Over recent weeks we’ve been privileged to see Venus at its brightest in the west high in the sky after sunset (at least, if you’re in the northern hemisphere).  Now that it’s going retrograde, it’s dropping rapidly, and in another month or so it will become a radiant morning star.   It’s hard for me to explain the effects of Venus; I guess I’m not that tuned into it.  But its fifteen week sojourn in Aries certainly seems to be bringing up a lot of personal relationship stuff for people, and as Mercury today and tomorrow and Mars in a couple of weeks time both oppose Saturn, increasingly I’m advising people to make choices now before they are made for them.  Who pulls the strings?  Who is the puppeteer and who is the puppet?  It is coming to crunch point in terms of black or white, yes or no.  Fences are down, there’s nothing in the middle to sit on.  The metaphorical boil is swelling, nearly at bursting point, but don’t jump the gun.  Decisions can be made over the coming 24: actions as a result of those decisions can wait a week or two for maximum effectiveness.