Scorpio Will Lose Three Games of Backgammon to a Grandchild, Taurus Will Buy a Ticket to a City Whose Name They Can't Pronounce

Aries

Today Aries will turn down the cousin asking for a loan for the third time this year. No excuse about the rent and no "maybe next month" - just "no", said kindly. The cousin will go quiet for two days. Then he'll call to ask whether Aries could at least help him write a CV for a new job - and Aries will do that gladly.

Taurus

Taurus, who has spent ten summers at Lake Dojran, will use today's lunch break to buy a plane ticket to a city whose name they can't even pronounce. Five minutes, without asking anyone and without reading reviews. In the evening they'll look up the streets around the hotel on the map and practise saying the name. They'll have it down by April.

Gemini

At work today Gemini will answer the boss's question with "I don't know", instead of making something up to look prepared. They'll just add that they'll check by three o'clock. By three they'll have the right answer. And that's exactly what the boss will remember - not that they didn't know, but that they checked.

Cancer

Today Cancer will delete the dating app they open every night before bed and have never sent a single message on. Instead, they'll accept the invitation from the colleague in the next office, who is suggesting a coffee after work for the third time. The conversation will flow more easily than with any profile full of perfect photos.

Leo

At karaoke night today Leo will pick the hardest song on the list - Toše Proeski, with all the high notes. Leo won't hit them. By the second chorus the whole bar will be singing along, and that will be worth more than any note hit right.

Virgo

Today Virgo will hand the presentation over to a colleague, even though she spent two weeks preparing it herself. He'll skip two slides and get one figure wrong. Virgo will correct only the figure, calmly, at the end. The client will sign, and the colleague will bring her coffee for the rest of the week.

Libra

Today Libra will take soup to a friend who's in bed with a fever, without asking first whether she needs anything. Libra will leave the pot outside the door, ring the bell and head down the stairs before the friend can get there to open it. Within a minute a message will arrive: "How did you know?"

Scorpio

Today Scorpio will play backgammon with a seven-year-old grandchild and lose three games in a row. The first on purpose. The second and third - not. The grandchild will tell the whole family at the weekend lunch, and for the first time Scorpio won't ask for a rematch.

Sagittarius

Today Sagittarius will sign up for an adult swimming course, despite having claimed all their life to swim "well enough not to sink". At the first lesson they'll be the oldest in the group and will hold on to the edge of the pool longer than anyone. The instructor will tell them their breathing is completely wrong. They'll come to the second lesson too.

Capricorn

Today Capricorn will return the drill borrowed from the neighbour a year and a half ago - with a new box of drill bits as interest. The neighbour had long since written it off. He'll invite Capricorn for rakija on the balcony, and by midnight they'll have told each other more than in seven years as neighbours.

Aquarius

Today Aquarius will ask an older colleague how he would solve the problem she's been struggling with all week. And she'll do it exactly his way, even though she's sure her way is more elegant. The problem will be solved by noon. Elegance can wait.

Pisces

Today Pisces will stand in front of the fridge and throw out everything past its date: two yoghurts, a jar of mustard from the spring and something in a container that can no longer be identified. The shelf will look brand new. How many things do we keep only because nobody has checked the date?