ASTROLOGY

Your year ahead will be lively, energetic and outgoing at times and rather withdrawn at others. You will want a chance to ponder over important personal issues. You’ll need to tackle joint finances. If you don’t take control then it won’t happen.

Nothing is making you happier at the moment than peaceful conversations with friends. The everyday people in your life are the most appreciative. You need to sort one situation out in a sensible way, so take constructive steps to find out what you need to know.

Today you will want to be surrounded by beauty and luxury. But maybe you are trying to compensate for a lack you feel elsewhere. Don’t muddle love and money and assume that if you aren’t being given lavish presents this means that you are not really valued.

You really want peace and harmony so you are trying to iron out problems by acting as a peacemaker. But maybe in the process you are not standing up for your own rights. But as long as you watch that pitfall, your natural charm will work wonders by putting everyone at ease.

You may be feeling just a touch unappreciated at the moment. But there is no need. Just enjoy this quiet time since it won’t last long. This week your role is to be giving rather than receiving. But you need to step back and be tolerant and more light-hearted in the way you handle conversations and discussions.

You have a wonderful knack of putting others at ease. But you won’t put up with jealousy and will run a mile at the first whiff off possessiveness. If everyone can be straightforward and not allow a note of self- righteousness to creep in, then the influences around at the moment can be immensely helpful.

You very much want to be looked up to and admired so you are putting a great deal of importance on how you look, sprucing up your outer appearance. Try to stay close to what you really feel. You can use the Pluto influences around today to do some kind of research - investigate, dig below the surface.

You want your social life to be an adventurous experience today. You will be happy for loved ones to expand your view of life. You want to be entertained and informed at the same time. You may be absolutely right in what you are thinking, but it’s still a great idea to keep an open mind.

You love people or you loathe them at the moment; there’s not much in between where your feelings are concerned. You want to live life at a profound level and don’t care for anything too frivolous. But if you’re feeling gloomy give yourself a shake. Don’t take the bleak side of every situation.

Socially you are on top form, charming the birds off the trees. But you say what you think will please not what you really feel, which could make you seem a touch insincere. Later in the day Mercury is in aspect to Pluto so you’ll be thinking about things very deeply.

You are tending to throw your emotional needs into work at the moment, and can seem stand-offish on social occasions. Others find you reserved but don’t realise how preoccupied you are. If you are feeling frustrated because companions are shutting off what you say, you need to rethink your approach.

Your sunny temperament is making you popular and helping you avoid the boring routines at work. You are putting on a great performance, entertaining everyone in sight, and glowing when you have an appreciative audience. Mercury is now in aspect to Pluto, which is great for meaningful encounters.

More sensitive and emotional than usual, you really want a peaceful domestic existence. You will have an intuitive feel for whatever is happening, but you may over-react and feel hurt by even the slightest whiff of criticism. Try to open up to other people more.