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Horoscopes

Thought for the day 23 February 2011

Dear Jonathan,
That wave of protest now sweeping the Middle East and beyond. Is this the start of the great changes that culminate on December 23, 2012? Are the meek about to inherit the earth? Will the corrupt leaders of the world that have long held the reins of power be usurped for the greater good? Are we soon to reach the critical mass that will make this possible or is it just my wishful thinking? Keith

Dear Keith,
You have asked me five questions here. The answers are 'kind of', 'not quite', 'to a point', 'yes' and 'no'.

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Aquarius

Jan 21 - Feb 19

aquarius

What's the rush? Why do you feel such a strong sense of pressure? Mars and Mercury may now have left your sign but there's still a lot going on and a lot that needs be done. You though, need to remember who you are and what you are capable of. Think of what you have achieved in the past. Then relax. As long as you don't allow yourself to be pushed or panicked, you need not even get close to the edge of your comfort zone. Your sense of perspective and proportion is your protection from an inappropriate priority! Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Pisces

Feb 20 - Mar 20

pisces

If life is a swimming pool, most of us are just splashing about in the shallow end. We like to feel we can touch the floor whenever we need to. Some of us, it seems, never even really learn to swim. Every so often, we watch brave individuals heading off towards the greater depths. We admire them for this until or unless they ever get into trouble, when we feel strangely gratified. How silly of them. How glad we are that we are not them! But are you not now heading for deep water? That's what's right for you. Don't fear it! Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Aries

Mar 21 - Apr 20

aries

How well will things work out? Surprisingly well. How close will you get to the fulfilment of your dearest dream? Pleasingly close. How much do you now need to be worried about? Less than you think. Okay. Any other questions? Sometimes you can be your own worst enemy. You make wise choices and then criticise yourself for ages afterwards. Things naturally start to move in the right direction - and you suddenly wonder if you should be heading for some different destination. Question less and accept more today. Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Taurus

Apr 21 - May 21

taurus

Whatever the purpose of life may be, it certainly can't be efficiency. We live in a world where everything takes longer than it needs to. Like sheep and horses we could start walking within hours of arrival. We could just get here in the morning, say whatever it is we're supposed to say, do whatever we need to do and be gone by teatime. Although, in one way... when you look back, it does all seem to have passed in a blink of an eye. Don't be too impatient for change today. The past is catching up with the future. Let it take its time. Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Gemini

May 22 - June 22

gemini

The vision: A sun-kissed beach. Blue sky. White sand. Clear sea. Wide, open spaces. A hammock slung between two palm trees. You lying in it, with a glass of something exotic by your side. An assistant, of stunning physical beauty, fanning you with a frond and waiting to attend to your every need. Etc. And now, the reality: Aarrggh! Do we really have to spell this one out? OK. Last but not least, the prediction: If the contrast between what you've want and what you've got seems too big, that's no reason to stop wanting it! Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Cancer

Jun 23 - Jul 23

cancer

Now that Valentine's Day is behind us, we can start to ask, 'Who are you inseparably connected to? And perhaps, 'When will a certain person let go of your feet so that you can start making your own decisions about where and when you want to walk?' I'm not saying an existing situation is entirely problematic... it isn't. Still, though, you have had to do a lot of adjusting, accepting and 'accommodating' lately, and would like to regain a little autonomy. A balance of power is about to shift. You'll feel better after that. Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Leo

Jul 24 - Aug 23

leo

Do you always do the right thing? Of course not. You're only human. Do you sometimes leap to crazy conclusions? Naturally. But, then, we all do that. To be human is to be fallible. It's just that some of us are better at pretending to be perfect. You're not afraid to put up your hand and say, 'I made a mistake', when you know this is what has happened. Don't then, be afraid to put up your other hand today and say, 'I may not be correct about everything but I am correct about this.' Because in one key respect you are now right. Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Virgo

Aug 24 - Sep 23

virgo

Consider yourself to be empowered and entitled. You have a permit. You are fully licensed. There may be no written authorisation, but you act with the blessing of a great authority. Really. You do. That doesn't mean you can live outside the law or behave with cold insensitivity but, then, you wouldn't do that anyway. If, though, your judgement is questioned, you can defend your point of view confidently. You've seen how much fuss has lately been made over a nothing. Now there's a something that seriously needs attention. Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Libra

Sep 24 - Oct 23

libra

What's wrong with a little ease, contentment, relaxation? Or rather, for I am sure that you agree there is nothing wrong with this in principle, what now stops you from revelling in all or any of the above? Don't answer that question please. It's rhetorical. It's not supposed to trigger a recitation of your long and fully justified list of grievances. We haven't got all day. Besides which, they are all to some extent at least, rhetorical too. Speak about happier things today and you will start to experience them. Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Scorpio

Oct 24 - Nov 22

scorpio

Every so often we all have to do things that we don't want to do. Often, the hardest thing of all is to know whether we are really being faced with no alternative - or whether we are just giving in to pressure. You now wonder whether you are doing the right thing. Your heart, though, already knows the answer. It is quite sure that your current sacrifice is a wise one. But your head is of a different opinion. No change there, then. Heads and hearts rarely agree. Trust the wisest part of you and stick with what you have started. Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Sagittarius

Nov 23 - Dec 21

sagittarius

'A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?' So said the poet, Khalil Gibran. Something is bugging you. Try not to react. Something is wrong. Try not to put it right. Something needs to be the way it is till someone else, other than you, notices and does something about it. You've got a part to play, of course, in a drama that's now unfolding. But you need another person to see what's now obvious to you. Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!

Capricorn

Dec 22 - Jan 20

capricorn

Don't get bogged down by detail. Don't get sucked, either, into a psychological black hole called, 'the quest for a logical explanation'. Some things just don't have one. The worst of all such things are the ones that look as if they ought to make some sense. They tempt us with their seductive promise of a rational justification and, like sirens, causing the ships of our lives to founder on the rocks of unreasonable expectation. Something, right now, is totally daft. Just accept it as such and trust what you're sure of. Now please, keep reading, 2011 is here and if you haven't yet had a full personal chart reading, calculated from your date of birth, you have been missing out. Change your future. Click here!