Whatever marriage you are working on this seems more of a ‘friendship’ year than a romantic one. Friends seek you out. Friends are devoted to you. Friends put your interests ahead of their own.
These are the general trends for the year. There will be many short-term love trends depending on where Venus is and the aspects she receives, but these are best dealt with in the monthly reports.
Self-improvement
With Uranus in your sign for some years to come, there is a need to learn to cope with change. We may have mentioned this last year, but this lesson is still very much in effect. Change is the law of the universe. If you can learn to flow with the changes and not resist them, you will go through this very easily and harmoniously. If change is a law of the universe, then change actually – truly – is your friend, for the universe is for us, not against us. Change tends to bring insecurity and this is another area that needs to be dealt with. If the universe takes away one cherished toy, rest assured that it will replace it with a better toy. It is always working for our good.
With Uranus in the sign of Aries there is a mood of rebellion in the world. No one is feeling this more than Aries. Sometimes rebellion – especially against real oppression – is called for. But usually it is not. There are positive, constructive ways to change things. The positive way is to produce a better system, methodology, arrangement than what is current. It is not about loud yelling, bombast or violence. If you don’t like the way your company is run, create a better way on your own. Show it. Demonstrate it. If you are lucky enough to live in a democracy, exercise your rebellion with your vote and with political activism for what you do support.
The danger is that one can get into ‘blind rebellion’ – rebellion for the sake of rebellion. It doesn’t matter what the real issues are; authority is evil, merely because it is authority. This can have negative consequences both for the rebel and for the one he or she is rebelling against.
This mood will be especially prevalent with Aries children. They will be more difficult to handle. If you have Aries children the first step is to give them as much freedom as possible so long as it isn’t destructive. Encourage them to get into creative hobbies where they can express their originality and rebellious urges in safe, constructive ways. If you want them to do something avoid the ‘authoritarian’ approach. Let them know the logic, the rationale behind your request – and not just ‘because I said so’.
Month-by-month Forecasts
January
Best Days Overall: 8, 9, 17, 18, 26, 27, 28
Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 5, 10, 11, 24, 25, 31
Best Days for Love: 4, 5, 8, 9, 18, 19, 29, 30, 31
Best Days for Money: 4, 8, 9, 12, 18, 19, 20, 22, 29, 30, 31
Best Days for Career: 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 24, 25
You begin your year with 70 per cent and sometimes 80 per cent of the planets above the horizon in the upper part of the Horoscope. Your 10th career house is very powerful all month, but especially until the 19th. You are in the midst of a yearly career peak. You are in the noon time of your year. Focus on the career and your outer, worldly objectives. You can safely let go of home and family issues for a while. You can best serve your family by succeeding in the outer world. This is a month of great career progress: pay rises and promotions are likely.
Last month the planets began to shift from the Western, social, sector of your chart to the Eastern sector. This month, on the 19th, the shift is even stronger. The Eastern, independent, sector is now dominant. As our regular readers know, this is a time to take charge of your destiny, to shape conditions and circumstances the way you want them to be to create your personal nirvana. You have the power to do it now. Others will most likely go along with you, but if not, you can go it alone. After six or so months with the planets in the West, where you were forced to adapt to situations, you can readily see what needs changing and can now set about fixing things.
During this month 90 per cent of the planets are in forward motion, and by the end of the month ALL the planets will be forward. So this is a fast-paced kind of month and you should see rapid progress towards your goals.
This is a very good month for both love and money. Venus, both your financial planet and your love planet, is in Sagittarius until the 19th. This indicates increased earnings, luck in speculations and a generally upbeat attitude to finance. Sure, there are some problems, but you have the faith and the confidence to deal with them. After the 19th Venus crosses the Mid-heaven and moves into your 10th house of career. This shows pay raises. Financial opportunity comes from your good professional reputation and from the financial favour of bosses, elders and authority figures – perhaps even from the government. If you have issues with the government it might be advisable to handle them after the 19th. The financial planet in Capricorn after the 19th indicates a sound financial judgement, a good long-term perspective on finance. Before the 19th you are a free spender, perhaps an impulse spender. Afterwards you seem more responsible.
Your spouse or current love is making dramatic financial changes these days. He or she seems stressed. You seem the bigger earner right now. For singles there are love opportunities in foreign lands and in educational or religious-type settings. Until the 19th you are impulsive in love, but caution and perhaps testing will come after the 19th. The question is, can you restrain your ardour while your love planet is in Capricorn?
Health is good overall, but this is not one of your best months. Rest and relax more until the 19th. Happily you seem focused more on health this month and this is good news.
February
Best Days Overall: 5, 13, 14, 23, 24
Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28
Best Days for Love: 1, 9, 10, 18, 19, 27, 28
Best Days for Money: 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 27
Best Days for Career: 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 20, 21
Career is still successful and a major focus, but the interest is fading somewhat. Generally this is because many short-term goals have been achieved and it’s now time to focus on other things. Since the 19th of last month, your 11th house of friends has been powerful and this continues until the 18th of this month. You are in a strong social period, but it’s not necessarily a romantic period. It’s more about friendship and group activities. Your understanding of technology increases this month, and when Venus enters your 11th house on the 2nd, you seem to be spending on hi-tech gadgets.
The planetary momentum is overwhelmingly forward. Until the 18th all the planets are moving forward. Thus this is an excellent period for starting new projects or launching new products – the 10th to the 18th is the best time (the Moon will be in her waxing cycle).
On the 18th your career planet, Saturn, starts to retrograde. If you need to negotiate with bosses or the government or make other important career decisions, it’s best to do this before this date.
The finances of your spouse, partner or current love seem improved this month, but he or she is not out of the woods. There needs to be a re-organization and restructuring there.
This month is a spiritual kind of month. Mars, your ruling planet, moves into your 12th house of spirituality on the 2nd. From the 3rd to the 5th it will travel (conjunct) with your spiritual planet Neptune. On the 5th, Mercury will move into the 12th house; on the 18th the Sun will move into this house, and on the 26th Venus will join the party. This is a month for spiritual-type breakthroughs. The invisible world is very close to you and unusually active in your affairs. This is a period for supernatural kinds of experiences – synchronicities, enhanced ESP and prophetic-type dreams. Those of you on a spiritual path will make great progress this month, and many of you will actually experience the things that you are reading about in books or hearing at the lectures or seminars.
When Mars is conjunct with Neptune (from the 3rd to the 5th), it’s best to avoid alcohol