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31 World Football

33 Colors affect37 Gourmet Corner

29 Softsheen Color Flash

Mount Afadzato25 What is Culture?24 Wine & Health

21 Sensations art Exhibition

18 Accra City. 49yrs of Independence?

10 Art Corner - Amarkine Amarteifio

11 Bushké15 Eye care

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41 Sudoku40 Comic Strip

42 Horoscope

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HEY, PEOPLE OF ACCRA, WAKE UP!So.... we are bringing U a new baby, (Enjoy Accra), asking for your help to make it grow, and raiseit properly and we got no feed back at all from you!

Come on, get involved, be creative! We are doing this magazine for you.We appreciate your honest opinion - tell us what you want to see & read in this magazine.

Our mail stayed desperately empty last month... we hope this month you will send us a mail,offering little suggestions, a little criticism, a little compliment...., a little SOMETHING!

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ABOUT 700 LOCAL AND 100 FOREIGNEXHIBITORS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THISYEAR’S GHANA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR.

We all live in Accra, but can we just imagine all we can findin our beautiful country, locally? Possibly, the Trade Fair willhave the answers !As for me, I’ve been very happy to find a lot of suppliers of rooftyles (for my house in Ada!), a very complete shop of lingerie(for me!), suppliers of children’s furnitures (for my spoiledkids!) and much much more !! This, plus the novelties of theforeign exhibitors coming to discover Ghana’s market !

The two-week fair on the theme,“NETWORKING TO UNLOCKGHANA’S TRADE POTENTIALS,” has created the platform for busi-ness opportunities for the exhibitors.

Speaking with the paper last Monday, the public relationsmanager of the Ghana Trade Fair Company, Mr Joe Welsing,said adequate preparations had been made for a successfulfair.Esther Ofori, chief executive officer of the Trade FairCompany, said that measures had been put in pace to ensureadequate security on the fair grounds. For the opening cere-mony were present many officials, the President and thedeputy ministry of trade and industry.

For many visitors, the fair is an opportunity todiscover many items available and made inGhana.

This fair gives the chances to many small busi-nesses to establish an excellent network withvarious partners.Since the first edition, ten yearago a long path has been followed, the budget forthe organizer has been multiplied by 5 and thereservation are booked at least six monthbefore the event.

For the ministry of trade and industry the tradefair is made to encourage any Ghanaian business tobecome as successful as possible.

social lifeevents

From right to leftHis Excellence PierreJaquemot, the FrenchAmbassador to Ghana,Emmanuel Ducluzeauand Didier Compainfrom Surf Editions

10th Trade Fair

in Accra !

A lingerie boutique,manufacturers of roof tiles,

Children’s interior Decor,what ever you did’nt expect

to find in Accra, you foundit at the Fair Trade !

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One ofthe 3 happy winners !

APPLE EVENTAT DEALERSMEGASTORE!

On February 28th, Dealer Megastore organised anApple event at their premises in Osu, next toFrankies.This was in collaboration with MicroConseil International (M.C.I.), the Apple representa-tive for Africa.During that event, MCI confirmed that DealerComputers is the official Apple Reseller for Ghana .He gave an update about the latest Apple to Dealers'friends and Apple users in Accra.After a brief introduction from Mr. Hussein Fakhry,DEALER's Managing Director, Mr Jihad Bou Samra,Area Sales Manager for Apple products in WestAfrica presented the latest iMac Intel base as wellas the MacBook Pro. He then demonstrated iWork'6 and iLife '6, highlighting their new functions iniPhoto to show pictures. The new themes ofiMovie, the Magic DVD function of iDVD, iWeb forcreating Blogs and the new Podcasting functions ofGarageBand, were some of the fascinatinghighlights of his presentation. There were more than70 attendants who were captivated by the power ofthe new products, especially the ease of use andhandling!

After the presentation there was a raffle drawduring which 3 people won an iPod each! Thiswas followed by a cocktail where participantsexchanged comments and shared their experiencesabout the Happy Users of Mac intosh!M.C.I., with the help of Dealer Computers,reaffirmed their commitment to provide the bestservice to the Apple community in Accra.Dealer Computers has been very successful inproviding Dell, Hp, Epson and Toshiba products andservices to it's clients and will be providing thesame quality of services to the Apple Users inGhana.

GMA GhanaMusicAwards

The event was Ghana’s biggestmusic festival - The Ghana MusicPublic Awards Night.This eventwhich was initiated some sixyears ago witnessed the largestcrowd ever as Ghanaians,Nigerians, South Africans,Congolese and others fromvarious parts of the worldtrouped-in to be part of the 7thGhana Music Awards Festival.

Right before the commencementof the show at 8pm, hundreds ofindividuals could be seen in threeendless queues that started allthe way from the main entrancelobby to the main gate of theConference Centre. They wereeither waiting to enter or bid tobuy tickets at the gate.

When the show began, the

excitement that appeared on thefaces of the audience spelt outone thing - They were simply gladto be part of the greatest musicevent in the entertainmentcalendar of Ghana.

The Ghana Music Public AwardsNight which was officially toreward 19 hardworking Ghanaianmusicians also provided the

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It was the biggest event of themoment, a red carpet treatment anda striking sight as one after theother, nominated music artisteswere chauffeured in sleekLimousines, all the way from theplush Golden Tulip Hotel to thevenue where all roads led to -TheAccra International ConferenceCentre.

feel the energy

platform for audiences to dancetheir feet off. There werespectacular performances fromGhana’s smooth voiced KwabeneKwabena, Batman, Obour, VIP andmany others.

One of Ghana’s most popular andoutstanding performers on thatnight was Lord Kenya. Afterkeeping majority of the audience

on their feet with his music, LordKenya teamed up with the highestawards winner of the night OforiAmponsah to perform BornAgain,one of the latter’s beautifuland inspiring songs.

Ofori Amponsah swept away asmuch as seven awards from thekeenest categories of the Awards- The Artiste of the year, Most

popular song of the year, Albumof the year, Contempory HighlifeSong of the Year, ContemporyHighlife Album of the year,Producer of the Year &Contempory Highlife Artiste of theYear.

His excitment as he mounted thestage to receive his awards couldnot be missed by anyone. His face

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paintingAmarkine Amarteifio, an artist and a researcheron Women, is convinced that Women are synony-mous to change. Each moment brings a new edi-tion of the women you know. In the light of thesehe advises men never to assume whenever deal-ing with women. It is against the nature of womento allow men to know them thoroughly. For them,mystery and magic are essential. A little depth ofdarkness is a necessary backdrop against whichtheir glory and charm must shine and show. A manwho desires to know everything about a womanmay soon realize he has knowledge too profoundto keep the bubble of his love alive. The face a woman shows to theworld may well depend on the phase her magic and mystery dictates.Using rich blues and its complements, Amarkine expresses theseideas in his painting. He uses the ancient feminine symbol... the Moon, and skillfully inter-sperses its phases with the faces of women. He attempts to freezethe flighty and transient moment of a women’s soul....

Indicating a typical man’s attempt to possess this lure!

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ACRAG Award Winner,painting 1999

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Yeh Sure, where do I start? Ok...I was born in Monrovia,Liberia some time in the bell-bottom era of the 70’s. (By theway my mother is an Accountant). I moved around a lot as achild, traveling extensively to places like the USA, UK,Europe and the Africa’s. I am currently based in Ghana andhave been so for the last 8 years working in theAdvertising & Entertainment Circuit. I hope to start myown set of illustrated children’s books sometime in the

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Chale, thepleasure is allmine.

I am an artist, I love art. My focus atthe moment is Illustration. I do a lot offreelance Illustrations for the advertisingindustry in Accra, and cartooning &storyboarding for companies like yours.Fashion Design is another passion ofmine and I have worked with MKOGH /

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Knowing what weknow about browshaping and othereye enhancing treat-ments, first timersare reluctant toeven give it a try asmuch as they wouldwant the effect. Nobody said going tothe dentist was aneasy thing to do butwhen you need togo, you need to go.Ok it’s not as badbut then when youreally want to makea statement withthe eyes, you needto put all that to theside and do whatneeds to be done.When you see the results of the pain, it’s funny howquickly you forget the pain...

The eyes are the windows to your soul.Well then how do you see yourself?It’s amazing to see the difference a brow reshaping can

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Pulling out the hair completely gives the hair the chance to grow back as a freshstrand. This comes out with a narrow and soft tip, so that even when the hair hasgrown back and you don’t have time to have it redone, it doesn’t look horrible. And for those who are not so lucky, you get bumps because the hair doesn’t growback straight and coils up under the skin.

Moisturize your brow hair. It’s so easy to take care of your face and forget your browarea. Pay a little attention to it and you’ll get a natural shine, which gives you lessto worry about eventually.

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How many of you really know aboutthe Capital city you live or work in?Where did it get its name? What does itmean? Imagine Accra 49 years ago, howdifferent is it comparing it to today? Iwonder if the development of the Capitalhas matched the expectation of thepeople living and working in Accra 49years ago.

These are just some of the questions Ifound myself asking, whilst watching theIndependence Day parade on TV. It mademe think about what I really know aboutAccra & Ghana as a whole. What havebeen some of the landmark events inthe past 49 years for the city ofAccra?

Finding information on Accra City, inAccra, has not been an easy task. Thereare too few public libraries in the Capital,possibly two only. Why is that? Do wenot like to read? How do we educateourselves about our history and promoteit to others, if we have so few librariesand resources to acquire information?

My only alternative to find theinformation to write this article meant Ihad to jump on the Internet and searchfor the information I wanted. This led tomy second dilemma. Most of theinformation I found from the sites werevery similar in content, and most of thepieces were written from the perspectiveof non-Ghanaians.

49YRS OF INDEPENDENCE?

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Does this mean that Ghanaians are notwriting, or are unable to publish theirown literature? In another 49 years, whatwill people write and say about ourgeneration if we are not writing anddocumenting ourselves. In time to come ifthis trend continues will our history betruly accurate & independent? Thingsto think about, people!

Ghana’s big 50 is soon approaching andwill arrive at our doorstep in another 12months. The international community willhave all eyes on Ghana whilst we mark &celebrate this historical event.

So Enjoy Accra has decided with your help to do a monthly feature on the history of

Accra, that informs and educates aboutAccra City, it’s past, it’s future potential,and what that will mean for the peopleliving & working here.

If there is anybody out there reading thiswho has the answers to the questions Iasked earlier, or can make suggestions forinteresting stories, please let us know bycontacting us @ our email address placedat the bottom of this article.

Jump on board and let’s makehistory!

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The medical bene-fits of wine havebeen known sinceancient Egyptians

first mixed it withmouse dung to treat ear infections.

But it was Hippocrates who realized itsrecuperative powers when used in moderation.

“Wine is fit for man in a wonderful way,provided it is taken with good sense by thesick as well as the healthy”, he observed.

Two thousand years later, at least eight medicalstudies have suggested that a glass or two ofwine daily protects against heart disease.

The so-called French paradox has befuddled clini-cians for years. Compared with NorthAmericans, the French eat almost four timesmore butter and three times more lard, havehigher blood pressure and cholesterol, yet theyare 2.5 times less likely to die from a heart attack.

First, consumption of wine lowers the LDL or badcholesterol level, which is known to deposit in bloodvessel walls. Second, it increases HDL or good cho-lesterol, the naturally occurring scavengers of LDLmolecules. Third, it acts as an anti-coagulant, thereby helping to pre-vent the formation of clots. Winehas undoubted stress-relievingproperties, but its beneficial effects in this regard is difficult to quan-tify. Last, but not least, is theabundance of antioxidants con-tained in wine and it is these prop-erties that have aroused the mostinterest.

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peoplethe artscraftsocial institutionsculture

What is culture?“ The achievements of a nation, people or other social group”

OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY

The youth of Ghana, I challenge you to be that social group thatinfluences Ghana’s national and cultural development.

You can study & educate yourselves whilst making MONEY from it.

IT TAKES CREATIVITY, YOUNGMINDS, NEW IDEAS, STRENGTH,DETERMINATION, SELF MOTIVA-TION, A WILLINGNESS TO LEARN,FOCUS, A MENTOR TO HELP GUIDEYOU, SUPPORT, PATIENCE, ATTEN-TION TO DETAIL, SHARING OFKNOWLEDGE...An example. Some people have a way with words that can make you thinkdeeply when you read or listen to them. What they have to say captivates you.

As I said earlier it takes new ideas... think creatively and make yourself somemoney like I just have, writing this article.

was each time broadened with agrin and was full of joy as hedanced on and off stage toreceive his awards.

Before the performances of thethree most expected artistesAwilo Longomba, Blu 3 andSammy Okopso, Ghana’sAmandzeba Nat Brew, who wasbacked by a live band, thrilled theaudience with a number of trueGhanaian highlife songs from his

previous and recent albums.At the mentioning of the namesAwilo Longomba, Blu 3 andSammy Okposo, the crowd couldprobably not control theirexcitement as they clapped,cheered and screamed towelcome each one of them onstage. These International artistesput up such astonishingperformances they had everyonenodding, clapping and dancing totheir deliveries.

Other Awards that were given out were, Reggae Song of Year, Wutah , Hiplife song of the Year, Castro,Gospel Song of the Year, Noble Nketia, Highlife song of the Year, Luckey Mensah, Hiplife Album ofthe Year, Castro, Gospel Album of the Year, Noble Nketia, Hiplife & Artiste of the year, Nkasei.

On SundayMarch 5th the festival

continued with a massivegospel festival at the samevenue and was climaxed onMonday with a massive

Beach party at LaBadiPleasure Beach.

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the climax at La Badi Pleasurethe climax at La Badi Pleasure

Other Awards

outdoor recreationfamily activitieshistorical monumentstourism

Either a cruise on the Volta lake orhiking on the highest mountain inGhana, Mountain Afadzato (afajato)2921ft is a rewarding experience. Thispeak is now a forest reserve and ishome to many species that werepreviously unknown: it has more than300 species of butterflies & mammals.

There are also beautiful waterfalls anda network of six caves with largecolonies of bats.

Another place of interest in the Voltaregion is the government rest house,built in the 17th century to serve thecolonial master on mount Amedzofe.

Locals believe that, during the SecondWorld War, the King of England, KingGeorge VI, father of Queen Elizabeth II,reigning Queen of Britain and head ofthe commonwealth, came to hide inthis bungalow to prevent his capture inthe event of Britain falling to theNazis.

A cruise to the Dodi Island on boardthe Dodi Princess boat will set thetone for the day. You will learn toappreciate the quite and sereneenvironment that greets you as youapproach the islands, and the smallfishing communities surrounding thelake, the biggest and largest manmadelake in the world.

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It’s touch and go with theBlackStars.

why do they just keep on drib-

an interesting letter from a true patriot ofGhanian football.

Coach.. I am not a football expert like yourself, but even I can see, that your boys, I mean ourboys need to do less dribbling with the ball in their own half of the pitch, and let the ball dothe moving around the pitch. Our boys are great athletes and have natural dribbling ability,we all know that, so would it not make more sense, that when in training, the boys practicewhat they are NOT GOOD AT?

For example whilst training, why not make the boys play two touch football only.Four men in a square box 20ft X20ft marked on the floor. 3 against 1, three playerscollectively as a team have to keep the ball away from the single remaining player. The trickhere though is that the three players on the same team are only allowed to touch the ballTWICE inclusive of passing the ball to their teammate. The single remaining player in thecenter of the opposing trio tries to take away the ball using his feet only. He is not allowed tophysically touch them. If he is able to retrieve the ball, the person from whom he was able tostop from passing to his team mate, then has to be the person in the middle fighting for theball, and so on. This exercise must be done within the confines of the box marked on theground.

This form of training does two things, builds stamina and much needed team understandingamong the players. I believe this type of technical exercise will help the boys support eachother better on the playing field, but as I said at the beginning of this letter I am not an expertso I am not sure you will take this letter seriously if it ever reaches you anyway, but thepeople who publish this magazine thought it may do so when I asked them if I could publishthis letter and they said yes, so I did.

Please lets do the right thing by our boys and give them all the right support.

PS. This letter was inspired by the friendly match between Ghana and Mexico,Thursday 2nd 2006.

Sunlight andartificial UVR

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have been used for over a century to res-tore physical and psychological health.

Science has recognised the importantrole light plays in regulating the body’s

biological clock, which controlshormone production, sleep andbehavioural patterns. When lightenters the eye, it stimulates nerveimpulses to the hypothalamus,part of the brain responsible formood, appetite, sleep, tempera-ture and sex drive. These neu-ral impulses travel to thepineal gland in the brain,which regulateshormonal balance.These same impulses are sti-mulated by colour; the physio-logical effects of colour onthe human body (first of allmoods) are well recognisedaccording to colour therapytheory.

Orange is joy, energy

Yellow is detachment, intellect

Pink is love, life

Green is balance/equilibrium,harmony and sympathy

Turquoise is immunity

Blue is relaxing, religious inspiration

Violet is dignity, self-respect, spirituality

Magenta is dissolving, letting go,

Red is passion, determination and energy.

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Colour is part of everyday life.It will affect all of the senses, sight, touch,taste and even hearing. It can be emotional, exci-ting, stimulating, calming, soothing. Colour arousesmany feelings and memories, good and bad, it canmake us happy and sad. It is so much part of our dailylives, that often we don’t see it. Or aware of the effect itcan have on our moods and our interaction with our sur-roundings.Colour is wonderful, without it, life as we know it would bedrab and dreary.

Colour is life, from the environment to clothes and makeup.Some people react very badly when they are in a certain colou-red atmosphere. Others, on the contrary, are deeply attached toa favourite colour, giving it a beneficial connotation. Becausecolour can have both a positive and negative effect, colour thera-

pies have been acknowledged as part of alternative healing formany generations.

So you see, we don't just notice colours, wefeel them. Mentally, physically, emotionallyand spiritually, they empower us. Dawn todusk, they rule our world, transformingnature's energy into personal realisation,

having an extremely powerful influenceupon all our minds and emotions.

Some colours are warming; red,orange and yellow, some

are cooling; blue violetand gentian, whilegreen is neutral;the middle orbalancingcolour.

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Colours of the new surroundings we findourselves in often impact first impressions.Eventually these colours become part of ourmemories. If it was a colour that we found attrac-tive, the chances are that we would have beenrelaxed and happy and may have overlooked other lessdesirable aspects of the new surroundings.

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VIOLET Yellow-green Soothing, peaceful Lowers muscular Violet, Lilac, Iris,tension & Lavender, Cypressblood pressure

BLUE Orange-yellow Soothing, inspires Lowers muscular Borage, Lavender,peace and tension & Menthol, Sea breeze,introspection blood pressure Eugenolsoporific

GREEN Red-orange Balancing Lowers blood Mint herbs,pressure and Lime blossom,dilates the Patchouli, Bergamotcapillaries

YELLOW Blue-violet Gay, happy, Visual and nervous Lemon, triumphant stimulant Citronellol

ORANGE Blue-green Euphoric, Mental Accelerates pulse Orange, & emotional without increasing Hesperidia stimulant blood pressure

RED Green-blue Excitant, Increases muscular Rose,Mental stimulant tension, blood Carnation,

pressure and Vetiverbreathing rhythm

COLOUR COMPLIMENTARY & PSYCHOLOGICAL PHYSIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATEDASSOCIATED EFFECTS EFFECTS FRAGRANCESSHADES

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1 Preheat oven to very hot.

2 Combine onion and oil inlarge flameproof baking

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3 Place dish over heat; addjuice and stock, bring to a

boil. Reduce heat; add juiceand stock, bring to a boil.Reduce heat; simmer,uncovered, about 3minutes oruntil sauce thickens slightly.Stir in parsley.

4 Meanwhile, melt butter inlarge frying pan. Add

apple and sugar; cook, stirringoccasionally, about 10minutesor until almost caramelised.

Cover to keep warm.

5 Slice pork thickly; servewith onion sauce and

apple

SERVE 4per serving 22.5g fat; 2110kj(504cal)

serving suggestion.Accompany with awatercress salad, if desired.

I N G R E D I E N T S

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dijon wholegrain mustard✔ 1/2 cup(125ml) apple juice ✔ 1/3 cup coarsely chopped

fresh flat-leaf parsley✔ 60g butter✔ 4 large apples (800g),

peeled, cored, sliced thinly ✔ 2 tablespoon brown sugar

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WHAT'SSUDOKU?

Sudoku, knownas well assüdoku or sudoku is a logical kind ofJapanese puzzle.Rules are simple, it consistsof a 9x9 grid, divided in9 blocks of 3x3, that have tobe filled up so all rows,columns and blocks (3x3)contain numbers 1 to 9without repeating.You obviously start out withsome spaces already filledin. There’s only one possiblesolution for each sudoku,so be carefuland have fun !

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YOU YIELD UNDER THE HONORS Rewards flood you: your competency,your know-how attracts honors, decora-tions, all kinds of unexpected manifesta-tions destined to crown your work. You

will be able, as of mid-April, to capitalize on theseprofits, for example by re-investing your benefits inthe field you know best. You will also be able toinvest in a formation or in a property, an adaptedsite.

Your friend: Pisces.

YOUR RESOURCEFULNESSOPENS DOORS TO YOUYou will use your credit, your relationsand your integrity to make a new profes-sional turning. An unusual idea or pro-posal as well as a strong personal mag-

netism enable you to obtain benefits or certain priv-ileges which offers you the access to reputably unat-tainable places. Your creativity is at work, it willovercome obstacles thanks to the springboard uponwhich you currently are. No obstacle can slow youdown. Your friend: Virgo

gemini 22/5 to 21/6

pisces 20/02 to 20/03

PREDICTIONS FORTHIS YEAR

Important responsabilities await you in yourwork. Eventhough, you will get the desire ANDthe opportunity to travel : go on missions, have ini-tiative formations.

In love, you will take the advantage thanks to yoursex appeal and your increasing maturity!

CERTAIN LIMITATIONS,YOUR EFFICACY IS ASTONISHINGThe limitations of your career gaingrounds. You will interact, resolve anumber of problems and call on compe-

tent people to second you. Certain changes areeffected: you delegate authority more. You re-launch yourself in the quest for the ideal region and theideal house. By mid April a new start rejuvenatesyou. A trip, an escape into your spirit (meditations,dreams)?A new boldness engulfs you.Your friend: Aries, Scorpio

AN AMOROUS PASSION CAN LEADYOU FAR AWAYA great thunderbolt shakes your convic-tion. You are at risk of wasting a signifi-cant sum of money to answer to the call-

ings of your partner, or simply to change lifestyle, tofind a new apartment, to settle down with the oneresponsible for all your insomnia... Love is blind. Youwill also need to reconsider your time table. Yourwork contract, since your meeting is probably doneat your place of work. Your friend: Leo.

A DECISION LONG AWAITED A sudden split from your habits or yourarea of origin will arise. Even if it seemsto arrive by surprise, you have evaluatedthe risks and the consequences.

Dissatisfied in your married life? You are still inhib-ited by such a need for union with your mate thatyou suffer cannibalistic instincts! More so, you feelemotions or ideals (artistic ones? Humanitarians?Mystics?) Which surpasses you? Your friends: Aries, Sagittarius

TO DEVOTE OFF, PART OF YOURTIME, CAN ENRICH YOU.This month is good for drawing up amemory, writing, performing a specta-cle, to prepare for an exposition.

You do it in combination with your usual activities,by idealism, desire to give off part of what you pos-sess, or the need to mingle with others. A sourceabroad will make you more creative, by inspiring youin an art, by offering you meetings of a rare intensi-ty, which influences you, opens major pathways foryou. Your friends: Pisces, Scorpio

YOU HAVE PRECIOUSCOLLABORATORS IN YOUR FAMILY As of the 15th, you have a surprise fromthe side of your family: a member of yourclan comes to work with you or it is

rather you who gets employed by him/ her. You blos-som thanks to this association: it enables you earna better living. In love, a thunderbolt followed by asecret idyll causes a commotion in your conjugal (orcelibate) habits. You generate agitations due to thisintrusion of desire and could be able to harmonize itto your career. Your friend: Aquarius.

aries 21/3 to 20/04

cancer 22/6 to 23/7libra 24/9 to 23/10

scorpio 24/10 to 22/11

leo 24/7 to 23/08MONETARY PROBLEMS UPSET YOU You will have to organize your work,effect some arrangements. But therestill remains questions of expenditure,capital (not refunded?) this irritates you.

A close relative, a neighbor, a friend owes youmoney (or you owe them) and you are unable tomake them pay you (or you pay up what you owethem): irritating! You are also likely to entrust your-self to an organization which negotiates loans or afinancial engagement which will not turn out well. Your friends: Sagittarius, Aries

THE SWIRL OF LOVE CARRIESYOU AWAYLove (re) seizes you, monopolizes all yourtime, a love which grows immensely fol-lowing an absence, a fall in intensity. A

little folly seizes you: major delusions, sensual mad-ness, amorous. Let no other anxiety come to tarnishthese enchanting moments! For the dissatisfied, ameeting should precipitate their engagements, in amagic climate of intimacy, distressing certainties.To hell with wisdomYour friends: Pisces.

capricorn 22/12 to 20/01taurus 21/4 to 221/05

horoscope

YOUR CLOSE RELATIONS BRINGYOU SAFETYYou benefit from contacts and newfriendships which enrich you. For cou-ples also, these relations are like suc-

cessful periods, they fill up your benevolent heartwith significance, images and memories full ofaffection. Towards mid-April, the family resumesits importance and incites you to make a donation,a legacy or to make changes to something in yourlife in order to share your resources with parents,children. Your friends: Cancer, Scorpio.

virgo 24/8 to 23/9

IN YOUR HOME, YOU GIVE PRIORITYTO DIALOGUEYou are at your creative best and consor-tiums of favorable planets are giving youideas. In your amorous relations, a sur-prise awaits you: a loved one finds you a

house; you learn that you are pregnant, or even moreyou receive the news of your transfer to anothercountry. From your parents and children also emergeunexpected reactions: thanks to a better listeningapproach, you tackle subjects once consideredtaboos and this enables you to discover a once hid-den face of your close relatives. Your friends: Aries, Taurus.

sagitarius 23/11 to 21/12

aries21/3 to 20/04

A STUNNING FISCAL SWARMIN PROSPECT A gift from your family (donation?), win-ning the Lotto, the appreciation of agood, or a present from your loved one

illuminates your spring beginnings. You will alsohave moments of complicity, at work, within yourbrotherhood, or entourage which will stimulate yourcreativity, will contribute to give you an extra plusvis-à-vis the public. You will obtain a provisionalincrease, the payment of overtime or a premium. Your friend: Gemini

aquarius 21/01 to 19/02

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