A pair of trusty scissors will lose their cutting power this month as Mars conspires with Venus on the transient plane of the Cybercycle. There really is no option other than the purchase of a new pair, preferably not made in China.

Your pre-Olympics training is going well. You are not an athlete but you are training your rump to sit for 12 hours at a time to watch the coverage on television.

This month your destiny wears the suit of a mortgage broker keen to help but with no money to lend.