| As you enter December 2008 you first need to | | | | your dealings with others. The workload may be |
| acknowledge just how remarkable this year has | | | | heavy so look after yourself physically and pace |
| been to date. For many of you it has signalled a | | | | yourself carefully so that you get plenty of sleep |
| change in your lives that has led to either a fresh | | | | and a good diet. Exercise pride in your work and |
| start or a completely new beginning. This may | | | | show integrity in all that you do. Financial and |
| relate to a new job, retirement, a new home, or | | | | property matters will come to the forefront so |
| a marked adjustment in your relationships, and in | | | | you will need to adopt a practical frame of mind |
| some cases, these transformations have been | | | | and to be well organised in order to make sure |
| unwelcome. Personal aims and ambitions have | | | | that all your plans in these areas function |
| been high on the agenda together with monetary | | | | smoothly. It is now time to put your ideas or |
| anxieties. We have seen examples of these with | | | | opportunities on a concrete footing. You may be |
| the American Presidential elections this year and | | | | feeling somewhat insecure because you cannot |
| the so called 'credit crunch'. Both of these are | | | | predict quite how your future will unfold but you |
| indicators that change is on its way and that the | | | | must go forward with confidence even though |
| old is giving way to the new. If you are to ensure | | | | you have some doubts or reservations. Be a little |
| that your changes are carried through successfully | | | | conservative rather than rash in your approach. |
| then you have to be prepared to work in a | | | | Spend sensibly, neither be too mean nor too |
| constructive direction and to show willing when it | | | | lavish at this time instead try to work to a |
| comes to putting in the necessary time and | | | | reasonable budget. There wont be much time for |
| effort to adjust. December heralds a period when | | | | leisure during this month as you will need to |
| work and consolidation are the priorities and it will | | | | maintain a steady application and to stick to a |
| favour the laying of firm foundations for the | | | | schedule. If you find yourself bogged down with |
| future. This will inevitably mean that you will have | | | | decisions ask for advice but remain independent |
| to leave elements of your present life behind you | | | | and act according to your own instincts. Try not |
| and you will therefore need to break with old | | | | to be too inflexible or stubborn if you run into |
| habits and lifestyles so that you can move on | | | | obstacles as they may be there to flag up a |
| with a clean slate. A certain nostalgia will | | | | better way of doing things. |
| accompany this path but try to see this as a | | | | There was a quote on the radio the other day |
| situation that has run its natural course. | | | | which said that 'If you do what you have always |
| Tiredness, possessiveness and an intolerant | | | | done then you will get what you have always got'. |
| attitude may cause quarrels, arguments or | | | | This is eminently applicable to the month of |
| aggression but these actions are best avoided as | | | | December 2008. |
| they will lead to personal hurt all around. Instead, | | | | Good luck. |
| try to use a touch of good old fashioned charm in | | | | |