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CAREER: When Mercury retrogrades on day two of the New Year, look at your business plan with an eye on revision. Dissatisfied associates try to change or abandon the project. Once the Sun reaches Aquarius, team spirit is easier to rally. Speeches and memos are brief and timely. Use this opportunity to develop and implement, because the climate will change by the end of February, when the users and the used fall into their obvious roles. People with different mindsets stake out their territory in the first three weeks of March. Office politics overshadow the real reason why you're all here.

After March 22nd, go-getters do their going and getting under the Aries Sun. If you're not among them, their success makes you jealous around April 3rd. The 21st brings a chance to redeem yourself. Know that your boss or client is watching and expecting. Personal growth experiences in mid-May could help you professionally. Administrators feel the power of information on the 20th. June is a good month for those who remember that it's more about people than profit.

Service providers notice clients becoming less rational as Summer begins. The Cancer Sun gives Water and Earth Signs permission to do things that make your job harder. If you can restrain yourself during this time, the situation will correct itself. Maybe you'll start working with people better suited to your goals and temperament. By the last days of August, you're reducing the complex and arcane to simple statements and formulas. You play internal solutions against external conditions throughout September. A good deal gets even better.

By September 24th, your influence expands through new advisory or leadership duties. While substance is important, you know that most people pay attention to appearance. By October 25th, you're tired of roundabout strategies. Consumer confidence trembles at your direct approach, but it comes back stronger than ever when your instincts are true. Longtime employees chart their course as freelancers in November. By mid-December, though, the downside becomes apparent. Stop over-leveraging your resources with impossible promises. If you ignore these realities, the Sun will make them all too clear when it enters Capricorn. Let the wise Goat inspire you to be more conservative for the time being.