, don't let old war wounds, a predilection for payback or just plain stubbornness prevent an opportunity for healing.
SAGITTARIUS: As Mercury moves forward through your sign towards increasing order, certainty and structure, consider renegotiating a recent decision into something a little more win-win. Be sensitive to shifting conditions, preferences and allies during Thursday's super-sensitive full moon, when inconsequential things could get blown out of all proportion.
CAPRICORN: Let's not mince words: this could be an edgy week in earthworld. And your being hard to please (what you call getting it right) will increase the heat, so go with the flow and keep peace as best you can until late week Mercury moving into Capricorn significantly eases the mechanisms of forward momentum.
AQUARIUS: Not new year money blues already? You know you'll always pay the bills by using your skills. Complex power surges are at work this week though, along with extremely misleading misunderstandings, so check details, listen to advice, do the research. And tread extra carefully around Thursday's volatile, potentially explosive full moon.
PISCES: Venus and Mars tango-ing together in your sign is the perfect time for a fabulous Piscean fluff-up, a marvellous makeover, a new-look you – because Mars will manifest whatever beautifying Venus decrees. Friendships needing an upgrade are likely to come under scrutiny too during Thursday's emotional full moon.
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