DEITY OR MORTAL

Some people enjoy not liking other people. Sometimes, for example, you get two people who relish being each other's enemy almost as much as they might enjoy being one another's friend. 'Nemesis' is an engaging role to play. It provides a sense of purpose and ensures that life is never dull. But you can't be someone's nemesis unless they let you. Albeit unconsciously, or unwittingly. A new way to look at an old difficulty is now being offered. There is also a choice to heal a wound - or to deepen it. Choose well.
Chess players like to think things through. They plan their next move, the move after that and (subject to several variable but easily foreseeable possibilities) the move after that. Some people play chess very well. None, though, are willing to lead their personal lives on such a calculated basis. You really don't like to think about what lies behind the next corner... and most certainly never the corner after that. Spontaneity, to you, is all. So you had better look away,People say, 'Life is too short for tension and trouble.' Actually, it isn't! If life were longer, if we all expected to stick around for centuries or even a millennium, we would soon learn not to let anything make us angry, upset or irate. We would grow out of petty feuds and awkward feelings. They would just seem tiresome to us. It is probably precisely because life is short that we don't have time to refine the higher aspects of our own characters. But, hey, it's not that short! If you want to do the best and the wisest thing today
.Do you know anyone who doesn't look both ways before they cross the road? Well, if you did know them, you wouldn't know them for long. They wouldn't last long! And how silly would you be if you felt obliged to follow them everywhere they went, reminding them of the need to be wary of traffic at all appropriate points? And then, who would shadow you, reminding you to be wary whilst you were reminding the other person? There comes a point when we have to stop worrying and start trusting..There is a big, significant difference between a 'what if' and an 'if only'. A 'what if' is a constructive line of enquiry. Ask it enough times and you may come up with a creative plan that brings great success. An 'if only' is an expression of regret. What a shame, what a pity, what a waste. What if, in your future, you found yourself regretting the amount of regret that you had ever allowed yourself to experience? If only you were to ask more 'what ifs' today, you might find that you have many fewer 'if onlys' to dwell upon later.
Deity or mortal? Professional or amateur? Expert or bluffer? Solvent or bankrupt? The distinctions are not always as clear-cut as we might want them to be. Apparent opposites, closely connected... states that can seem definitive and unquestionable one moment yet, as soon as one small development takes place... can switch to the very opposite. You rarely, of course, think of yourself as a deity. Yet you have amazing powers. You need to use them now to turn something wrong into something right - and to get some perspective.
[How is the reception on your crystal ball? Does the signal strength fluctuate since you switched from analogue to digital? Have you thought about subscribing to an additional pay-per-view transmission? But if you are still getting cloudy spots and moments when it seems as if you can see nothing at all, don't worry.] That is natural, even for the most well-equipped psychic. There are moments when nothing is obvious to us - and that is a blessing. Such times represent chances to shape the future, not just to accept it. Some say that in the moment when something begins, there is always a clue to the way it will end. That may be so, but sometimes you have to be like a detective to see it. And, although you could argue that this is a rather strange question for an astrologer to be asking, why do we want to keep peering into the future? Can't we just relax and allow ourselves to be surprised? Where the writing is not on the wall, you don't need to see it. And where it is? Make sure that you know how to read it, before you heed it
An easy life. Is that really what you want? Are you sure? It's just that, well, some of the things that you seem to be doing look very much as if they are calculated to make your existence more demanding and challenging. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that.
 Plenty of great people actively seek out an opportunity to stretch themselves. Generally, though, life is much more enjoyable if we are able to make ourselves conscious of our true motive and intention. Don't be in denial of your appetite for excitement!Don't expect the worst. Don't steel yourself for trouble. Don't assume that someone wants to make your life difficult - or that a disappointment is waiting round the corner. Don't swing to the other extreme either - and anticipate a victory so easy that it doesn't even have to be worked for. If you are going to err towards any view, err on the side of optimism. Today, if you expect things to go reasonably well, you won't go far wrong. You will soon manage to clear up much that has lately been confused.Are you indulging an idle fantasy or working to a very particular plan? Your answer to this question could yet make an enormous difference. Forget, for a moment, the possibility of deep self-delusion. It really isn't relevant here. Just reach within yourself for some genuine honesty. Once you begin to feel confident about the integrity of your reply, trust this and plough ahead. If such confidence eludes you, keep reaching for it. You can now achieve tremendous success, but only by sticking closely to what you are sure of.
Put your best foot forward. No, not that one, the other one. Actually, come to think of it, perhaps the first one was better. Although, come to think of it, even if it was... how can you keep on putting it forward first? You'll end up hopping instead of walking if you do that. You've got to find a way to make both your feet equal. And to stand on them firmly whilst relying on them to get you where you need to be. If you really want to do your best now, just keep on moving. And just stop worrying so much today, about what's best. .