You're feeling edgy and nervy today and there is a strong need to escape familiar environments. One way to relax and forget about routine and responsibility will be to break away from situations that make you feel claustrophobic or constrained. Creative interests might bring some form of diversion if you can't get away from your usual surroundings. Exercise would also help curb your restless energy.

New contacts might help your social ambitions. You won't put a foot wrong when it comes to sharing time with friends and enjoying the social scene. If you had no plans to get together with others, take the initiative and arrange a spur of the moment get together this evening. The positive rapport you enjoy today will be useful in your home life, your social life and your career.

You could unwittingly find yourself acting as a sounding board in one to one relationships. A partner or close friend needs to discuss their views, opinions and feelings. They also need to know they are justified in their reactions. Although it might seem they aren't paying much attention, they are hearing what you have to say. Once they think it over, your words will have a strong impact.

Involvements with friends and children will be unexpectedly rewarding. Romantic and social opportunities abound. At the same time, should someone approach you for a loan, hesitate before reacting. If it is a loved one who needs financial help, you will probably be happy to oblige. If it's a friend or neighbour, is it wise to get involved with their cash concerns?

Home and family matters are the focus of some lengthy discussion. You feel you have recently been patient and understanding over issues that have caused contention. You have listened long enough to other people's protests about future plans. You have considered alternative suggestions. Now it is time to take action. Make it clear you will listen one more time then decisions must be made.

Say what's on your mind if you sense someone close is secretly seething over a recent misunderstanding. Being open and frank about your own feelings won't come amiss either. In fact it will clear the air. Someone who is clearly upset and offended may have got it all wrong. Encourage them to talk and you will be able to lay their misguided or groundless fears to rest!

Someone who is older than you tries to take over plans that had been your idea. There will be a need for diplomacy if you want to avoid discord. Even so, you should refuse to allow anyone to influence or manipulate you. Idle chit chat could waste a lot of your time this afternoon. Try to keep conversations short and to the point. You will be in the mood to instigate romance, this evening.

Aim to show a flexible and progressive approach towards activities you are involved in today. No matter how old you are or how much experience you have in some areas, you could learn something to your advantage by observing and listening to others. There is new knowledge or skills to be gained through letting someone else take the lead. Sharing creative ideas will be highly rewarding.

Be careful about who you confide in today or you could reveal too much information to the wrong person. If you need to talk to someone, choose a close friend or relative who has always been there for you in the past. On the other side of the coin, a neighbour seems extra keen to tell you all their news. You will sense the need to keep what you are told strictly to yourself.

No matter where you might be today, you could feel strangely at odds with yourself. Perhaps you were expecting help and support in what should be a team effort. Only now you are left to cope on your own. A friend lets you down but instead of allowing this to get you down, all of a sudden you are determined to succeed. You want others to see you can manage quite capably on your own!

There continues to be a need for give and take in most areas of your life. Whether at home or at work, consider other people's feelings and resist jumping to conclusions. Without losing sight of your own aims, think about opinions offered and be sure your own decisions are balanced and impartial. Some ideas put to you today will be worth further consideration.

A build up of tension in a close relationship can be appeased by discussing plans first. Whatever you do and no matter how long you have known each other, don't take anything for granted. Over exertion leaves you tired and you could be thinking about giving some evening plans a miss. You will enjoy it once you get in the right frame of mind!