Mercury enters Aries

Feel the extravagance! 

Mercury in Aries is time to barrel ahead, go with your gut and take no prisoners while you're sticking to your guns. The more extravagant your ideas and the more danger you are willing to face, the more brilliant your adventures will be. With all things Aries, risk taking is #1 and going against the grain is what is called for, as it's new territory that fuels this sign and the more you venture out on the that limb in the mental sense now, the stronger you will be become. So, try new things and take a chance, as that is the only way to win now!!!!

As for the video below, it's Puccini's Turandot, one of the most opulent operas ever made, about a Princess who doesn't want to get married, but is forced to by the King, her dad. So, to make it hard for her suitors, as she yearns to keep her independence, she makes up impossible riddles for one to solve to win her hand. If a man dares to make an attempt to solve them and gets it wrong, they risk their lives. Of course, one brave soul goes for it and proves to the princess that....

...This particular version below was performed at the Forbidden City is the most lavish one yet....Although I did get to see this at the MET years ago, something I had always wanted to do, this version is the one I would of loved to see...but so is life...and for you non-opera people, if you watch to the end, you will realize you do know this opera, as the music from the finale was made popular by a certain blockbuster movie about a prostitute that wins over a billionaire prince...Anyway, take a chance to watch it and see, you just might fall in love...