It’s always difficult to buckle down and work during the holiday sesason, and this year will be no different — especially with the antsy Sagittarius Sun overhead until December 21, 2012. And hey, that’s when the world ends, right? So we may as well forget work and party right on through to the end.

Just kidding, of course. The world’s not going to end, but the real danger this month is putting an end to our careers by slacking off and getting into trouble at the office!

See, with the Sun, chatty Mercury and Venus in Sagittarius for much of December, all we’ll feel like doing is baking cookies, hanging out with our friends and having adventures. Routine matters like going to work are not going to be appealing this month, so the best advice is to try to find something you like about your job and throw yourself into it with as much enthusiasm as you can.

The good news is that Mars, the planet of action, is in hardworking Capricorn, which will help curb some of our reckless enthusiasm. (Some.) And after the holidays, when the Sun is in Capricorn and we reach the beginning of 2013, it will be much easier to focus on setting new goals and working toward them.

(That is, if the world doesn’t end before then. Ha!)

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