Singles seem more attracted to older, more established people. They gravitate to corporate types – people of high status and prestige. The danger here is of entering a relationship of convenience rather than of real love. Romantic opportunities will happen in foreign countries, with foreigners, and in religious or educational-type settings.
In general Taureans need to work harder to express love and warmth to others. On some subconscious level, you are coming over as cold and distant to others. You may not be aware of this, but this energy is coming out. You are naturally loving – Venus rules your sign – but you need to work harder to express it these days.
Self-improvement
Like last year, the main challenges in the year ahead are in the social sphere – the love life. Love problems can be a spiritual minefield. The actual difficulty is only the tip of the iceberg. Love problems tend to ignite problems in other areas of life – self-esteem, self-worth, health (especially in your case) and finance. Discord in love can create spiritual problems too, as the flow of spiritual power gets blocked. The Cosmos is giving you a ‘crash course’ in learning how to handle these things.
When a romantic relationship or business partnership goes sour there is going to be a certain amount of negativity. This is a given. But you can decide whether you want to take the path of maximum negativity or that of minimum negativity. All too often I have seen many choose the former. Thus something essentially simple gets magnified and prolonged and becomes much more painful than it needs to be. Then people wonder why they end up ill or in hospital. They don’t see the connection.
Eckhard Tolle correctly points out that there is a difference between ‘pain’ and ‘suffering’. Pain is the organism’s response to something negative. You cut your finger; you feel a stab of pain. This is natural. Suffering is of the mind. The cut finger becomes a tale of woe – ‘bad things are always happening to me’, ‘I’m being punished by God because I’m a bad person’, ‘I’m just unlucky’, etc., etc., etc. Now you have suffering – mental and emotional anguish. And now there is a disconnection from the spiritual source. The cut finger, something basically minor, becomes a major thing. This is true in love as well.
These subsidiary issues that come up – the mental anguish – can be useful to someone on the spiritual path. It shows the content of the unconscious – the impurities there – and thus you can clear them. Forgiveness is a very important skill to learn in love and relationships. But for forgiveness to be effective, it needs to be ‘real’ and not ‘strategic’. It has to be genuine and from the heart. Forgiveness will be easier when you understand that we forgive the person and not the actions. The hurtful actions were wrong and we don’t try to whitewash them. We don’t do violence to the intellect or judgement. The person is another story. He or she was acting from a certain conditioning and mind set and thus couldn’t help doing what was done. If we were in this person’s shoes we might have acted in the same way. When we understand what was behind the actions, forgiveness comes naturally and easily.
Month-by-month Forecasts
January
Best Days Overall: 1, 2, 9, 10, 19, 20, 28, 29
Most Stressful Days Overall: 3, 4, 17, 18, 24, 25, 30, 31
Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 9, 10, 19, 20, 24, 25, 28, 29
Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31
Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 7, 8, 17, 18, 26, 27, 30, 31
You begin your year with 70 and sometimes 80 per cent of the planets above the horizon, and on the 20th you will enter one of your yearly career peaks. So, this is the focus this month. Not only is it safe to let go of home and family issues, but the family seems to actually support your career goals. You have their blessing.
There are two ways that we achieve things: the inner way (meditation, visualization, conscious directed dreaming), and the outer way – through objective physical activity. Both are important at different times. Now you are in a cycle for the latter. Take the physical actions needed to achieve your career goals. This is a successful month.
The planetary momentum is overwhelmingly forward this month. Eighty per cent of the planets are moving forwards so you should see fast progress towards your goals. However, one of the two retrograde planets is Venus – the ruler of your Horoscope. Perhaps you feel you lack direction, are aimless and not sure of your personal goals. This is quite OK. The Cosmos is telling you to acquire mental clarity in this area. This is a great time to reflect on present conditions – your body, your image, your personal circumstances – and to see what changes can be made to improve things. The time for implementing these things will come shortly, but the important thing is to decide what you want.
Job seekers should exercise caution this month. Don’t jump at the first job offered. Study things more. Things are not what they seem.
Health is excellent until the 20th. After that you need to rest and relax more. Keep the energy levels high and focus on the essentials. You can enhance the health further by giving attention to the areas mentioned in the yearly report and by looking after the spine, knees, teeth, bones, skin and overall skeletal alignment. Back and knee massages will be powerful, and regular visits to a chiropractor or osteopath will also be good. Spiritual healing techniques will also be powerful. With your health planet Venus retrograde all month, avoid making drastic changes to the diet or health regime. Study things more.
Finances seem excellent this month. Until the 11th Mercury, your financial planet, is in the 9th house – a fortunate house. Earnings are increased. Foreigners seem important financially, and foreign investments or interaction with foreign countries also bring profits. On the 11th Mercury crosses the Mid-heaven and enters your 10th house. This is a powerful financial period too. Money comes from your good professional reputation and from parent figures, elders, bosses and authority figures. If you need financial favours from the government this is a good time to ask – they seem favourably disposed.
February
Best Days Overall: 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 24, 25
Most Stressful Days Overall: 13, 14, 20, 21, 26, 27
Best Days for Love: 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 24, 25
Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28
Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 13, 14, 22, 23, 26, 27
Venus, your ruling planet, started to move forward on January 31 and she will be travelling forward for the rest of the year ahead. Hopefully you have achieved clarity on what needs to be changed in your personal life and now, as the planets start shifting to the East (this trend will gather strength next month), you have the power to make the necessary changes. You are entering a period of personal independence and can have things your way. Other people and their opinions are always important, but if they don’t go along with you, go it alone.
You are in a yearly career peak until the 18th, so outward success is happening. Pay rises and promotions could have happened last month, but if not, they can still happen in the month ahead and even next month.
Mercury, your financial planet, goes retrograde on the 6th, so try to wrap up important purchases or investments before then. From the 6th to the end of the month it is good to review your financial life and see where improvements can be made. It is not a time for implementing your ideas – that will come next month – but for resolving doubts and planning improvements.
Health still needs watching until the 18th. Review our discussion of this last month – the trends