Horoscope: Wednesday, Jan 7

A problem that has been difficult to solve actually has a very simple solution and this weekend’s new moon will make it abundantly clear what that is. While you’re in such a clear-headed mood try thinking of new ways to make money.

Your luck will turn for the better when the Sun joins both Mercury and Venus in your birth sign on Tuesday. There were one or two moments in recent weeks when you almost gave up but you stayed the course and pretty soon you’ll be top dog again.

You need to spell out in plain and simple language what it is you expect of other people. Both at home and at work misunderstandings are likely, so take your time and make sure everyone knows what they are supposed to be doing.

You will have to bargain hard to get what you want this weekend but you can be amazingly persuasive when the mood takes you. Sooner or later you will wear them down and they are sure to come round to your way of thinking.

Do whatever it takes to avoid petty squabbles. That applies to all areas of your life but especially to affairs of the heart. As Mercury moves back into the partnership area of your chart today the object of your affection could be anything but reasonable.

You cannot stand by while some sort of injustice is occurring. Do what you can to remedy the situation but don’t take it all on your own shoulders. You may be in the right but it helps if you have might on your side too. You need powerful allies.

Because you have such an expansive mind it’s the little things in life that tend to annoy you the most. One such minor problem will nag at you this week and it won’t leave you alone until you do something about it. It should only take a few minutes.

Cosmic activity in one of the more sensitive areas of your chart gives you a rather negative view of life at the moment but it does not have to be that way. What happens today and tomorrow will confirm that you are loved and admired.

Someone who usually has only nice things to say about you will go right the other way and say something hurtful today, but you must not let it get to you. Sometimes you can be too sensitive for your own good. Don’t take yourself so seriously.

Yes, you can charm the birds out of the trees if you so choose but your motives for doing so must be pure. If you use your way with words to cut corners today it may work against you in the long-term. Everything balances out in the end.

At some stage today you will discover that someone has been holding back from telling you what they know and, of course, you will be angry about it. On the other hand, they did it for very good reasons. Later you will thank them for it.

It’s not often you change your opinion about something – why should you when you are always in the right? – but at some stage today you will realize that you have been a bit too narrow-minded. Be big enough to admit you made a mistake.

If something out of the ordinary happens today don’t take it too seriously or too personally. In the greater scheme of things it is nowhere near as big a deal as some people, yourself included, may be minded to imagine. Take it in your stride.

Something of a creative nature will go amazingly well today, so well in fact that you might start wondering what the catch is. There isn’t one. It’s simply the culmination of the efforts you have made above and beyond the call of duty in recent months.

Try not to be too impatient with people who refuse to accept new ideas or who keep harking back to the past. Not everyone can be as creative or as concerned with the future as you, so make allowances and don’t waste time on petty arguments.

With Mars, Saturn and Pluto all moving through your sign you are clearly in the mood to get things done, but if you behave in too imperious a manner you are sure to make powerful enemies. Do you care? Probably not, but be careful anyway.

According to the planets you have been lusting after something you know you cannot have and it has been causing you a certain amount of grief. The time has come to get over it and go after a goal that is within your reach. Move on Aquarius.

The Sun in your sign over the next few weeks will do wonders for your self-belief and make it easier to be assertive. Don’t expect others to give you what it is you desire, not when you are quite capable of getting it for yourself.

If you can get someone else to help you with your workload today then do so. If you cannot get someone to help you then focus on essentials only. If you try to do it all by yourself you could wear yourself out both physically and mentally.

You will have to be tough with someone who is being negative for no good reason today. They will respect you more if you make it plain that you are not going to play their silly games. Either they shape up or they ship out.