Making where you live comfortable and cosy isn't just important it's a necessity to your happiness. You're feeling uncharacteristically vulnerable and will probably remain so for the rest of the month. The comforts of home and family provide you with great solace. However, take care that you don't neglect your career for the sake of domestic bliss. Boisterous signs like you Rams must strike a balance.

Go on a charm offensive for the whole of August and your silver tongue will create golden chances. Try to be a more sensitive toward your loved ones, especially a child. Your stoic exterior can be really intimidating to people who want to share their feelings. What they don't realise is that you're just as tender-hearted as they are. This will be abundantly clear over the next few weeks. Expect a love alliance to be forged before Autumn.

Prosperity can be yours this month from getting a new job to buying something sumptuous you look cool. You'll develop a strong emotional connection to money, which is destined to become stronger before September. Don't accumulate a mountain of debts by putting luxury before necessity. Also don't make the mistake of equating your personal worth with your bank balance. Don't wear out your credit cards.

Loving Venus enters your sign today making you hot stuff not just in romance but in money too. Your sweet, tender side comes out full force all of August giving you powers of attraction that are irresistible. Conservative types will be uncomfortable with your touchy-feely attitude; but you can warm up the hardest heart. An excellent phase begins to beautify yourself and create a more lovely image that enhances you natural assets.

Someone somewhere thinks you are a real babe/hunk and who can blame them with your enchanting allure. Embarking on a secret love affair may seem like a good idea now, but you will live to regret it if you do. If you're not involved with an intrigues now, don't feel too dispirited. The best way to inject passion into your life is to develop a burgeoning talent. Anything creative will give you a new lease on life.

Between now and your birthday you'll meet someone who'll sweep you off your feet as love is everywhere. Your emotional attachment to friends has always been strong, and it's about to become even stronger. Feel free to ask for help if you feel burned out. Your pals will be eager to lend their support. Even a self-sufficient person like you needs assistance from time to time. Don't allow a platonic affair to become too sexy or passionate, it won't work.

A little bit of refined power dressing will have all eyes on you and enrich your career chances. Living up to some imaginary ideal is an exercise in futility. Keep this in mind over the next four weeks. There will be times when you will be forced to go against the popular view. Rather than damaging your reputation, this will actually enhance it. Nothing is more admirable than a person who stays true to their beliefs.

A romance with someone from an exotic background is tempting so long as you don't expect too much. You'll feel an overwhelming urge to continue your education this month. Go with your heart and not with your head when it comes to selecting a program. People may criticise your decision and try to talk you out of it. Understand that they are acting out of fear, not concern. You're on the right track. Keep going.

Love sexy that's you this month so be prepared for a queue of admirers who lust after your body. But for someone who proclaims to be footloose and fancy free, you really have profound insecurities. You need to have a tidy sum of money tucked away in order to feel safe. There's no shame in starting a savings account. Irreverent folks may tease you about settling down. You don't have to justify your actions.

Meeting the love of your life or making a commitment to one person is a distinct August possibility. but be sure as a dear one may be unusually dependent on you which makes you uncomfortable. On some deep level, you're unsure of whether you can provide the love and support they need. Refuse to give into these fears. You're much more giving than people give you credit for. Obey your nurturing instincts.

You're more popular this month when it comes to work than ever so cash in on your new job status. Most people don't associate you with sensuality, but this opinion could change this month. Suddenly, you want to indulge in pleasures of the flesh. It's important to honour these impulses, or they will come out in strange and perverted ways. A little decadence is a good thing, especially for an overly analytical person like yourself.

Something you treasure that has eluded you comes your way in August take your pick from love to happiness. You long for the good old days, when you hadn't a care in the world. There's no reason why that has to change now you've become an adult. It's all a matter of making time for the activities you enjoy. If you have nothing special planned this month then run to the sun and have fun.