Your role in a community scheme or group venture comes into question today. If you have always held a position of authority or control, you might be challenged or usurped by a competitor. Even if you hold strong views you may have no choice but to go along with the will of the majority. Attitudes and expectations around you are changing. You might feel you don't fit in any more.

Today you will acknowledge no matter how organised you try to be, not everything can be predicted. Financially speaking someone else is pulling the strings. Contact from the bank or some other authority may draw your attention to a pecuniary discrepancy or shortage of cash. It may call for some severe economising but you should be able to ride out the storm.

New directions open up in front of you now but you could meet with some strong opposition. Changes taking place are likely to be the main topic of discussion. A professional or personal situation is turned upside down and you could be forgiven for wondering where you stand. If you are happy in an existing post, you may have to struggle to maintain your position.

Your boss or another senior is trying to impose their beliefs or opinions on you. Although you may respect their position, you will not hold their attitude or management style in high esteem. If you don't want to get into trouble but you can't conform, you might find an excuse to get out of a difficult situation. This is one of those special times when your faith in your principles is being tested.

Circumstances arising encourage you to be more versatile in your thinking. You could be mixing with a diverse group of people and not everyone will share the same views. Team efforts may not meet with your expectations. You feel some people or ideas aren't being given a fair trial. A background restriction or being under supervision may hold you back from airing your own views.

It might seem as if a project is doomed to failure from the start but are you giving it a proper chance? A pessimistic attitude could reflect on others who had started the day in a more positive way! Curb your desire to speak your mind. Persist in your efforts for a wee while longer. Progress may be in fits and starts but with discipline and determination you could turn a project dogged by frustrations into a success.

Someone assumes they know what you are thinking and planning without asking. A male person in your life is about to make a move that could bring changes you aren't ready for and don't need. The atmosphere could get stormy once you air your views but you have no other option. You cannot let people get away with making your decisions for you now, and in the future.

If you're in charge of or involved in a project with a deadline insist on having all hands on deck. If your responsibilities have increased because a colleague is on sick leave, now is the time to assess the situation. Where possible, those working together as a team should be doing just that. A ban on private phone calls and extended lunch breaks could stir up some resentment. It might be the only way to get the job done.

Something your partner or another loved one reveals will have a big impact on your life. Plans for the future may involve travel, new financial commitments or a long term joint venture. You want to succeed despite the obstacles you know are ahead. If what has occurred is due to a past mistake or slip up, avoid recriminations and instead get together with others who are involved to develop a practical solution.

Look upon today as the first day of the rest of your life. Each new day presents a fresh opportunity. If you feel your job situation or life in general has fallen into a rut, where is your sense of adventure? The idea of change may be daunting but if deep down in your soul you know you have to do something to shake your life up, today is the day to reach out and grab new opportunities.

You might encounter resistance to plans and ideas but you won't give up as some are hoping you will do! One way or another you will find a way to resolve the problems other people foresee and all the complications or technical hitches being predicted. You are ready to rise to a daring challenge. You will do this with or without the support of those around you.

Prepare yourself for emotional upsets during the course of the day; these are best dealt with by keeping your cool. In most issues you will veer more to the side of practicality than fiction. Ignore anyone who accuses you of being unrealistic. If a workmate exaggerates a situation, you will be the first to put them right. You just aren't in the mood to tiptoe around awkward moments. You will tackle every problem arising, there and then.