Today's scopes~ For the next couple of weeks, your ordinarily charming mouth may suddenly remind you of a firecracker. You won't be shy about saying what's on your mind. Just try to smile before you let it fly. When no one else has the patience or perceptiveness to act diplomatically, it's time for you to jump in. Nobody does this better than you, whether it's a tense hostage negotiation or just a delicately proffered flirtatious advance. If you had planned on being able to work on personal projects for most of the day, you had better think again. As the situation rapidly evolves, you are given multiple tasks from someone in a position higher than you. You're the designated scribe, the impartial observer and the storehouse of all relevant data. All this information has powerful uses if you can manage to stay above the fray. Beware of those who have negative opinions about what you're doing