Fate forces you to confront inhibitions that cause an emotional blockage and prevent you from feeling at ease with yourself. A fear of failure or fulfilling your sexual needs holds you back. You owe it to yourself to get to the root of a deep-rooted matter to find contentment and peace of mind.

Nostalgia exerts a strong pull over you but trying to relive old memories could destroy many treasured recollections now stored in your mind. Places and faces revisited aren’t what they used to be and if you must return, you must also prepare for disappointment born of disillusion.

You’re out of touch with the real world and blind to what’s in front of your eyes; you must accept that past practices no longer work. Forget old philosophies and procedures and focus on advancement: keep up-to-date with developments as the new world of technology is the reality of your future.

You feel like putting the flags out when a financial deal or money tip looks set to make a huge profit, but don’t celebrate too soon. Wait until you know everything is in the bag otherwise it could be a case of counting your chickens leaving you counting the cost in a very different way.

The Lion, symbol for your sign, might be King of the jungle but that doesn’t give Leo the divine right to lord it over their small worlds or the people who inhabit it. Although you want to demand your own way, your stars suggest you learn to respect other peoples’ rights and opinions first.

You’re involved in an important project and you feel there are secret enemies out to destroy what you are aiming at. Mercury/Neptune suggests you’re dreaming up many troubles that aren’t really there. Prey too long on difficulties that don’t exist and the real ones will escape your notice.

People throw obstacles in your path and you can’t see over them or through them to decide which way to go. Your wisest course is to pull in, switch off a while and wait for the mist and confusion to clear. Continuing as you are could lead to accidents or take you where you really don’t want to be.

A serious and solemn mood could become all- consuming, slipping into obsessive thoughts or fixations you have no control over. Mental confusion could lead to ill health; but if you get a sense of perspective and proportion you’ll see half your problems are actually fantasies dreamt up by others.

Someone is moving out of your life and you feel a little sad but it is not the end of the road. There are certain friendships that can’t be broken, no matter how many miles between you and there’ll be many different ways you can still keep in touch in the future - the internet being one.

Your mind is in a muddle as you realise you have to come to terms with the need change old habits if you are to enjoy a more settled future. It doesn’t take much to get you worried about the state of your life today so you must watch a tendency to let materialism dominate your inner spirituality.

Joining forces with a new partner may also mean accepting partial responsibility for products of their past that they cannot turn their back on. Changes within the family could cast you into a role that doesn’t come naturally and you may doubt whether you’re really cut out for it. Time will tell.

A problem shared is said to be a problem halved but this is not always the case as talking to someone who only knows half the story only confuses the issue further. If you want to shed fresh light on how to overcome obstacles to your personal progress this is something you can only do yourself.