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Aquarius

Your taste for the eccentric applies particularly to personal relationships now, so if you've been loyal to a simple ideal or formula, this is the time to expand it. When approaching these experiments, light-hearted friendliness is your best strategy, rahter than kamikaze desperation.

Pisces

You are feeling optimistic this week, but only in an Afghanistan-elections kind of way. There is nothing so optimistic as the hope that delaying tactics will eventually get results. Come on Pisces, strike while the iron is set to Synthetics.

Aries

With Mars acting up, your enthusiasms will grate. Individualist striving is likely to run up against some pretty defensive collective harmony, so don't be surprised if you find unexpected groups of people strategically meditating at you.

Taurus

Tony Blair makes his long-awaited appearance before the Chilcot inquiry this week; Taureans are facing some loud music right now. In a week of serious consequences, the only real question is this: will it be a pie in the face on Friday, or a shoe in the ear?

Gemini

Geminis who are pining for love should take note that this week everyone's warm, affectionate urges are fraught with aggression, conflict and confusing signals. So it's not just you. Don't be shocked if you end up on a paintball date.

Cancer

You are too busy having emotions right now to manage any other kind of breakthrough. The full moon in Leo on Saturday will brighten up your week with a feeling of having achieved something, even if you can't quite remember what it was.

Leo

Your usual arsenal is unavailable and your attempts to rally your troops are falling flat. You're also making irrational distinctions between goodies and baddies. Either make a strategic retreat or reinvent yourself as a mid-east security consultant.

Virgo

With Rudd under fire for his unfulfilled promises to fix the health system, it's clear Virgos are feeling the heat. You might think you're the lone voice of reason here, but you need to be the amplifier-stack of reason if you want to make any headway.

Libra

Overall this is a frustrating week. You'll be on the right track and enjoying yourself, but can't avoid copping a fair bit of resentment. Competitive peers will leave nasty anonymous remarks on one of your internet thingamies. Smile sweetly and laugh while you can.

Scorpio

As Joe Biden has promised to appeal the court's decision to let Blackwater off the hook, I'm starting to wonder if you Scorpios have stumbled upon some secret stash of nads. You'll be taking small stands against big guys, and you will look good doing it.

Sagittarius

Normally, you prefer to spend Australia day abroad, inspecting your countryfolk from a safe distance. Tomorrow you will be playing Bogan spotto. Beer singlet? Tick. Mullet? Tick. Ned tattoo? Tick. Bourgeois shudder? Head for the Esky.

Capricorn

Mercury is still amping up your listening ability, but you will need to catch more than the drift this week. You have a serenity infection bordering on the severely apathetic. Today's spanner in the dreamworks is brought to you by an unhinged ex.