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Aries

Will Hodgman is ready to arm-wrestle for the leadership of a hung Tasmanian parliament. When the people give out power this week, Aries, they will be decisively neutral. Be careful of laying bets because you might as well be playing Snap.

Taurus

Downtime is a blessing for Taureans but don’t waste this lull. Relationship investments you make now will start to pay off next month. Not that you have the ruthlessness to think of your heart as some kind of biological stock exchange or anything.

Gemini

Gemini Grigori Perelman has won the first Millenium Prize, but he might refuse the million bucks; apparently he has become disillusioned with mathematics. Having achieved something astonishing, you are wondering what the point was. There’s never a point. Carry on.

Cancer

It’s shell time for the Crab people. Looking after yourself is important this week and you are well placed to nourish the inner life and physical body. A few friends might slip their traces while you’re in withdrawal mode, but they won’t get far since you hobbled them.

Leo

Obama’s deal-breaking healthcare vote is happening as I type, and the Sun trine Mars should ensure that it gets a final approval. This retrograde period has been a massive test of your endurance. If you pass it, you’ll make the transition you’ve been hoping for.

Virgo

It’s all about the money for Virgos right now, so keep your ear out for likely schemes. Think of MJ’s posthumous deal with Sony - still breaking sales records from beyond the grave. And they told you you couldn’t take it with you! What would they know.

Libra

Cliches are the enemy, Libra. After declaring an official boycott of the elephant in the room, you devote your week to devising more interesting analogies, hoping that the goldfish in the sandwich and the panda in the elevator will soon sweep the nation.

Scorpio

If you have any major life plans you might want to start taking them a little more seriously this week. There is a time for play, and a time for decisive action. There is a time for faffing around in your existential peripheries, and this is not it.

Sagittarius

That sense of being tugged back to earth all the time will not actually leave you, because it’s gravitational. Despite it, you will lift off the ground for a few sublime moments this week. Then the kids will start yelling at you to get off their trampoline.

Capricorn

Mike Rann will only be able to accept a weakened victory in South Australia. At what point do you take a bow, Capricorn? I think you might be confusing legacy with a game of attrition. Let’s see how many house fires you can start before you pass the torch.

Aquarius

Take a breather this week, Aquarius, because this relative quiet won’t stick around. When I say breather, I don’t mean you can drop the ball. This should be a week of dedication to what you love doing, not what you think you’re supposed to be doing.

Pisces

Orangutans are notorious aquaphobes, but some have recently been photographed swimming and apparently enjoying themselves. I mention this because you’re about to make a similar discovery as you find pleasure in something that is normally out of your element.