It might be nearly Christmas but think ahead to the New Year and fresh ambition that presents itself. For the next three weeks or so, you'll be driven by a desire to use your mind more professionally, so be prepared. Have any facts, figures, and charts ready at your disposal. You make a better job of things with visual aids. With that in mind, take extra care with your appearance. Making a good impression is essential in 2002.

Taking a trip between now and well into January will lead you to wonderful opportunity. The prospect of a long vacation has never been more inviting, but hold your horses. You're the type who likes to travel in style. Take some extra moments to secure comfortable accommodations. Otherwise, you'll be complaining when you should be relaxing. Search guide books for recommendations on nice hotels and good food.

Delve into sensitive issues you don't care to share publicly and you'll solve a mystery. Sometimes you have to harbour secrets for the good of a relationship, even when it hurts. You're about to enter one of those phases. The urge to relieve yourself of this burden could hurt someone dear to your heart. Keep silent about this painful issue. The best penance is to treat your beloved better in deeds, as well as words.

Getting out and socialising will introduce you to someone who could become more than just a friend. Phone calls and greeting cards let you know that you are loved and appreciated. Sometimes your sensitive nature causes you to take offence at the smallest gestures. Make a resolution to reach out to others the next time you feel slighted. This will help you from falling prey to bouts of depression. Say what you mean and mean what you say!

Think carefully about health and work concerns you can deal with them by talking about them. You can't put those chores off any longer, no matter how many parties crowd your schedule. You're going to have to sacrifice some of your leisure time in order to meet personal commitments. Trying to get everything done at once will leave you exhausted and sick, which is definitely not what you want for Christmastime.

An admirer is waiting in the wings they don't know and nor do you but soon you both will! Your heavy work load is finally starting to ease up, allowing you to focus on more pleasant pursuits. This is a great time to pick up a craft project you were forced to abandon for lack of time. Working with your hands suffuses you with an attractive glow. Romantic opportunities abound under such circumstances so yield to leisure then pleasure!

Better keep the larder stocked and bed made as visitors on the wing or are you off somewhere? Yuletide never fails you make you nostalgic for days gone by. It's important to realise that the past is never exactly the way you remember it. If you really want to reap the benefits of the season, you'll stay focused on the here and now. How can you make things special for you and yours over the festivities?

Get out and about as somewhere out there is someone desperate to make your acquaintance. Getting involved with neighbourhood concerns gives you a renewed sense of purpose. A resourceful person like you needs to do good works in order to feel valued and appreciated. Cynical folks may say that you're wasting your time, but you'll have the last laugh when the results come in.

A rapid turnover of money should be curtailed if you want to enter the New Year flush. Finding new ways to make cash should be considered now even if a solution doesn't appear until the New Year. A tendency to procrastinate could seriously cut into your bottom line. An energetic friend will be eager to help but they need to know you aren't royalty with a free public hand out. Just make it clear that you are the one and only boss here.

Just use your fine line in patter and smooth talk to get precisely what you want in 2002. At long last, you're able to call the shots in virtually any situation you encounter. Don't hesitate to tell authority figures and contemporaries alike just what you need to be happy. After their initial surprise wears off, they'll jump to serve you. You have kissed the Blarney Stone so use your fine turn of phrase between now and February to make your point.

Retreat from the madding crowd and turn to esoteric pursuits and comfort for a healthy mind. You're finally afforded some private time to mull over spiritual concerns. An enlightened person like you needs to have a higher purpose in life in order to be fulfilled. If your current duties don't afford a profound sense of contentment, it's time to change your ways. Money should be the least of your worries, if not, make it so.

Socialise and be seen at all the rave venues that way you'll create many chances to meet someone special. The frenetic pace of your thinking is beginning to slow a wee bit, to allow you to give your considered time to capitalise on a future idea. Start thinking about ways you can do something about a long term project. Joining a club or group, or simply doing something on a collective level will serve all involved well.