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Taurus

19 APRIL - 19 MAY
Overcome Tradition addiction
Your focus Updating pleasures
When it comes to love and life's joys, few signs are looking forward to a more promising year. But there's a price. Instead of struggling to keep plans as they are, go with the flow, even if it's taking you in an unanticipated direction. This also brings you closer to others, strengthening existing relationships or fostering encounters that spice up your life. Some offer a glimpse of happiness, personally and with others, that you've regarded as unobtainable, particularly during such unsettled times. But, difficult as ridding yourself of familiar habits can be, doing so could lead to thrilling breakthroughs.

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Gemini

20 MAY - 20 JUNE
Overcome Fear of stillness
Your focus Delving deeply
You'd think having familiar elements of your life reorganised, if not radically altered, would cause serious distress. On the contrary, while those changes may shake things up, they also free you from restrictions you didn't know you had, involving relationships, goals and pursuits you'd thought would bring inner peace. In each there's no single solution or plan - or not immediately, at least. But you soon discover the journey itself is so rewarding you forget to be restless. You also balance distracting practical obligations with those to yourself, to cultivate this new, calmer, more contented you.

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Cancer

21 JUNE - 21 JULY
Overcome Overwhelming emotions
Your focus Cultivating detachment
So often, you're the first to offer support when others - loved ones, friends, colleagues, neighbours - struggle. Yet when it's you who needs guidance or somebody to lean on, you're too proud to admit your feelings and seek support, or you crumple in a heap. During 2009, first you learn to detach from anxieties. You turn them into projects you can analyse and work to resolve. This alone makes you feel stronger. And this doesn't just apply to life's dramas. Adopt this approach with close relationships, finances, achieving goals and even perplexing personal issues and you're soon at ease and in charge.

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Leo

22 JULY - 21 AUGUST
Overcome Your blinkered view
Your focus The distant horizon
Your zest for living is infectious. It inspires others. It's the same when you're suffering - everybody knows about it. If you haven't yet bounced back from recent unfair developments, then that's this year's first challenge. You insist on an apology or things being put right. Since that's unlikely, if not impossible, recognise that you must simply move on. This seems like a compromise. Do it anyway and a new world of possibilities opens up to you, some practical, others heart-warmingly unexpected and wonderful. This technique applies to numerous situations. The more you practise it, the better you get. And the more you enjoy life.

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Virgo

22 AUGUST - 21 SEPTEMBER
Overcome Reluctance to speak up
Your focus Getting intimately involved
You tend to be concerned when others are struggling, even if you're not at fault. Lately you've been worrying overtime. During 2009 the balance shifts. You do what you can for others, but your focus then moves to your own goals, obligations - and pleasures. And without feeling guilty. This means being stern with certain demanding individuals and ignoring others. But you've needed to learn that lesson for ages. Better still, this frees you up to spend time with the people and pursuits you care about, some passionately.

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Libra

22 SEPTEMBER - 22 OCTOBER
Overcome Others' moods dictating yours
Your focus Coming first
What with your trademark graciousness and consciously cultivated knack for remembering others' interests and anxieties, everybody adores being with you. Popularity is wonderful, but you're balancing that now with a vital, and growing, self-interest. Whereas before you'd swoop to the rescue of others, now you tell them firmly to handle their problems themselves. This clarifies tricky situations and enables you to concentrate on your own neglected pursuits. That way, in late October, when stern Saturn moves into Libra, you'll already have identified who and what wastes your time and will be looking after your interests, and passions, with a new vigour.

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Scorpio

23 OCTOBER - 21 NOVEMBER
Overcome Micro-managing life
Your focus Going with the flow
A wonderful world of new ideas and unexpected encounters lies before you. Yet initially you'll tend to regard the accompanying changes as a nuisance, if not seriously worrying. Ordinarily you'd obsess about what to keep or jettison. Now make minimal plans, if any. The freer you are, the better. Last November your ruler Pluto's move to accent a fresh perspective triggered a lengthy cycle of exploration. This may slow your pace, but it opens up a world of options, activities, goals - and personal joys - that would never before have even crossed your mind.

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Sagittarius

22 NOVEMBER - 20 DECEMBER
Overcome Impatience
Your focus Exploring the unanticipated
Your reputation for inquisitiveness may be well earned. But you've often been hasty, only to realise later that you'd missed out on better things. While all year your ruler Jupiter's accenting the need to explore in new directions, Saturn's encouraging you to aim high. This involves work, personal goals and the pursuits that make you glad to be alive, some of which you've sidelined. Now you combine a zest for challenging physical activities with a burgeoning mystical inclination, and fit some exciting achievements in between - and find yourself happier than for ages.

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Capricorn

21 DECEMBER - 18 JANUARY
Overcome Being overbooked
Your focus Taking chances regularly
During 2009, what's best is also likely to be what's least expected. Understand that and, instead of struggling to stick with what you know, you'll savour surprising developments coming your way. Some mean bowing to others' ideas, wisdom - or seemingly risky whims. While you're willing to chance new experiences, you're far more cautious about finances, career or your reputation. Take it slowly, and while the results will be dazzling, even better, you're soon experiencing a new and thrilling freedom that you'd previously regarded as impossible.

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Aquarius

19 JANUARY - 17 FEBRUARY
Overcome Distracting idealism
Your focus Letting the past go
When you look back on this year's events, you'll see that many you regarded as unwelcome at the time were really breakthroughs. Knowing that, at least try out the unexpected and new. Besides, with Saturn's clashes with your ruler Uranus, on 5 February and in mid-September, ushering in changes around you as much as in your thinking, what once seemed ideal may look drab in comparison with what - and who - comes your way. Also, because this is a lengthy cycle of reform, regarding each decision as one step forward ensures you're ready for the next.

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Pisces

18 FEBRUARY - 19 MARCH
Overcome Perfectionism
Your focus Encouraging not rescuing
At least once a day you suffer because something didn't go as you intended or plans fall apart. Worrying achieves nothing. You'll still make an effort, but having done your best, you'll turn your attention to the people and activities you adore. At first this seems uncaring, even cruel. But you soon discover that things go brilliantly without you fretting, and those souls who've devoured your time go elsewhere. Meanwhile, you're free to focus on new objectives you thought beyond your reach.

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