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Aries
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You’re persuasive, relentlessly so, that others surrender to your pitch, charm, and humor. They also wish they were single. Even while they sign documents, they’re thinking impure thoughts about what they’d like to do with you. Keep it going – it brings in the ka-ching faster than usual. There may be some oversights or temporary misunderstandings that need to be tended to immediately on Wednesday, and once again on Friday. Other than that, people are buying you more than your product or service. You make whatever you’re pitching into something they want to slurp up. It’s a gift. Use it well. Weekly touchstones: Hiddenite, Serpentine.
Career Meter: 9
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Taurus
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You charm, disarm, and (bonus round) also tell the whole truth on Monday and Tuesday. That alone sets you apart from a pack of wanna-have-your-job types. Uh, uh. They don’t have your experience or your gift for spotting charlatans from real deal good people. Wednesday is a get down to nuts and bolts business and money talk day. You may face someone who still needs to be won over. You CAN overcome his or her doubts, mainly by demonstrating how you can reduce overhead, waste, and redundancy, while generating more money and better international relationships for growth for your product and/or service. You’ll convince the doubter (who really hasn’t been paying enough attention) that your salary and benefits will pay for themselves within a week or two of your being on board. You have a restructuring plan in mind. This scares some people, particularly those who are still living in the 50’s and 60’s, are trust fund babies, and have no clue what’s going on in the real world. You DO know. You can clear the fog of self-delusion out of another’s head and replace it with facts, numbers, examples, videotapes, and real time demonstrations without insulting them. That takes talent. Weekly touchstones: Onyx, Green Limb Cast.
Career Meter: 9
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Gemini
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You’ve got really influential pals in high places that can help get you in the door and in front of a VIP decision maker. The rest is up to you. Do your research on Monday and Tuesday. Find out the questions this VIP normally asks, learn the history and background of the company, and show a real interest in the mission of this group. It’s important that you’re not just another smart job seeker. It’s essential that you’re a person of integrity and discretion, which of course you are. Dress appropriately and wear shoes that don’t make noise when you walk on a tile or wood floor. You need to glide in, and impress the VIP with your knowledge and preparation. Ask if you may make a couple observations, and be very smooth. You can do this and wow your interviewer. Weekly touchstones: Green Tourmaline, Sunstone.
Career Meter: 10
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Cancer
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You’re a very good teacher, do wonderful sales presentations that get everyone eagerly involved, and (icing on the cake) are pretty funny at unexpected times on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. So, you should be a strong contender in terms of making sales, getting jobs or appointments, and educating the public about what you do. Wednesday cautions you to control your mood and temper. Mars and Venus are at odds all day, generating a power struggle. You know all about power struggles, because you’ve encountered them in your private life during the past couple years. Venus and Mars are small fry compared to what you’ve experienced and will continue to (and learn from, too), but are annoying, nonetheless. Your best strategy is to avoid the battle scene entirely. Whistle very quickly past the graveyard while uneasy spirits fight it out. You don’t need to get trapped in the middle of two colleagues’ immature catfight, either. Stay out of it. You have real work to do, and don’t need a stomach churning soap opera to contend with. Thursday, otherwise known as “Groundhog Day” is actually good for your career. You figure out a better mousetrap or design or theory, and actually get credit for it! Friday is pleasant, as long as you don’t allow a truly vindictive or immature friend that demands you either side with him or her or you’re no longer friends. You’re there to work, not be another’s therapist. It really sounds like your “friend” needs to talk to HR and make an appointment with a therapist. This person is obviously stuck and can’t let go. You, unfortunately, may need to let go of him or her because it’s interfering with your ability to get your job done. A real, mature friend wouldn’t dump this on you. You recognize that… finally. Weekly touchstones: Bishmuthinite, Orange Sapphire.
Career Meter: 7
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Leo
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: Play nice with even the most bitter competitors or colleagues. Get out of the way while they hang themselves. Just do your job to the best of your ability. You’re in too important a role to stoop down and throw cow manure at some Podunk who wants your job. While others gossip and engage in character assassination (some, sadly, is true), you are very busy doing a job that benefits others and makes your business more successful, other employees happier, and the world a better place. You’ve got your priorities straight and have the advantage: You have the necessary experience and have done what several of your predecessors could not: eliminate the truly dishonest bad guys, activities, and standards. Rest assured you have nothing to fear, while the rabble-rousers around you may never get that cow manure scrubbed off their nails and cuticles. Thoughtful gift: Present the worst offenders with mouthwash and room deodorizer. Weekly touchstones: Black Diamond, Cinnabar.
Career Meter: 9
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Virgo
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You understand contracts, the laws, the rules, and the process. You’re exquisitely prepared, even when you worry that you might have forgotten one infinitesimal detail. You’re better prepared than your colleagues or contenders and are ready to go toe-to-toe about something you’re passionate about. It’s become a moral issue along with a business matter for you. You’re on a crusade to snap people out of their lethargic “it’s not my problem” blob-like state of mind. You kick ass, take names, and know where all the bones, mistresses, and damning secrets are buried. And you are not afraid to unleash the hounds of hell for a cause you believe in. Hell hath no fury like a competitive Virgo on a mission. Weekly touchstones: Blue John Fluorite, Pyrite.
Career Meter: 10
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Libra
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You’re really excellent at drawing information out of others, making friends, and putting clients or potential clients at ease on Monday and Tuesday. The atmosphere is more charged with aggression or anger on Wednesday, making public or professional activity more demanding. One bad apple can confuse and distract an entire crowd. If possible, have the “one bad apple” removed from the room. Anticipate that there will be repercussions because you did this. But on the other hand, the person was a bad actor, and behaved like a bratty three-year-old. Plus, sometimes people that go out of their way to disrupt your efficient, clear presentation are plants from one of your competitors. But you already know that. At any rate, Monday and Tuesday are your best days. Thursday is pretty fabulous too. But Wednesday and Friday bring out the beast in certain golems. (You know the beast with “666” tattooed on his/her scalp? Calling Damien!) Weekly touchstones: Black Tourmaline, White Agate.
Career Meter: 7
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Scorpio
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You are remarkably lucky and smart about who’s your customer or client – and who is just a sham. You don’t waste time and money chasing after invisible dollars. You put all of your energy throughout the week into clients, customers, and promoters likely to be the jewel in your crown. Monday and Tuesday are very productive, yet easy. People seek you out, without your having to call or find them. You’re a tough act to follow and a fierce competitor on Wednesday, brilliant on Thursday, injecting humor into serious matters, and thereby relaxing all involved. You’re also fiercely protective of your turf on Friday. Weekly touchstones: Alexandrite, Hiddenite.
Career Meter: 10
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Sagittarius
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You really get a kick out of what you do for a living on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. When you and a colleague compare notes on Wednesday, you might offer ideas to each other to bring things up to speed and make a piece of work better than ever. You work well as a team and probably beat the pants off of competitors and colleagues that aren’t part of your inner circle. Although you face an uphill climb in one facet of your job on Wednesday, you make it, feel particularly proud of your team and yourself, and should have a smooth Thursday. Friday suggests that you spend time alone, working in silence and peace. You need to concentrate and push things forward instead of leaving chunks of really desirable information on the sidelines. You’re panning for gold now and are very close to finding a big nugget. Keep going. Be disciplined and RELENTLESS. Weekly touchstones: Midnight Blue Sapphire, Pyrite.
Career Meter: 10
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Capricorn
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You make clients and favorite colleagues feel well cared for, special, and almost as if they are the only ones that really matter to you. A client or colleague of yours, particularly on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday feels that somehow he or she is your absolute favorite. By showering clients and high-performing colleagues with positive attention and awarding them for their excellence, you ensure their loyalty and allegiance to you. You will earn more money because of their loyalty to you. A few good words make ambitious people try even harder. Criticism and condemnation alienate others, kick their spirits into the dustbin, and make ambition sneak out the closest exit. Build rapport this week by showing appreciation. When a customer or client makes a significant purchase, handwrite a thank you note with your card attached. Appreciation strengthens the bond more than you realize. If someone feels invisible, despite his or her hard work, he or she may stop performing up to par, figuring, “No one cares, so why should I knock myself out?” Pat everyone on the back for a job well done. During your weekly staff meeting, make special mention about the highest performers, the most improved, the best problem solver, most innovative, and the most caring. Make sure that each person on your team gets honored. Works every time. Weekly touchstones: Bolivianite, Pistachio Green Epidote.
Career Meter: 10
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Aquarius
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You make an outstanding impression on interviews, presentations, and during meetings or debates on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. Schedule the most important interviews or presentations on one of these three days. Wednesday and Friday also have victorious moments that may be overshadowed by a certain amount of debate, criticism, or predictable stubbornness from a teammate or opponent that feels some sort of duty to get in the way and prevent progress at every opportunity. Overall, you make more hits than misses this week. Wear medium to dark grey and blue, or silver and blue, and create an instantly appealing impression. No matter how diminutive you are you instantly appear taller in these colors. Weekly touchstones: Indigo Sapphire, Silver.
Career Meter: 10
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Pisces
For the week of Jan 30th - Feb 5th: You continue to wow customers with a new line, a new way of presenting products to special high-value clientele, and make sure that the right colleague is the correct representative for each buyer’s or client’s needs. Whether you offer services, products, both, or something else, everyone that works with you must be a pro. You must not put any newbies in the front line. Their job is to learn the correct way things are done. For now, they can assist the best-trained, experienced, smartest, biggest producers. You can work out a fair way to pay the “assistants” that won’t take much away from the producer’s commission or salary. There may be moments when, no matter how hard you or your colleagues try, there will be a complaint. This is most likely on Wednesday (the entire day is riddled with tension) or later on Friday afternoon. This client may not be the right fit for you anymore. You may decide to suggest another store or supplier, particularly if this client disrupts good customers and undermines the overall morale at your establishment. Weekly touchstones: Yellow Sapphire, Gemmy Rhodonite.
Career Meter: 8
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