Horoscopes today - Russell Grant's star sign forecast for Friday, May 5

Aries

Business and pleasure will be a pleasing mix. Sharing your skills and interests will be a good way to motivate colleagues to work their hardest. A professional project will benefit from your creative flair. Someone you are introduced to will put an interesting opportunity your way in around four weeks from now.

Taurus

Someone wants to team up with you to get started on an important venture. You may have other things on your mind but really, you should be ready to move ahead swiftly with a partnership arrangement. Together, you have the skills and experience needed to get this project off the ground.

Gemini

You could easily be put off continuing with a task when you hit one problem after another. Persevere and you will find a way to overcome these and before you know it the path will be far easier ahead. You might want to clear the air with someone in the family after a recent misunderstanding.

Cancer

You need to think over some matters that have come under discussion over the past few days. It will be necessary to consider everything very carefully so you know that you are making good decisions. Other people will have their own views but these may not be the same as yours.

Leo

If you are asked to lead an investigation, you may have to work round the clock to complete research and enquiries. An incident in one place will be found to be connected to another even though these hadn’t at first been linked. A company or organisation’s unfair rules need to be challenged.

Virgo

Slow down. Refuse to take on any more. There’s precious little chance of grabbing any time to yourself when family, friends and colleagues make constant demands. Postpone routine tasks for another time. You are trying to squeeze too much into one day.

Libra

Thoughts of taking a journey or holiday are on your mind. You’re wondering if someone will agree to house-sit or dog-sit to enable you to get away. Commitments will keep you tied up for some time but this should not stop you from making plans for later in the year.

Scorpio

A manager or older colleague will give you a useful tip even though you never asked for their help or advice. Adopting an attitude of gratitude is attracting opportunity your way. A lengthy phone call will make you late for a meeting or appointment. Other people will forgive you.

Sagittarius

You sense tension in the workplace. It won’t take a lot of effort to discover what is causing the problem. What someone perceives as unfair treatment is causing them to seethe with resentment. The sooner you all sit down and discuss this, the better.

Capricorn

There’s a lot of head scratching going on, not just from you but from those in authority. A project is not going as expected and no-one saw this coming. It has been a struggle for you recently with prices going up. Nothing is certain when it comes to inflation.

Aquarius

Someone who has been deliberately deceiving a team has a lot to answer for. It takes a lot of courage for someone to stand up and speak up about their experiences especially when it means highlighting another person’s misbehaviour but in order to get justice, this needs to be done.

Pisces

Your success in a situation you thought you would fail at will come as a pleasant surprise. Travel, study and the chance to improve your skills through further training are all possibilities. Don’t leave everything to the last minute. Plan ahead to ensure you make the right choices.