There is an easy way to have 'all the answers.' Just don't ask any new questions. Dwell only on puzzles that you have already solved. Surround yourself with people who will never do anything differently. Then you can take refuge in the sham shelter of unchallenged opinions and you will remain safe and dry until, eventually, some thundercloud of progress sends a storm to swamp your palace of pretence. For true protection erect the umbrella of humility this weekend. There is no shame in saying, 'I don't know'.

We pride ourselves on having a clear sense of purpose. When we feel as if we are on a mission, we enjoy life much more. Yet none of us can be completely sure that our objectives are unimpeachable. We may be conjuring up convenient fantasies, and then supporting them with a series of carefully crafted arguments. Do you truly have divine authority for your current course of action? Is it the best thing you could possibly do? Don't answer that. You can't. You lack an objective perspective. Allow me to reply on your behalf. 'Yes!'

There may be only seven colours in a rainbow but there are 16,777,216 different possible colours in the RGB palette, used by most computer systems. Yet, so often, people seem to see things only in terms of black or white. Though E L James has recently helped to bring 'shades of grey' back into fashion, most of us, most of the time, still succumb to the temptation to label everything 'right' or 'wrong'. As you evaluate a crucial situation, it becomes important to acknowledge subtle distinctions.

Sometimes, we just don't realise how much something is bugging us until it goes away. We think we are handling a situation. In a way, we are. But in another way, it all takes its toll. An unacknowledged source of stress can have an insidious side-effect. It can cause us to lay blame elsewhere. We end up accusing innocent people of causing the annoyance we feel. We get cross about arrangements or scenarios that are merely symptomatic of a different malaise. You are about to understand what's really going on.

Whenever we get a 'funny feeling', we owe it to ourselves to investigate it. We should neither dismiss it, nor take it too seriously. There are times when our instincts are alerting us to genuine problems. There are times too, though, when we are just worrying unduly. How can we tell the difference? Here is one reliable technique. We have to learn to stop worrying. Nothing confuses our intuition quite so effectively as an unfounded fear. While Mars forms a difficult link to Neptune, you should be suspicious of your misgivings!