By Jack Fertig
Q Scopes
Mercury in Pisces sextile to Pluto in Capricorn offers very deep insights that seem illogical, but go with your gut. Your subconscious may be catching rational connections that your conscious mind doesn't see.
ARIES (March 20 – April 19): Folks in charge have a hidden agenda. Reading between the lines isn't necessarily paranoiac. Confide in a close friend to keep that in proportion. If you must choose between loyalty and ambition, think ahead and remember who you are.
TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): Hints of the future and conversations with friends challenge some of your beliefs, triggering inner conflicts. You like life more certain, but accept the challenge to be truer to yourself and more ready for what's coming. Resistance to inevitable change only makes it harder.
GEMINI (May 21- June 20): Sharing a confidence with your boss could open him or her up to letting you in on some secrets. The road to power need not pull you away from your friends, but your goals may challenge you to choose or reconcile.
CANCER (June 21- July 22): Ideals and religion should offer guideposts, not strict instructions. The way to effective partnership in love and work needs some improvisational detours from those marked paths. Independent thought and extrapolation breathe real value into old faith and wisdom.
LEO (July 23 – August 22): There's a time and place to show off your sexual prowess. At work that energy is best sublimated to focus on practical techniques to get powerful results. Go slow and steady at exercise. Trying too hard could get you hurt!
VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): Identifying strongly with a sexually-defined community can strengthen or limit your individuality – or do both. Discuss this with your partner or a longtime friend. Be very clear about how your milieu affects your own creative spirit.
LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): Service to your community does give you deep insight; respect that it does so for others, too! Sharing your insights will help everyone; try to keep the competitive urges entirely friendly to build cooperation.
SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Your wonderful, wicked wittiness will delight your friends, but could make big trouble at work. Keep a journal handy or Tweet your pals in those moments when you can hardly suppress yourself, but it is neither the time nor the place!
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Pluto in Capricorn until 2023 means that financial worries will be with all of us for awhile, and that you will tend to worry way too much. Your biggest challenge is to keep perspective. That takes practice. Easy does it!
CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): If you're not careful you may reveal some very personal secrets. If you are careful you could learn a few! Assert yourself in a mature way – being responsible and independent – to shift your status in your family.
AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): A shopping list or receipt could be a meditative focus. Consider what you eat, what you use, what you need, what you don't and how this reflects your habits and goals. Compare the reality to your ideals and see what you can learn about yourself.
PISCES (February 19 – March 19): Even if a bit pessimistic, your foresight will be appreciated. Times are tough, and a thoughtful assessment is much more valuable than false optimism. Ruthless honesty could still upset some friendships; try to be diplomatic.
