Cancer

Your Week Ahead: It is easy for saints and sages to teach the secret of inner peace. If all you need to do is retire to a cosy cave and meditate you're laughing. It's all a little different if you want to stay tranquil while the bills are piling up, the traffic is backing up, the painful bit of your body is playing up or the tension in your personal life is mounting up. Nirvana is probably not attainable. But a degree of comparative calm and comfort may be found this week. Just remember that there are several exciting options open to you. There's no reason why you can't explore a new possibility at the start of a brand new year.

Yasmin Boland writes: Whoa! Warn your partner and your best friends – as of this week, you are packing quite a punch when it comes to romance and relationships. In fact, all your most important friends (and maybe even a few of your enemies) would be well advised to duck for cover if they do you wrong. You now have combustible Mars in your Love Zone... and Pluto too. You're not afraid to wage war on anyone who even thinks about looking at you sideways. This is great news if you're a timid Crab in need of some courage. However, if you're like most Cancerians, and already not that backwards in coming forwards, you may need to rein in your temper… just a bit!

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