You pride yourself on maintaining grace under pressure. You go to great pains to see the other person’s point of view and if that proves impossible, then you will still work to find a way to satisfy both sides in a stand-off. People may not be pleased with your final solution, but they won’t be entirely miserable either. Well, these qualities of patience, diplomacy, and fairness will be taxed to max in the run-up to the lunar eclipse on Jan. 31.

This is when you will find yourself having to manage a very unmanageable personality. It would be easier if this person were in the opposite camp, but s/he’s not which means that you will be stuck having to make excuses and apologies for someone you would never have tolerated if positions were reversed. Nevertheless you are loyal to a fault and you will find a way to salvage the situation. This will probably be around Feb. 3. But just because you walk away from this fiasco doesn’t mean you’re in the clear. Friends are right when they say you have a blind spot regarding this person and it would be wise to recognize that while you can because the next time you go through this (in Aug.) you may not be so lucky. Meanwhile propitious planetary aspects on Feb. 6 show you finally stitching together an agreement or arrangement that should suit you quite nicely. Yes, you had to throw the puzzle pieces back into the box and give them another shake, but the end result is a situation you can live with. Meanwhile your Ruling Planet changes signs on Feb. 10. You’ll want to check back here then to see what that means for you.