18 metrolife Friday, January 15, 2010 D You have worked hard over the last year, and you have managed to gain much respect from important faces. Youre about to see what good luck can come from such efforts and hard work. With a solar eclipse in your ninth house, youre going to have some pretty serious questions for yourself. Dont rush into anything though; this is a time more for reflection than action, my friend. You may want to let a younger person know why you havent honoured the promises you made them at the weekend, as they are likely to be feeling both dazed and confused. Truths only today please! Business matters loom heavy, and it is time that you worked out a more accommodating schedule for yourself. Financial areas of your life are long overdue changes, and its time to start making them. Dont be surprised if you cant complete all of your work today. You see, not even the most determined of us could manage to complete the enormous workload that you have given yourself. Play fair. Time, spent with faces from your past, can help you to fill in many missing blanks. You are finally ready to move on and focus on the future. Geminis play a key role in this. It is time to sit down and have a talk with a younger person that appears to have lost their way. Solutions to all problems in your life are far easier than you may think. Travel is highlighted. Make sure you are not running away from the issues in your life. By facing any worries head on, you can find a long term, and not just a short term solution. You have to spend more time than youd like in the company of the younger generation. Some important bonding can be done though, and you can also do much to improve your standing with loved ones. If youd spent some of your time this last month listening, instead of just talking, then you would have found out exactly why current dramas have come to a head. Peace talks link to Leos. Outlays, linking to the home, will have to be made this week. Dont scrimp though, do it properly. Be nice to new faces you meet in business, they hold the key to a golden opportunity. You may have trouble understanding why it is, that your close ones have made the decisions, which you have only recently heard about. Talking with them before 7pm can bring clarity and solution for you both. Start The Day Complete this Metroku grid to reveal the digits that should go in the shaded squares. CLOCKWORD THIS LIFE by Rick Brookes Difficultyrating:Easy Difficultyrating:Challenging NEMI by Lise METROKU QUIZ Difficultyrating:Moderate 1. Runner 2. Weaken 3. Cubicle 4. Loiter 5. Over there 6. Male goose 7. First batsman 8. Of the eye 9. Rubbish 10. Stiletto 11. Reviser 12. Digit The solutions from 1 to 12 are all six-letter words ending with the letter R in the centre. Moving clockwise from 1, the letters in the outer circle will spell out the name of a TV wine expert. R Yesterdays solution: Yasser Arafat ANSWERS:ENIGMA:TheJabberwock.WHOAMI?MurielSpark.WHO, WHAT,WHEREANDWHEN?LiamNeeson;Aweir;Dublin;1998. ENIGMA With snatching claws, up to no good, And whiffling through the tulgey wood It came, in Carrolls famous verse. But snicker-snack! it came off worse. WHO AM I? An author, I was born in Edinburgh in 1918. I was awarded the DBE in 1993 and won the British Literature Prize in 1997. My novels include The Ballad Of Peckham Rye and The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie. WHO, WHAT, WHERE AND WHEN? WHO... played Darkman in the 1990 movie of the same name? WHAT... did monks build across the Liffey at Islandbridge in 1220? WHERE... was the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest held? WHEN... did Earth Summit win the Grand National? Scribblespace For solutions to the metroku, log on to metro.co.uk/metroku Scribblespace index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html