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Aquarius

Your power state for 2010 is Western Australia. Stop packing, I'm being metaphorical. You're due for a massive resource boom, plus some dodgy anti-association laws, one surprise hit musical and a few new ways to turn your isolation into a drawcard.

Pisces

How was your quantum leap, Pisces? This week, dust off your jumpsuit and get used to your new surroundings. Spend a few days carefully furnishing this expedition with provisions. Then follow the road you're on, even if it's not yellow or brickish.

Aries

An Aries correspondent recently complained of excessive spiritual growth. Tired of taking every astrological omen as some kind of soul-building exercise? Well, with Mars in proactive Leo, this is a good time to clear out the cupboards instead.

Taurus

Taurean Naomi Klein warned against the kind of militarist reaction they're getting in Haiti. She's right, this is no week for the riot squad. It doesn't have to take a disaster - it's all about calm discussion, then fair sharing-out of the last packet of damp biscuits. What do you mean you already ate them?

Gemini

Gemini Prince William was met by only a handful of fans at Auckland Airport on the weekend, most of them carrying welcome signs planted by Channel Nine. If you weren't yet aware that it's all a hoax, you will soon be told. Time to perfect that good-humoured, self-effacing laugh.

Cancer

Even the most domestic of Cancerians won't be satisfied with staying home this year as Jupiter opens up some opportunities for travel or study, starting this week. Don't baulk at singing for your supper, cause your voice is worth a twelve-course banquet.

Leo

Leos who've been disappointed with the slow pace will soon be powering through the tasks. As the new year sets in you will find yourself photovoltaically converting the hot sun of your resolutions, which beats lying around in the cheap solarium of your empty promises.

Virgo

Mercury's out of retrograde and that will make the uphills easier. Good news for Virgo Lance Armstrong, who is pedal-powering his way through South Australia. You will perform well and accept adulation with all the grace of an elderly flamingo in a zoo.

Libra

The week begins with a positive angle: as Venus conjuncts the sun and crosses into a trine with Saturn your creativity will feel like it's coming easily for once. Any work you put in now will multiply like a manic mitotic micro-organism on methamphetamines.

Scorpio

Push yourself, but do so honestly. Mars will be asking you to try hard this year, and it's best not to waste energy on something impossible. While I'm not saying you don't have a few impossible achievements in you, this just isn't the week. I do love to burst your balloon.

Sagittarius

Like Sagittarian Kristina Keneally, you have a sneaking feeling that you're headed for a fall, or at least your head is. While you're definitely safer staying at home this week, there's a danger of stagnation. If you're damned either way, you might as well enjoy yourself.

Capricorn

Evasiveness has become glaringly apparent, and not just in your horoscope. Jupiter's promoting good communication this year so be clear about what you're saying and junk the jargon. For once, meaningful content will be more important than style.