A compliment costs nothing. While you're feeling proud of your efforts and confident about your skills, you may not realise how much other people are struggling. It would make a big difference for you to encourage those who aren't as successful. Notice what makes people nervous and think of a way to help build up their self esteem. You could do this by persuading them to focus on their strengths and to pay less attention to their weaknesses.

You're keen to add to your material possessions when a partner would prefer to pay off existing debts. Beyond the basic necessities, do you really need the items you now have your eye on? The more you spend, the more time you will have to give in the future, to earning cash or chasing money owed to you. Life will be more meaningful if it is lived in balance. The part relating to your possessions is not as important as looking after your health and your relationships.

If you feel forced to take on a role that doesn't come naturally to you, it's probably to please a friend or loved one. You are starting to live your life their way while delaying or destroying your own needs and preferences. To be able to live with yourself you need to be much more assertive in your relationships. Do what is right for you and stick to your guns and you will eventually feel rewarded and fulfilled.

Think about what's at stake before revealing information that is probably best kept confidential. There are people who think they should be told everything but life is more complicated than that. To reveal details of an incident or transaction to one person could cause problems for another. Your sensitivity and understanding will be reflected in the way you talk and behave. Others respect you for thinking about their feelings before making a move.

The solution to a current problem may be as simple as calling up a professional and asking for their advice. Pulling yourself out of a difficult situation won't be as hard as it seems. A professional will know how to dig down to the roots from which the problem has sprung up. This will be an important step towards recovery. Save yourself time and bother by putting a complex matter into the hands of an expert who can help resolve it quickly and efficiently.

Meeting someone you've not seen for years could be both a surprise and a revelation. It might feel as if hardly a day has passed since you last saw each other. You will get on as well now as you did in the past. True friendship stands the test of time and now you have found each other again, you will both want to meet up more regularly. Swapping email addresses is something you could never have done when you were together, before!

It would be wise today to watch what you say and think before you speak. Remember it won't be possible to take back the words once they have been uttered. Tension in a close partnership could be due to the fact neither of your needs are being met by the current state of your relationship. Critical or accusing words will increase hostility when you really should be making more effort to be nice to each other.

Relationships in your life are changing; you are ready for new beginnings. You've given it a lot of thought and because you can't trust someone any more, you no longer want them to be a part of your life. They may promise to change or to make an effort to be the person you want them to be but that's not what you wish for them or for yourself. You feel betrayed and this is good grounds for severing a friendship.

Do what you love to do and share these experiences with people you love to be with. Good communication and interactions with family, friends or your lover will make you more determined to build up meaningful relationships for the future. Your enthusiasm for shared activities will be contagious and this will add up to some great social events and some wonderful memories to look back on, in time to come. Humanitarian impulses can be constructively channelled through group activities.

Look on a first date or the first few times you go out with new friends as a test drive. Don't give too much of yourself away too quickly. Getting to know each other may lead to a long term relationship or if you don't have enough in common you will both find it easier to walk away. It will take time for a new relationship to develop as the one thing you do have in common is a natural caution that holds you back from being too revealing.

To love another, you must learn to know and love yourself first. Breaking away from a domineering friend or partner is the best thing you can do. This relationship may have had its good points but it has also made you feel suffocated and you've lost touch with the person you really are. The energy you once put into this union should now be focused on you. Pamper yourself. Once you recover your confidence you will feel free to love again.

The easiest way to overcome shyness or a lack of confidence is to take away any fear of rejection. You don't need anyone else's approval to pursue your own paths of interest. Let people see you can and will get on without them. If you are single and sense someone has a romantic interest in you, don't view them as a potential lover but simply as a passerby or friend. Relax and be yourself when with them, then let nature take its course.