A loved one who does not understand your devotion to duty has started to complain that you are spending too much time elsewhere and not enough time with them. Since this relationship is important to you, you don't want to do anything to jeopardise it. It may be necessary for you to make a few sacrifices in order to give someone close more attention.

Contention in the workplace makes you wonder why you even bother trying to encourage harmony and agreement. You need to steer a delicate path between upsetting someone and treading on innocent toes. An incident makes you angry but you will want to forget this as quickly as you can.

You know that you were only fooling yourself by ignoring a financial or business problem in the hope that the longer you left it, the easier it would be to cope. Serious concerns need to be dealt with now. Get someone you trust to help you.

Your ideas on ways to improve work efficiency will be eagerly accepted and implemented by those you work with. This puts you in the running for a bonus as reward for your efforts. Remaining focused on the job in hand will reap fairly immediate results.

You can't explain it but there is something about someone that makes you feel they can't be trusted. A meeting involves people you aren't really sure about. This will keep you alert when your instincts tell you to be careful about what you say or do. You are wise to be constantly on your guard.

You're starting to question your links to people who aren't as professional or honest as they made themselves out to be. Be ready to end any dealings with dubious characters when you suspect they might lead to trouble. Work out how much risk is involved in business transactions and then act accordingly.

Be prepared to discuss proposed changes that are likely to affect your work and family routines and do this behind closed doors. Someone has some ambitious plans but you won't be happy about your expected involvement in these projects. They should at least ask you how you feel about them.

You're doing your best to keep emotions under strict control. This may require you to count to ten before speaking or acting. It also makes sense to avoid someone who makes your blood boil every time you see them. Allow everything and everyone to cool down after a recent upsetting incident before you broach a touchy topic again.

Changes are necessary within your home and family. A relative or housemate will put a new angle on an on-going issue. You accept that things cannot remain as they are and you won't object to any suggestions that might make life easier for you all, in the future.

Something reminds you of a time in the past when you went through something similar. Because you dropped your guard, the consequences weren't good. This makes it hard for you to ignore worries that something catastrophic might happen. It is going to be different this time and the outcome is likely to be far more pleasant.

There are other things you would rather do but you are tied-up with family business, work and other down to earth affairs. These are matters that need your attention and you would not even consider pushing them aside despite your longing for something different.

You won't be keen on the contents or the destination of a message you are asked to deliver. Refuse if you don't feel comfortable about this or if you feel it will in some way have a detrimental effect on your situation. It's important that you have your say about plans under discussion.