Perhaps it is the time to face up to something or someone you have been skilfully avoiding for far too long. Your need to control or even manipulate a situation may actually turn out to work against you and become self-destructive during this Horse month. Your side-stepping routine could hit a dead end, so you might as well face the music. Rats rarely enjoy confrontation, but this month you need not get involved in a battle of wills, and you can seek to resolve conflict in a cool-headed and rational manner. If a Monkey friend is on hand to offer you some moral support, you can be confident or finding an amicable solution that lets all sides save face. If you need to figure it out by yourself, reflect on how both sides see things. Write down your point of view, that’s the easy bit. Now here is the tricky bit, put yourself in the other person’s shoes and see if you can write down your observations as if peering over from the other side of the fence. What does your garden look like? Are you growing flowers full of positive feelings or are there weeds of resentment sprouting through your path?

Love

Watch out, thief about, just walked past and stole your heart. Like a bolt from the blue, someone will catch your attention when you least expect it. Single Rats, don’t let this attractive stranger walk off without talking to them. You are smart enough to think of something interesting to say.

Career
Professional misunderstandings that have been brewing come to boiling point on the 18th. You cannot ignore this dilemma, even though you have tried. Keeping the lid on the pot means it will boil sooner, and upset bosses above and subordinates below. You might as well take the lid off to check what has been thrown into the mix. Fish out whatever is spoiling the recipe and when it cools down you’ll have an appetising dish.

Money
Somehow unexpected funds turn up this month. Maybe an investment you have not paid much attention to brings a surprising return? A forgotten loan you had made is repaid. Or you could find notes and coins in your pocket that you didn’t know where there. Big or small there is bonus just for you. The 18th could be a lucky day in money matters.