Some cosmic kidding around seems to have got your goat, and this year you may find yourself on the horns of many a dilemma. The question is, how much can you buck the fate that is gambolling down the road towards you? If you let this pass, the fates will beard your goatee and you’ll end up worrying more about the nanny fate than the nanny state. It’s not for nothing that you’re known as the G.O.A.T. When you’re beset by difficulties, tell them to butt out.
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Every now and then this year you’ll feel like an old goat. Perhaps chewing down a little less barbed wire or noxious weeds would help – kings have died from feasting on lampreys after a good day’s hunt, so much as you enjoy grazing with others you might opt out of meals that involve a determined pecking order and set menu. Never entirely sure of the difference between play and fighting, all goats will benefit this year from keeping their own shed clean.
The Leopard’s Tail Star is one of the unwelcome visitors to the goat house this year. To keep yourself in the best clover play to your strengths – we’ve all seen how good you can be at staying on the straight and narrow paths along the cliff edge. Unorthodox or less frequented schemes for making a pile of mohair might incur severe penalties, think about the consequences of treading on a leopard’s tail before you invest in such strategies.
I goat you, babe. So runs that pop song, yet this year in relationships you’ll need to keep an eye out for the possibility of ewe turns. We know you’re territorial, but this year your best chances of a satisfying new relationship, be it friend or loved one, come from dressing as the tall dark handsome stranger and visiting new places. Alternatively, take an old friend or loved one along and go somewhere you’ve never been, we’re sure you can brisket.
Is it possible? Yes, you goat the job! That’s great, and this year the complete lack of beneficial cosmic buddies means you’ll need to borrow what you can from your opposite sign, the Ox. The Imperial Canopy Star is the pick of the bovine planets and it encourages you to express your creativity. Now, a borrowed star works at a weaker strength, so if you’re staging a performance at work and it involves dressing as your boss and sacking all your colleagues don’t be surprised by the lack of rave reviews.
Sorcerer: Dr James Greenbaum
Sorcerer's apprentice: Susan Zhang
Wand bearer: Forest Chan
Director/Editor: Yukti Vidyarthi
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