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OUR much-loved astrologer Meg sadly died in 2023 but her column will be kept alive by her friend and protégée Maggie Innes.

Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today. 

ARIES

March 21 to April 20

Any recent mismatch in a family or group can turn to co-operation when you harness the action impulse of Mars.

Just put solutions into play – you have an authority that helps you be heard.

Your Venus love bonus can create brilliant passion moments, for loved-up and single Aries alike. Luck hovers around “R”.

 TAURUS

April 21 to May 21

You may assume challenging feelings should stay hidden, but Venus has other ideas.

If you feel it, try to show it – in considered ways. The response can set up a positive Taurus path.

The new moon encourages friendship over a name that never matches your hopes. You have the strength to move on – use it.

Get all the latest Taurus horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

GEMINI

May 22 to June 21

New fire over finances can surprise everyone, including you – but positive cash energy in your chart can’t be ignored.

You can make necessary cuts, but also find ways to treat yourself.

As for love, Venus keeps things fun while the new moon breaks long-time rules. This will not be a week of merely ticking over!

Get all the latest Gemini horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

CANCER

June 22 to July 22

Jumbled emotions can be clear when you let yourself feel in authentic ways, rather than trying to hold back.

You have big things to say to certain people, and this time, you can get a message through.

Avoid any ultimatums, especially in love, as mutual co-operation suits you better. Luck re-sends an “M” document

Get all the latest Cancer horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

LEO

July 23 to August 23

You can be the bigger person and reopen talks. But this time, be clear from the start how far you will go, and no further.

With a transforming new moon, you can be anyone you choose, but it is important to make a choice.

Trying to be two or more people at once needs to stop. New love links to stage one of a new journey.

Get all the latest Leo horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

VIRGO

August 24 to September 22

Deal deadlocks can be your happy place as this week you have the ability to see all sides, yet push through a solution.

In any team – in love terms and at work – believing in your own voice can win results.

Taking time to review key connections, and focusing on the positive ones, can fire up a new career direction.

Get all the latest Virgo horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

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LIBRA

September 23 to October 23

Limiting goals to one or two instead of spreading your energy too thinly can make this a week of progress.

Try not to pick the easiest options, as you have unique energy for breaking barriers.

Different planets gather in your fitness sector, but join together to send a message – you’ve got this. Love has inner long-term strength

Get all the latest Libra horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

SCORPIO

October 24 to November 22

Your first impulse may be to quit a tricky life, but your chart tasks you to keep going, as there is light ahead.

A new moon of creative genius keeps bringing the same idea back into your mind, so give this time to develop as there can be something special there.

Single? An aloof work connection really rates you

Get all the latest Scorpio horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

SAGITTARIUS

November 23 to December 21

There’s a part of your deepest self that is hungry to be shared – now you can make this happen.

Giving up a role as a “fixer” or fun-bringer can leave space to develop your dreams.

In love? The new moon helps bring up key questions in a new, engaging way. Single? The One lives a couple of doors away.

Get all the latest Sagittarius horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

CAPRICORN

December 22 to January 20

A fresh communication style makes hard subjects easier to discuss.

The difference this time is you resist giving up your own needs to make things easier for others.

In love, you want security, but at what price? Look at equality in a bond and make adjustments.

If single, Mars makes you bold to approach that hot fire sign.

Get all the latest Capricorn horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

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AQUARIUS

January 21 to February 18

The career you want can come closer when you pour everything you have into work.

The right eyes can be watching, as fresh Mars fire ensures you stand out.

Channelling Jupiter’s optimism keeps your cool in guessing games and love dilemmas, and you can be a winner in many surprising ways.

Get all the latest Aquarius horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

PISCES

February 19 to March 20

Planet power centres on your chart – but the standout star is this week’s Pisces new moon.

If you want to start over, you can, as emotional and professional doors are reopening.

Your creative skills fit the profile for a local start-up, while loyal love comes through in heart-warming ways.

Get all the latest Pisces horoscope news including your weekly and monthly predictions

MAGGIE Innes has revealed what someone with the star sign Cancer, has to look forward to this month.

Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today.

CANCER

JUNE 22 – JULY 22

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Jumbled emotions can become crystal clear again when you allow yourself to feel in authentic ways, rather than trying to hold back your personal truth.

You have big things to say to people you live and work with – and this time around, you can get your message through with Mars’ personal support.

Do avoid ultimatums, especially in love – mutual cooperation suits you better.

Luck re-sends an “M” document.

DESTINY DAYS

On Monday, draw a line under family discussions – make a decision.

Let passion lead you on Wednesday.

Try a new exercise on Friday.

LUCKY LINKS

Someone who speaks three languages.

An old door with a new number.

A line of evergreen trees.

SECRET STRENGTH

Cancer is an emotional well and rock – providing strong support and limitless love to those you care about, and even strangers.

This strength could take you towards public life, where your natural empathy and caring make you a shining example that leaders can still be human.

Writing about your life or beliefs can also inspire others.

WEAKNESS TO WORK ON

So much giving can wipe out any sense of self, as you assess yourself only through other people’s eyes.

Take time to develop and support your own unique identity.

Fabulous is the home of horoscopes, with weekly updates on what’s in store for your star sign as well as daily predictions.

You can also use our series of guides to find out everything from which star sign to hook up with for the steamiest sex to what it’s like to live your life totally by your horoscope.

MAGGIE Innes is back with another weekly horoscope for Taurus.

Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you this week.

TAURUS

APRIL 21 – MAY 21

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You may assume challenging feelings should stay hidden, but Venus has other ideas.

From attraction to frustration, if you feel it this week, try to show it – in calm, considered ways.

The response can set up a new, positive Taurus path.

The new moon encourages friendship honesty, over one name that never matches your hopes.

You have emotional power to move on – do use it.

DESTINY DAYS

Take cash discussions back to basics on Tuesday.

Check in with a quiet family member on Thursday.

Make yourself a special meal on Saturday.

LUCKY LINKS

The third question in a series of ten.

Numbers linked to recent arrivals.

The friend who most loves to shop.

SECRET STRENGTH

Taurus loyalty is legendary – there’s no better sign to have someone’s back, in a crisis or when times are good.

You are a stand-out friend and colleague but should also try to lavish some of this loyalty on yourself.

Believe your cookery, design or craft skills could reach a wider audience – because they can.

WEAKNESS TO WORK ON

Taurus can hold a grudge for life!

This all-or-nothing approach can cut people or opportunities from your future and fill your heart with negative emotions.

Fabulous is the home of horoscopes, with weekly updates on what’s in store for your star sign as well as daily predictions.

You can also use our series of guides to find out everything from which star sign to hook up with for the steamiest sex to what it’s like to live your life totally by your horoscope.

MAGGIE Innes has revealed what Gemini’s can expect from the new week ahead.

Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you.

GEMINI

MAY 22 – JUNE 21

 Read our horoscopes live blog for the latest readings

New fire over finances can surprise everyone, including yourself – but the current positive cash energy in your chart can’t be ignored.

You can make necessary cuts but also find exciting ways to treat yourself.

As for love, Venus keeps things fun while the new moon breaks some long-time rules.

What this means is up to you, but this will not be a week of merely ticking over!

DESTINY DAYS

Surround yourself with positive people on Tuesday.

Look again for a lost object on Friday.

Reply promptly to messages on Saturday.

LUCKY LINKS

A calendar on the wrong month.

A matching set with one piece missing. Lit-up lettering.

SECRET STRENGTH

Gemini is flexible and open-minded, able to switch directions or discussions in seconds – that’s just the way your active air sign mind works. Nothing fazes you!

But remember to make full use of your airy communication genius too – to make sure others around you can keep up with you and understand your actions.

WEAKNESS TO WORK ON

Impatience – coupled with a tendency to get bored and move on when a work project or personal relationship perhaps still has potential.

Try to give everything and everyone enough of a chance. Count to ten!

Fabulous is the home of horoscopes, with weekly updates on what’s in store for your star sign as well as daily predictions.

You can also use our series of guides to find out everything from which star sign to hook up with for the steamiest sex to what it’s like to live your life totally by your horoscope.

MAGGIE Innes is back with another weekly horoscope for Aries.

Read on to see what’s written in the stars for you today.

ARIES

MARCH 21 – APRIL 20

 Read our horoscopes live blog for the latest readings

Any recent mismatch in a family or other significant group can turn into cooperation when you harness the strong action impulse of Mars.

Instead of stressing over solutions, just put them into play.

You have natural authority now that helps you be heard.

Your ongoing Venus love bonus can create brilliant passion moments all week, for loved-up and single Aries alike.

Luck hovers around “R.”

DESTINY DAYS

Be the first to apologise or explain on Monday.

Tidy up at home, but also in your heart, on Wednesday.

Seek simple ways to spoil yourself on Sunday.

LUCKY LINKS

Families with “C” names. A set of high metal gates. Your favourite item of jewellery.

SECRET STRENGTH

Aries is energetic and simply unstoppable.

But you may get so caught up in solo ambitions that you underuse your inbuilt ability to inspire and encourage others.

You don’t have to be a meek yes-person to be a great team player – you can lead by example and help others be their best selves too.

WEAKNESS TO WORK ON

Under all that Aries charisma lurks a tendency to wonder when you are going to be unmasked as an imposter.

Letting others into your dreams and schemes also helps overcome this.

Fabulous is the home of horoscopes, with weekly updates on what’s in store for your star sign as well as daily predictions.

You can also use our series of guides to find out everything from which star sign to hook up with for the steamiest sex to what it’s like to live your life totally by your horoscope.

SITTING down at her computer in the four-bedroom house she shared with her husband Dan, Nancy Brophy looked every inch the genteel romance novelist – big round cheeks, curly grey hair, glasses.

She had recently self-published her first steamy thriller, The Wrong Brother, which – like all her subsequent books – starred a beautiful but desperate woman and muscle-bound hero.

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But that day as she was writing at home, in November 2011, Nancy had something very different on her mind.

“I don’t want blood and brains spattered on my walls. And really, I’m not good at remembering lies.

“But the thing I know about murder is that every one of us has it in him or her when pushed far enough,” she wrote on her blog.

Her post, entitled How To Murder Your Husband, proved eerily prophetic.

Seven years later, Nancy, now 74, would indeed go on to murder her husband in an elaborate scheme to pocket more than $1million in life insurance policies.

Making headlines beyond their US hometown of Portland, the murder inspired a film starring Steve Guttenberg and Cybill Shepherd in 2023, named after her ominous blog post.

It’s now the subject of Wondery podcast Happily Never After: Dan And Nancy, which unravels a tale stranger than any fiction Nancy ever wrote.

Born in Texas, where she grew up with lawyer parents, Nancy moved to Portland in the early 90s following the end of her first marriage.

She enrolled in culinary school and met Dan, a divorced chef instructor.

He was quiet and serious, whereas she was outgoing and garrulous.

Opposites attracted and the pair fell in love and married in 1993.

By 2000, they were living a seemingly idyllic life in the suburbs, with their chicken coop and a nice home that had a kitchen garden.

They never had children, but Nancy – who had long dreamed of being a writer – often described on her blog how much she loved Dan and how healthy their sex life was.

It was in Portland that Heidi Tretheway, who hosts the Happily Never After podcast, first met Nancy in 1993.

“I joined our local writing group, the Rose City Romance Writers,” says Heidi. “Nancy made an impression, not just on me, but on almost everyone there.

“She had real ‘main character’ energy. She even had a thing where she would hand out roses to writers for finishing their novels, like she was on The Bachelor.

“All her books had similar plots – there was always a woman in a troubled relationship, and almost always a gun involved. . .”

Still, no one could ever have believed it was anything but fiction – until on June 2, 2018, when Dan, 63, was found dead in his cooking school kitchen at Oregon Culinary Institute.

When police arrived, they confirmed Dan had been shot in the back and chest as he’d struggled on the ground. It was a brutal assassination, but there was no forced entry, no defensive wounds and nothing stolen.

As shockwaves rippled through Portland, the close-knit community struggled to make sense of it. Chef Brophy had been so quiet, so unassuming and well-liked – who could possibly have wanted him dead?

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Called to the scene by police, Nancy took the news of her husband’s death calmly, though officers surmised she must have been in shock.

Asked some routine questions about her whereabouts and whether they owned a gun, Nancy explained she’d been in bed writing that morning and they did have a gun, which she’d got for protection, but hadn’t bought bullets for.

Later, on Facebook, she posted that she’d lost her “best friend” and was “struggling to make sense of everything”, asking that people give her space to grieve.

However, she also told friends and family she was going to sell the house, and asked for help decluttering and clearing the garden, getting rid of Dan’s beloved chickens and uprooting the kitchen garden.

Meanwhile, the police continued their investigation.

The Brophys’ gun, a Glock semi-automatic, was the same calibre as the shell casings left at the scene.

It was sent to ballistics to see if it was a match, but Nancy still wasn’t considered a suspect.

That began to change when detectives reviewed security cameras from businesses in the area.

Footage from a pizzeria across the street revealed a silver minivan like Nancy’s driving by just before 7.30am – the time Dan was killed.

Then, on June 6, one of the lead detectives received a phone call from Nancy asking for a letter of exoneration to prove she wasn’t a suspect.

She said it was needed by the company handling Dan’s life insurance claim of $40,000.

Suspicious, investigators combed through the couple’s bank statements and discovered that they were struggling financially.

“After over a decade of writing romance, Nancy didn’t have an agent or a publisher,” reveals Heidi. “She was still self-publishing and offering her books online for free.”

In fact, Nancy had asked to borrow money from a friend to go to a writing conference.

The couple had also sold their car, Dan had taken on a second job and they’d missed mortgage payments.

To supplement her income, Nancy sold life insurance – and investigators discovered that she was the beneficiary of 10 policies that meant, on Dan’s death, she would be entitled to more than $1.4million.

Even more damning was the fact that, despite their money woes, the premiums had been paid without fail every month.

When the ballistics report came back, it showed Nancy and Dan’s Glock wasn’t the murder weapon.

However, analysis of the security footage of the minivan revealed the first three letters of the licence plate were a match with those on Nancy’s own vehicle, and on September 6, she was taken into custody.

“I hadn’t seen Nancy in years,” says Heidi. “But there she was on the news, accused of murdering her husband.

“In the writers’ community, messages were flying around. People were shocked – no one could believe what they were hearing.”

When detectives searched the house, two laptops were retrieved, and they showed that from November 2017 to March 2018, Nancy had researched the Glock 17 and was browsing YouTube videos about the gun.

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Then, they found a receipt in her emails that would prove the break they needed.

It was for a Glock 17 slide and barrel – the upper section on a gun – bought on eBay on February 28, 2018.

“This was the key that allowed us to figure out how Dan had been murdered,” reveals Shawn Overstreet, the District Attorney who would eventually put Nancy behind bars.

Investigators realised she must have switched the slide and barrel into her old gun, shot Dan, then put the original back in, before handing it over to detectives that day, safe in the knowledge it could not be traced to the murder.

“She seemed very calculated,” says Shawn. “She knew it wouldn’t be a match.”

The eBay slide and barrel itself had not been found, but Shawn was not deterred by the lack of a murder weapon.

“There was a lot of circumstantial evidence from the life insurance policies, plus the fact she was in the vicinity at the time and had lied to detectives about where she was,” he says.

Maintaining her innocence, Nancy refused to take a plea deal, and her trial began on April 4, 2022.

Over six weeks, her lawyer argued that Nancy had simply purchased multiple insurance policies on Dan because he was younger than her so was eligible for policies she couldn’t get, and that the guns and internet searches were all just research for her next book.

I think she believed she was the smartest person in the room and could convince the jurors

Shawn Overstreet

Women from the Rose City Romance Writers were called as witnesses, to back up the fact that in the course of researching their books, they had all done things that could be taken as out of character.

Her defence also painted a vivid picture of the Brophys’ happy marriage, via the testimony of a number of witnesses, who said the couple were very much in love.

However, the prosecution argued that they were in clear financial difficulty and Nancy had plotted to kill Dan so she could achieve her dream of living as an expat in Portugal.

On May 16, 2022, Nancy herself took the stand.

“I think she believed she was the smartest person in the room and could convince the jurors,” explains Shawn.

On her first day, Nancy was wearing a baby-blue cardigan and knitted scarf with her white hair perfectly curled.

“I was concerned jurors would view Nancy as a sweet, elderly woman who couldn’t possibly have committed such a heinous act,” Shawn says.

“I thought they’d see their grandmother in Nancy. She could be very charming, with a folksy southern drawl that I thought people would connect with.

“My tactic was to ask easy, soft questions that would make her feel comfortable, so when I got to the tough ones, we’d see a change in how she spoke, indicating maybe she was lying about certain things.”

‘She didn’t even blink’

Shawn asked her to explain what happened to the barrel and slide she’d bought from eBay, and how it had conveniently gone missing.

“She claimed she didn’t know what happened to it,” he recalls. “She couldn’t explain why she needed it.

“She also claimed that she had very limited knowledge of guns, despite the fact in several of her books she describes firearms.”

Shawn’s final question to Nancy referenced her infamous How To Murder Your Husband blog post.

“I asked her, ‘If there was one thing that you know about murder, is it that anyone is capable of doing it?’”

Nancy’s own writing had come back to haunt her.

“She went on a long rant about circumstances in which people might kill. It was incoherent,” he says.

The jury deliberated the case over two days, before returning with a guilty verdict for second-degree murder.

Three weeks later, Nancy was sentenced to life with parole only possible after 25 years.

“When the jury returned their guilty verdict, she didn’t even blink,” says Sean.

“She is still trying to get a retrial and has never given any indication that she accepts responsibility for what she did.”

During her sentencing, Dan’s son Nathaniel delivered a devastating victim impact statement directed at Nancy.

“The pain you have delivered to us is immeasurable,” he said. “You were, to borrow from your catalogue, the Wrong Wife.

“There’s no greater misfortune than dying alone. Yet for you, Nancy, I can’t imagine a more fitting end to this tragedy.”

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ARIES

MAR 21 – APR 20

Any recent mismatch in a family or other significant group can turn into cooperation when you harness the strong action impulse of Mars.

Instead of stressing over solutions, just put them into play.

You have natural authority now that helps you be heard.

Your ongoing Venus love bonus can create brilliant passion moments all week, for loved-up and single Aries alike.

Luck hovers around “R.”

TAURUS

APR 21 – MAY 21

You may assume challenging feelings should stay hidden, but Venus has other ideas.

From attraction to frustration, if you feel it this week, try to show it – in calm, considered ways.

The response can set up a new, positive Taurus path.

The new moon encourages friendship honesty, over one name that never matches your hopes.

You have emotional power to move on – do use it.

GEMINI

MAY 22 – JUNE 21

New fire over finances can surprise everyone, including yourself – but the current positive cash energy in your chart can’t be ignored.

You can make necessary cuts but also find exciting ways to treat yourself.

As for love, Venus keeps things fun while the new moon breaks some long-time rules.

What this means is up to you, but this will not be a week of merely ticking over!

CANCER

JUNE 22 – JULY 22

Jumbled emotions can become crystal clear again when you allow yourself to feel in authentic ways, rather than trying to hold back your personal truth.

You have big things to say to people you live and work with – and this time around, you can get your message through with Mars’ personal support.

Do avoid ultimatums, especially in love – mutual cooperation suits you better.

Luck re-sends an “M” document.

LEO

JULY 23 – AUG 23

You can be the bigger person and open up talks again. But this time, be clear from the start how far you will go, and no further.

With a transforming new moon, you can be anyone and anything you choose, but it is important to make a choice.

Trying to be two or more people at once needs to stop.

New love links to stage one of a new journey.

VIRGO

AUG 24 – SEPT 22

Deal deadlocks can be your happy place, as this week you have such a smart ability to see all sides, yet push through a single solution.

In any team, from two to twenty – in love terms and at work – believing in your own voice can win results.

Taking some time to review key connections and focus on the positive ones can fire up a new career direction with a social element.

LIBRA

SEPT 23 – OCT 23

Limiting your goals to just one or two, instead of spreading your energy too thin, can make this a week of progress.

But try not to choose the easiest options, as you have unique energy for breaking through barriers all week.

Very different planets gather in your fitness sector but join together to send you one clear message – you’ve got this.

Love has inner long-term strength.

SCORPIO

OCT 24 – NOV 22

Your first impulse may be to quit a tricky life or love path, but your chart this week asks you to keep going, as there is light ahead – and deep determination in you to succeed.

A new moon of creative genius keeps bringing the same idea back into your mind.

Do give this time to develop; there can be something special there.

Single? An aloof work connection really rates you.

SAGITTARIUS

NOV 23 – DEC 21

There’s a part of your deepest self that is hungry to be shared – now you can make this happen.

Giving up a role as a “fixer” or fun-bringer to your circle can leave space to develop your dreams and take yourself seriously.

In love? The new moon helps bring up key questions in a new, engaging way.

Single? The One lives just a couple of doors away.

CAPRICORN

DEC 22 – JAN 20

Fresh communication light in you and your week makes difficult subjects easier to discuss.

The difference this time is you resist giving up your own needs to make things easier for others.

This will take practice! In love terms, you want security – but at what price?

Look again at equality in a bond and start some adjustments.

Single? Mars makes you bold enough to approach that hot fire sign.

AQUARIUS

JAN 21 – FEB 18

The career you want can come closer when you pour everything you have into your current work.

The right eyes can be watching, at exactly the right time, as fresh Mars fire ensures you stand out.

Channelling Jupiter’s easy-going optimism keeps your cool in guessing games and love challenges, and you can be a winner in so many surprising ways.

Restart a cash calculation from the very beginning.

PISCES

FEB 19 – MAR 20

So much planet power centres on your personal chart – but the stand-out star is this week’s Pisces new moon.

If you want to start over, you can, as emotional and professional doors are opening again.

This is your time to celebrate who you are, rather than worrying about who you’re not.

Your creative skills fit the profile for a new local start-up.

Loyal love comes through in heartwarming ways.

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