Pluto is moving into your 8th House of Sex permanently this year. Thus you are going deeper into sexuality. It’s not just about more sexual activity, but a deeper understanding of what sex is. Unfortunately, the medical and psychological communities seem clueless about it. They see it as a mere neurological release; something physical, mechanical, chemical and emotional. But sex is much, much more than that. And you are in a period for learning more about this. Tantric (for those of you interested in Eastern philosophy) and hermetic science and Kabbalah (for those of you of a more Western bent) have much to teach about these things, and you might want to explore these.
Your spiritual mission in the year ahead (as it has been for many years) is spirituality itself. What we call ‘performing the Yoga’—making the union with the Divine within you. This and involvement in ministry, higher education, teaching and publishing (which are really side effects of the above) is your spirit’s true calling.
January
Best Days Overall: 8, 16, 17, 26, 27
Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 2, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29
Best Days for Love: 7, 9, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29
Best Days for Money: 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 25, 26, 27
Best Days for Career: 1, 2, 8, 16, 17, 26, 27, 28, 29
You begin your year with 80 to 90 per cent of the planets above the horizon—a huge, huge percentage. Very soon—next month—you will enter a yearly career peak. You need to get ready for it. So, give more attention and energy to your career—your outer goals—and let family and emotional issues slide for a while. You won’t be able to ignore the home and family completely, not with Saturn in your 4th House, but you can shift more energy to your career. Also, the two planets involved with home and family issues are Retrograde this month—so there is not much to be done in that area anyway.
Most of the planets are in the Western social sector as you begin your year. So this is not a time for too much self-assertion or independence. It is a time for cultivating the good graces of others and for getting things done by compromise and consensus. This is a time for developing and honing your social skills. (With your ruling planet Retrograde for most of the month—from the 11th to the 31st—we have another argument against too much self-assertion.)
The main headline this month is the power in your 9th House. Sixty per cent of the planets are either there or moving through there—again, a huge percentage. Moreover, there will be a Solar Eclipse in that House on the 26th. In a way this is Gemini heaven. The month ahead is about education and expanding the mind, and there is nothing more satisfying for a Gemini than this. There will be a lot of Air in the Horoscope too. This sharpens your already sharp mind and enhances your mental and communication abilities even further. Writers, teachers, marketers and PR people will have a banner month (and many of you are in these fields).
It is a very good period for students as well. There is success in your studies. There are some bumps on the road brought on by the eclipse—perhaps changes in your course, or school, or changes in the rules and regulations of your school—but in the end this should all work in your favour.
The Solar Eclipse of the 26th will test your religious and philosophical beliefs. Cherished beliefs will get challenged, and this is a good thing. Whatever can’t stand the test of events or truth should go into the rubbish bin. Happy travel opportunities are coming, but try to schedule these around the eclipse period.
Health is good all month. But be careful of too much thinking and too much talking after the 19th, as this can drain energy needlessly and make you vulnerable to problems.
Your love planet makes a major move on the 5th from your 8th House to your 9th House and this shows a major shift in your love attitudes. It is a happy love transit for all of you, but especially for those of you who are working on the second marriage. Love opportunities are now in foreign lands or at religious or educational settings.
February
Best Days Overall: 4, 5, 12, 13, 22, 23
Most Stressful Days Overall: 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26
Best Days for Love: 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 23, 27, 28
Best Days for Money: 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 22, 23, 24, 25
Best Days for Career: 4, 5, 12, 13, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Your 9th House of Religion, Philosophy and Higher Education is still very powerful this month. Like last month, there is a procession of planets moving through there. So, many of the trends that we wrote of last month are still very much in effect. In addition to the happy travel and educational opportunities that come to you—some educational opportunities are in foreign lands or foreign schools—there is religious and philosophical revelation open to you, and those who want this shall receive it. A real religious breakthrough is more powerful than just a psychological breakthrough; it changes your whole world view, your whole perspective on life. It changes the psychology as a matter of course. It is one of the most wonderful things that can happen to a person—and it will happen for many of you now.
Many of you are meeting significant religious teachers or gurus now. It is an excellent time for going on religiously oriented pilgrimages to holy places and the like.
When the 9th House is as strong as it is, people will rather sit around and have an interesting philosophical or theological discussion than go out on the town; it is more pleasurable and exciting.
On the 18th the Sun crosses your Midheaven, initiating a yearly career peak. There is career success and opportunity happening. Sales and marketing, good use of the media and your excellent communication skills are big factors in your success. Siblings are also having a good career month.
On the 9th we have another eclipse—this time Lunar—in your 3rd House. This eclipse will test your cars and communications equipment (and probably bring changes or upgrades). The last eclipse also tested these things. There are dramas in the lives of siblings, but they seem like happy dramas—dramas of success. (They are having very happy love experiences these days as well.) Like last month’s eclipse it seems to affect students most strongly. There are changes of school, educational plans, subjects or the rules and regulations of the school. Often these kinds of eclipses bring changes in the administration of the school, shakeups in the hierarchy. Unlike the previous eclipse this one brings career and financial change as well. The timing of the eclipse is fortunate, for the career change is likely to be happy and good.
Health is good this month, but rest and relax more after the 18th. Continue to enhance your health by giving more attention to the colon, bladder, sexual organs, spine, knees, teeth, gall bladder and skeletal alignment—these things are important all year. This month give more attention to the heart as well.
Finances are not a major interest this month, although the eclipse will bring some important changes. Your money house is basically empty. In general, though, you will have greater earning power from the 1st to the 9th and from the 25th onwards than at other times. These periods are when the Moon, your financial planet, waxes.
March
Best Days Overall: 3, 4, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31
Most Stressful Days Overall: 10, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25
Best Days for Love: 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31
Best Days for Money: 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31
Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 12, 13, 21, 22, 23, 30, 31