Following last month's sultana-cake based dilemmas, this month the problems will be extended to cake flavorings, particularly orange and lemon, if Jupiter has his way.

Icing, too, when flavored, is badly starred for indeterminate reasons; cup cakes for this reason are pitifully starred for much of the month especially if decorated in a Halloween type way - your grandmother has rarely been more insightful than when she warned you never to lick a crusty old crinkly woman's face when decorated on a cup cake.

A conjunction, conjunctivitis or even a confounding are all c words set to mar an otherwise pleasant month.

Take heed from any sage keen to warn you of impending doom, especially on Saturdays up to February 2010.

This month your destiny has a t-shirt with your name on it (of the been there done it and all I got was this t-shirt variety).