Your Weekly Work Horoscope for The Week of August 05, 2024

August 5, 2024





Aries

There's so much to do on Monday and Tuesday (a shower of details, obligations, last names, numbers, dates) that you feel like you may scream. But on the other hand, you feel like you're definitely earning your keep, which is a good feeling to have at work. On Wednesday or Thursday, someone comes to you with a problem (it might be personal) and suddenly all of your other priorities seem less important (which they are). Focus on helping this person, and you'll have someone there for you when you're in their shoes. The workweek ends with you getting something you've been striving for. Nice job.

Taurus

Walking through the office on Monday and Tuesday is not unlike walking through a field of flowers, which is a nice sensation to have. There aren't fields of real flowers, of course, but there are beautiful things blooming in every corner of your professional life. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, you can't believe how well your career is going. If this leads to a desire to be lazy, well, that's no good. Find a way to motivate yourself. Most likely, motivation will come from beyond office walls.

Gemini

You feel like a messenger pigeon on Monday and Tuesday. When the email server breaks down, it occurs to you that it would be faster to type a note, roll it up and carry it to the intended recipient. As for what the note should contain, well, spend some time on that. Misunderstanding is in the stars in the first half of the workweek. The second half of the week, you're on the same page as everyone else, which feels good, and you have tons of energy, which you certainly need. You're also starting lots of big projects, which other people will most likely step in to help finish.

Cancer

The connections between people and between people and business are on your mind on Monday and Tuesday. You're on the brink of a discovery about work, and your analytical mind is devouring information. But there's something you can't quite put your finger on. Then Wednesday comes along to throw you off track. Something totally unrelated to work demands immediate attention. By the time you're back in a frame of mind to think about work (Thursday), nothing is going smoothly. Friday is also a minefield of out-of-the-ordinary challenges. But you don't mind those kinds of challenges, do you?

Leo

Take the time on Monday and Tuesday (when you don't really feel like doing the break room song and dance anyway) to sit at your desk and pore over numbers (boring numbers, such as budgets and timelines). There's a certain pleasure in walling yourself off and disappearing into your own world. Then on Wednesday, you can come out from the shadows (having done a bunch of work that no one else wanted to do), rub your eyes, and delight everyone with your offhanded charm. Fun and friendship figure strongly at the end of your week. Plus, you might be the lucky recipient of new technology.

Virgo

At last, you have the opportunity on Monday and Tuesday to rethink your work area. Does the lamp belong on the desk or on the credenza near the window? These and other extremely pressing matters of arrangement are a delight for you to consider. And, actually, such shuffling around of physical objects is productive for you. In the course of moving the lamp from here to there, you might have a brilliant idea related to revenue streams. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday you have ideas coming out of your ears, and the higher-ups are very interested in hearing them.

Libra

If someone has a long story for you on Monday, it's more important for you to listen and nod than it is for you to come up with a story of your own. Sometimes a person just needs to be acknowledged. And your ability to demonstrate that you're interested in others serves you well at work. Tuesday is overwhelming to the extent that you might be paralyzed (you don't know where to begin). But from Wednesday through Friday, the work you have ahead of you seems orderly and easy to accomplish. Plus, your coworkers are just plain fun to be around.

Scorpio

Monday and Tuesday are planning days. Get out the blueprints. Get out the calendar. Get the relevant parties online for a videoconference. They're great days, spiced up with random dispatches from your personal life, a message from a love interest, a phone call from a best friend. Then, suddenly, the week starts to feel like work. Wednesday through Friday are puzzling, difficult days. You have more natural talents than many, but the solution might be in deciding you're not going to be the one to solve a problem after all. Let go. See what happens. You'll be amazed.

Sagittarius

You may be operating under the notion that the more you get done, the better, even if a few minor points go by the wayside. That notion is incorrect. More important on Monday and Tuesday is to go slowly and take very good care of everything. If you don't get to certain things until later than you planned, such is life. Whereas seriousness dominates the first half of the week, the most notable aspect of the latter half of the week, beginning Wednesday, is the sound of laughter. On Thursday and Friday, you're called on to settle a dispute because you are universally trusted.

Capricorn

You traverse great distances in the space of just a few hours. If you could be as productive every day as you are on Monday and Tuesday, you'd be the CEO of a Fortune 500 company. The facts you learn on these days make sense and clarify things. They also fit easily into the greater picture. The more you achieve, the more and more you want to do. On Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, you're bubbling over with new projects, which paradoxically gives you more energy for all the other ongoing stuff you have to do. At some point, exhaustion will probably catch up with you, but you end the week very much ahead of the game.

Aquarius

You're concealing things at the start of the week. If you're unclear about why another party is so gung ho about finalizing a business deal, ask questions. Remember: thoughtful questions never hurt anyone. The extra information you get back on Tuesday allows you to proceed with confidence, or it could throw light on something in a way that changes everything. Wednesday through Friday are popping with newness. Learning about business practices in another part of the world is absolutely fascinating to you. There may be an unfamiliar face in the office, so make them feel welcome.

Pisces

You're animated by the desire to help others on Monday and Tuesday, but don't let that turn into telling others what to do. No one is going to respond well to that. Focus on receiving information rather than dispensing it, and your energy will stay in the right place. Nevertheless, the problem that arises between you and a certain other person on Wednesday is pretty much unavoidable. You'll have to work it out together (by talking about it). Daunting as it sounds, you'll be happy once it's been addressed. A tremendous sense of balance carries you through Thursday and Friday.