ARIES (March 20 - April 19): Especially feisty these days, you seem to be looking for a fight, and that could scare off some friends. You want a good challenge, but to what end? Clarify your ideals so you can clarify your goals.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Your love life should be especially good these days; enjoy it while you can. The drawback is that it may be distracting you from your work and clouding your professional judgment. Be especially careful of colleagues and competitors who might betray you.

GEMINI (May 21 - June 20): Ideals clash with practical considerations now. You may have to dig through your ideals to find some larger, if vaguer, guiding principle; review your work to reconcile the conflict. Look for changes you can make at work before actually changing jobs.
 
CANCER (June 21 - July 22): Get nasty. Talk filth. Read the Marquis de Sade. (Philosophy in the Bedroom is a nice intro to his work.) Giving voice to your darkest erotic dreams will open your imagination, not just sexually, but to richer creative visions.

LEO (July 23 - August 22): Arguments with family members will seem to deepen, not alleviate, confusion. Examine (preferably in conversation with someone else) your parents' relationship and how that might affect your own partnerships.

VIRGO (August 23 - September 22): Needless arguments can make you ill, but so can holding in what you need to express. Be careful of what debates you get into and with whom, but do find an outlet, and be ready to learn a few things that may make you change your position.

LIBRA (September 23 - October 22): Leave your money alone! Don't shop for anything you don't really need, and never mind investments or gambling. Play for funsies, especially with a naughty edge (strip Twister?), and you can have a great time, whoever wins.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): It's a bad time to be quite so sure of yourself, and a good time to dig up family scandals and secrets. They could knock you for a serious loop, but the knowledge will make you stronger in the long run.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20): You are not to be trusted with secrets this week! Hide in some meditative retreat where you won't reveal existing confidences. Failing that, keep your conversations tuned to poetry and art, where you now have great insights.  

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Don't loan or borrow or try to collect on debts. That's a notorious danger to friendships, even in the best of times. Focus instead on what you really value in your friends. Money can wait.

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): The spotlight is on you everywhere, especially at work. This could illuminate personal details you'd rather not share. Intrusive questions can be dismissed with other questions: "Is that what you heard? Really? Hmm..." Keep your sense of humor!

PISCES (February 19 - March 19): You have a great need for both learning and expression that can pull you into arguments. Stick to art and other topics in which so much is subjective and you don't have to fall back on facts or logic.                                            

Jack Fertig, a professional astrologer since 1977, is a founding member of the Association for Astrological Networking. He can be reached for consultations at 415-864-8302, through his website at http://www.starjack.com, and by e-mail at QScopes@qsyndicate.com.