My mother once again sent me a scar­ily accur­ate horoscope:

Out­rageous yearn­ings vs secur­ity con­cerns – or is it just that you need a spare $100,000 or so to fulfil the latest genius? Wel­come to the week of a whacked-out full moon squared by Uranus, your wild-hearted mentor planet. No matter how much you might want to demon around in enfant ter­rible mode, Psyche in your sign makes cun­ning more effect­ive. Beguile at will. Monday brings opportunities/ideas to be seized on ASAP before Mer­cury wonks out. Yes, it’s ret­ro­grade again.

Why, yes, I do need $100,000 or so to fulfil the latest genius. More like $200,000 accord­ing to my cal­cu­la­tions at the moment, but $100K will do nicely as a starter.

And I think I seized today’s oppor­tun­it­ies quite well… chat­ted with my mentor Gaye about the Plan, talked about my avail­ab­il­ity, met Helen, the editor of MEL­BOURNEmagazine, Gaye passed my résumé on to her…