What do you do if you see someone struggling with something? Helping them might only delay your own progress. But if you walk away, you could be letting them down badly. If this is a one-off occasion where you might assist in making someone else's life a bit easier, follow your conscience and offer your support. Their gratitude and obvious relief will be all the proof that you need that you're doing the right thing.

Friends and co-workers seem pre-occupied with their own affairs and this gives you the chance you've recently been looking for, to paddle your own canoe. Teamwork can help you get a job done much faster but when working with others, you don't always know how much you're capable of, on your own. Now's your chance to make your mark. You have talents that scream for recognition. Today, be sure to use them.

New opportunities beckon but the outcome is not guaranteed and the question is: are you willing to take the risk? It's a good time to consider possible changes and fresh ideas but tread carefully. You might feel you can trust your own judgement but is it wholly reliable? Advice from a sensible friend will at least help you see things from a number of useful perspectives.

You're trying to solve a difficult problem and the more thought you put into the matter, the more confusing it gets. The trouble is, you're allowing instinct to govern intellect and this is stopping you from making a definite move. Your in-built sense of duty to others could well make you feel liable, whatever the outcome. If joint matters have been put into your hands, take a deep breath and do your best.

Think before you speak when someone asks for an opinion. If you blurt out the first thing that comes to mind, you could hurt a sensitive type without meaning to. There is little doubt that more consideration for other peoples' feelings will have a far more positive affect on your relationships. And if single, there's every chance of a new romance springing up from your leaping to someone's rescue, when they need you!

You've got to stop feeling so obliged to others. Don't be afraid to refuse a job or any other request when you know that you already have enough on your plate. It's a time, too, to stop taking responsibility for thankless tasks. Your efforts are underrated and will continue to be so until other people start to realise how much you're doing for them. Giving them a taste of their own medicine is one way to break out of this relationship rut.

A child or young person's achievements make you proud but don't let their success blind you. Just because they've attained a goal, they may not necessarily want to pursue the same direction in the future. Don't muddle up the expectations you have of them, with their current triumph. Possibly, they have ideas that might take them along a different path altogether. Be pleased for them, but let them find their own way.

Just because your plans differ from someone else's, don't let this stop you from having a good time. You don't have to be at a relative's beck and call all of the time and when they deprive you of your own space; they are robbing you too, of a chance to find happiness. Today, please yourself somehow and that way, you won't so much feel as if others are too much in control.

Although there may be some urgency in getting others to fall in with your plans, people will react badly to pressure. Diplomacy and a low-key approach is more likely to work even though you will be straining at the bit, desperate to get a move on. Over-confidence will attract the wrong type of attention but a restrained approach will draw fascinating moths to your flame.

There may be the need to spend money on the home or a domestic appliance, no matter what objections might come your way. There's a difference between being prudent and being irrational and it should be clear to you that a repair-job or the replacement of a domestic device will save you money in the long-run. Look at it this way: a stitch in time will safeguard you having to do some major maintenance in the future.

A claustrophobic relationship is starting to undermine your own identity. Someone who was once an excellent companion is showing a new and more demanding side to their nature. You might feel as if they deliberately gave you a false impression when you met and this is understandably, disappointing. A big consideration should be that while you're with them, you could be missing out on a more fulfilling relationship elsewhere.

Continue to watch the people around you and you will learn so much that you hadn't previously been aware of. You won't like the idea of manipulating people but using your knowledge of their strengths and weaknesses will be one way to turn events to your advantage. There's nothing dishonest or illicit about using your charm and powers of persuasion to steer others in the direction you're hoping they will go.