A sensitive flower, you blossom in the warmth of love yet shrivel if criticised or attacked. Your vulnerability endears you to many, but you are hard to get to know, protecting your feelings as you do, and you're happier with a couple of close friends than a gang of casual mates. You seek commitment from a soul mate, but love can make you expect too much of a partner, so add some realism. Your keen intelligence can be overlooked as you're too timid to speak out - just yet!

Help is at hand for faint hearts, as bold Aries storms into your life and fires your resolve. You lose none of your beguiling sweetness, but learn how to exploit it to win friends and influence people. A winning combination of artistic talent, imagination and aspiration promises to take you far - in love as well as work. You might even find it in you to make the first move, when a very special person catches your eye and captures your soft heart - this will work out well.

As sensitive as ever, you are now also more sensuous and sensible. Intensely practical Taurus inspires you to create a lovely home, a refuge and a love nest, which you feather in the best taste. You enjoy transcendant sex with a trusted partner, but there is a risk of living too much in your rich imagination and becoming a bit too cosy. Don't forget what Aries taught you: you can live in the lap of luxury, but you have to work for it, and you still have a way to go.

If you have been sunken in Taurus complacency, you'll be unprepared for all that happens now, although it's in the nature of a dazzling surprise. All those fears and inhibitions fall away, and you explore your world with new eagerness and curiosity. Such a surge of pure energy at this time is a bonus, you can hardly believe your luck. You have an opportunity for real and lasting achievement and of generating wealth. And your love style will become so imaginative and fulfilling.