Does my nose look big in this?

Post Darwin Deez 3rd March 2011 - smiling after a tops night!

April Showers?

Lucky Days: 4, 5, 6, 14, 22

Yucky Days: 2, 3, 9, 10, 30

Fashion Icon: Kate Moss

Colour: Sand

Get ready for a major reboot as Pluto prepares to retrograde in your stars on 9 April. On the bright side, you’ll have a chance to slow down and reassess priorities rather than just relying blindly on the good old go-go-go Goat mode. With a major conglomeration of planets in your domestic and family sector all month long, you’ll need a reprieve from the demands of career to get back to your roots. The planets are practically screaming at you to take better care of yourself this month, no excuses. No longer can you neglect your emotional needs in favor of taking care of everyone else. It’s time to cut out the consequences to your wellbeing that often result from overextending yourself. The Full Moon in your career sector on 17 April will bring the recognition you’ve worked so hard for over the past six months. This is another indication that you can take a little breather and get back to the simple task of actually enjoying some time off. You’ll sigh major relief when Mercury goes direct on 23 April, lightening the miscommunication load you’ve carried since late March. When the Sun enters your house of pleasure on the 20th, the emphasis on enjoyment is no longer a pipe dream; it’s a cosmic mandate.

Your April Monthly Forecast: When people are feeling tense, they often advise each other to, 'draw a deep breath'. How many deep breaths might you need to draw this month? Actually, you should make every breath a deep one. Not because you need to defuse anger but because you ought to stop, relax and appreciate just how magical and wonderful your life truly is. For all that's wrong, for all that's troublesome, for all that's missing, you've got so much to be glad of. Soon, not only will you begin to recognise even more reasons to feel a deep sense of gratitude, you'll actually start creating them.

Capricorn

Within every tough, over-achieving Mountain Goat is a retiring homebody. Your opposite and complementary sign is cancer, and just as the Crab likes its shell, so the Capricorn demands a capacious home in which to retreat after a hard day running the world, or at least, your professional patch of it.

Today’s new  (3rd) Moon in the sector of your ‘scope concerned with home, family and the clan brings fresh thinking to bear on your domestic set-up and the chance to expand your home quarters, or to even relocate. These things don’t usually happen in a rush, and with Mercury Retrograde, you might usefully avoid binding agreements until the 23rd (if you are signing, then double check the fine print). Still, withJupiter, Mars and Prometheus active in your home life, it’s a time of surprise packages and unexpected offers. For some of you, your homestead turns into Hotel Capricorn, with a whirligig of guests. For others, a new east Wing becomes feasible. Whatever the issue, this spring isn’t a time to be scared of change.

Your personal planet, Saturn, remains where it likes to be – at the top of your ‘scope, exalted in Libra, in a commanding position, albeit one that demands a more gruelling work routine than even you care for. Your legendary staying power will see you through, along with a dispassionate attitude to workplace politics. You didn’t make the rules after all (another Capricorn doubtless did).

Venus in Pisces until the 20th, and the Sun in Taurus thereafter both have a similar reminder that the Capricornus is a fish-tailed Goat that swims in the sea of emotion. Wherever and with whom you find your joy and pleasure – allotment, museum, cabaret hall – is where you need to spend more of your time this spring. The weekend of the 22-24, with the Moon in your skies, looks dishy. Enjoy!