Horoscopes

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If I warned you not to trust anyone, I hope you would reject my simplistic fear mongering. If I suggested that you trust everyone unconditionally, I hope you would dismiss my delusional naiveté.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The next seven weeks will NOT be a favourable time to fool around with psychic vampires and charismatic jerks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are destined to become a master of fire. It's your birthright to become skilled in the arts of kindling and warming and illuminating and energizing.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): I won't go so far as to say that you are surrounded by unhinged maniacs whose incoherence is matched only by their self-delusion. That would probably be too extreme.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): "More and more I have come to admire resilience," writes Jane Hirshfield in her poem "Optimism.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): "Excess is the common substitute for energy," said poet Marianne Moore. That's a problem you should watch out for in the coming weeks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You like to run ahead of the pack. You prefer to show people the way, to set the pace. It's cleaner that way, right? There's less risk you will be caught up in the messy details of everyday compromise.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): You'd probably prefer to stay in the romantic, carefree state of mind. But from what I can tell, you're ripe for a new phase of your long-term cycle.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): To ensure the full accuracy of this horoscope, I have been compelled to resurrect an old-fashioned English word that isn't used much any more: "gambol.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Charles de Lint is a novelist whose stories are influenced by folklore, myths, and science fiction. In his book Yarrow, a wizardly character named Toby is skilled at conjuring.