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IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY
A change is as good as a rest and the more changes you make to your lifestyle this year the more you will feel the benefits physically, mentally and emotionally. The next 12 months could be a truly golden period on your life, so don’t hold back.
If you get the chance to assist someone whose experience of life has not been too happy in recent weeks you must not hesitate to do so. What you do for them now may seem small but it will create ripples that help the world as a whole.
TAURUS (April 21 – May 21):
No, there is not some kind of conspiracy to keep you from reaching your goal. More likely by far is that your journey started off a little bit in the wrong direction and now you have wandered a long way off course. Get your compass out.
Unexpected changes both at home and at work will cause a certain amount of worry over the next few days, but they will also create new opportunities. Keep your eyes and ears open and be ready to act when a chance to profit comes along, as it will.
If you start the week wishing you were some place else it’s unlikely that life will improve much over the next few days. Your task now is to get past your pessimism and force yourself to be positive about where you are and what is expected of you.
If you get through the day without locking horns with a work colleague or business partner you will have done very well indeed. More likely, however, is that what you see and hear will provoke you into a reaction. Make sure you don’t overdo it.
You may not have all the answers but you know enough about life to understand that worrying won’t change a thing. It will all come good in the end, so start the week with a song in your heart and a smile on your face.
The most important thing today is that you identify your priorities. The second most important thing is that, having identified them, you draw up a plan that will take you from where you are now to where you most want to be.
You may have a wealth of plans and truly believe that you can make them come true, but you need to be realistic about how much you can accomplish at any one time. Aim high by all means, but only for goals you can actually see.
You may be the sort of person who likes to see a quick return on your investments of time and energy but you need to be patient this week. Stay calm and keep plugging away at what is important to you personally. There’s really no rush.
Your way with words may help you extract yourself from a situation that is rapidly getting out of control, but make sure you help other people as well. Not everyone shares your ability to communicate facts and figures to the world at large.
Give your imagination permission to soar and don’t worry if it takes you in some weird and wonderful directions. You don’t have to take every idea seriously, but it doesn’t hurt to be aware of all possibilities, even those that seem outrageous.
Your life is clearly moving in the right direction, so don’t listen to those who say you need to make massive changes either at home or at work. Either they don’t know what they are talking about or they secretly want you to fail.