Horoscopes

Current influences are all for you having a good time without sacrificing your beliefs or your principles, or running yourself into the ground trying to be somebody that you aren't. And, you can help by not focusing so much on the (admittedly complex) problems inherent within a situation, and transferring your attention - and your energy - to the good parts, instead.

The more energy you put into improving something, the less likely it is to improve - whereas the more you leave it alone, the quicker it will be to conform to your specs. The reason is astrological, and ergo out of your control - so if you do want something to play out a certain way, try to quell your impulse to orchestrate it.

You're being shepherded into the direction where you can best be of service, function, perform at your highest level, or achieve an objective. However, for the record: It's entirely possible that the cosmic sheepdog isn't taking you to an area that coincides with your idea of what was supposed to happen, who was supposed to go where, or how it was supposed to work.

Even if the next few days are a study in contradictions, "interesting" suggestions, or attempted power plays, ascribe it to the growing pains of your project, venture, or relationship and just carry on. At this juncture, the point is to not get thrown off-stride about every little (or not-so-little) glitch, thus conserving your mental energy.

Should those around you not be (ahem) paragons of helpfulness, or as willing to pitch in as they usually are, bear in mind that pretty much everyone in your vicinity is wrangling crucial issues. And, or peacekeeping purposes, avoid starting a conversation with anything along the lines of, "if you really cared about my needs, you would have..."

Given the circumstances, somebody's laggardly response probably won't make you clap your hands with glee, and may generate opinions that you'll be hard-pressed to keep to yourself. Still, in the interests of peacekeeping: Let everybody do what they're going to do anyway, and then sort out your feelings on the topic after they're through.

If the program isn't in the shape you'd expected: Try to quell the (perfectly understandable, but not effective in this instance) urge to explain to the relevant parties why using a different technique would be better, smarter, wiser, or more efficient. Instead, entertain the notion that there might actually be a benefit hidden in this scenario.

If you're willing to buckle down and complete the homework the planets have assigned for you, the effort could really pay off. In case you're interested, here are the instructions: Instead of insisting that the past is a reliable way to gauge the future, try to take a fresh perspective of signs and hint from external sources. To your surprise, you may discover a way forward that has hitherto been blocked.

Just let the current of the situation flow at its own pace, without sticking your oar in. Despite the fact that you may wish to weigh in, state your case, remind people of your helpful suggestions, or try to incentivize them to do better, this is one of those moments where you'll simply get further faster by keeping your opinions to yourself.

In this complicated environment, one hour's good news could be the next hour's sixty-percent increase in the price of eggs, and vice versa. And while there's no doubt that the issue at which you are working industriously is highly important: Shrugging and saying "NP, it's all good" is the best antidote to what could otherwise make you wish to hide under the bed.

The whole point of the exercise is to actually sort out the situation or set-up in such a way that it no longer acts as a (figuratively speaking) pebble in the arch-step of your hiking boot. And while, bluntly put, this may require a fundamental shift in your tactics: you should take this under advisement as soon as you possibly can.

Although your initial impulse could be to wheel out an array of familiar habits and patterns that you are - to put it mildly - very used to by now, one caveat: While in your opinion they may be fine because they worked in the past, if you ever encountered friction or trouble while employing them in days of yore, you might just want to come up with something fresher.