Have you been having a rough go of it? Have weird/bad/annoying things been happening to you and those you care for? Well don't worry. It's all Mars' fault.
That's right. Astrologers almost unanimously agree, Mars being its closest in some 60 thousand odd years spells bad news as far as the alignment of planets are concerned. Soothsayers are attributing everything from catastrophic events (terrorism, flooding, whatever) to the mundane daily annoyance (your dog deciding your new Oriental rug looks like a nice place to do his business) on Mars' position relative to the earth. So I guess if little Johnny doesn't get into law school, we will just consider ourselves lucky.
But fear not! Mars won't always be this close to the earth. It reached its closest point two days ago. And Astrologers agree (sort of)- things will probably get better in February.