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CAPRICORN

DEC 22 – JAN 20

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So many aspects of yourself may have puzzled you lately, but now Mercury brings some understanding, plus the ability to push forward again.

You can deal with doubts, and cope with uncertainty, and set a new standard for everyone else in your life.

A moon of reconciliation gets two sides talking again and a team can be back together.

Love is lighter, with a two-way sense of fun.

DESTINY DAYS  Tuesday is a fun day to cut loose and do something silly – just because you fancy it.

Choose Thursday to close a cash deal — Saturday to open a love door.

MAKE THIS THE WEEK YOU… Set time limits on decisions, make them and move on.

Ask more questions of someone younger, listen to the answers.

TAROT CHALLENGE I draw Tarot card THE STAR for Capricorn this week – and this card carries with it a sparkling suggestion of time in the spotlight.

This can happen on a local scale – or on a national, celebrity stage.

But, whatever you take on this week, you can shine.

You radiate a natural glow of optimism and enthusiasm everywhere you go and however tough you may have found this previously, now you can let the past go.

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VIRGO

AUG 24 – SEPT 22

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Your focus is on the friendship world, and who may need
more from you at this time.

This could be the least likely person to ask – yet your moon instinct is strong, so do listen to this.

If you’re in a relationship, Venus keeps a door open, while you decide – but this may not be forever.

Single? Your dream date has so many travel stories to tell. Luck circles “F”.

DESTINY DAYS  Monday is a great moment for speed-dating or any other instant decisions. Trust your gut. On Wednesday and Friday, agreements may change, but you can still stay one step
ahead.

MAKE THIS THE WEEK YOU… Face the whole truth about why you feel so restless at home or work. Then use this knowledge to make changes.  Wear only colours/clothes that enhance your
happiness.

TAROT CHALLENGE Virgo’s Tarot Card of the week is THE SUN – showing you can be optimistic again after knock-backs and unanswered questions.

Confidence can grow on a gradual upward curve, and every chance you get to test this, do say
yes.

You’re also ready to sample some exciting new lifestyles, or
schedules, perhaps in a beach location. Your perfect love match may not (yet) be fully available, do be patient.

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SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 – DEC 21

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As your learning ability increases almost overnight, this can be your moment to get back to a study or practical experience course.

Previous blocks can be gone, and the road to your future feels wide open.

You’ve also taken lessons on board in love, and even against the odds, you should be safe from repeating a recent mistake.

So do trust your heart again, totally.

DESTINY DAYS   Kickstart a   correspondence catch-up on Monday – open every email, and envelope, and reply if needed. 

Friday works well for starting hands-on learning – maybe via a video tutorial.

MAKE THIS THE WEEK YOU… Release your inner sex god/goddess and wow  partners. 

Choose numbers that link to firsts in your own life.

TAROT CHALLENGE Your Tarot Card this week is THE MAGICIAN – and this suggests that everything, and everyone, may not be as they seem in your life — but for an unexpected reason.

So enjoy the intrigue, and the experience.

You currently have great skills to turn creative ideas into practical plans.

And this can elevate your work profile. You can hold any audience, of any size, spellbound.

Promise yourself to value people and projects as they are, not as you wish they could be.

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BOOKISH Jemma and her flighty twin sister Clara don’t have the best relationship.

But when Jemma finds a penpal via her fave library book and Clara starts fixating on an actor starring in a new TV adaptation, it seems they might have more in common than they thought. . .

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AQUARIUS

JAN 21 – FEB 18

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Sticking to a health track, even when it no longer feels a great fit, is not the Aquarius answer.

This week, you can read or hear about something that could be so much better – and you will recognise it straight away.

If you’re in love, Mercury adds forward-planning to Venus’ security, and some big plans can be made.

If you’re single, a dull date can hide such a hot prospect.

DESTINY DAYS: A few words on Wednesday can grow into an exciting work direction by Friday.

Do take every suggestion seriously. Wear warm shades on Tuesday, silver jewellery on Saturday.

MAKE THIS THE WEEK YOU… Celebrate love as it is, not as you wish it could be. Take time to savour every moment, instead of rushing to the next one.

TAROT CHALLENGE: Your Tarot card this week is THE HERMIT, and this suggests you are more than ready to take yourself out of a group project, or set of expectations, and make a solo move.

This can link to career prospects, but also your personal life.

If you know you have not been true to yourself recently, for any reason, this can change by the weekend.

A one-person show can be your love ticket.

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EVERY morning, Taylor Lyttle heads to a local beauty salon for a 15-minute sunbed session.

After topping up her already deep-mahogany tan, at a cost of £13, the 21 year old then scrolls TikTok to check if her skin is darker than all of her sunbed-using friends.  

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“If I see someone online darker than me, I get annoyed. I love how I look with a tan, it boosts my confidence and I feel more attractive,” she says.  

Taylor, a hairdresser from Belfast, adds that she’s aware of the risks of sunbed use, including skin cancer, but isn’t too worried.  

“I’m very healthy. I eat well, I look after myself. I’ve never had any issues since I started using sunbeds five years ago.

“I think of it as me-time – it’s relaxing and reduces my stress,” she says.  

Like countless other Gen Z girls aged 13-28, Taylor spends hours scrolling posts on TikTok with hashtags like #tanned, #sunnyd and #whatmakesyouhappy, often featuring users bathed in blue UV light. “It’s a problem, but I’d rather die hot than live ugly I guess #yolo #lol #sunbed,” reads one caption.  

Meanwhile, influencers on the platform claim tanning beds can do everything from boost vitamin D levels to improve your mental health.  

Not only are many of these claims unproven, some are entirely false, and charities are concerned that marketing tanning as a “wellness” trend is driving Gen Z girls and women to sunbeds – risking their health, and even death, from skin cancer.

It’s big money, too, with the UK’s largest tanning chain, The Tanning Shop, growing by 40% since 2018.  

‘Social media encourages us – we look at people’s tans online and it gets competitive’  

Taylor has been using sunbeds since she was 16, even though it’s illegal under the age of 18.  

“No one ever checked my age,” she says. “I just paid my money and went in. I guess I was self-conscious about my pale skin and I don’t have a lot of confidence.

“It’s something that helps me. My mum knew I was doing it, but she didn’t mind.”  

It’s a social thing as well – we’ll often meet at the sunbed salon then have coffee or lunch afterwards.

Taylor Lyttle

She adds: “Now, I go most days, spending over £200 month to get my fix. I also use nasal tanning sprays [which contain synthetic hormones such as Melanotan II and are sprayed directly into the nostrils to stimulate the production of melanin and darken the skin], before each session, which I get for £25 from a friend.”  

Last month, Trading Standards issued a warning that tanning nasal sprays could cause “nausea, vomiting, high blood pressure and even changes in mole shape and size,” and urged users to be cautious about unlicensed sprays bought online.

However, Taylor insists she’s never suffered any side effects, and plans to continue using them.  

“Social media encourages us,” she says. “I don’t post photos of myself, but we all look at people’s tans and it gets competitive.

“We watch videos about how to boost your tan and most of us use tanners like nasal sprays.

“It’s a social thing as well – we’ll often meet at the sunbed salon then have coffee or lunch afterwards.”  

Dr Björn Thomas, a consultant dermatologist and lead for melanoma at Guys’ and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, is seeing a rising number of young patients.  

“We’re no longer surprised to see someone aged 19 or 20 with melanoma,” he says. “Often, they’ve had lots of exposure to sunbeds. It’s an increasing trend among younger generations.”  

Dr Thomas said there is “minimal” evidence emerging that a small amount of UV light is good for you. “The reality is, sunbeds are not safe,” he says.

“The carcinogenic, cancer-causing effect could be significantly higher than if you are getting ambient sunlight out and about.

Melanoma is a very common cancer – it has the ability to spread and kill patients. It is a very serious diagnosis and the knock-on effect to your life could be devastating.”  

Georgia Edwards was diagnosed with melanoma when she was just 19, after finding a bloody mole on her thigh. She’d been using sunbeds for three years.  

“I was really young and loved having a tan without the faff of getting all messy using fake tan,” recalls Georgia, now 27, from Horley, Surrey.

“My friends and I would go together for 10 minutes and you’d feel like you’d gone to Spain and back. It became addictive.”  

Even though she was at school when she started, like Taylor, she says she was never asked for ID.  

I was called back in and there was a consultant and a Macmillan nurse – I knew it wasn’t good news and broke down.

Georgia Edwards

“I just put my card into the machine and selected how many minutes I wanted.

“I was going three or four times a week, but I could have gone twice a day if I’d wanted. No one stopped me.”  

Georgia showed her GP the affected mole in March 2017, after going to the doctor for a chest infection, and was immediately referred. After a biopsy, she was diagnosed with stage two melanoma that May.  

“I was called back in and there was a consultant and a Macmillan nurse – I knew it wasn’t good news and broke down.”  

Georgia, who works in a rehabilitation centre for children with brain injuries, was referred to London’s Royal Marsden Hospital for treatment.

She had two surgeries to remove the cancer. Fortunately, it hadn’t spread.  

“I had a wide, local incision to cut out the mole and surrounding area as it was quite deep in my skin and close to the lymph nodes,” she says.

“I have a 12cm scar on my leg and, eight years later, I’m still regularly checked as there’s a high risk of it returning.  

“I was young and naive. I thought it wouldn’t happen to me. That was my mindset. Young people simply aren’t aware of the dangers, and in years to come there’s going to be a mass of people getting diagnosed.

“Influencers promoting sunbeds have no idea of the dangers, they don’t realise it could cost someone their life.”  

‘I lost my sister and best friend to sunbed use’  

Jessica Crowe knows only too well the the pain sunbeds can bring. Her sister Tazmyn spoke to Fabulous in 2021 after being diagnosed with skin cancer in 2014.

The mum of three died in March 2023, aged just 31, having used sunbeds up to twice a day when she was younger.  

“When we were teenagers, Tazmyn would use them all the time,” recalls Jessica, 31, a healthcare assistant and mum to Poppi, 14, and Memphis-Cub, two.

“I went with her a couple of times, but I’d just burn, so I stopped going. She was the tanned one and she loved it.

“But after her diagnosis, she’d often say: ‘Why did I do it?’ She immediately stopped using them and regretted ever having gone on one.”  

Five years after her diagnosis, the cancer returned to her lymph nodes – reaching stage three.

“Pregnant with her third child at the time, Tazmyn delivered her son 10 weeks prematurely in order to have further cancer treatment, almost losing him to a pulmonary haemorrhage.  

Tragically, despite further surgery and medication, Tazmyn’s cancer spread, progressing to stage four, and in March 2023 she passed away, leaving her children Dillyn-Angel, 14, Saylor-Doll, 11, and Boss, five, to grow up without their mother.

Still grieving, Jessica, from Northern Ireland, says she finds social media posts advocating sunbed use and tan-boosting products distressing.  

“It makes me so sad and angry. They make it sound like having a sunbed is harmless, when it’s not.

“As a family, we learned that the hardest way. Everything that Tazmyn went through began with sunbed use.

“I was devastated when we lost her. I still am. She wasn’t just my sister, but my best friend.  

“My daughter would never use a sunbed, as she knows what happened to her aunt, but her friends do – some are only 13.

“They are easily influenced by TikTok and Instagram.”  

This high-intensity UVA radiation can lead to genetic changes and mutations over time, which can build up and increase the risk of skin cancer.

Susanna Daniels, CEO of Melanoma Focus

The charity Melanoma Focus recently revealed that almost a third of people aged 16 and over in the UK use sunbeds, and that figure rises to 52% among 18-21 year olds.

“More worryingly, only 47% of that age group understood that sunbeds increase their risk of skin cancer – and 20% even believed it could decrease the risk.  

“These figures are really concerning,” says Susanna Daniels, CEO of Melanoma Focus.

“There is a swathe of misinformation on social media. Rather than being good for your health and increasing levels of vitamin D, as some influencers claim, most sunbeds mainly emit UVA radiation – which damages the DNA in skin cells – rather than UVB, which is required for vitamin D production.  

“This high-intensity UVA radiation can lead to genetic changes and mutations over time, which can build up and increase the risk of skin cancer.

In 2009, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified UV radiation from commercial tanning beds as a type 1 carcinogen – putting it in the same category as smoking and asbestos,” explains Susanna.  

“As a charity, we are very concerned about this widespread misinformation circulating on social media.

“This has been on the rise in recent years and it may be leading people to make harmful choices.”  

Despite hearing stories like Tazmyn’s, Taylor says she has no plans to ditch her TikTok tan any time soon.  

“I sometimes worry about the risk and I do check my moles, but I’m young and I put it to the back of my mind,” she confesses.

“People drink, smoke, vape or eat junk food. Lots of things we do are bad, but we do it anyway. For me, a tan is worth the risk.”  

‘If young people aren’t making the right choices, we need to help them’  

Meanwhile, Jessica has a very different message. “I’d like to see sunbeds banned like they are in other countries such as Australia, or at least some restrictions so they are not promoted online,” she says.

“When you’re young, you don’t think about the risks, but if young people aren’t making the right choices, we need to help them.”   

“Skin cancer took my sister from me and robbed her children of their mother.

“My message to young women is: please stop using sunbeds, and ignore these influencers promoting them. Your life is worth more than a tan.”  

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PISCES

FEB 19 – MAR 20

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With the heat of the sun and the insight of the new moon both lighting up your creative chart, ideas flow thick and fast, and at least one can be well underway by the weekend.

The key is starting strong, even when the plan is not quite perfect – as you have initiative to alter it along the way.

Passion links to voices – and the way you simply can’t ignore one special one.

DESTINY DAYS: Long distance deals work out best on Tuesday.

Fix a date on Friday to find something, or someone, special. Stay home on Saturday – let the fun come to you.

MAKE THIS THE WEEK YOU… Listen more and say less, especially around someone younger. Be your own best friend – silence any self-doubt.

Push forward with any address-transformation dream.

TAROT CHALLENGE: Sudden crushes and infatuations, love at first sight and plunging into a project with even more impulsive eagerness than usual – all these can happen in your world this week as you draw the Tarot card TEMPTATION.

This is also a strong card of fertility — and in the near future, can show you giving in to impatience rather than thinking things through.

But you can handle this, when you trust yourself.

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LEO

JULY 23 – AUG 23

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The logic and mental sparkle of Mercury is all yours for the next few weeks, so how will you use it?

From writing effective reports to putting difficult feelings into words, you can persuade and promote in your own unique way.

Your lines could even feature on a stage or screen.

A secret that is starting to bother you needs some attention; the new moon can help.

DESTINY DAYS

Be ready to fill some impressive shoes on Tuesday, at home and at work.

Push back pride on Thursday; ask for another chance.

Spot lucky numbers linked to your birth date on Saturday.

MAKE THIS THE WEEK YOU

Invest in experiences rather than objects; an “L” ticket can be the start.

Put on your all-time favorite music and just dance!

TAROT CHALLENGE

What a gorgeous and generous card you have drawn this week; THE EMPRESS represents nature in all its fertile glory and promises new harmony and intuition right through your life.

Instead of pushing changes through by force, focus on negotiation and discussion, plus a healthy helping of mutual respect.

Cash savings, family size, and specialized knowledge are all set to increase for Leo all week long.

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CANCER

JUNE 22 – JULY 22

Now Mars is established in your connections sector, you have the courage to contact anyone, even when you are not sure what the response will be.

So do use this while it is hot.

If you are in love, a personal new moon is your try-anything trump card; ask again, and a partner may have changed their mind.

If you are single, no one is out of your league; remember that around “K”.

DESTINY DAYS

Gather special people together on Tuesday and Wednesday, and find ways to show them how much you care.

Reboot a side-business, or a work overtime plan on Friday.

Dress up on Sunday, even just to stay home; love can come knocking!

MAKE THIS THE WEEK YOU

Speak honestly and openly, rather than trying to guess what other people expect.

Fit more wandering and wondering space into your daily routine

TAROT CHALLENGE

Your Tarot card this week is the EARTH PRINCESS, a symbol of steady progress, self-belief, and calm, quiet connections.

Do not expect steamy hook-ups and thrilling challenges, but emotional moves decided after a period of shared discussion can still be life-changing.

Just remember there is a fine line between being patient and being a pushover, in love and money.

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LIBRA

SEPT 23 – OCT 23

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The right goal at the right time is your big choice to make this week
– and the light of the new moon is your best guide.

Even though an ambition is not the biggest, or most impressive, if it feels right, it is right.

But you must promise yourself not to keep looking back – only forward. Love that asks more questions than it answers can be a
challenge, but an irresistible one.

DESTINY DAYS  Tuesday and Wednesday, your deal-making is on point
and you see straight to genius solutions. Friday is a great Get Tidy Day and you excel as a team-member on Saturday.

MAKE THIS THE WEEK YOU… Stop hiding fears, and ask for more love, or loyalty. Tune into your body and sleep and eat following your own rhythms.

TAROT CHALLENGE Your card this week is JUSTICE, which makes you
a champion of fair treatment – in your own life and in the world around you.

You are ready to take active, caring steps to correct inequality.

This leads to better balance, and silences that inner critic that always seems to chip away at your self-confidence.

Treat yourself with the care and respect you offer to others. Law careers can be a key life and luck link.

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