Horoscope: July 24, 2016

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Aries | March 20 – April 19



While you’re not generally sentimental, every once in a while you get hung up on one particular situation, person or cause and will defend them no matter what they do or others say. Pause and seriously consider the facts being presented. Listening now could prevent embarrassment or, possibly, heartbreak later.

Taurus | April 20 – May 20



As a Taurus, when you organise arrangements, you try to ensure they’ll last. However, with the foundation on which they would be based shifting, and often, you’re urged to focus instead on creating plans that are flexible enough to ride out the frequent, and often dramatic, changes you’ll be encountering.

Gemini | May 21 – June 20



During the first half of July, with its numerous tricky financial or business situations, you often had to think and act quickly. While some of what you devised worked brilliantly, other arrangements didn’t. Go over these now, ideally with those who were involved and you’ll clear them up swiftly and easily.

Cancer | June 21 – July 22



Usually the influence of Uranus, which accents innovation and the unexpected, could be regarded as delightful. It introduces you to interesting people and intriguing ideas. Yet with so much already in transition, you could find the sudden changes it triggers unsettling, at least at first. Still, explore them. You won’t regret it.

Leo | July 23 – August 22



Planning ahead may be a virtue. Now, in the run up to the Leo New Moon, on 2 August, and its accompanying fresh perspective, you’re urged to regard even the simplest of arrangements as tentative. In fact, your time’s better spent considering what needs to change or, perhaps, might go.

Virgo | August 23 – September 22



With the Sun’s move into the most strategic portion of your chart, you’re beginning a four week cycle during which patience is as crucial as analysis. Your ability to think through issues of all varieties is a gift. Now your focus shifts to learning when it’s best to take action.

Libra | September 23 – October 22



It’s been weeks since you’ve been able to relax with family or close friends and, justifiably, they’re complaining. Happily, with your ruler Venus, Mercury and the Sun all positioned in the part of your chart that accents these individuals and your relationship with them, you can make up for lost time.

Scorpio | October 23 – November 21



For ages you’ve known that certain elements of your daily life couldn’t last forever. While you’ve done all you could to keep then going, it will soon be over. The irony is, recent developments are so exciting that, to your dismay, you can’t wait for those to come to an end.

Sagittarius | November 22 – December 21



Justifying your thinking to those who want a detailed explanation isn’t your idea of fun. But you not only have no choice, what you learn in the process is likely to expose errors you’d otherwise have bypassed. Knowing that, regard the questions you’re facing as an investment in your future.

Capricorn | December 22 – January 19



Sometimes progress requires taking a few backwards steps and, on occasion, giving up hard won achievement. The irony is, it’s not until these setbacks have taken place that you’ll realise those arrangements, alliances or situations were more trouble than they were worth. Once that’s clear, you’ll have no problem saying farewell.

Aquarius | January 20 – February 17



If there’s one question you’ll want to ask, again and again, it’s “why?” This applies as much to the facts of certain situations as to the thinking of others. Where, usually, you’d be right to stand your ground, things have changed, more than you know. The answers to that question will reveal a lot.

Pisces | February 18 – March 19



It would seem that one individual is concealing important facts, either they’re keeping these under wraps because they’re hiding their own mistakes or, alternatively, they’re trying to fool somebody. Whatever the case, the only remedy is to question them, and in as forthright a manner as possible.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 24^th, 2016.