Tensions in the domestic realm or with close associates could be aggravated by a desire for new friends or new social circles. Regardless of what anyone tells you, it's your time to expand your influence into a larger arena, with the possibility of media exposure. In romance, your ability to win affection will be unusually strong in spite of your partner's shortcomings.

There's the likelihood of unpredictability or eccentricities in work situations now, where circimstances may prompt a possible overreaction on your part, especially if you feel your rights are violated. Channel your energies constructively in the development special projects, where you're bound to make a breakthrough. Stress in finances now may serve to bring you out of your shell and force your involvement.

Going into this week like a lamb but coming out a lion, you'll experience a breakthrough due to your personal abilities. A prolonged period of denial, delay or frustration finally comes to an end, putting your career focus on solid ground, with the added plus of decisive action from another on your behalf. Expect a turning point around the 17th when you'll feel renewed physical energy.

This week, there's a culminating point for you in a career matters, providing an opportunity for you to prove yourself. Bringing this opportunity to fuitful ends, however, will require applied effort and the pushing of your emotional and physical resources to the limit. On Monday or Tuesday, you'll make a decision regarding friends, creative pursuits and career, establishing priorities.

Accelerated activity in paper work or in making vital contacts will result in a planned venture finally coming together. Rather than from what you do, success will come from how you do it, the vital key being your own personal touches or the projection of your personality in some way. A recreational trip or romantic interlude by next weekend reveals a promise of things to come.

Much will revolve around appearances now, as you'll have more personal appeal than you've had for some time. In career, you'll advance yourself most through a spirit of cooperation, keeping the needs of your group or company in the forefront. Stresses in romantic life may bring a quarrel over trivialities, but all will be resolved by week's end, bringing your relationship to new heights.

At work, a new direction will be shown, pointing the way to career orientation or to a revitalization of interest in your chosen field. There's the likelihood of expansion or greater proliferation of your company's product or service, a move in which you'll figure prominently. You'll come to recognize your worth within a larger venue. By the 15nd, you'll make a valuable liaison through casual circumstances.

Seeing things from an intellectual perspective lately has put a strain on both personal relationships and family concerns. Now in a more emotional space, you'll find that the outcome of strained relationships depends solely on you. You may sever ties in some quarters and strengthen them in others. By Friday, you'll discover something that's been hidden from you in social circles.

In work or performance, you could find group pressure numbing your spontaneity, the demands of your company or group making you feel closed in. See your way through this very temporary period by essentially going with the flow; it is a test of your fortitude and your ability to find common ground. Intellectual and creative energies will blossom after the 18th, ending a drought of several months.

The opportunities for effective communication are abundant now; if nothing else, they enable you to give or receive the truth. It's likely you'll hear of good news over speculative interests as well as some heartfelt messages. If you give in to creative urges, you'll see works in process taking physical form. On Monday or Tuesday, you'll become the focal point in a gathering of family or friends.

You'll be more inventive than usual this week, coming up with a one-of-a-kind idea for creative or financial ventures. If getting through to the right people has been a problem in recent weeks, you'll discover a fresh approach, one that is distinctly your own, to make yourself heard. A renewed decisiveness on the 18th or 19th will cause you to take the initiative in a personal relationship.

There's the likelihood of your being singled out for your abilities this week, due either to conditions being right for your making an impression or to your daring to be different. A feel for the macabre or the outlandish will enhance the sense of mystery you have going for you now, inviting interest in your activities. Around Wednesday, look for a comedic sequence which arises out of everyday circumstances.