Your weekly horoscope: 2 - 8 August 2015

02 August 2015 - 02:00 By Linda Shaw

What do the stars hold in store for you? LEO (Jul 23 - Aug 22)You're having such a good time, you'll gloss over the mishaps. You're in such a forgiving mood, you'll barely notice your relationships and finances are fleeing. But everyone will be looking to you for support and enthusiasm. You have the energy, the self belief and the creative genius to sail through a time when messages are confusing. Patience is the key to survival. Misunderstandings are a given.VIRGO (Aug 23 - Sep 22)People may seem insensitive but there's no need to take it so personally. This has less to do with you than with the cosmic weather. So patch up your tender heart and learn from those who can think, act and get moving no matter what. Powerful people are ready to help you. The love life is delicate and the finances dodgy, but these can be fixed. Concentrate on what's under your nose. Opportunity knocks.LIBRA (Sep 23 - Oct 22)If your relationship isn't working, it's likely to end this month. Take heart - what was not meant to be, could not have been good for you. Besides, the way can now be cleared for the real thing. If you can, wait for mid-September before making choices. Librans have a way of changing their minds before they've even made up them up. Take your time. This is not a race. And your heart is precious.SCORPIO (Oct 23 - Nov 21)The financial tedium of the past year is finally giving way to a spot of success. You've developed some wonderful financial skills, with the intuition of a psychic and the understanding of a stockbroker. If you don't start making money fairly soon, you're doing it all wrong. Just don't spend it before you've actually got it. At home, you're trying much too hard to impress everyone. Stop it at once.SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 - Dec 21)You could march into the offending office and grab the owner by the throat. Or you could send him good vibes and ask the gods to inspire him with a conscience. Either way, other people's actions have nothing to do with you. Concentrate on getting your career plans formulated, preferably before the end of the week. By mid September, you'll know where you're going - and why.CAPRICORN (Dec 22 - Jan 19)Intensity is the word. Emotionally, physically - any way you can find it. To confuse matters further, an old lover shows up. Remind yourself that most of your alleged love affairs are nothing more than emotional addictions. If you're already in something safer, stay where you are. You won't really be sure of your needs until October, so be careful not to trash what is working fine, just to prove a point.AQUARIUS (Jan 20 - Feb 18)Just because you're oblivious to the drama, doesn't mean there isn't any. Relationship dramas will start in earnest next week. This could be a good time to get to know dad better. If he's no longer around, write a letter, saying all the things you never had the courage to say. Then burn it, releasing the rage. Relationships are in for a rethink. Start with the one you have with yourself.PISCES (Feb 19 - Mar 20)True love is knocking on your door. The question to ask is, are you ready to fling yourself into yet another commitment? And no, disappointment is not the inevitable result. But you may have to look at the question of vulnerability and whether you're ready to trust someone. That aside, we have parties, expensive gifts, bonuses at work, stimulation from unexpected sources and a heap of fun.ARIES (Mar 21 - Apr 19)Here's a challenge. If you can be honest with yourself about your feelings, your needs and all the vile things you've done to get your own way, you'll be given the chance to wipe the slate clean. If not, that desire to be liked could turn into an expensive flaw. Here's what to do: avoid signing any contracts until late next month, make a list of those you need to forgive and be forgiven by - and get on with it.TAURUS (Apr 20 - May 20)Changes of the intense kind are yours for the taking. Actually, they're yours whether you take them or not. If you can, take a few days off to shore yourself up for the hurricane. Your emotionally strangled dramas affect your work; your work affects your finances; your finances affect your life at home. Unless you choose to get off the merry-go-round and deal with the issues one at a time.GEMINI (May 21 - June 20)You can't be expected to manage everything equally well all the time. Concentrate on career and home. The career is changing and you may decide to work for yourself or at least to look for greater freedom. And the home situation is tense until further notice. Your best option is to do what you can, keep your nose out of trouble and wait for direction pointers. They'll be along soon enough.CANCER (June 21 - Jul 22)At last, the meaning of your life is being revealed. Or part of it, anyway. Get on the bus. All stalled projects, travel plans and new deals are on again. Somehow, along the way, you've developed a compassion and understanding you were lacking before. And it's turned you into the kind of potential leader who knows when to fight and when to let the other guy save face. Cultivate that. It'll get you places...

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