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CAREER: Associates throw themselves into new projects for a New Year, while you spend a few weeks finalizing old business that shouldn't be ignored. After January 16th, you're ready for a new mission statement. Soon, however, you're struggling with the orders and proposals that pour in after the 22nd. Discipline makes you look good among slackers, although they're the last to celebrate obsessive behavior. Bad press can't hurt if you consider the reviewer. Working alone for most of February, you're slow to jump on the bandwagon in March, if you go there at all.

As the Sun enters Aries, you're late for meetings and less eager to speak up. Spring fever and the switch to Daylight Savings Time throw you further off balance in early April. By the 26th you're back in sync with your program. Expect trouble with vendors and outsourced projects after May 15th. If you can't resolve these issues by bringing them on site, monitor them aggressively. Make communication a priority for the remainder of the fiscal year. With Mercury as your ruling planet, this should be the easiest thing in the world.

Summer brings a much-needed break. Troublemakers relax or take their vacations. Interns bring fresh, if unfocused, enthusiasm for a fraction of what a motivational coach would charge. The Leo Sun amplifies teamwork and professional friendships. By late July, you're in the position of organizational power that seems to be your cosmic destiny. You spend the next month investing and contracting wisely. There's a mountain to be moved, and you do it with such ease that by September 20th, your coworkers understand what you did and are willing to try it on their own next time.

Strategic partnerships form in late September and early October. State the obvious once, and put your main effort into making the finer points work. Creative talent gets a free hand after the 22nd. Significant pieces of your early training come back into play on the 25th. An event that occurs around November 23rd could signal sudden budgetary or staffing cuts. In fact, the Sun doesn't seem to shine much on your enterprises until it arrives in Capricorn in December. The self-employed may not have as many clients, but this shouldn't be a problem if you've set enough money aside.