ET ARIES Mar 21 - April 20

Sunday's annual New Moon in your sign offers you the chance to leave the past behind and to start with a clean slate. So deal with all unfinished business and then turn the page. If you have been trying to find a way to break the ice with someone close, plan to talk a certain situation through on Tuesday, when optimistic, lucky Jupiter is due to take a hand.

TAURUS April 21 - May 21

This weekend's New Moon marks the start of a more introspective phase, so make time on your agenda to tune into your own feelings and consider where you want to go from here. With the Sun in tune with lucky Jupiter, which is now travelling through your chart's financial sector, you could also come up with a new idea for making money, so back what seems to be an outside chance midweek.

GEMINI May 22 - June 21

Your social life is due to enter a more upbeat and exciting phase from this weekend, when the New Moon falls in the adventurous sign of Aries. Tuesday's link between the Sun and lucky, expansive Jupiter, which is now travelling through your sign, also underlines the fact that all you have to do is knock for unexpected doors to open. Do not let career commitments hold you back.

CANCER June 22 - July 23

Your sixth sense for how to impress someone whose support you need to get ahead will not let you down this week. So go all out for what you want and be ambitious. Sunday's New Moon in your chart's career sector also ushers in a new era. In fact, all you have to do to make real and lasting progress is simply ask for what you want and be determined.

LEO July 24 - Aug 23

Put personal and emotional issues to one side and follow your own star this week. Sunday's New Moon marks the ending of a time in which you have been under pressure to conform to others' expectations and demands. So leave the past behind and concentrate on broadening your horizons. Those who feel they have the right to tell you what to do will change their tune if you are firm.

VIRGO Aug 24 - Sep 23

If you share your thoughts and feelings with a loved one this weekend, you could find that they are more prepared to help you than you had imagined. With their backing, you can take full advantage of the career break that Jupiter, the planet of good fortune, has now got in store. If you are diplomatic, you can also side-step certain issues and leave recent problems in the past where they belong.

LIBRA Sep 24 - Oct 23

A more positive and optimistic phase in your close relationships begins this week, when the New Moon falls in fiery, forthright Aries. It also seems that someone is now ready to forget a certain issue and put out the hand of friendship, so be prepared to meet them half way. Do not act on impulse where career issues are concerned, however. Something you discover around Wednesday could well make you change your plans.

SCORPIO Oct 24 - Nov 22

As this weekend's New Moon falls in the sector of your skies that rules your working life, far-reaching career changes lie ahead. It also seems that you can count on someone in a key position, so do not hesitate to seek them out and ask for their support. But be realistic and prepared to wait a while for what you really want. Patience and thoroughness are all this week.

SAGITTARIUS Nov 23 -Dec 21

Domestic issues may have taken up a great deal of your time in recent weeks, but life is due to take a more exciting turn from Sunday, when the New Moon falls in fiery, forward-looking Aries. Tuesday's link between the Sun and lucky Jupiter also helps you to branch out and meet new people, one of whom could play a major role in your life in the months to come.

CAPRICORN Dec 22 - Jan 20

This weekend's New Moon gives you the chance to clear the decks and streamline your routine, so you should now deal with all the chores that you have been postponing in readiness for better times ahead. Your working life is also due to take an upwards turn from Tuesday, when achieving an ambition should be well within your grasp. Be sure not to let a chance remark or a misunderstanding throw you off your course midweek.

AQUARIUS Jan 21 - Feb 19

An important change to Tuesday's link between the Sun and Jupiter, the planet of good fortune, which is now travelling through the area of your skies that governs love affairs and new departures, could have far-reaching repercussions. The New Moon in courageous, forthright Aries is also due to open up new channels of communication. Do not miss the opportunity to bring about important changes.

PISCES Feb 20 - Mar 20

A new financial cycle starts this week when the Moon is new in pioneering Aries. So clear the decks and work out where you want to go from here. You can also count on easy times at home, so make the most of these auspicious times. If you play your cards right early in the week, you could find that someone unexpected steps out of the shadows and offers their support.

-- Anonymous, March 29, 2001