Work and health are important areas: work needs attention, health needs protecting! If colleagues have been piling too much onto your shoulders lately, it is a good idea now to start handing some of this back! You can't allow people to keep taking advantage. If you have been pushing yourself too hard, you must now accept the consequences. Stress related illnesses warn you're in need of more relaxation.

If you consider all you have to do over the days ahead and you feel this is too much for one person, ask for help! If you are typical of your sign, you like to be organised and prepared. Today, you may realise the limited amount of time you have to complete certain chores in is not enough. The only way you will succeed is by asking others to lend a helping hand.

Your mood is thoughtful and considerate now. Because of this you could be quietly considering your relationships and what you might do to improve these. Family life could be bettered by suggesting new activities you might all get involved in over the weeks ahead. Romance could be enhanced through arranging more quality time in the future to spend with your significant other.

If you're in a position to set the scene you will choose to have people who are confident and cheerful around you. This week, you don't want to be held back by those who always take a negative point of view. Imaginative and creative forces are at work in your life now. Make the most of your talents and abilities. Excitement runs high if you are faced with new possibilities.

For a wee while, it might be better to keep your personal cash separate from joint funds. There may be problems sorting and sifting shared expenses and this could cause tension in a close relationship over the days ahead. If you agree on what costs are to be shared now and you put money aside for this, this allows you greater financial freedom over the days ahead.

New commitments could take you to new surroundings; you are bound to feel nervous and uncertain. A job change, moving house, getting involved in a new social circle are all areas that could cause you some apprehension but also bring you a lot of pleasure. Try to put your fears behind you. No matter what the days ahead hold in store, be ready to throw yourself wholeheartedly into all that is going on.

You are determined to do your own thing and this could surprise those who expect you to always depend on them. Today and over the weeks to come you will want to prove how capable you are of moving ahead without the support and encouragement of colleagues, friends or loved ones. You can be independent and a need to prove this will deepen into a firm resolve.

Someone is struggling with their responsibilities; you feel obliged to lend a helping hand. Your conscience won't let you walk away and leave others to it when they clearly have too much on their plate. You know they would do the same for you if your roles were reversed. You will manage to get through a lot today even if jobs you had planned to do are left standing!

Someone in authority may try to intrude in your private life. Be careful when replying to invasive questions or you could say more than you mean to. If this person persists in trying to pry out information you would rather keep to yourself, find an excuse to cut the meeting short. Seek professional advice if you feel you're out of your depth.

New experiences could make life more exciting if you are brave enough to make some changes. Accepting invitations could mean rearranging your routine to fit these in. Sometimes you won't know what to do for the best. A far sighted friend or colleague will offer some good advice. Change isn't always a bad thing. As someone will be telling you today: variety is the spice of life.

If you're thinking about making a change in direction you aren't ready yet to discuss this with others. You might want to give your plans more thought and consideration before hearing what anyone else has to say. Therefore the time for consulting those who matter has yet to come. Today, you need to work on ways to turn your thoughts into the real thing.

Your concentration might not always be as good as it could be over the days ahead. Bear this in mind when making plans with others. Taking on a variety of tasks could be too much; it would be better to try to focus on one job at a time. Just as mixing with too many people will sometimes complicate matters. You will find it less stressful when spending time with one or two close friends.