The bright and glorious Comet McNaught now shines in the sector of the sky that, for you, governs contracts, agreements, partnerships and long-term personal relationships. That says plenty about your 2007.

It's a year in which the rulebook gets rewritten so that it suits you better. Currently, you're keenly conscious of two things: commitments that constrain you; and gaps in your life where you wish you had more to make you feel a part of something important. You are reluctant to relinquish the former - lest the latter is all that's then left in your life. Actually, though, you can't create the new arrangements you need and forge the bonds that might suit you better because of the way you are still tied to something that belongs more to the past than the future. Yet... how can you put that down? You can't. You're in a situation that currently seems to be going round in circles. Your financial situation seems circular too. As fast as you earn more, more expense arises.

Indeed in every area of life, there's a sense of being stuck. But none of this can last much longer. As I shall explain, throughout this series in more detail, a dramatic but positive new development is about to turn your life around. Raise your expectations. Allow yourself to feel enthusiastic. Be ready for all that you need to make its way into your world.... just as soon as you start gently separating yourself from what you don't need any more.

YOUR LOVE LIFE
A mysterious force in distant space makes our entire solar system rotate. Pluto now aligns with that 'Galactic Centre'. Meanwhile, a bright comet has appeared. 2007 will be a stunning year. Here's what it means for your love life.

Whenever we feel exposed or anxious, we often ignore the real cause for concern in our life. That seems just too intense to look at - so, instead, we worry about more trivial matters and argue about less relevant issues. It's somehow easier for us to feel as if we are in control of those. We can feel less vulnerable when we secretly know that the things we are getting upset about do not actually matter! That all gets a bit silly, though, when it causes us to mistake friends for enemies or problems for opportunities.

Right at the moment, as we begin the year, a new comet briefly but brightly shines in the part of the sky that governs partnership. It also symbolises all your most important loving relationships. You're going to become clearer about who (and what) is really on your side. You're going to renew some commitments with great vigour and you're also going to see where you've been led by a misguided sense of loyalty towards an involvement that it's now more appropriate to reduce. Once these new priorities are established, things will improve at every level from the romantic to the creative and the social. All you have to do is be open to a new perspective.

Don't feel that you've got to remain entrenched in past patterns; something truly wonderful will present itself. When you see it, don't be scared of it, embrace it. It's going to bring a change that you remain glad of for the whole of the rest of your life.

YOUR WEALTH
In 2007, you begin to see a difference between what you really need to be giving yourself to, and what it may now be appropriate to leave behind. New priorities will arise and these will render old worries irrelevant. Your financial situation is not actually precarious, no matter how wobbly it may appear. It is your unnecessary concern about stability that destabilises you the most... and prevents you from seizing life�s most potentially lucrative opportunities.

Whenever we feel exposed or vulnerable, we surround ourselves with familiar things and people. They become our psychic security blankets, our emotional umbrellas. But, with these blankets wrapped around us, we are not free to embrace the new. The umbrellas become parasols which can keep us apart from sunshine. Take care not to hide behind habits, traditions and existing arrangements. The Comet in your house of close co-operation says there is a better, more constructive way to interact with close colleagues and companions. The alignment of Pluto with the Galactic Centre is a promise that you need no longer feel beholden to a particular person or situation.

The overall astrological outlook is clearly a sign that you can enjoy much comfort and great career and creative fulfilment too. But all this depends on your ability to ignore a little voice within that doubts whether you are good enough... and wonders if you deserve what you seem to be getting. Consider yourself �entitled to success� and success will consider itself honour-bound to find its way to you!