You're likely to find yourself in the throes of a decision about whether to pursue your ultimate dreams or to anchor yourself in the more practical realities of everyday existence. Circumstances now will seem to force your hand one way or the other. Career challenges which present themselves will inherently have the highest potential, but may also bring the greatest opposition.

The only things which can bring you out of the career slump you may be experiencing now are the exploitation of the talents which are uniquely your own or the display of your most obvious abilities. If things get to be too routine, you'll benefit greatly by getting out and socializing. By the 7th, you'll get positive advice from a friend or find a new direction in social circles.

You could find yourself in the middle of an emotional dilemma: whether to passively accept what the framework of policy and procedure doles out to you, or to willfully move on your own to create your own destiny. Each choice has its own advantages, but unexpected occurences at home and at work will help turn the tide in a way that prompts action. Expect a romantic interlude by the 9th.

You'll be riding high on the praise or recognition you receive this week, with increased social activity and the ability to enchant others in ways you never dreamed possible. Appear larger than life, you're bound to have an advantage in any work or performance, and with the many new contacts coming your way. Next weekend will present the challenge of sorting things out.

You'll experience a brief period of extreme curiosity, especially where you can learn something in the field of your interest from someone more knowledgeable or experienced. Travel, whether brief or extended, will help satiate the need for broadening your horizons. Challenges involving some kind of expansion for your work, product or service will find key direction on Monday or Tuesday.

Romance is highlighted for you this week with the probability of showing yourself in the best possible light. Your spouse or partner will provide inspiration or support toward solving a work-related problem or help clarify in your mind ways to new, more positive choices. The minor stresses in your work environment are actually jockeying you into position for a career breakthrough.

A brief period of indecision or of feeling 'out of sync' may seem to threaten a positive new direction opening for you in a group enterprise, but this is not the case. There have been forces working against the clock to make you feel this way, but no ground has been lost, and each step will fall into place in its own time. By next weekend, a new person or influence stepping into the picture will help.

You have great ability to shine above others this week or to stand out in some way, this combined with a fiercely critical eye or a penetrating quality that either cuts others to the quick or makes them stand back in awe. While this will promote your career or work efforts immeasurably, it may produce tension in your domestic situation or unintentionally wound a personal relationship.

You're moving into one of the most challenging periods of your career, set to culminate around mid-July. It's a time when your most heartfelt convictions will either be put to the test or integrated into your creative efforts in a way that allows you to shine. Speaking from the heart now, even in business situations, will help set the stage for what is to come, providing the necessary stepping stones.

You could be at a standoff with others in career efforts or in a personal relationship now, somehow becoming entangled in stagnating emotions, or in feeling that nothing is moving ahead. Your energy is best directed in creative pursuits where you can take advantage of an incredible growth period. The blocks to action, or to things being made definite, will be lifted by the 6th.

You're better off letting up in the amount of energy you put into career efforts now. There may be frustrations from outside sources now which make you feel stymied or that you'll have little to show for your efforts, but these blocks will clear up shortly. In the meantime, there are tremendous opportunities in personal or creative development or for getting a personal project off the ground.

It can seem that no matter how hard you try until the 7th or 8th, it will be difficult to make a favorable impression on others, personally or professionally, or that the way you present yourself is somehow misinterpreted. It's only that the recent surges of energy have left you overly animated or impulsive. Think before you speak, and consciously slow down your movements for greatest success.