Nothing can make you slow down. Whether you're making domestic matters a priority or you are focusing on a professional goal, you are determined to get through everything you have to do. You can catch up on other matters once life is less hectic.

Your inclination is to hide behind the scenes and keep well away from the centre of activity. Even so, don't take on commitments that keep you isolated for too long as your mood could change. Equally, leave any arrangements to join friends and neighbours as they stand. You will enjoy them once you get out and about.

Taking on a challenge will give you a chance to develop new skills and interests. Trying new things will work out in your favour. A neighbour or colleague who is on the receiving end of some unfair treatment will be grateful when you come to their defence.

Choose to get on with jobs you are familiar with rather than experimenting with anything new. You want quick results and you are more likely to get this by sticking with what you know you can do efficiently and well. Problems are more likely to occur when you take on jobs you have never done before.

You're ready to pull out of long-term social or professional arrangements. The atmosphere will make you feel a little strange when suddenly you aren't really one of the team anymore. You are moving on and having to tie-up loose-ends feels both sad and exciting.

It can be frustrating having to wait for the go-ahead to carry out professional plans you know will work out well for everyone. You will feel as if you're just marking time as far as progress is concerned and there's so much you want to get on with but can't. Eventually you will start seeing results.

Grievances are being brought out into the open. You aren't the only one who has been keeping your feelings bottled up inside and once you and others who matter talk openly about what has been going on, misunderstandings will be resolved.

The thought of getting involved in something different and new makes you feel more alert, awake and energetic than you have done for years. Once you are aware of the chance to take up an opportunity you have never considered before you will want to try this and make something more of your life.

Everything feels like a burden and that's because you're being expected to take on other people's responsibilities. You are getting less time to call your own and it doesn't feel fair that you have to keep putting yourself out for others. Your easy-going spirit seems to have been buried under a mountain of work.

A potential employer is looking for someone with diligence and staying power. Emphasise your patience, practicality and work ethic during an interview. If you are starting a new job or study course, as you develop and build on your skills, your confidence will grow.

You have been prepared for a loved one to object to some of the plans you are making. You can understand their reluctance to agree to some changes but these are important to you. You have already made up your mind on what you are going to do and nothing can break your resolve.

You take your responsibilities to others seriously. You're doing your best to perform a task to the best of your abilities but all this effort is causing disharmony within. You also need to acknowledge the benefit of relaxation and switching off.