Horoscope Virgo

Love

Dear Virgo, Mercury is your ruler, and its square to Pluto on 5 May has an effect your friends would recognise from a mile away: your analytical mind goes into overdrive. You begin to examine every element of your relationship with the methodical precision of an entomologist with a microscope. The difference this time is that Pluto introduces the "shadow", the unconscious part of the relationship that doesn't fit into an Excel spreadsheet. This week, the Universe asks you to do something radically different from analysis: it asks you to feel. Not to interpret what you feel, but just to sit with the emotion. For your sign, this is the hardest task there is. Which is exactly why it’s worth trying. In a couple, your partner doesn't need your perfection; they need your presence. For singles, keep your eyes peeled at the weekend: an encounter might surprise you in its form but win you over with its substance.

Work

A week of high analytical acuity, but with the risk of "paralysis by analysis". Make a decision by Wednesday, then move on.

Money

With the outer planets direct, the financial strategies you’ve set are progressing. Resist the urge to constantly tinker with them.

Compatibility

Taurus

Your number of the week

4

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