The intellectual strain and pressure you are under is enormous. An ethical crisis erupts as you discover gaping holes in your code for living to leave your principles in shreds. The realisation that you have put your faith in false prophets means a complete reappraisal of how you live your life.

You can convince yourself until the cows come home that what you are doing is for the good of others. But when it comes to money, sex or power there’s an even chance that the only one who is likely to benefit is you. Justify as much as you like because in the end you have got to live with yourself.

A profound planetary formation sees you struggling against a powerful adversity but you are ill prepared for battle. Avoidance tactics help delay the inevitable until you have weighed up the situation and are more able to face the opposition. Come to blows too early and you will be defeated.

Negotiate and collaborate as you need to know if what you are doing is right for you and good for all. Emotionally you are in the process of transition so a refusal to make adjustments will only make matters worse, especially your health. It’s time to come to accept that what’s gone is gone.

Someone needs bringing down a peg or two when their high-handed tactics vex you. Don't let your temper get the better of you as the only way you will get even is by cooling it and using smart tactics. Psychologically you are on a hiding to nothing today so bide your time and let nature take its course.

The Jupiter/Pluto opposition compels you to go to extremes when faced with difficult choices or decisions. Childhood conditioning or an older figure has had a profound impression on your character but you need to decide now what is right for you and who you really are. Ties have to be broken.

A face-off has you examining your feelings but you might not like what you see. You may be forced to accept that your motives have not been as selfless or altruistic as you believed them to be. You could even have been deluding yourself but it is never too late to see the true you and make amends.

There’s something not quite right either with your motives or with someone’s you know. A despotic link between Jupiter and Pluto leads to confrontation with a control freak. This in itself is destined to change your life patterns as you are the doyen of control freakery. May the best person win.

No matter how much effort you’ve made, you feel powerless and very frustrated. When confronted with something or someone so big they cannot be defeated, retreat. As I said in earlier forecasts, in many ways you have made your bed now you have to lie on it. Time for a major life reassessment.

Be careful of whom you trust as even someone near or dear could betray a confidence, exposing your private life and shattering your faith in humanity. Your health bears the brunt of any disillusionment so cut your losses before someone gets hurt. Don’t use a sledgehammer to crack a walnut.

Keeping to tradition in a modern world not only holds you up to ridicule but you could get left behind in the race for success. Think global but make sure any plans to expand are well thought out, have the intellectual and financial resources to back them up and the law has been carefully adhered to.

The sooner you come to the realisation that a career you have given everything to has nothing more to give, the sooner you can get out and go where you will be appreciated. Kid yourself no longer, you have been used by others to suit their own ends and now it’s time to consider number one - YOU.