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The first week of May sees jockeying for position, in two different ways.

May is going to be the most volatile of months during 2013, in that the swing from one end of the spectrum to the other could scarcely be more profound.

A combination of Saturn over the last three years accompanied by the attentions of Uranus and Pluto have left many of you reeling until the start of this year, 

With Saturn still retrograding through the early part of your sign and the reverberations from the recent Scorpio full Moon still echoing through your life, this month is not scheduled as being quiet or stable.

Within the last couple of months the rate of change has accelerated to a degree not experienced before, a rate outside of normal reference.

And you hit the ground running...

So far this year there have been a number of different developments in your life that seem to have an underlying common theme – that of shaking you loose from some of the more rigid foundations that have become solidified over recent years.

It may be that in some areas of your life there is such an electrical energy that things are quite frenetic – whilst at the same time in other areas, there are real opportunities.

You’re on the receiving end of a number of different challenging circumstances this month, none of which are going to be long term or majorly problematical, 

Some of you are actually having a whale of a time at the moment, although lessons involving moderation and self-discipline may also be being ignored.

It’s a little foggy out there at the moment, and more you try and get focus or concentration on to any specific purpose or direction, the cloudier it gets.

At the day-by-day level, elements of this month are going to be harder than you’ve experienced so far this year.

May starts off with quite a communicative energy about the place, and you should find that your ability to communicate with others by phone, email, travel or just speaking face to face is quite enhanced and as a result information will flow freely.

Kayf Aramis celebrated his 11th birthday on Friday with a bag of his favourite apples.

I made a mistake, it is something that men occasionally do! A few months ago I claimed that on average it costs an owner £4,000 to get a horse to the starting line, it costs much more.

To the delight of club members at Cheltenham KAYF ARAMIS our star produced his usual exciting performance – his 17th appearance on his 'home' track and a career total of 84 runs.

Well, the weather has well and truly ruled in the North Yorkshire Dales in the past month or so.

Amazingly this will be Kayf Aramis's 17th race at Cheltenham!