You’re a warm-hearted and wonderful person this happy, harmonious Friday when you’ll find your company is in great demand by all and sundry. Socialise and circulate and you’ll discover your hopes and dreams for the future are given an unexpected boost by the influence of Jupiter who gives you a spectacular chance to turn them into reality.

Whether you’ve just set your foot on the first rung of the career ladder or you’re about to reach the top you’ll be able to make genuine progress Friday by showing how flexible and co-operative you can be. Even if you can’t agree with colleagues you can put your point of view across without offending anyone and win respect for your opinions.

In the twinkling of an eye you’re suddenly bored with yesterday’s meditative contemplation. You long to see some action, to be in the thick of things and to rid yourself of anyone or anything that hinders your freedom of movement and thought. You want to be yourself and for others to follow your example but they’ll need patient encouragement.

You need to retreat from the hustle-and-bustle of this hectic life and seek out an oasis of calm where you can renew, refresh and restore your inner world by drinking deep of the limpid pools of imaginings and fancies. This is no time to be wrestling with complex theories and theorems now your mind’s relaxing in a reverie of restfulness.

When loving partners are at odds with your kith-and-kin you’ll be saddled with the job of being piggy-in-the-middle and trying to make both sides see sense. Long-standing tensions have been bubbling away beneath a deceptively calm veneer of pleasantries and platitudes but now they come roaring to the surface and only you can sort things out.

You get a much-needed ego boost from the considerate counsel of colleagues. If you’re feeling stifled and stymied you should clear the air today, and whilst you’re at it you’d be wise to seek some advice about a hassle with your health. You shouldn’t overlook the symptoms of stress and strain they may be telling you it’s time for a change.

Youngsters may look angelically innocent but if you’re wise you’ll check up on them and make sure they’re telling you the plain, unvarnished truth. If you do uncover any secrets you should treat them sensitively and fairly for it’s your role to help those less-experienced and worldly-wise than yourself. Angry recriminations get you nowhere now.

Have you been so wrapped up in yourself that you’ve left loved ones to fend for themselves? You should do all you can to make your nearest-and-dearest feel like a million dollars. If that means cancelling a convivial tete-a-tete, a business meeting or a night out with the gang then so-be-it. The sacrifice is small, but very worthwhile.

Have you got a nagging doubt in the back of your mind that you’re being taken for a ride by a whimsical wooer? Your natural optimism and ebullience soon drives such dark thoughts from your head as you plunge into a fun-filled Friday. What’s the use of worrying, you tell yourself, whatever will be, will be, or will it? I wonder? Que sera!

Profound and powerful amorous emotions arouse your passions and though it’s against your better judgement to let your heart rule your head you can’t stop yourself! Even so you may have to keep a watchful eye on a partner who’s even more frivolous than you, so let’s hope you’ve enough Capricornian common-sense for two, this skittish day.

Now you’ve finished making your ideal home you can turn your attentions to your own appearance. Treat yourself to trousseau suit, skirt or sweater, try out a changed hairstyle and give yourself a face-lift! It’s out with the old and in with the new this Friday and any changes wrought now will do wonders for your morale, image and ego.

You’ll need to keep your eyes and ears open if you’re on your travels Friday. You’re apt to be a wee bit forgetful so you could get on the bus or train and find you’ve left your cash on the sideboard, or may arrive at the shops and not have the foggiest idea of what you came to buy. Jot down or list any important facts that must be remembered