Speaking out of turn is done through sheer frustration and is not as purposeful as someone might accuse. Your impulse is to respond immediately to a situation that provokes deep feelings within you. You've always had a habit of acting on your emotions without thinking. If you hurt someone in the process, or give a secret away, you will feel bad about it. Expect it to take some time to restore affection between you and an old friend.

The only way to let others know what you are hoping for is to be honest and put your needs into words. Expecting your boss, a colleague or work associate to know what you're thinking will only lead to a host of misunderstandings. If you expect someone to automatically know what your intentions are, this is all an illusion. Let people in on your plans in advance, share your thoughts and keep everything out in the open.

It isn't easy to hide your anguish when you watch another person suffering. If your job involves helping people who can't help themselves or if you're trying to help a friend in need, despite your effort to hold emotions in check, the pressure inside is increasing. It may be necessary, for the sake of your health, to take a break. Get away from your usual surroundings and commitments. Don't just think about it: do it!

A financial or legal wrangle might cause a change in your thinking. Joint concerns weigh heavily on your mind. Jobs and other matters which involve detail backed with a degree of sentiment are taking it out of you emotionally. Someone's appreciation of what you're doing for them helps eliminate some of the negative thoughts and emotions. You're finding it hard to let go but you are getting there, slowly!

Your huge Leo heart is open to receive and you feel other people's love, pain, happiness and sorrow. This has its advantage in that you can be a great help to the needy, the poor and those who could do with a sympathetic friend. The disadvantage is: you aren't as resistant as you think to all the negative emotions around you. For this reason you need to distance yourself occasionally from those in need. Allow your creative energy to flow and circulate more freely.

A situation causes confusion; you aren't sure you're going to be able to handle the unknown outcome. You might try to prepare yourself for all possibilities but this isn't easy if you've never been through this kind of experience before. Are you emotionally or physically equipped to deal with what it is you fear most? The only way you will discover whether or not you have the coping skills is to weather the coming storm!

Spend too long tormenting yourself over what happened yesterday and you will miss tomorrow's opportunities. Your excuse for dwelling on the past is you aren't sure how what has gone before will affect you today or tomorrow. You might prefer to live in a state of anxiety than to get comfortable and drop your guard. Try to trace your uncertainty back to its original source. It could be you are worrying over nothing!

If a housemate or loved one is going through an emotional time, this is bound to change them in some way. Life experiences all blend together to make us the people we are right now. If someone lets you down it isn't because they want to cause you inconvenience. Guard against making hasty judgements or you could jump to the wrong conclusion. Someone who is close to you is trying to deal with complications in their life and this could have a knock on affect on your life to.

Someone crosses an imaginary line and touches your heart and emotions even though you are trying to fight it. Maybe they're oblivious of the fact they're having such a strong affect on you and you might wonder how much longer you will be able to hide your secret. Find the courage to speak out and you could actually find being honest does not make you vulnerable. You won't feel uncomfortable at all with the response you get from others today.

A friend or associate who has never been good at practicing what they preach could learn a difficult lesson today. Something may come up which causes them to realise how hypocritical they appear to others. The fact they're confiding in you could take you by surprise. Even so, your heart will be lifted as you discover how much your advice and help really means to another.

If you've made a mistake, you need to forgive yourself in order to progress and grow. If this means having to make amends to a friend you've recently upset or let down, apologise today. You will find it easier to move on once you've made an effort to put things right. It won't stretch your intellect too much to pit your wits against a problem or two, this evening.

A single choice or decision can have a big affect on your life and this will become apparent to you today. On realising how something small can bring about such big changes, you will appreciate the irony of what could have otherwise been, had you made different choices in the past. If you had taken a different turn, would it have changed it all? Possibly. But it's the future you should be concerned with now.