You want to be heard — and understood — but there are hurdles in the road ahead. When Mercury turns retrograde in Aries on Monday (until March 24), brace yourself for communication breakdowns in your love life. This isn’t the time to go on a “let’s express our feelings” tear. Work on things privately: in your journal, with friends or maybe with a therapist. If you try to talk to your love interest about it, you could get swept up in the blame game. It is, however, a good time for couples to discuss practical financial matters and find new ways to divvy up shared responsibilities.

Your Aries guy: He’s prone to taking every little thing the wrong way this week, so tread lightly. Communication planet Mercury turns retrograde in Aries till March 24, turning him into quite the prickly pear. Steer clear of emotional subjects, and be prepared to banish him to his man cave if he’s won’t play nice. What he is open to discussing now are practical things, so you can broach topics like money or scheduling without getting attacked.