Unusually for you this month you feel a sense of pressure around how other people perceive you. Rats are normally confident, self-assured creatures, so this is just a passing phase of dark clouds that can blow across anyone’s horizon from time to time. You want to leave everybody with a really good impression, one that makes them believe you are absolutely amazing. If they don’t see you in this way you want to take their point of view, bend it and shape it until it does. Alas, this is not possible and even though you know it, you would still rather not hear it. Don’t cling onto other people’s thoughts and opinions, for they do not belong to you. Let them be carried away like a fallen leaf on the autumn wind. Your head is already full of your own thoughts. Life will seem sweeter when there is less clutter from other people’s thinking. However, if you hear something useful, by all means act on it. Just don’t hold onto every little piece of gossip and pile it into a mountain of pessimism. Let the dark clouds blow away, don’t chase after them.

Love

If there has been a battle of words, give each other some space to down weapons and prepare a truce. Recognise how outside tensions can weigh upon your emotional well-being and leave you not quite as warm and loving as you would like to be. Now you know how to be sweet to each other.

Career

Relish any opportunities to work harder this month because you will find that your hard work pays off. If colleagues appear to be envious, don’t take their feelings to heart. Shrug off negative comments, but handle the comment-makers kindly, because one day you could be watching them get the accolades.

Money

The desire for greater riches seems to be driving you this month. If you have all that you need and something spare, what is it that is making you want to chase for a pot of gold? Money can fill certain voids quite nicely, but other feelings of lack can be down to other reasons. Don’t throw cash at problems that are best solved in other ways.