Talking Cosmic

1) Don't cut corners.
2) Don't take risks.
3) Don't underestimate the competition.
4) Don't assume you'll get by on your charms.
5) Don't expect people to stump up for you.
6) Do look at the details.
7) Do pay your taxes.
8) If it's wrong, fix it.
9) Take responsibility.
10) Take it on the chin. Your day will come.

And The Rest

Now, if you're an Aries, Libra, Cancer or Capricorn you must be wondering why you haven't been mentioned yet. Does it mean you are out of the firing line and destined only for the joys of life? Well, does it feel like that? Has life been pure, unbridled joy since the beginning of the 21st Century? Here, of course, we enter one of astrology's greyest areas. You may not have the sun in any of the aforementioned signs but if any of the above sounds all too familiar you probably have one of the other eight remaining planetary bodies somewhere in the hot zone. No, this is not a cop out, merely an explanation. Because although many people are experiencing great happiness, success and prosperity, there is an edge of darkness in every person's life. No one is 'having it good' all round.

Then again, the eclipses of the past twelve months have taken place in Capricorn and Cancer thereby producing events that can be classed as life-milestones for many of the members of the Cardinal signs - and that includes Aries and Libra too. Eclipses are often coincident with sudden changes in fortune and, dare I mention that word again, Fate. So if you are among this group and January, June and July of this year contained one of those life-defining moments, you can almost certainly look to the eclipses as the catalysts of those events. 25th December sees another (solar) eclipse in the sign of Capricorn so, especially if you have a birthday on or near then or around the 25th March, June or September, you can expect to be stirred and maybe lit up, along with the Christmas pudding! And it doesn't stop there. Yet another eclipse (full moon) on the 9th of January, promises to get the year off to a rousing start for the Cardinals - and we're not talking American football or baseball here - particularly if you were born on or near the 9th of July, October, December or April.

But I shall keep you abreast of all the cosmic developments as we go.