The Essence of Success

Aries: March 21 — April 19
Usually the Aries New Moon, your personal new year, triggers a fresh cycle. While it takes place on 22 March, with Mercury retrograde until 4 April, you`re either short of facts or uncharacteristically indecisive. So as April begins, you`re willing to explore. At long last, you recognise superb offers you`ve been ignoring. Then, as April ends, you discover new passions, of a personal, professional or romantic nature. Suddenly you`re grateful those past delays prevented you from making compromises or committing too soon.
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Taurus: April 20 — May 20
The events of the year`s first half promise to transform your life, and in wonderful ways. While you`ve experienced some of this, in other situations you`re feeling anxious. Plus, with Mercury retrograde from mid-March until early April adding confusion, you`ve been concerned. Have faith. Wonderful ideas or offers are already broadening your horizons, and in several ways. It`s just you`re unsure they`re for real. If you need proof, wait until late April, when a series of events convince you these can be trusted.
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Gemini: May 21 — June 20
Most Geminis have plenty of rewarding friendships. Still, April`s encounters add a something wonderful to your life. Some are be powerful but passing. Others spark your thinking, love or emotional life. However, because they aren`t recognisable for what they are initially, invest time getting to know everybody. Similarly, unexpected events could introduce exciting yet unexpected alterations to elements of your way of living or working. While you might be hesitant at first, in retrospect you`ll realise they`re exactly what your life`s needed.
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Cancer: June 21 — July 22
The only mistake you could make during April is trying to avoid changes. True, some would be so far-reaching they`d mean leaving elements of your present life behind. While this might trigger anxieties, you`ve already seen evidence that the new ideas or alliances involved would be more than worth your while. The real issue`s trust. Plus, with Mercury having been retrograde from mid-March until 4 April, you`ll be still short of facts. No amount of discussion will eliminate your doubts. However, richly rewarding experiences will.
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Leo: July 23 — August 22
Those who are force you into decisions you`re not prepared to make infuriate you; but the fact is, you`ve put off certain commitments or changes for so long you`re inconveniencing others and, worse, are missing out on something amazing; but you won`t know that until you`re actually involved. Your ruler the Sun aspects practical Saturn in mid-April. That`s the turning point. If you`ve made changes before then, you`ll begin building on what`s already arisen. Take a chance. You`ll never regret it.
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Virgo: August 23 — September 22
Dealing with April`s twists and turns requires differentiating between situations in which you`re in charge and those where decisions are up to others. Worrying as the latter seem, the planetary set up is so good that you really can`t lose. Still, some of what`s best could come from out of the blue or be in the hands of others. Normally you`d talk things through; but in some cases even that`s not possible. While this means trusting certain individuals, it`s justified by their knowledge and experience.
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Libra: September 23 — October 22
Obviously your priority is sorting out tensions in close alliances, personal, professional or otherwise. Urgent as this seems, you may have to tackle certain issues gradually. This requires patience but achieves a lasting solution. Also, because you`ve given these priority, you`ve put off other activities or pursuits. Some are pure pleasure but others are about broadening your horizons via study, travel or even spiritual pursuits. While these may not seem urgent, once you`re pursuing them, you`ll realise how much they balance your life.
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Scorpio: October 23 — November 21
When committing to changes of the nature and extent you`re discussing, obviously you want details; but with the foundation on which they`re based is changing. Add certain untried concepts and guarantees are in short supply. This means going with the flow. Initially, you find this extremely worrying; but you relax, enough you can relax and accept changes with a new and unaccustomed ease. Thus, when previously agreed arrangements are altered, you happily accept changes, and without the usual anxieties or drama.
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Sagittarius: November 22 — December 21
Since early in the year there`ve been hints that the remarkable ideas or offers which first arose last year would come good. Now there`s lots more talk but frustratingly little action. Tempting as it is to force issues, you`d regret it. The slowdown involves practical matters of which you`re currently unaware. Since forcing issues achieves nothing, busy yourself with tedious but important tasks you`ve been putting off. Ensuring they`re dealt with now frees you to move swiftly when, in May, suddenly things get exciting.
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Capricorn: December 22 — January 19
Ordinarily a combination of careful planning and a decisive attitude enables you to achieve most goals as planned. Now, however, you`re coping with exciting yet very disruptive events, which are taking you further from even those vague plans. Unsettling as it is, let even these go. This frees you to respond to the unexpected but extraordinary events promised by May`s remarkable planetary activity, which involves Pluto, which is in Capricorn, and promises to transform elements of your life in ways beyond anything you`ve imagined.
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Aquarius: January 20 — February 18
Usually you`re adept at dealing with surprises that are thrown your way, whatever their nature. Yet the twists and turns you faced in March and which continue during April leave you perplexed. That`s because it`s too soon to take action. Not only are you short of facts, the actual situations – and there are several – remain so uncertain you can`t make even simple plans; but you can explore, particularly unknown territory. This isn`t just geographical. It refers to new people, ideas and even philosophies.
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Pisces: February 19 — March 20
Since early in the year remarkable events have been altering both your world and your sense of identity, to the extent you now feel freer than for ages. Bizarrely, the confusion triggered by Mercury, which is retrograde from mid-March until 4 April, and for some of that time in your sign, actually opens a new array of options to you in terms of activities and long term goals. You can, at long last, leave those you`ve been defending to look after themselves. They`re ready.