Your horoscope for the week ahead: A Full Moon in the compassionate sign of Cancer will bring helpful insights

Here it is, the final week of the year — and what a year it's been. It is quite fitting that it should end with a Full Moon in the caring sign of Cancer. This will amplify a Venus-Neptune alignment and give us sweet hope for next year. Venus symbolizes life on earth and all that we cherish and value. The compassion of Neptune will provide the succour we need to give us comfort. It will reinforce the belief that there is a benevolent source at the core of this Universe. 

Life is incredibly busy and hectic right now. So many people feel overwhelmed by the extremes of what each day brings. Do your best to stay positive and provide the happy vibe that will inspire others with hope. 

Pressure is in the air to make important decisions with 2021. Be quick and move fast, but don't decide anything until you're absolutely ready. Where there is a will, there is a way.

If you're feeling weighed down with a heavy heart, know that the stars will heal your past sorrows and bring you infinite joy. May all the love and compassion that exists in the world reach you and lift your soul with renewed hope.

Here is your horoscope for the week of Monday, December 28, 2020.

Aries

The more you get your mind off your worries, the quicker you'll start to notice a positive trend taking hold in a certain angst-filled situation. All is due to work out fine, providing you don't inadvertently sabotage your coming success by trying to force things. Don't let up your efforts, but neither should you push excessively hard. Shut down the chatter emanating from your rational mind and good luck will come sweeping into your life. The Full Moon is helping you piece together a new view of an old situation. Each day brings an extra piece of news or an additional glimmer of insight. 

Taurus

There is no way of going back to the way things were. Normality has taken a severe battering in many areas of your life. The Full Moon is giving you the temerity to believe in yourself. A sense of security, continuity and joy is returning. Don't worry about the convoluted route you are taking toward your goal. You have the fiery intuitive spark that can create something out of nothing. Slowly, things will start making a lot more sense. You are starting to understand why recent mysterious events took place in the way that they did. The swirling tide of fate is swinging back in a favourable direction.

Gemini

There's always something to worry about or fret over. It's quite natural to indulge our thoughts in matters that heighten our anxiety. For you now, it is imperative to pry your mind off certain distressing personal issues. The Full Moon will help you relax and trust your own ability to achieve a clear-cut understanding of things. Try to enjoy and appreciate the complexity of what's happening. With determination, with insight, with effort and with skill, you can now make a giant step in the right direction. A great day of celebration is rapidly approaching.  

Cancer

Your willpower can sweep away your problems with the blink of the eye. Ultimately, the power of your thoughts is supreme. It will provide the stimulus you need to get your level of confidence up to where it ought to be. The Full Moon this week is ideally placed to reinforce and underpin your determination to reach an important goal. You are right to feel that something wonderful is in the offing, but the strong likelihood is that this wonderful thing is a product of the good that is in you. You deserve it. Something important will fall into the perfect place. You really may as well sit back and relax. 

Leo

Secretly, inwardly, you are anxious about a problem to which there seems to be no end in sight. Perhaps, it is refusing to go away because you are fretting over it too much. It all goes to show how appearances can be deceptive. A brave choice needs to be made. Provided you have a secure understanding of all the factors in your situation, you will be able improvise on the basic theme and come up with an intriguing innovation. The Full Moon is looking after you this week. You will be encouraged to experiment with an interesting idea. With hope, common sense and determination you will find a brilliant solution. 

Virgo

It would be wonderful if all roads led to happiness. That may sound a tad idealistic, but it is true. It's an idea worth holding on to for the power it contains. You have all it takes to get there. People who think lucky thoughts tend to be lucky. If instead you choose to fear the worst, you'll scupper your chances of success. The Full Moon will point you in the right direction this week. With humour, optimism and luck you'll get there. A smidgeon of determination wouldn't go amiss. Keep your goal in mind and refuse to feel thwarted. An ingenious, innovative idea will solve all your problems. 

Libra

A point of discord with someone has caused a great deal of confusion. It's hard to know what to do next. Do not despair. The Full Moon is releasing what you need to know a little at a time. You want it all at once, but there is no choice on the matter. What you desire is rapidly approaching bit by bit. Your impatience is good. Just don't let it build up to anxiety. Things will all fall perfectly into place when the time is right. And that time is nearly here. The light of understanding is beginning to shine through the clouds of confusion. Each day brings an extra piece of news or an additional glimmer of insight. 

Scorpio

You are coping single-handedly with a challenge that a whole team of angels would find difficult to manage. Mind you, you do have a deep reserve of personal power just waiting to be unleashed. Failure is not an option for someone of your stature. And it's certainly not in your stars. You are due to receive much needed support. The Full Moon will help you trust your entitlement to success. You simply have to overcome a little temporary difficulty, and then you will get your moment of triumph. Give your intuition a chance to guide you now. It will come through with the goods. There is a real way to get to where you want to be. 

Sagittarius

Ask yourself if it is worth it to keep racing along at the pace you're being forced to maintain. Granted it is hard to get out of the fast lane once you've committed to it. Think carefully, but don't think too much. It's time to switch off the high voltage cerebral energy, ease up on the emotional intensity and tune in to the positive celestial forces that are guiding you. There is a pressing need to re-evaluate your situation. Too many assumptions are being made about it. All that is required is a new understanding. The Full Moon will give you that. You are about to get help and cooperation in an area where, up until now, much has been difficult. 

Capricorn

Life is not proceeding in a rational manner. Finding your way through the confusion and distress demands that you follow what your heart says as opposed to the babble of voices in your head. Do what you want to do, rather than doing what you think you ought to do. If something feels right, it's a sure thing that it is right. Your future, or at least one aspect of it, is available for you to see right now. The Full Moon will convince you of its growth potential and of the help you will need to give it. With the passage of time, tremendous things can and will happen. 

Aquarius

It's essential to stay focused on positive thoughts in times of stress, even though it's very hard to do. The stars are guiding you along the best path to happiness and fulfilment. That may be hard to believe when pressures are upon you, yet this is exactly the time you must believe it. The universe supports you totally and completely. Some crucial process in your life needs more time to develop. The Full Moon will make it clear to you that it really does not matter how fast you are moving if you are heading in the wrong direction. You are making the right choices now, so there's really no need to rush. 

Pisces

A turbulent area of the sky that was limiting your power and influence has begun to calm down. It means that progress will assuredly come concerning something you very much need. So, don't abandon crucial plans just when the tide is starting to flow your way. Now is the time to perfect your strategy as the Full Moon opens your horizon and guides you into uncharted territory. You don't, though, need to struggle endlessly with some desperately difficult factor. If it seems as if it is all getting very tiresome or stressful, it could be because you have overlooked something very simple. Take another look. You'll be surprised with what you find.