and the oracle says ...

LAST MONTH: Where will you be by the end of the month? Ha! How can you be so sure? I mean, you may well be right, but is life really so predictable? You need a little more spontaneity even if it has to come at the cost of some additional uncertainty. You are hanging on too tightly to a plan or a strategy. It's not necessarily a bad one - but nor is it the only one you could be applying. In becoming overly dismissive of alternatives, you are keeping a potentially better solution at bay. The universe wants to help you. That's why it keeps offering new options to contemplate. Don't feel obliged to rule them out due to loyalty to your original idea!

TODAY: Maybe we can repress certain instincts, but it is very hard to subjugate them entirely. You now know what you ought to avoid. Yet a part of your heart is not at all interested in convenient compromise. It wants the ultimate ... the best. It knows too that there is a chance of getting this. Sooner or later, you will find yourself pushing at the limits you have recently tried to impose upon yourself. That's appropriate really for as the New Moon approaches, you now need the strength to trust your deepest urges.

THIS WEEK: As we approach April, each day takes us closer to the point where first Mercury, then Venus, will enter Aries. Then, there will be a New Moon in this sign. So is that good news for Aries and indifferent news for everyone else? On the contrary. It symbolises the release of fresh energy. All of us, no matter what sign we are, will feel the benefit. First, we'll see something fall apart or come to an end. Then, whilst we are still bemoaning our loss, the phoenix will arise from the ashes. Somehow, in every life this week, something wonderful will emerge from a process that has been difficult.

As we now edge towards the annual New Moon, we find you beginning to run out of energy. You have not entirely lost your enthusiasm for a great aspiration but, rather like a tire with a slow puncture, you are slowly starting to feel jaded and deflated. Worse, as you continue to journey towards your destination, you can feel every bump on the road. Something needs to change. Faith must be restored but that probably requires a reassuring sign of some kind. What can lift your spirits? The cosmos knows, even if you don't. Prepare for a timely and inspiring boost.