By Astrologer Bejan Daruwalla                                                     Contact: 08141234275

Aries: Ganesha says your mind is razor-sharp. Your exchanges with others are quick and to the point. You know what they want from you intuitively and you know you can deliver. You are alert and savvy. This is a favorable period for all kinds of commercial transactions. You are shrewd and cunning and strike the best possible deal. You could even be ruthless and run the risk of being unethical too. You sight money and short cuts to get where you want.

Taurus: You could be firefighting all period depending, of course, on your personal chart. There is some tension between your personal needs and your professional duties, and you are pulled in several directions. Sometimes you may even feel that the foundations you had built are breaking. You may get emotional over it and downsize all rationale. On the flip side, you could seize this period and channelize the inherent tension into one of achievement.

Gemini: ‘Life is involvement. Where there is no involvement, there is no life,’ says Sadhguru, today’s popular mystic. There are expenses along with windfall deals. This is a lucky period and you get what you want. There could be international travel, rewards and awards, accolades and applause, money and honey. You are the toast of your peer group. You have the Midas touch. Nothing goes wrong in your life. In fact, everything falls in place according to plan. Life is smiling at you and inviting you for the first dance.

Cancer: You are canny enough to sight success and what needs to be done to achieve it. You roll up your sleeves and get down to the hard slog. You resemble Chris Gayle in his many blitzkriegs in the IPL. You bat on the front foot, and like him, send the best bowlers packing. You simply cannot go wrong. The cards are in your favor. You are the favorite child of the gods. Ganesha is happy for you.

Leo: There is stability, continued success and big money. You live and love large. You don’t believe in half measures. There are expenses, but you consider them business investments. Your love life is flamboyant. You wear it on your sleeve and boast about your conquests. Those with steady partners bond ethereally. You meet with people from all over the world, and new vistas open.

Virgo: You have struck a purple patch. You are the lion in Serengeti with scores of lionesses to do your bidding. It is an easy life. Fortune smiles on you. You realize this and are generous to a fault. Your philanthropic instincts are aroused and you help out in old-age homes and with the less fortunate. You could take to activism and win laurels for your efforts. Your ego rides high and you perceive any affront as a challenge to your authority.

Libra: You take step back and examine your goals and expectations from life. You look at what has worked for you and what needs to be ejected from your life. You separate the grain from the chaff and decide on what to nurture and what to drop. You do a SWOT analysis. You engage with friends, family, loved ones and the larger society. You get the views of others to reach on objective conclusion. You try your best to keep subjectivities, prejudices and preconceptions out of the reckoning. You want to evolve and grow, and you are prepared to do all that it takes.

Scorpio: Your money mind is everywhere, even in the remotest swathes of the Sahara. You are moving in several different directions all at once like a giant eel setting out from a meal. Unless you harness the mind and give it direction, nothing of consequences will be achieved. But inaction is also a kind of action. Watch our mind and you know where you are headed. ‘The pessimist sees difficult in every opportunity. You live them all one by one. Ganesha holds your hand.

Sagittarius: You are in communication mode using every bit of technology to advantage. You want to reach out to the world at large and this is exactly what you do. ‘the ones that will create the new culture that is needed are those that are not afraid to be insecure,’ said Pema Chodron, the monk. You get out of your comfort zone and traverse uninhabited trails. You listen to your inner drummer and break all the rules. There are maudlin moments, and you feel insecure.

Capricorn: There is more stability in this phase and you indulge in different kinds of activities. You assert yourself without offending others. You call a spade a spade, but you are also politically very correct. You are direct, even brutally honest, without being abrasive. There is balance between your need to be an individual and your need to relate to the world at large. You are charming, friendly and agreeable. You still manage to do your thing, but no one takes offence.

Aquarius: This is the period when you make new discoveries, encounter new people and open new windows to your world. You are filled with energy, gusto and zeal and want to explore life. But, at the same time, you could be too rigid, and that can break the momentum of your plans and actions. But this is also a period of many revelations and startling new ideas. Life opens up in several new dimensions. There is fun and entertainment and bizarre expressions of your individuality.

Pisces: You are basking in the arms of amour. Your desires are aroused and you play the field. Those in committed relationships take ecstasy to new heights. There are fun times and parties as you meet up with old friends and lovers. This is a gregarious influence and you just love being the center of attention. You love the spotlight and it loves you too. This is a good time too for artistic activities as creativity bursts through your pores. Children bring joy, but it is tinged with sadness, as they may be fleeing the coop.