Be warned of a frustrating start to the week when others try to mess up your work. Try not to get too defensive. Their criticisms are well meant. You can either choose to improve your efforts, or stick stubbornly to tired methods. You must admit, your daily routine has become increasingly tedious and a bore: isn’t it time to try something new and revamp your day?

Money isn’t everything, although it helps, focus on something less material today. It's important to enjoy the process as much as the results. Treat each passing day like a gift. As a sign ruled by the planet Venus, you need to stop and savour life more. Devoting too many moments to the acquisition of property or the accumulation of cash won't soothe that emotional ache inside.

You can see someone riding for a fall but don’t know how to tell them. Perhaps you know they are afraid to face the truth of an unpleasant situation. Instead of putting more pressure on a friend or loved one, back off for now. Busy yourself with projects that have fallen by the wayside. Eventually, they will get tired of burying their head in the sand.

Everybody else seems to be intent on having a good time so should you too. Assuming more than your fair share of work will win you neither respect or praise. It's not your problem if responsibilities aren't being met. In an atmosphere of jollity like this, the best you can do is eat, drink and be merry. Leave the dirty jobs to the drones who are paid to do it.

You’re so bored and listless it’s time to get on with pursuing a new aim or ambition. Drop old goals that you find tedious and hard work and concentrate on those that fill you with joy. When was the last time you exercised your inner creativity? Letting your artistic talents lay dormant is nothing less than a sin. Peel yourself off the couch and start gunning for a fresh enterprise that tests your skills.

You have to start at the bottom if you're going to rise to the top, so start today. Stop expecting to be an overnight success; that's just the stuff of Hollywood fables. Don't be afraid to change career paths if you're miserable or unhappy with your present circumstances. Take a temporary job if you're not sure what you really want to do. Experiment!

You’ll learn a tip or two from a newcomer who enters your midst in the near future. Although you're an expert in your own field, you should allow for differences in temperament. If the new kid on the block wants to tackle their work in a different order, so be it. Leave the door open for any questions this person may have. This will sow the seeds for a good working relationship and success to come.

Become too focussed on others’ deeds and you’ll fail to bring about any of your own. Put the blinders on and go full steam ahead with whatever you are taken with at the moment. If you don't, you'll feel inadequate and fail to achieve. It takes time and persistence to develop a skill and accomplish. Comparing yourself to seasoned experts in their field is self defeating.

Go out of your way to upset the authorities and they’ll get their own back. It is better to nod and smile at their idiotic proposals for now. Just because you're wedded to the truth doesn't mean you can't enforce a temporary separation from time to time by keeping mum. You need to think about your long-term future now. It's not a good time to make enemies so watch your back.

If you keep telling yourself you’re not good enough you won’t be, so be positive. Whilst previous experience is an asset, there's no reason you can't pick up more advance or fresh skills along the way. You're slow to learn, it's true, but once you sleep on something and master it, it's never forgotten. Push yourself to the next level because you can do anything if you try.

Be too self-centred and go for the “me, me, me” routine and you’ll lose love. Give encouragement to a sensitive person as they need to overcome their insecurities. Sometimes being supportive is as simple as stepping out of the spotlight so someone else can shine. Not the best of days to get involved with emotional or sexual wrangles, it’ll end up with psychological games being played.

You’re in between a rock and a hard place, should you go for love or work? You need to decide what's more important: your career or a relationship. You could very well choose your job on a day like today. Maybe it's because your work challenges you in a way that a partner does not. The kind of challenges you get from love, you need like a hole in the head plus you’re not the one in control.