There's a sudden drop in responsibilities; it might seem as if you have to look for things to do in order to look busy. With so few commitments you get the chance to recharge your batteries during working hours so you arrive home with energy to get on with household chores and family projects. If there's something a partner has been hoping you would do, now is the ideal time to get on with it. You're likely to make their day.

If only you could stop worrying about the future and just live for the moment, but that will never be you. You will always be mindful of your responsibilities and requirements and aware of what others are expecting from you. Deals and obligations connected with other people mean you have your hands tied up for quite some time to come. Somehow these days, there just isn't time to even think about pleasure and having fun.

You've been spending too long lately helping other people with their work; it's time to scale down your efforts. Think about what you're doing and how your ideas might affect the future. Plans to make improvements in your personal or professional life could backfire if you allow others to distract you from your main aims. Some situations you are in at the moment just aren't right for you and it's time you got yourself out of them.

There are a whole series of options ahead that might make your personal or business world more interesting. Check other people are being honest before committing yourself to long term transactions. What you're working on now is important and ultimately you should make choices which carry you forward even if it means leaving some ties with your past behind. Encourage a workmate to focus on what's right and stop dwelling on what's wrong.

You tend to respond to negative events these days by internalising them, stewing over them and even plotting revenge. You're finding it hard to let go and move on. No matter how successful you are in some areas, you can't find happiness or emotional equilibrium until you put a certain incident behind you. Think about booking a holiday and getting away from it all. A change of scenery would do you the world of good, emotionally.

Money worries on your mind; a decision to do what you can to remove debt will be a start in the right direction. Your ultimate goal will be to live beneath your means rather than put your life in the hands of your creditors. Professional advice will help guide you on the best way to achieve your goal. Although you won't see immediate results you're doing something positive now to change your life.

You're finding it hard to forgive someone who has betrayed you or let you down. Others might try to persuade you to be more sympathetic; as far as you're concerned you've been extremely tolerant. Not being able to forgive puts a constant burden on your heart and soul and sooner or later you'll find a way to excuse their behaviour and put it all behind you. For now, you'd rather be given a chance to come to terms with the situation.

If you haven't had much time for friends and family lately, it's time to set the balance straight. Taking on further outside commitments without your partner or another loved one's approval could be a formula for future problems. Someone is trying to manipulate a situation to benefit themselves and it's possible the ones to suffer will be those who are closest to your heart. An uncle or grandfather will help you see what is taxing you, waxing your mind and causing you stress.

If you aren't dating anyone and crave more love in your life, you need to get out and get your face seen more. If every day seems the same as the last one and the future looks very similar, you need to find a purpose in life. Whatever your dreams, don't give up. The lower you feel the harder it will be to pick yourself up again. There is a lot you can do if you really try. Nothing will be accomplished if you don't make the effort.

Agreements being made now help make your future more secure. You can see past the concerns of those who want instant results; you're more concerned with the long term picture. If you're about to make another step up the career ladder, you need to draw on your experience with a past company to reassure new colleagues of your business credentials. Taking on a managerial position will take stamina and energy in the future.

The supposed help of a third party only serves to remind you of your troubles, not solve them. If you get the impression someone is talking nonsense, they probably are. Listening to advice from here, there and everywhere isn't helpful. What you really should be doing is listening to your inner voice and going with your instincts. Whatever you take on now, the more confident you are the better you'll do and the happier you'll feel.

You can't be expected to make other people happy; they have to do that for themselves. Someone is overly emotional today; you might feel powerless and unable to get them to view things more calmly. It's possible a friend or loved one is too busy thinking about themselves to be concerned about anything or anyone else. The best thing you can do is leave them to wallow in self pity; eventually they will snap out of it.