Special weekends occur in quick succession and this one gives you two distinct options. Today is great for completion by putting the finishing touches to an idea that could provide for you in the future. From tomorrow the starry scene promises many commercial and financial benefits to come.

Mercury steps into Taurus Sunday, preparing for the rare line-up of planets in your sign between the 3rd and 5th May. This heralds your chance to instigate ideas and get new projects off the ground, so get your thinking cap on and decide what you want to achieve over the fertile month to come.

With Mercury changing signs tomorrow, it’s time to work out how to steer your long term plans, hopes and dreams towards eventual fruition. It means you will have to work quietly behind the scenes for a two-week period until the 14th, from that date on, you’re okay to bring ideas out into the open.

You sit on the threshold of an exciting new phase in your social life, so if you have been neglecting your friends and hobbies due to other demands on your time, now comes the chance to restore the balance. You don’t have to put yourself out to bump into fresh faces as they’ll bump into you.

A fresh job opening or promotion in an existing trade or skill gives you the boost you need to propel your flagging confidence upwards: you see past efforts haven’t gone unnoticed. Your life will now whirr fast-forward, so leave yourself free and able to take all that fate throws at you.

You brim with enthusiasm and if this is the shape of things to come, then you can look forward to a fabulous future. As some of your ideas are unusual, you may not always get the support you expected initially - but rather than be discouraged look upon any opposition a surmountable challenge.

A frank discussion with your other half or partner today, helps to ease pent-up strain or tension in a relationship. You both need to get some unexpressed worries off your chest and today is your last best chance for a while. From tomorrow the cosmic energy becomes more secretive and private.

Partnerships per se begin to feature more heavily from this weekend onwards. Remember that you shouldn’t judge the opinions and actions of others on your own set of values. Everyone is entitled to their beliefs and the more you accept this, the more a close relationship will flourish.

Declare a clutter-free zone in your world. Strip everything down to the foundations so you create and build a lifestyle that is healthier, more productive and an amiable environment for you to bloom in. To get somewhere and find success in work, make a commitment to computer literacy.

From tomorrow you’re blessed with the gift of the gab so go all out to sell your ideas and trumpet where you excel creatively. Romance is just as favourable from tomorrow so if you’re crazy about someone and they don’t yet know it, be sure to leave them in no doubt about how you feel.

Habits, patterns and beliefs instilled from childhood aren’t easily broken. But instead of accepting something as gospel without questioning the reason why - ask. Don’t leave uncertainties to plague your mind, unbottle worries and fears to liberate yourself from the past.

As Mercury travels into Taurus tomorrow, there are gains to be had in sharing your thoughts, feelings and communicating with others. Become more informed by reading local newspapers or surfing the Net to help put you in touch with people or companies who are crying out for someone like you.