COSMOS: Your Health Horoscope for the Week! Watch Your Diet, Virgo!

An independent New Moon and Mars retrograde promise an active week for everyone. If the start of something new (no, not just love...think *anything*) is in your plans, feel the energy! Anything you start now needs to be tempered with wisdom and concentration. If you rush in without considering how you plan to do it, you can be sadly disappointed and then have to do it again. Take your time. Think of the goal, visualize that goal, and then make it come alive. If your plans are more personal than professional,
just avoid rushing in. You can achieve what you want with more patience.

By now, Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, it's probably pretty obvious that tension seems to have made you its best friend. If this week seems to be a bit freer, a lot easier to deal with, it's not your imagination. Enjoy the freedom. Consider making plans to go skiing if that's your thing, or maybe you just need to release some of that energy into some quality, steamier exercise, inside. You're likely to feel free enough to express yourself for now, but your moods may change with the weather. Savor life at least till Friday and Saturday when you may need to pull on the reins again to avoid some overkill.

Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius, your biggest problem in the midst of your feeling too good and high on life might be that you're eager to do it all at once. Slow down! As the saying goes, smell the roses. The week is made for you, but you can get careless from what could become excessive enthusiasm. How you handle your relationships seems to be especially important now. On Tuesday, you'll want to take time to communicate with those who matter. Make sure everything said is quite clear. Good communication needs thought. Don't rush it. Wednesday through Thursday can be pretty romantic.

Pay attention to your diet, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces. Are you getting too much caffeine? See where you can cut down especially there. Mistakes are the last thing you need. Pace yourself so you don't take on too much too soon. Take time to think before you act. Midweek romance is nice to mellow you a bit, but you're coming into a period in which you're liable to think love can be plucked from trees. Pour some of yourself into something creative. You'll find life only gets better from here with that kind of attitude. Just cut the caffeine a bit so you can remember to breathe in the midst of it all.-- Michelle Young

Young is the author of the upcoming book, Italian Butterfly's Snail's Pace Astrology. Watch for a new COSMOS every Monday on ShoutOutHealth.com!