It's an effort to be sociable when all your inclinations push you towards more private concerns. Conversation will be a struggle; you aren't in the mood to make small-talk with people you hardly know. At work, you won't be happy with anyone who tries to breathe down your neck. Your business is your own. Why should anyone watch over your shoulders? The best way to spend today will be to keep to yourself and ignore pressure from others.

Not everyone agrees with what you do or say; the challenge is to persuade others round to your way of thinking! You may have to give an account of a recent deal or transaction. Although you might encounter some disagreement, most people are behind you. A positive effect of all the tension is you learn how not to be distracted by minor conflict. You have more confidence in yourself now.

Discussions in the workplace centre on possible changes to come. The question is: will these leave you in a better or worse position? If you can't quite decide whether you like what is being suggested, you should take extra notice and find out more. If you get your views across soon enough, they may have influence. Don't wait until it is too late to do anything about it.

Just as a long-term target comes close to realisation, hindrances get in the way. You will be surprised at how helpful some people are trying to be even though they can't seem to make the situation any easier for you. There may be no choice but to wait until a more suitable date to fulfil your aims. This may be wearisome but unavoidable.

You will like the idea of making money through a creative talent or special skill. If this links with a proposal someone puts to you have they given the matter enough thought? Consider the cost of supplies, time and effort involved. What seems like a solution to your money troubles may be too vague yet to work. It is good you are thinking in terms of boosting your income but you need to give new ideas further consideration.

You might feel a joint matter which caused contention has been resolved but you are by no means out of the wood yet. Something you see or hear makes you realise your thoughts were mere assumptions. What seemed factual turns out to be fiction! Your down-to-earth nature comes into play later in the day as you take a more realistic look at a controversial set of circumstances.

Everything may well come to those who wait but you are running out of ways to kill the time in the interval! You have reached a stage in a current endeavour which needs someone else's approval or sanction before you can go any further. The annoying thing is you want to get on, but you can't. If waiting for the results of a job application don't give up hope too soon!

There is only so much you can do in your support of someone who does not seem to want to help themselves. If you know you have provided all the assistance, advice and practical help you can give, it is time to leave others to get on with it. You sense something from the past is holding a friend or loved-one back. It is up to them to deal with their hang-ups and move on. You should start thinking about your own affairs.

Your domestic world seems to be swarming with trip-wires today; you can't seem to put a foot right! Housemates are argumentative and all the steam seems to run out of a project you had all begun with enthusiasm. You feel a need for more personal freedom. If you are starting to feel curbed by your current friendships or associations it might be time to enlarge your social circle.

New ideas capture your attention but progress in most areas will be in fits-and-starts. It might be a mistake to encourage discussion when talks turn into arguments and nothing gets decided on. If and when you sense a situation is getting out of hand, distract everyone's attention by changing the subject. Somehow you could end up taking charge of a situation which only a few days ago had nothing to do with you!

You can't seem to shake-off a dull not-wanting-to-be-wherever-you-are mood. Work might be a drag and there is no challenge and nothing of interest to get your teeth into. When you do come up with new ideas or ways to perk up the mood around you, those who share your living space are contrary and uncooperative. Ignore all the scowls and just do what you want to do!

A lot of time is wasted waiting for other people to carry out their promises or make up their mind. Someone who is a stickler for rules and regulations is making it difficult for everyone else. People say they want to help but seem to do the opposite. You wonder whether you are talking the same language. If a dispute seems unavoidable, make your excuses and leave. Nothing is going to happen very quickly.