Daily Horoscope May 1, 2018

ARIES

Love - Aries are very intense and quite demanding, and so you may need to give your partner a bit of space and respect them if they want some breathing room as you can be hard to be with full time.

Career - Those of you in education can gain more influence and also have greater autonomy to lead in your field. Students can become more vocal or join student unions. A very good day for new initiatives to promote your services or goods – placing a new ad in the newspaper or doing a social media blitz can be very effective at drumming up interest.

Health - If you do not have a strong sense of purpose, you will seek it – often in weird and wonderful places.

TAURUS

Love - This is a fabulous time for new friendships connected to creative goals, and it is wonderful for collaborations artistically or even for going on tour with a performing group or a group looking to study art forms. While you are bust creating and having fun, romance may just be brewing without you realising.

Career - Keep gathering information, and keep checking how others are reacting and what is being said on the grapevine – a time to be keeping your ear to the ground and using all your sources.

Health - Patience is everything and you have to be observant of all signs of positive change as what seems insignificant may actually be the bud of what can blossom into something quite extraordinary.

GEMINI

Love - Friendships with peers and those who have similar professional interests are vibrant and exciting now and should be cultivated if you are in the dating game.

Career - Taking a leaf out of Capricorn’s book which is a bizarre thing to suggest a Gemini might ever do, you are cautious and not eager for quick fixes and fast coming results; in fact, you even welcome tough challenges as you have your eye on a bigger prize and are willing to wait for it.

Health - If you can get over that initial reflex to hold back and you do share some of the things that are bothering you, you can engender quite interesting and mutually revealing responses.

CANCER

Love - Now is an ideal time, especially in budding relationships to straighten out any issues where the other person has totally the wrong idea about you or your intentions.

Career - Flashes of insight and ideas, many of which will still be very much in the raw material form abound. Take notes and keep diaries as you are quite scatty and may forget important meetings or events as you are so mentally preoccupied.

Health - Often negative parental messages and criticisms weigh hard and are the driver for great striving and ambition, but the results can be empty, and often they still do not heal that wound; so strive for results which fulfil yourself.

LEO

Love - Less is more, and so be gentle and delicate in your approach; win people over, and make your move with a light touch. Not a time when you can steamroll ahead; you must read people and intimate situations and react accordingly.

Career - Root and branch reviews of your operations, your expenses, and your staff are needed to see where and how you can rearrange resources or consolidate functions.

Health - Kickstart your month with an image change to match the other changes you see happening. This is an excellent time for lifestyle changes to improve your health and also your emotional well-being.

VIRGO

Love - Sexually, Virgo are experimental, but you are emotionally reserved, and so even if you initiate some spontaneous sexual encounters in your love life, it may not be tender or affectionate.

Career - Communications, especially with the public at large have greater impact and success. A great time for all internet or phone app initiatives or inventions. Social media marketing can be very successful.

Health - Right now, it is about playing the game, following procedure (even if tedious) and getting to know a diet or fitness regime back to front as superficial understanding can only lead to lacklustre results.

LIBRA

Love - You can be persuasive in a very subtle, non-threatening way, which helps you steer romantic events or discussions in your direction without anyone even noticing it.

Career - This is a good time for making purchases which can improve efficiency and enhance the image of your business, i.e., new signage, new business cards, new uniforms, new literature or a smart new website design.

Health - Libra are probably going to be eating more decadent, indulgent foods; however, you can still be healthy if you opt for fish over red meat, have soup as a starter to limit your appetite, opt for rice over pasta and choose coconut milk over creamy dairy sauces.

SCORPIO

Love - Scorpio often test the patience of their partners with their demands and you can be especially eccentric – today you may be totally impractical about relationship issues, as well as hopelessly idealistic.

Career - Scorpio are all about action, no slow slide into the slipway of before you hit the high seas, you are ready to set sail. You will jump into projects with gusto and get your month going.

Health - A great period for a change in life direction. A very good time to renew or improve relations with those in authority and this may include your father.

SAGITTARIUS

Love - Role play can be very exciting in relationships and it may help you to get away from stagnated and predictable fore play and romantic activities.

Career - This is a good time to clarify goals; make a note of the next few steps and start researching your options, by crunching the numbers, market research, talking to personnel or checking industry websites for new opportunities

Health - All work with children is pretty stimulating, and you can learn as much from them as they can from you. You may have more time to do fun, educational activities with your children and you can connect with them in more meaningful ways.

CAPRICORN

Love - You cannot afford to be sentimental in your relationships or significant friendships – the relationships either has a purpose and it works, or it does not, and it cannot be there as crutch or because it is comforting to you.

Career - If you use your home as part of your business, you may find you have to update equipment or do alterations and improvements to make your business more efficient and also appealing to clients.

Health - Add blueberries to smoothies, salads or dried with nuts as chemicals found in blueberries contribute to fighting diseases as they are rich in antioxidants and vitamins.

AQUARIUS

Love - There is a sparkle in your eye, and others appreciate your quirks and eccentricities more than usual; when Aquarians are true to themselves you are the most alluring of all signs, but when you try to be what you are not you can be the most annoying.

Career - Aquarians may be arranging travel to attend a trade fair about technical products or to learn about new advances in your industry. Reading trade literature is vital right now.

Health - Kale is a wonderfood and so start using it more today and remember despite it’s toughness it can be steamed, sautéed, braised, roasted or blended in a smoothie.

PISCES

Love - Pisces experience an internal gear change this month, what was once important is no longer important, and your love life will begin to reflect this as you drift away from activities, likes and tastes you were in amid with to new activities.

Career - Travelling to speak or promote a product will be successful. A good time to publish, submit an academic paper or start a new course of study. An excellent time to start a travel agency or business connected to international business travel or trade. Legal matters are favoured.

Health - Mental energy is high, and you can make great strides regarding any intellectual project or planning related goal. A great time for positive thinking and using visualisation to make a goal more real and vivid.