For ages, you've been struggling to find a solution for certain persistent issues without turning the process into a tedious drama. The secret? First, ask others for their ideas and suggestions, then encourage discussion. After that, decisions will be crystal clear.

Eventually, you’ll have to define and deal with situations as aggravating as, at least at the moment, they are impossible. These involve a genuine power struggle, which means neither you nor others, nor, perhaps, certain organisations are willing to give up any ground. Next week, however, there’s potential for a breakthrough. Initially you may need to compromise. Do so. Within days you’ll get it all back.

May will have been a tricky month, with strange and often bizarre changes in plans, distracting obligations and surprising complications. While June brings more of the same, you’ll have begun to realise that what you’re least enthusiastic about turns out to be most rewarding. That’s the point. You’re being introduced to worthwhile new places, people and ideas. While you’ll spot the promise of some swiftly, others take time. Knowing that, regard each day and encounter as an intriguing and, potentially rewarding experience.

As a practical earth sign, you try to avoid making decisions when you're short of facts or the actual situations you're dealing with are unsettled. This gives you an timely opportunity to declutter your thinking and life before mid-June, when fiery Mars' move into Virgo kick-starts a cycle of restless exploration. Do exactly that, focus on who and what you're encountering. You'll experience a new sense of hope and enthusiasm. Lasting plans? They're important but can, and should, wait.