There‘s no shortage of work to be done this week before the holidays gear up in full swing. You feel a bit like this is the eye before the storm, that part of December where if you were thinking of getting gifts for certain people in your life you better do it before things are sold out. No sense in having any "Jingle All the Way" moments in your life, no need to have a repeat of that episode on Black Friday if you know what I mean. You can head into the stores after work and peruse, enjoy the dwindling novelty of the seasonal decorations everywhere you turn. You‘re bound to find nice things if you look. The week goes by uneventfully at work, and on the home front you‘re taking time to pamper and nurture yourself, something that your partner doesn‘t always do for you. Come the weekend you‘ve got those pre-holiday plans with people which may involve getting together with some friends you won‘t see for a while or co-worker send offs, or romantic dates with a new potential lover. Either way, you won‘t be staying indoors during this holiday season, possibly planning your own adventure for after Christmas day, maybe it‘s time to bust out the snowboard or figure skates and really enjoy winter for what it is. Ascendant: Enjoy the winter wonderland

You‘re not interested in living by the rules this week, and any instructions given to you will go unheeded. You know there‘s a better way to get the job done, one that even your boss hasn‘t figured out yet and you‘re going to pave the way for new procedures like you always do. Earlier in the week you‘re feeling reckless and want to snap at anyone who gets in your way, but by mid-week you‘re accepting challenges and people are getting off your back. You know how to handle business both the relationships you have with clients and co-workers, plus the ones you have with your superiors. You want to see the company succeed because that means you can succeed. This might turn you into a bit of a whistle blower by the end of the week because when you see people not paying attention to things they should be doing you can‘t help but record it, whether that means taking a video or photo of the offense and sharing it with the higher ups. You like honesty and order in both your work and your love life. You wouldn‘t be able to stand it if you caught your significant other doing something very wrong either. Come the weekend you‘re pondering the depth in which your moral standing for right and wrong goes. You don‘t always want to call people out, but when it has to do with something you‘re passionate about, you know you have a right to protect what‘s important to you.Ascendant: Protection comes in all forms

You‘ve got ants in your pants all week because if you weren‘t the smart person who took the week off work as part of your vacation time, you‘ll be working your shifts and wanting very badly to go shopping, skating, frolicking in amusement parks, water skiing, anything to give you a zing of adventure--ooh ziplining! You had your mind on things like projects and ideas, but now you want to dump work off where it belongs and stimulate your mind and body in ways it hasn‘t been stimulated before. Of course that means you‘re on the prowl for new sexual experiences because when aren‘t you on the prowl for that? You don‘t want complications though so thrills and excitement has a wholesome side to it as well as a dangerous side to it. You might find yourself heading out on a road trip come the weekend to somewhere you can release some of the stress and tension at work and have a little fun. Life isn‘t worth living if you didn‘t have a chance to be a kid again. You know the work and all your creative ideas for work will stay where they are. It‘s not like anyone else you work with is going to come up with something better. It‘s nice that you feel so secure in your work life these days, that‘s rare for some of you, but refreshing. Ascendant: Take the bull by the horns and ride

If there were awards for most confusing employee you‘d win it for this week. You aren‘t making a lot of sense with your requests, conversations and work ethic. On the one hand you don‘t want to be at work because being at home on the couch watching reruns of Friends with a cup of hot chocolate sounds so much better. On the other hand you‘re pissed off at some of the tasks being put on your plate this week. You know people need your compassionate, caring nature, it‘s one of the reasons you are employed in the field you‘re in. The issue is that you can‘t find compassion to save your life, you‘re snappy, jaded, muttering things under your breath, short, curt, and most of all you‘re a pain in the ass to be around. There are times when Cancers need to be quarantined to their own quarters so they can give their heads a shake and this is one of those weeks for you. It‘s not very common for Cancers to be angry with the world, but when they go into T-Storm mode, everyone around them better watch out. Come the weekend you are canceling plans, declining to go anywhere and do anything with anyone, and you want to sulk about how nobody understands you. The biggest issue here Cancer, is that not even you understand you, and not even you can explain what the problem is or what set you off this week. All you can do is ride out the lightning and thunder, wait for the storm to pass. Ascendant: You‘re completely unreasonable when you‘re angry.

You don‘t want to inspire people you want to dictate and control the things they do because at least when people are taking orders they‘re not brainstorming ways to alter or change the plans. You know there‘s a right and wrong way to do certain things, and if you were looking for input you‘d ask for it. Case in point, when you‘re handing down delegations for work that has to get done you want that work done in a timely and orderly fashion. You don‘t have the time to spend on correcting mistakes, largely because next week is a shorter work week and you don‘t want to be at work until midnight fixing mistakes. This is why you‘re acting a bit like a tyrant and less like a strong leader who listens to everyone on the team. There are deadlines, there‘s a lot on the line and you‘d like everyone around you to get it right the first time. By the weekend you‘re bound to take an additional day of work to make sure everyone crossed their t‘s and dotted their i‘s, but you‘ll cut it short when you see that all your positive encouragement did the trick, and being very clear on your instructions earlier in the week helped so you weren‘t stuck with bigger messes. You might be able to enjoy a Sunday to yourself as a result. Ascendant: Making people work harder and not smarter will benefit you.

You‘re breezing through work this week because you have bigger and better plans for your evenings. It‘s not often that work is taking second priority to your mysterious plans, but said plans often turn out to be pleasant surprises for your loved ones. Earlier in the week you‘re leaving work an hour or two early, possibly even skipping out on a shift in order to hit the stores, scouring for the perfect things you need. You‘re the King or Queen of thoughtful, meaningful, and best of all affordable gifts. You‘re willing to spare no expense on something someone will really enjoy, but you‘re also a savvy shopper and will check the prices at a variety of stores before making your purchases. You‘re bound to be knee deep in wrapping paper come the end of the week, and if there was a secret Santa thing at work you‘ll be dominating with the great gift you got. Watch out for admirers this week as you‘ll have more than a few of those, noticing both your style and taste. You have an eye for truly beautiful things and your charisma is up a few points this week, allowing you to flirt even when you don‘t know you‘re doing it. Ascendant: Everyone enjoys your attention to detail

Sometimes you prefer life shaken and not stirred. Sure, you find your mutable personality both a blessing and a crutch, smoke and mirrors being something you use when you‘re not sure how to act in certain situations. It‘s this chameleon nature you possess, the ability to tell convincing lies, pull off being something you‘re not, explore deeper and contradicting layers to your personality even you weren‘t aware of previously that makes your life interesting. For you it‘s about having as many differing experiences as necessary, being able to step into the shoes of various people in your life, seeing how the other side lives. You‘re not sure if your work situation is serving you, not sure if your personal life is what it should be. You‘re not sure you‘ve achieved enough in life, or if there‘s still a lot more learning and growing to do. You‘re contemplating which mountain you want to climb next, weighing the pros and cons of the close relationships you have in your life and trying to decide what‘s worthwhile about those connections. Financial stability seems to be the sticking point, but everything else about your routine has been in a state of constant flux. Ascendant: Never mind your routine, you‘re in a constant state of flux.

When there‘s nothing left to burn, you can set yourself on fire. This week you‘re in the midst of feeling things you can‘t fathom, uncommon emotions washing over you like tidal waves. You‘re feeling compassion, excitement, worry, anxiety. You don‘t feel like you‘re in control of your own life and you can‘t get a handle on your emotions if you try. Some of you will ride this wave like it‘s a demon beast from another planet, hoping you can stab it in the skull and destroy it from taking you on a rogue journey into unknown territory. The rest of you will learn from the experience, allowing yourself to explore and feel these emotions in their full capacity. You‘ll befriend yourself, giving yourself a free pass to feel whatever your heart is telling you to feel. You won‘t see it as an enemy that needs to be crushed. Fortunately, both paths lead to the same outcome as you won‘t expect the outcome of your emotions. There will be a major internal change within you come the weekend that will turn what seemed routine and normal to something completely other. You might be in trouble with an affair, or you might be exploring a new exciting side of life you weren‘t aware of before. Either way, this is something you needed. Ascendant: Ride the wave of emotions this week

It‘s not often that you find yourself the center of everyone‘s attention, but this week from being scrutinized at work, to checked out at the grocery store or mall, you‘ve got some kind of energy you‘re projecting that is making you far more noticed than you‘ve been in a long time. You might find people offering you things, inviting you out and in general treating you as though you exist more so than usual. The issue that you‘re finding is that you fear there are ulterior movies behind this generosity. You need to sort out who‘s really trying to get to know the real you and who just wants to add you to their crew and take advantage of you. There‘s a big difference between being accepted by the people you work with or a new group of friends and with them only wanting to add you to the group so you can drive them around and pay for things. Watch out for moochers who don‘t really care. Trust your gut, by the weekend you‘ll know more about who is really genuine and who isn‘t. Also, don‘t give up on your inner circle, you‘ve been working on your confidence, this is the time to put it to good use, standing up for yourself doesn‘t just mean with people who aren‘t treating you right, it‘s also about teaching people how to treat you.Ascendant: Don‘t be afraid to tell people how it‘s going to be.

You usually set the bar so high for yourself that when things don‘t go as planned for a certain week you‘re stuck beating yourself up, feeling like you could be doing so much more to hit your potential, and sulking about all the things that are wrong. It‘s a good thing you have friends who don‘t mind hearing about your failings as much as your success. They like seeing that the robot you are sometimes actually has a human side. It‘s a refreshing difference to what you usually tell other people. On the work front you aren‘t getting a lot done, but it‘s not your fault that others you work with have to action things, or you have to wait for clients to come to you it‘s all part and parcel of what you have to do in life on the journey to the top. You‘re aggravated by it, but this is forcing you to seek out friendships, good people to spend time with, people who actually care about you. Come the weekend you‘ll be feeling exhausted from all the waiting and worrying, but you‘ll be ready to switch gears and help someone else with their plans for world domination through showering people with too many gifts. You can be game for something like shopping as long as it doesn‘t involve anything kitchy. Ascendant: No, you don‘t care how cute that stuffed snowman is, it‘s not a great gift.

You‘re going to pull your socks up and do your best this week. You focus too much on the negative sometimes and you forget that there are billions of people on the planet, some of which long for deep, meaningful conversations, people who want to learn if someone is willing to teach, people who want to meet someone who is eccentric, opinionated and brilliant in their own way. Stop thinking of yourself as someone who has it rough and always has to entertain the masses because they‘re incapable of figuring things out on their own. Work this week isn‘t a challenge as you‘re busy plugging through it, needing to catch up on things you left to the wayside previously. During your time off you‘re busy catching up with a variety of friends and family you haven‘t seen in a while, or who you managed to rub the wrong way recently. There‘s a bit of groveling and apologies being exchanged, and come the weekend you‘re saving the tougher, personal repairs for Sunday. You know how sharp tongued you can be at times. Ascendant: Fixing what you broke isn‘t that easy.

You‘re feeling overwhelmed this week from all the over stimulation you‘ve been experiencing. There‘s only so long you can live on cloud nine and pretend that the world is made of rainbows and unicorns before those majestic creatures begin neighing at the top of their voices, causing you headaches and stress you don‘t want or need. Maybe it‘s okay if you put away all the sunshiney dispositions and begin cracking down on what has to get done this week. There‘s a huge to do list from work things to life things and if you‘re smart you‘ll give yourself extra time to complete all your tasks because you‘ll be living in the land of line ups, traffic and various other hold ups. By mid-week you realize that you can‘t get everything done this week, and you‘re frustrated and a little manic about how difficult it is to get simple things done. You‘ll be pushing a whole pile of work to next week and over the weekend you‘ll be catching up on all of the personal errands you haven‘t had a chance to run. It means going into crowded places, but you‘re willing to put up with it for short periods of time, and only because it‘s necessary. Ascendant: You‘ll be tackling all the necessary things this week.