Overview

Group dynamics are tricky right now -- too many cooks are in the kitchen, and no one wants to be stuck peeling the potatoes. In this crowd of egos, the best role for you is 'observer.' Watch for different ideas and help organize them. Keep people focused on the task at hand and help them avoid going off on tangents. In the end, you will have made the most valuable contribution by being the person that kept everyone else in check. Powerful people will take note of everything you did.

You have to take care of some financial issue that is on your mind. It might be an allowance deficit, or maybe a question of how much you can afford to spend on that new smartphone.

While almost everything has an emotional component for you, you'd be wise to chill out as the week begins. Your feelings are liable to be a little out of proportion now. And as far as what's really going on, it never hurts to ask -- and around Wednesday and Thursday, the dialogue that ensues could get mighty interesting. (You can also trust your instincts more now, as your cosmic energy's more stable.) And on Friday and over the weekend, your mind's particularly sharp. If you've been puzzling over something (or someone), try putting all the pieces together again in a completely different way.

There are those days when you just have to get social, and the 1st is looking like one of them. So get social! Go to a party! If you don't know of any parties, call up your friends until you hear about one! After all, there's always something going on somewhere. The question is just whether or not you're willing to put in the effort required to find it. You will get a whole lot of pretty fabulous feedback on the excellent, party-filled 5th, 6th and 7th. Even if you decide to stay in, you'll have a great time. By the 13th, a certain degree of emotional intensity could leave you feeling ever-so-slightly shaken. Why not embrace your wealth of emotionality? After all, not everybody is as privileged as you in this respect. A couple of extremes at home or work (the heating is on the fritz, your partner/boss is having a mini existential crisis, and so forth) could create tension on the 18th and 19th. Be cool. By the 23rd, the more detail-oriented your task, the happier you'll be. It's a leap year, so plunge into a new social environment on the 27th, 28th or 29th.

Year 2012 Overview

New beginnings have indeed arrived in your favor with the onset of 2012, Cancer. Although the biggest changes in the love realm won't arrive until autumn, romance will return as a central theme for you in 2012 - just when you'd started to give up hope of anything new ever returning to your life! Although Pluto has been working on deeply transforming your partnership sector since 2008 (forcing you to shed the outmoded), you were indeed beginning to wonder if anything new would ever come to fill the void. And alas, it shall!

Saturn has been weighing heavily on your family and home sector over the past few years, bringing plenty of challenges your way. On one hand, this has been an incredibly grounding time filled with enough reality checks to put you firmly in touch with truth. It's also revealed the importance of your roots, although it may have brought a wake of suffering, either through loss of relatives or a major strain on family relations. Take heart, dear Cancer - all is about to lighten up as Saturn moves out of a difficult aspect to your stars. When this cosmic taskmaster moves into your love and creativity sector in November, you'll get serious about making more time for romance and self-expression. This also means you'll be disciplined about your passions instead of throwing your precious energy around willy-nilly!

Expect to stay remarkably connected with others throughout 2012. Mars will be activating your communication for the first half of the year, keeping all your communication gadgets continually buzzing. During the first four months, the red planet will be retrograde, bringing mixed messages and retrospective reverie galore. Cancer folks are forever prone to dwelling in a nostalgic world, and this will be even more acute in 2012. The future is glorious - but first you've got to root yourself firmly in the present!

Daily Flirt:

You're dealing with a money issue that seems almost insurmountable -- but you should be able to make a little progress if you believe in yourself. Just keep pushing and things should settle down soon.

Daily Couples:

You'll make a better connection with your partner if you appeal to their intellectual side, rather than the emotional. Focus on the facts, and they'll respond with honesty and understanding.

Daily Singles:

Push, but don't alienate. People will make all kinds of wild statements and crazy commitments today, but don't hold your breath. Tenacity isn't exactly a prized asset today. Keep your expectations low and you won't be disappointed. Follow up, but only once.

It's a good time to think about making modest investments and bringing your business infrastructure in line with industry standards. Don't radically reorganize your company, but be inventive about paying for the changes.