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Star signs for salsa dancers

Aries

20th March - 18th April

Ruling planet: Mars

Ruling element: Fire

Favourite chocolate: Duchy Original Mint Thin

Aries dancers can be reckless, determined and focused.  Nothing will stand in their way if they can help it, including people. They are excellent leaders and dance particularly well with other fire signs. However their energy levels and competitive nature can make them a liability to others on the dance floor. They donąt take criticism well. For the sake of your health, don't tell an Aries they are wrong, especially if they are near any sharp objects or in control of machinery.  Mind you, if you are dancing with someone who is near any sharp objects or in control of machinery, you are doing it wrong. Ask your teacher for advice.

This month: A bad decision about fruit will come back to haunt you.

Next month: You neglect yourself by focusing on others, especially when driving.

Taurus

19th April - 19th May

Ruling planet: Venus

Ruling element: Earth 

Favourite chocolate: Chocolate money

You seek mastery and power over material things as a way of understanding the spiritual truth of life.   Emotional and material security is important to you and you will use all your sense of determination to achieve it.  No one can turn you from your goals or opinions once your mind is set.  To say you are stubborn and willful would not overstate the case.  A strong lead is not in itself a good thing.  It is particularly so if you attempting moves that would scare the life out of an Olympic gymnast.

This month: Your lucky pants run out of magic.

Next month: The combination of your indecisiveness and a freak meeting with a rhino proves to be your downfall.

Gemini  

20th May - 20th June

Ruling planet: Mercury

Ruling element: Air

Favourite chocolate: Roses (divided into categories)

Most famous Gemini poet: Bob Dylan

Gemini's are insatiably curious.  This is combined with an urge to classify things - thoughts, words and things. You have a thirst for knowledge that makes you a good student but without discipline you have a butterfly mentality, hopping from person to person, place to place and creating confusion.  Geminis have been known to switch partners mid-dance.  This is generally not a good thing.  You can get upset when things do not run your way but switching partners mid-dance isn't going to help.  You fear commitment and have a tendency to keep some distance from those around you.  If you're keeping a distance from your partner as well as switching partners, you could be said to have some fundamental flaws as a dancer.

This month: You are in line for lots of interesting half-dances.

Next month: You win the leadership contest of the Conservative party.

Next year: You resign as leader of the Conservative party.

Cancer

21st June - 21st July

Ruling planet: Moon

Ruling element: Cheese

Favourite chocolate: The long-lamented Aztec bar

Cancerians are generally the most sensitive sign in the Zodiac. Although you may appear tough, extreme sensitivity lies just under the surface, as does your fear of ridicule.  Your emotional complexity means that few will understand you as your moods switch. You never joke about yourself, which is a big mistake because you could be missing out on some excellent material.  You are likely to be egocentric and reluctant to do anything you do not want to do.  These are admirable qualities in Third World dictators, not so good for social dancers in the Home Counties.  The thoughts of others confuse your own thinking processes but once decided on a course you stick to it and bring it to a successful conclusion.  These are traits that should be suppressed to improve your qualities as a dancer, and even as a person.  

This month: You find a golden ticket.

Next month: You are offered work as a celebrity lookalike, either Neil or Christine Hamilton. You decline.    

Leo

22nd July – 22nd August
Ruling planet: Sun

Ruling element: Fire

Your secret personal quality: You possess a cloak of invisibility

Favourite chocolate: Green and Black's

General: Leos crave approval and admiration. You want to demonstrate your talents in the spotlight yet still treat others in a generous way. You are often the centre of attention and are happy to make the effort to make things happen.  You are attractive and generous but can easily become lazy and unpredictable if you don't achieve your aims.  You are an amusing pleasure as a dance-partner, but have to work at not being a short-lived one.  

This month: Someone will steal your identity.  Then they'll give it back.

Next month: You accidently have an affair with a cabinet minister which you greatly regret.  Your boss gives you unequivocal support and you quit your family to spend more time with your job.     

Virgo

23rd August - 21st September
Ruling planet: Mercury

Ruling element: Earth

Favourite chocolate: Doggy chocs

Virgos are analysers.  They are meticulous and thoughtful.  This is an admirable quality provided it is balanced by application.  The tendency is to ignore feelings.  They tend to overwork to the point of self-denial.  Fear can bring on reclusive behavior in Virgos too.  As a dancer you should really practice less and dance more.  This is much more difficult if you live a hermit existence, even more so if you start wearing tin-foil on your head. 

This month Nothing, but nothing, happens this month.

Next month: You are personally responsible for the transmigration of bird flu to humans. 

Libra

22nd September - 22nd October
Ruling planet:
Venus

Ruling element: Air

Favourite chocolate: Mint Aero

Librans are graceful and charming.  You are conscientious and interested in new ideas.  You are fair and just, and support those in need.  You seek harmony and control your anger - up to a point.  But when you loose it, as you do, you find they have named a new hurricane after you, and with good reason.  Librans are a joy to be around, if you enjoy dangerous sports.

This month A spot of wardrobe-cleansing goes disastrously wrong.

Scorpio

23rd October - 21st November
Ruling planet: Pluto    

Ruling element: Gin

Favourite chocolate: A Finger of Fudge

Scorpios are more intense than any other sign.  You pursue your desires through adversity, hence the ruthless and dangerous moves you make on the dance floor.  You direct all your energies to your goals and are renowned for attempting extravagant moves in tightly packed areas with a less than total regard for the feelings and safety of other dancers.  You hate to see weakness in yourself or others.  This self-delusion is your weakest point.  You should try and listen to others more, particularly to anyone who is trying to sell you insurance.

This month: An old episode of Columbo surprises you. 

Next month: In a case of mistaken identity you are offered the chance to present Crimewatch.

Sagittarius

22nd November – 20th December
Ruling planet:
Pluto

Ruling element: Fire

Favourite chocolate: Kit Kat

You are honest, straightforward and perceptive.  You attract good fortune through your genuine concern for others.  You are generous with friends but implacable with enemies.  Sagittarians are the World’s grudge-holding champions and your unfailing honesty is often your undoing.  You need to learn that, “That was an adequate dance, you could do better,” is not likely to be taken as a compliment.

This month You find a mobile phone.  It rings.  It’s a wrong number.

Capricorn

21st December – 18th January
Ruling planet: Saturn

Ruling element: Earth

Favourite chocolate: Chocolate Orange

You are determined to make something of yourself in life, materially and otherwise.  You are always looking to progress.  You accept no barriers and proceed methodically.  Your technical ability as a dancer is undoubted.  You are, however, prone to melancholy and loneliness.  Reviewing your somewhat cold, calculating approach to life might help to stop people thinking of you as a dancing fish. 

This month: An invitation to a party leads to a rare complaint.

Aquarius

19th January – 17th February
Ruling planet: Uranus

Ruling element: Air

Favourite chocolate: Bounty Bar

You are a people person, always drawn to the crowd.  You have faith in humanitarian causes and values. You treat everyone as your equal and expect the same in return, while you are always loyal to your friends.  You are extremely catholic in your choice of dance partners.  This gives rise to the risk of dancing gridlock as the disparity between yours and your partner's abilities becomes apparent.   

This month: You renew your interest in origami.

Pisces

18th February - 19th March
Ruling planet:
Neptune

Ruling element: Water

Favourite chocolate: M&S chunky bar

You are a very responsive as a person.  You have an innate feeling for the problems of humanity and believe that you can solve them through your own abilities. You will be drawn to help people in your work, and are likely to have exceptional artistic talent. At your best you can be unselfish but you can become indecisive and find it hard to make decisions and function in the real world on a practical level. This means you can be a very creative dancer, but also restricted by your own indecision.  The sight of a Piscean dancer rooted to the floor unable to decide on what move to make next is not unknown.  It is something to be treasured, by others, if not yourself.

This month: Strangers arrive at your door suggesting that your floorboards need to be taken up.

 

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