Dear Thea,
Neptune and Jupiter form a tense angle for much of 2006. This does, indeed, imply inner conflict but we are talking here, about a sign that is symbolised by two fish, swimming in opposite directions! Pisceans thrive on dilemmas and dichotomies. They eat contradictions for breakfast... and follow them up with paradoxes for lunch. I still maintain that this year, their challenges will lead them directly to the most productive opportunities of their lives.

Dear Jonathan,
My friend would like to have his horoscope drawn up, but his head came into this world three hours before the rest of his body! His mother says his arm was above his head and the medical team wanted to avoid breaking it. What moment should he give for his time of birth?
Annmarie

Dear Annmarie,
I like to work with the moment of 'first independent breath' so I would encourage him to try to find out roughly when this occurred. I know some other astrologers might argue that this is a case for using a 'conception chart' rather than a birth chart... but I have never been able to comprehend my colleagues' enthusiasm for this idea. How on earth do they seriously propose to measure and verify this moment? In my view, a first breath is a first breath, regardless of whether the delivery was easy, difficult, early, late, induced, spontaneous, by operation or via the stork!