You have been so full of activity that it is not a surprise you feel like you need to recharge your batteries. Long or short you need to give yourself a break somewhere faraway or somewhere not too far from home. It almost doesn’t matter where you go as long as you are able to have lots of well-earned rest and relaxation. Taking time out will restore your energies ready to respond to new challenges and opportunities in the coming months.

Dog month will remind you of family ties and if in you haven’t been in touch with close relatives recently, this is a good month to catch up. Don’t be the one wondering why you haven’t heard from your folks. Take the initiative to pick up the phone and call around. What about your friends? Good friendships benefit from being nurtured with some time and attention. Friends can be a reflection of who you are. People grow and change. Are your friends walking along the same path up the mountain with you? Have some of them fallen behind, gone on ahead or wandered off onto some other path? Stay close to those who are walking with you.

Love

Your sweetheart can be quite adorable, yet they also have a habit of being ever so slightly annoying. You know what; every single person on this planet is a mixed bag of positive and negative character traits. Accept your dearest one as an all round human being and you will see the good points wipe out the bad ones.

Career

Your hard work is beginning to show results and you can take a certain amount of pride in how well you have done. Co-operation has been the key to success in recent months and it will continue to be so. Don’t forget to tie up small loose ends as you bring a mission into its final stages.

Money

The tight hold you have exerted on your purse-strings can be slackened a bit this month. Having stuck to a sensible budget, any extra amounts that come in can be treated less tightly and you can afford to make some plans for your spare cash.