# Your Personal Horoscope 2009: Month-by-month Forecasts for Every Sign

Joseph Polansky

Your complete one-volume guide to the year 2009. This fantastic and in depth book includes month-by-month forecasts for every sign and all you need to know to find out what is in store for you in the year ahead.Discover when your lucky days will fall and when it might be better just to stay in bed, with your complete one-volume, month-by-month guide to the year 2009 – the only horoscope you will ever need.This bestselling guide gives you individual predictions for the year ahead and shows you how you, your friends, your family and lovers will fare. It includes:• A month-by-month forecast for every sign• A personality profile for each sign• What to expect in terms of love, sex, work and money• Detailed predictions of your best days and worst days – and the ideal days to attract love or money.• Invaluable advice on exactly when to ask for that pay rise, what days you should be on the look out for exciting revalations and the days you should probably just stay in bed!

## Your Personal. HOROSCOPE. 2009

The only one-volume horoscope

you’ll ever need

Joseph Polansky


The author is grateful to the people of STAR DATA, who truly fathered this book and without whom it could not have been written.

## Contents

Introduction

Aries

Personality Profile

Understanding an Aries

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Taurus

Personality Profile

Understanding a Taurus

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Gemini

Personality Profile

Understanding a Gemini

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Cancer

Personality Profile

Understanding a Cancer

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Leo

Personality Profile

Understanding a Leo

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Virgo

Personality Profile

Understanding a Virgo

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Libra

Personality Profile

Understanding a Libra

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Scorpio

Personality Profile

Understanding a Scorpio

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Sagittarius

Personality Profile

Understanding a Sagittarius

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Capricorn

Personality Profile

Understanding a Capricorn

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Aquarius

Personality Profile

Understanding an Aquarius

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts 385

Pisces

Personality Profile

Understanding a Pisces

Horoscope for 2009

Month-by-month Forecasts

Glossary of Astrological Terms

Copyright

About the Publisher

Your Personal HOROSCOPE 2009

## Introduction

Welcome to the fascinating and intricate world of astrology!

For thousands of years the movements of the planets and other heavenly bodies have intrigued the best minds of every generation. Life holds no greater challenge or joy than this: knowledge of ourselves and the universe we live in. Astrology is one of the keys to this knowledge.

Your Personal Horoscope 2009 gives you the fruits of astrological wisdom. In addition to general guidance on your character and the basic trends of your life, it shows you how to take advantage of planetary influences so you can make the most of the year ahead.

The section on each Sign includes a Personality Profile, a look at general trends for 2009, and in-depth month-by-month forecasts. The Glossary (page 3) explains some of the astrological terms you may be unfamiliar with.

One of the many helpful features of this book is the ‘Best’ and ‘Most Stressful’ days listed at the beginning of each monthly forecast. Read these sections to learn which days in each month will be good overall, good for money, and good for love. Mark them on your calendar—these will be your best days. Similarly, make a note of the days that will be most stressful for you. It is best to avoid taking important meetings or major decisions on these days, as well as on those days when important planets in your Horoscope are retrograde (moving backwards through the Zodiac).

The Major Trends section for your Sign lists those days when your vitality is strong or weak, or when relationships with your co-workers or loved ones may need a bit more effort on your part. If you are going through a difficult time, take a look at the colour, metal, gem and scent listed in the ‘At a Glance’ section of your Personality Profile. Wearing a piece of jewellery that contains your metal and/or gem will strengthen your vitality; just as wearing clothes or decorating your room or office in the colour ruled by your Sign, drinking teas made from the herbs ruled by your Sign, or wearing the scents associated with your Sign will sustain you.

Another important virtue of this book is that it will help you to know not only yourself but those around you: your friends, co-workers, partners and/or children. Reading the Personality Profile and forecasts for their Signs will provide you with an insight into their behaviour that you won’t get anywhere else. You will know when to be more tolerant of them and when they are liable to be difficult or irritable.

In this edition we have included foot reflexology charts as part of the health section. So many health problems could perhaps be avoided or alleviated if we understood which organs were most vulnerable and what we could do to protect them. Though there are many natural and drug-free ways to strengthen vulnerable organs, these charts show a valid way to proceed. The vulnerable organs for the year ahead are clearly marked in the chart. It’s very good to massage the whole foot on a regular basis, as the feet contain reflexes to the entire body. Try to pay special attention to the specific areas marked in the chart. If this is done diligently, health problems can be avoided. And even if they can’t be completely avoided, their impact can be softened considerably.

I consider you—the reader—my personal client. By studying your Solar Horoscope I gain an awareness of what is going on in your life—what you are feeling and striving for and the challenges you face. I then do my best to address these concerns. Consider this book the next best thing to having your own personal astrologer!

It is my sincere hope that Your Personal Horoscope 2009 will enhance the quality of your life, make things easier, illuminate the way forward, banish obscurities and make you more aware of your personal connection to the universe. Understood properly and used wisely, astrology is a great guide to knowing yourself, the people around you and the events in your life—but remember that what you do with these insights—the final result—is up to you.

### Aries


THE RAM

Birthdays from 21st March to 20th April

### Personality Profile

ARIES AT A GLANCE

Element—Fire

Ruling Planet—Mars Career Planet—Saturn Love Planet—Venus Money Planet—Venus Planet of Fun, Entertainment, Creativity and Speculations—Sun Planet of Health and Work—Mercury Planet of Home and Family Life—Moon Planet of Spirituality—Neptune Planet of Travel, Education, Religion and Philosophy—Jupiter

Colours—carmine, red, scarlet

Colours that promote love, romance and social harmony—green, jade green

Colour that promotes earning power—green

Gem—amethyst

Metals—iron, steel

Scent—honeysuckle

Quality—cardinal (= activity)

Quality most needed for balance—caution

Strongest virtues—abundant physical energy, courage, honesty, independence, self-reliance

Deepest need—action

Characteristics to avoid—haste, impetuousness, over-aggression, rashness

Signs of greatest overall compatibility—Leo, Sagittarius

Signs of greatest overall incompatibility—Cancer, Libra, Capricorn

Sign most helpful to career—Capricorn

Sign most helpful for emotional support—Cancer

Sign most helpful financially—Taurus

Sign best for marriage and/or partnerships—Libra

Sign most helpful for creative projects—Leo

Best Sign to have fun with—Leo

Signs most helpful in spiritual matters—Sagittarius, Pisces

Best day of the week—Tuesday

### Understanding an Aries

Aries is the activist par excellence of the Zodiac. The Aries need for action is almost an addiction, and those who do not really understand the Aries personality would probably use this hard word to describe it. In reality ‘action’ is the essence of the Aries psychology—the more direct, blunt and to-the-point the action, the better. When you think about it, this is the ideal psychological makeup for the warrior, the pioneer, the athlete or the manager.

Aries likes to get things done, and in their passion and zeal often lose sight of the consequences for themselves and others. Yes, they often try to be diplomatic and tactful, but it is hard for them. When they do so they feel that they are being dishonest and phony. It is hard for them even to understand the mindset of the diplomat, the consensus builder, the front office executive. These people are involved in endless meetings, discussions, talks and negotiations—all of which seem a great waste of time when there is so much work to be done, so many real achievements to be gained. An Aries can understand, once it is explained, that talks and negotiations—the social graces—lead ultimately to better, more effective actions. The interesting thing is that an Aries is rarely malicious or spiteful—even when waging war. Aries people fight without hate for their opponents. To them it is all good-natured fun, a grand adventure, a game.

When confronted with a problem many people will say ‘Well, let’s think about it, let’s analyse the situation.’ But not an Aries. An Aries will think ‘Something must be done. Let’s get on with it.’ Of course neither response is the total answer. Sometimes action is called for, sometimes cool thought. But an Aries tends to err on the side of action.

Action and thought are radically different principles. Physical activity is the use of brute force. Thinking and deliberating require one not to use force—to be still. It is not good for the athlete to be deliberating the next move; this will only slow down his or her reaction time. The athlete must act instinctively and instantly. This is how Aries people tend to behave in life. They are quick, instinctive decision-makers and their decisions tend to be translated into action almost immediately. When their intuition is sharp and well tuned, their actions are powerful and successful. When their intuition is off, their actions can be disastrous.

Do not think this will scare an Aries. Just as a good warrior knows that in the course of combat he or she might acquire a few wounds, so too does an Aries realize—somewhere deep down—that in the course of being true to yourself you might get embroiled in a disaster or two. It is all part of the game. An Aries feels strong enough to weather any storm.

There are many Aries people who are intellectual. They make powerful and creative thinkers. But even in this realm they tend to be pioneers—outspoken and blunt. These types of Aries tend to elevate (or sublimate) their desire for physical combat in favour of intellectual, mental combat. And they are indeed powerful.

In general, Aries people have a faith in themselves that others could learn from. This basic, rock-bottom faith carries them through the most tumultuous situations of life. Their courage and self-confidence make them natural leaders. Their leadership is more by way of example than by actually controlling others.

### Finance

Aries people often excel as builders or estate agents. Money in and of itself is not as important as are other things—action, adventure, sport, etc. They are motivated by the need to support and be well-thought-of by their partners. Money as a way of attaining pleasure is another important motivation. An Aries functions best in their own businesses or as manager of their own departments within a large business or corporation. The fewer orders they have to take from higher up, the better. They also function better out in the field rather than behind a desk.

Aries people are hard workers with a lot of endurance; they can earn large sums of money due to the strength of their sheer physical energy.

Venus is their money planet, which means that Aries need to develop more of the social graces in order to realize their full earning potential. Just getting the job done—which is what an Aries excels at—is not enough to create financial success. The co-operation of others needs to be attained. Customers, clients and co-workers need to be made to feel comfortable; many people need to be treated properly in order for success to happen. When Aries people develop these abilities—or hire someone to do this for them—their financial potential is unlimited.

### Career and Public Image

One would think that a pioneering type would want to break with the social and political conventions of society. But this is not so with the Aries-born. They are pioneers within conventional limits, in the sense that they like to start their own businesses within an established industry.

Capricorn is on the 10th House (Career) cusp of Aries’ Solar Horoscope. Saturn is the planet that rules their life’s work and professional aspirations. This tells us some interesting things about the Aries character. First off, it shows that, in order for Aries people to reach their full career potential, they need to develop some qualities that are a bit alien to their basic nature: They need to become better administrators and organizers; they need to be able to handle details better and to take a long-range view of their projects and their careers in general. No one can beat an Aries when it comes to achieving short-range objectives, but a career is long term, built over time. You cannot take a ‘quickie’ approach to it.

Some Aries people find it difficult to stick with a project until the end. Since they get bored quickly and are in constant pursuit of new adventures, they prefer to pass an old project or task on to somebody else in order to start something new. Those Aries who learn how to put off the search for something new until the old is completed will achieve great success in their careers and professional lives.

In general, Aries people like society to judge them on their own merits, on their real and actual achievements. A reputation acquired by ‘hype’ feels false to them.

### Love and Relationships

In marriage and partnerships Aries like those who are more passive, gentle, tactful and diplomatic—people who have the social grace and skills they sometimes lack. Our partners always represent a hidden part of ourselves—a self that we cannot express personally.

An Aries tends to go after what he or she likes aggressively. The tendency is to jump into relationships and marriages. This is especially true if Venus is in Aries as well as the Sun. If an Aries likes you, he or she will have a hard time taking no for an answer; many attempts will be made to sweep you off your feet.

Though Aries can be exasperating in relationships—especially if they are not understood by their partners—they are never consciously or wilfully cruel or malicious. It is just that they are so independent and sure of themselves that they find it almost impossible to see somebody else’s viewpoint or position. This is why an Aries needs as a partner someone with lots of social grace.

On the plus side, an Aries is honest, someone you can lean on, someone with whom you will always know where you stand. What he or she lacks in diplomacy is made up for in integrity.

### Home and Domestic Life

An Aries is of course the ruler at home—the Boss. The male will tend to delegate domestic matters to the female. The female Aries will want to rule the roost. Both tend to be handy round the house. Both like large families and both believe in the sanctity and importance of the family. An Aries is a good family person, although he or she does not especially like being at home a lot, preferring instead to be roaming about.

Considering that they are by nature so combative and wilful, Aries people can be surprisingly soft, gentle and even vulnerable with their children and partners. The Sign of Cancer, ruled by the Moon, is on the cusp of their Solar 4th House (Home and Family). When the Moon is well aspected—under favourable influences—in the birth chart an Aries will be tender towards the family and want a family life that is nurturing and supportive. Aries likes to come home after a hard day on the battlefield of life to the understanding arms of their partner and the unconditional love and support of their family. An Aries feels that there is enough ‘war’ out in the world—and he or she enjoys participating in that. But when Aries comes home, comfort and nurturing are what’s needed.

### Horoscope for 2009. Major Trends

Last year was a banner career year for most of you. In many cases, you attained lifetime highs—peak career experiences. Whatever your age or stage in life, you advanced career-wise. There were promotions, raises, honours and recognition. Your career horizons were widened. In many cases (especially among those who are retired), there were no promotions, but just more honour and recognition for who you are and for past achievements. In the cases of younger Aries, important and fortunate career paths opened up—if only in your mind—for the future. This year, the trend will shift. Career goals have been attained and your focus will be more on friendships, group activities and networking. Many of you will manifest your fondest hopes and wishes this year.

Health and health issues were very important last year and the trend continues in the year ahead (especially until October 29). In fact we could say that good health has been (and will continue to be) your mission in life until October 29. (More on your health later.)

Saturn’s move into your 7th House of Love and Marriage from October 29 onwards marks a whole new trend in love. In general we can say that relationships—especially relationships of the heart—will get tested. Many will go down in flames. The good relationships (and this includes marriage and business partnerships) will thrive and survive through this testing, but the inherently flawed ones will most probably dissolve. You are in a year (from October 29 onwards) for reducing your social activities. A cosmic re-organization is taking place. The whole area of love is being put into right order; a cosmic order. You will need to focus on quality relationships rather than quantity. While your heart relationships will get tested, your casual relationships—your circle of friends—is being greatly expanded. This is generally a very happy area this year.

This year, 2009, is unique in that we will have six eclipses (two Solar Eclipses and four Lunar ones). Generally we get only four eclipses in a given year. But what is noteworthy for you is that four Lunar eclipses show much change and turmoil in the family situation. There will be dramatic events in the lives of family members and there will be a need to learn calmness amidst the changes and disruptions.

Your most important areas of life this year will be spirituality, friendships and group activities, career, health (until October 29) and love (after October 29).

Your paths of greatest fulfilment in the year ahead are friendships, group activities (all year) and career (after July 27).

### Health

(Please note that this is an astrological perspective on health and not a medical one. In days of yore there was no difference, both of these perspectives were identical. But in these times there could be quite a difference. For the medical perspective, please consult your doctor or health professional.)

Health for those born under Aries has been basically reasonable for the past few years, but the dynamics in the cosmos are changing. Last year Pluto began to make a stressful aspect to you, but he was not consistent. Sometimes he was in stressful aspect and sometimes not (he was moving in and out of Capricorn last year). This year he moves into a stressful aspect to you for many years to come.

Saturn was leaving you alone last year. This year, on October 29 he too starts to make a stressful aspect to you (and this will last for two and a half years).

These are not things to panic about, only to understand. Your normal super-abundant vitality will not be up to its usual standards. Sure, you will have plenty of energy to do what you need to do but not for the frivolous things. So you need to be like a businessman with your energy, investing it only in worthwhile things.

My experience has been that when energy levels are normal, people get away with many sins. But when energy gets lowered, they tend to get hit in their vulnerable organs—the organs that were vulnerable by birth. (Those things can only be known by casting a personal Horoscope for your exact time and date of birth and then doing a specialized analysis from a health perspective.) In general, though, the lungs, small intestine, heart, arms and shoulders tend to be most important for Aries and this is a year to pay special attention to those parts (see our chart below).

Simple things will help you get through the next few years. Your arms and shoulders should be regularly massaged. There are hosts of natural, drugless therapies that can strengthen the lungs, heart and the small intestine—foot and hand reflexology, acupuncture, acupressure, shiatsu, chi gong, yoga, kinesiology and massage just to name a few. Giving extra attention to these organs this year will prevent many a problem from developing. And, even if a problem develops it will be much milder than if nothing were done. What could have been a devastating knock out blow will be just a minor love tap.


Reflexology Try to massage the whole foot on a regular basis, but pay extra attention to the points highlighted on the chart. When you massage, be aware of ‘sore spots’, as these need special attention. It’s also a good idea to massage the ankles and top side (as well as the soles) of the feet.

The good news is that until October 29 health and health issues are important for Aries, and you give them the attention they deserve. Also you seem more into healthy lifestyles, disciplined health regimes and diets this year (this has been a trend for some years now). And these good habits will now stand you in good stead in coming years. (The cosmos in its love and mercy tends to give us the answer before the problem develops.)

Still, the most important thing will be to maintain high energy levels. Rest when tired, work with a rhythm and take frequent breaks, plan your activities so that more gets done with less energy, avoid arguments, worry and emotional negativity (easier said than done!) as these can deplete a person more (and faster) than hours on a chain gang.

Your health planet, Mercury, goes Retrograde four times this year (this is also highly unusual; normally he travels backwards only three times in a year). These will be times to review your health, health regime and health attitudes to see where improvements can be made. However, these are not times to make drastic changes to your regime, or to make important health decisions, only to review it. This year, these periods are from January 11 to 31; May 7 to 30; September 7 to 29 and December 26 to 31.

### Home and Family

Your 4th House of Home and Family is not a House of Power this year, thus there is not as much interest here as usual. Generally this shows that the cosmos is not pushing you one way or another and you have more freedom and latitude in this department. Generally it denotes a status quo kind of year.

However, this year I’m not so sure about this. There are, as was mentioned, FOUR Lunar eclipses this year, and the Moon is your home and family planet. In addition, there is a Solar Eclipse on July 22 in your 4th House. Perhaps by temperament you would prefer the status quo, but it’s not going to happen.

These eclipses show either moves (sudden and disruptive), repairs in the home (unexpected), dramatic events in the lives of family members and parent figures, and major changes in the family and domestic pattern.

Eclipses are never punitive, but they can feel that way, especially if a person is making plans, or is attached to things that are not part of his or her plan in life. Then, the function of the eclipse is to ‘blow it to smithereens’ and bring the person back to his or her path. If the person is already following the cosmic plan for the life, the eclipse will only reveal hidden flaws and allow corrections to be made.

Are family relationships ties that are holding you back? Are family attachments unhealthy and uncosmic? Is family preventing you from fulfilling your divine destiny (or perhaps the reverse is true)? Are you supposed to be living in another place? The eclipses will expose all this and lead to life changes.

The challenge now (as was mentioned earlier) is to keep the emotions in harmony. This is not easy but it can be done. Those of you who are worldly will probably medicate, although this is a stop-gap solution. A spiritual discipline, an awareness of your feelings without judgement, prayer and meditation will be longer-lasting solutions, solutions that will cure the very root causes of the problems.

Parents or parent figures in your life are undergoing deep and profound transformations. This seems on a very personal level. Some are having surgery (both cosmetic and more serious types). Some are getting involved in serious detox regimes. Some are having near death experiences. Some are getting involved in spiritual disciplines that involve transformation. The process of transformation is seldom pleasant—and you will need patience with your parents—but the end result is beautiful.

The parents or parent figures (in a man’s chart what we see refers to the father or father figures; in a woman’s chart it refers to the mother or mother figures) are confronting the ‘dark angel’ in various ways. He is letting them know that he is around, that life is short (compared to Eternity) and fragile and it’s time to get down to the essentials of life. The ‘dark angel’ is only reminding them of what is really important in life.

If you are planning heavy construction work or renovations in the home, June 21 to July 22 and August 25 to October 16 are good times. If you are looking to beautify the home in a cosmetic sort of way (repainting or buying furniture or art objects) August 1 to 26 is a good time.

### Finance and Career

Your 2nd House of Finance is not a House of Power this year, thus you seem satisfied with the status quo and have no need to make major financial changes. It is true that you have more freedom in this area—the planetary powers neither push you one way nor another—but there is a lack of interest and this tends to the status quo. (Career is another matter and we’ll discuss it later.)

Your financial planet is Venus. She is a very fast moving planet and will move through all the Signs and Houses of your Horoscope in any given year. Thus financial opportunity will come to you in many ways and through many people as the year unfolds. It all depends on where Venus is at any given time and these issues are best discussed in the monthly reports.

Venus serves double duty in your Horoscope. She is BOTH the financial planet AND the love planet. Thus there is a very strong connection between love and money. When love is going well, there tends to be prosperity. When prosperity is strong, love tends to go well. So if you want to improve your bottom line, work on maintaining harmony with your spouse, current love or friends.

Venus rules the beauty industry—cosmetics, fashion, perfumes, jewellery, antiques, art and the like. Thus all these industries are interesting to you, both as investments or as ways to earn a living. People involved in these industries also tend to be important in your financial life.

Professional investors should look at copper (the commodity) and real estate for profit opportunities.

The job situation seems stressful for many of you. You don’t seem to be enjoying it as much as you should. The spiritual lesson here is to transcend how you feel and just do the right thing—do a good job—regardless of how you feel. There is a need to develop some discipline in this area.

Those of you who hire others seem to be cutting back on employees and doing a major re-structuring in this area. This doesn’t mean failure. Downsizing, especially when done with skill, can actually increase profits. The object here is to eliminate waste and bring a cosmic order into the employee situation.

Last year you worked hard, and you saw the results of that hard work. You gained promotions, honours and raises. Yes, you had luck in your career, but it was your hard work that created the luck. This year you are still working hard and succeeding in this way.

With Pluto now in your 10th House of Career for many years to come, there is a sense that you are re-evaluating your career, purifying it, detoxing it of effete attitudes, motives and emotions. This purification often leads to near-death experiences in the career. Sometimes it leads to actual death and then a resurrection. The good news here is that there is an intense focus—a drive for success—and a single-minded concentration on the career goals. Attainment of these goals is very likely now (and for years to come) but you have to be willing to undergo the transformation—the detox.

We also see a complete transformation of your industry, the leaders of your industry and your corporate hierarchy in coming years. This won’t happen overnight, but over many years. A few years from now you will hardly recognize your industry or your corporate hierarchy; the changes will be deep and profound.

With ALL the long-term planets above the horizon of your chart (and Pluto right on the Midheaven) there is great ambition. You need to be careful not to ignore family or to ride rough shod over others in your drive to the top. Your intense interest could be seen as a ruthlessness by others.

Your most prosperous periods this year will be from February 3 to July 5.

Your best career periods will be from January 1 to 20; April 19 to May 20; August 22 to September 22 and December 21 to 31.

### Love and Social Life

Your 7th House of Love and Marriage is not a House of Power for most of the year (until October 29). Thus, until that time I expect a status quo kind of situation. Marrieds will tend to stay married and singles will tend to stay single. Of course singles will date and have fun—they will have a social life—but there doesn’t seem to be anything special on the horizon.

As Saturn moves into your 7th House on October 29, he will bring many changes to your love and social life. As we mentioned earlier, he will test existing marriages and business partnerships in the same sort of way a company road tests a new vehicle. It gives the vehicle some rough handling—abnormally rough handling—to see where the flaws are—to see how the vehicle handles stress—and to see how reliable the vehicle is. This road testing is very valuable to the maker; improvements can either be made or the vehicle can be released for production. So it is with your marriage and business partnerships. They get some rough handling. If you perform well, you will have an enduring marriage or partnership and will know where and how you can improve things.

Faulty marriages, like faulty vehicles, will probably get destroyed by the road testing. The cosmos wants the best for you, and will send you another partner in due course.

The Horoscope is not only showing us the problems in love, but also the cure. If the marriage is troubled, there is a need to make it the priority in your life, to keep your full focus on the marriage. You sort of have to make it your ‘spiritual mission’ for the year. Only that kind of priority can save it (and both parties have to be willing to do this). Also, it might help to be more helpful in your spouse’s or partner’s career; be a staunch advocate and supporter of it.

There is a whole reorganization of social life happening after October 29. Jupiter in your 11th House is bringing you all kinds of new friends and acquaintances. Perhaps you are socializing too much to the detriment of other areas of your life. So, Saturn will come and test these friendships and force you to focus only on the good ones. Saturn’s philosophy is ‘better to have a few good friends than to have hordes of mediocre ones’.

After October 29 singles are probably better off staying single. There is a need to review your love attitudes and what your true needs are. Date less, but make the dates you go on more serious and of a higher calibre. You are in a period where the cosmos is showing you that love and marriage is not just a ‘good time’ but has many serious responsibilities attached to it.

Saturn moving through the 7th House is not considered an especially happy transit for love. Yet it does have some very positive points to it, some of which we mentioned. When he is through with you, your marriage, partnerships and social life will be solid indeed, reliable, of good quality and healthy. Also, it shows that you will be mingling with people of high status—his political or corporate power—in the year ahead. You will have a more practical approach to love.

Saturn, your career planet, in the 7th House often shows the classic office romance: romance with the boss or superior. The danger with these kinds of relationships is that they can become purely material and utilitarian, without any deep feelings of love involved.

Our discussion above relates to those in or working on their first marriage. Those in or working on their second marriage will have a status quo kind of year. Marrieds will tend to stay married and singles will tend to stay single. There are love opportunities with friends, introductions of new friends, and in groups and organizations.

Those working on the third marriage have very wonderful marriage aspects now and a marriage or serious relationship is likely.

Your best love and social periods this year will be from September 23 to October 22 and from October 15 to 29.

Venus will make one of her rare Retrogrades from March 6 to April 17. This tends to introduce glitches in the love life. Relationships seem to go backwards instead of forwards. But there is a spiritual purpose here: to review your current love situation and see where improvements can be made. Better to make long-term love decisions after April 17. (By the way this Retrograde also applies to finances.)

### Self-improvement

Spirituality has been an important focus for some years now and the trend continues in the year ahead. Uranus is in your 12th House. Thus you are (and if not, you should be) exploring the scientific side of spirituality. A good scientific understanding of what you are doing will be a great help in keeping the faith during the tough times. The spiritual side of Astrology also seems interesting.

Uranus moving through your 12th House shows that you have been (and will continue) making dramatic changes in your spiritual regime and practice. It seems to me that these changes have been coming from inner revelation. And you can expect more of this in the year to come. Revelation will hit you with the suddenness of a lightning bolt. You might practise, practise, practise and nothing seems to be happening. Then one day, when you least expect it, boom! You have inner revelation and everything in your life changes.

This is a year for friendship and group activities, but it seems to involve spirituality as well. You are attracting spiritual kinds of friends. You are involved with spiritual groups and organizations.

Your spiritual mission for the year ahead (as it has been for the past two years) is staying healthy, learning more about your health, and incorporating healthy habits into your everyday life. It is also about developing your own personal healing abilities—we all have them. Being of practical service to others will not only help you in your worldly career, but also spiritually as well. Leadership is a form of service to others and you are seeing this more clearly in the year ahead.

After October 29, your spiritual mission will change. It will be about being there for your friends and spouse, supporting them and helping them.

### Month-by-month Forecasts. January

Best Days Overall: 3, 4, 12, 21, 22, 30, 31

Most Stressful Days Overall: 10, 11, 16, 17, 23, 24

Best Days for Love: 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 28, 29

Best Days for Money: 6, 7, 9, 10, 16, 18, 19, 25, 26, 28, 29

Best Days for Career: 6, 14, 15, 23, 24

You begin your year with 80 to 90 per cent of the planets above the horizon. Your 10th House of Career is very powerful: 50 per cent and sometimes 60 per cent of the planets are either there or moving through there this month. You are right in the middle of a yearly career peak. This is the main interest and focus in the coming month. Your 4th House of Home and Family, by contrast, is empty. So you can safely de-emphasize family concerns and focus on your career. No question that this is the best way to serve your family. You are working hard, no question about it, fending off competitors and doing whatever you need to do to reach your goals. What I like here is that you are personally recognized, not just for your career achievements but for who you are. You are honoured and appreciated by the powers that be. You are on top, probably above everyone in your family and above your spouse or current love. You are calling the shots. Last year was a beautiful career year, and the trend continues this month. Pay rises and promotions are still likely. The only fly in the ointment (here on Earth things are seldom perfect) is the Retrograde movement of your career planet, Saturn. This suggests that you need to do more homework on the various career opportunities or promotions that are coming your way—they might not be what they seem.

Last month (December 2008) the planets shifted from the social western sector of the Horoscope to the independent East. This trend is now in full swing for the next 6 months or so. You are very independent by nature and so this trend is comfortable for you. This is a time to have things your way and to create conditions as you desire them to be. You have more freedom of action now. You are not so much in need of the good graces of others to achieve your goals.

But career interest is waning this month and the focus, little by little, will shift to friendships, group activities and organizations. Jupiter will enter your 11th House on the 5th and the Sun on the 19th. So this is a happy and successful area of life now. Moreover, there is a Solar Eclipse on the 26th that occurs in this House. This suggests that now new friends—important ones—are coming into your life. You are re-evaluating existing friendships—friendships are getting tested—and in many cases, existing friendships will dissolve and new ones will come to replace them. This Solar Eclipse brings dramatic changes in the lives of children, dramas (both personal and financial) in the lives of parent figures, and shakeups in religious or educational institutions you are involved in. Many of you (especially students) will be changing your educational plans—changing schools or changing courses. Your college or university might be making important rule changes that affect you. If you are involved in legal issues, there is now a dramatic turn. Since you have basically good aspects this year, I expect legal issues will go in your favour. Avoid speculations during the eclipse period.

Health is good overall, but rest and relax more until the 19th. The ankles, spine, knees, teeth, bones and overall skeletal alignment need special attention.

### February

Best Days Overall: 1, 8, 9, 17, 18, 27, 28

Most Stressful Days Overall: 6, 7, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21

Best Days for Love: 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 27, 28

Best Days for Money: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 18, 22, 23, 27, 28

Best Days for Career: 2, 3, 10, 11, 19, 20, 21

Mercury your health planet starts to move forward on the 1st. It was Retrograde last month from the 11th to the 31st. So now it is safe to make changes to your health regime or diet. Health is much improved over last month, but you can enhance it even further by giving more attention to the same organs as last month—the spine, knees, teeth, bones and overall skeletal alignment until the 14th and the ankles afterwards. It might be wise to see a chiropractor more often this month and to give more support to the ankles, especially when you exercise. Regular ankle massage is good too. Until the 14th, as your health planet is in an Earth Sign, you will get good results from being in places with a strong earth energy: mountains, old forests, caves, or mineral springs. Crystal therapy will be more powerful as well. After the 14th, as your health planet moves into an Air Sign, fresh air is good for you. Breathing exercises will also be beneficial.

A Lunar Eclipse on the 9th shakes things up with family, family members and perhaps parent figures. Children are also affected. They seem to be making important changes to their image, self-awareness and spiritual changes—changes to their spiritual regime or practice. (You too are making important changes to your spiritual regime, probably because of new revelation and understanding.) You seem involved in certain scandals; it might not be with you personally but with people you are involved with. Certain hidden information now gets disclosed and there is some upheaval about this. Flaws in the home tend to be revealed by every Lunar Eclipse and this one is no different. Be patient with family members now. This eclipse will also test love affairs. Unsound ones can dissolve right now.

But singles need not worry about love. Venus, your love planet, crosses your Ascendant from the 2nd to the 4th. Love is seeking you and will find you. There is nothing much you need to do—just show up! Love pursues you, not the other way around. And this will be the case for the whole month. Venus in your own Sign also shows prosperity—financial windfalls that come to you, and expensive personal items, like clothing or jewellery, as well. Venus in your own Sign from the 3rd onwards enhances your physical appearance and glamorizes it. Your sense of style is enhanced. You radiate (unconsciously, without trying) charm and grace and the opposite sex takes notice. What the cosmos might take away by the eclipse, it will replace with better.

Financial opportunities are seeking you out and will find you. This is a prosperous month. You adopt the image of wealth this month too.

### March

Best Days Overall: 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27

Most Stressful Days Overall: 3, 4, 12, 13, 19, 20

Best Days for Love: 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27

Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31

Best Days for Career: 1, 2, 10, 19, 20, 28, 29

This month you have three main interests. Like last month, it is a very social month. Friendships, group activities and involvement with organizations are still a dominant interest. But your 12th House of Spirituality is also very strong this month, especially until the 20th. A good period to pursue spiritual and charitable interests, to go on that yoga or spiritual retreat, to take meditation classes or get involved in prayer circles and the like. A good period to review the past year, correct mistakes, re-evaluate and set new goals for the year ahead. You are about to have your personal new year—which begins on your birthday. You want to start this new year—this new cycle—fresh, with a clean slate.

On the 20th, as the Sun enters your own Sign, there is a great interest in the body: the image and the pleasures of the body. You enter one of your yearly personal pleasure periods—a time to pamper yourself and enjoy life.

Health is wonderful all month, but especially after the 20th. The Sun in your own Sign gives you the energy of ten people. (Even older Aries will feel more bouncy now.) If there were health problems in the last month you should experience healings now. Until the 8th you can enhance your health even further by giving more attention to the ankles. Massage them regularly and give them support (you seem more active this month, more into sports and exercise, so this is important). Fresh air—air purity in general—is important until the 8th. Afterwards, enhance the health by giving more attention to the feet: regular foot massage would be wonderful then. After the 8th you will also get good results from spiritual-type healing—meditation, prayer, reiki, the laying on of hands and the manipulation of subtle energies. This will be a wonderful period to advance your knowledge of these things.

The love life is just super. Whether you are looking for fun and games kinds of relationships or something more serious, it is there for you—and these people are seeking you out. You are having your way. Just be yourself and go about your business; these people will find you. Marrieds will find that their spouses are more devoted and attentive. However, Venus starts to Retrograde on the 9th. And this complicates the love life. This is a period for reviewing your relationships and seeing where improvements can be made. And though you have many love opportunities, don’t jump into them right away—let them develop slowly (very difficult for you Aries, but it is wise.)

Like last month there is prosperity. Financial opportunities are seeking you out. There is luck in speculations (especially around the Spring Equinox). Your personal appearance plays a huge role in earnings, and since you look good these days this is a positive wealth signal. Prosperity is only going to get stronger in the next few months. Again Venus’s Retrograde suggests that you do more homework with all the financial opportunities coming to you. They may not be all they are made out to be.

### April

Best Days Overall: 4, 5, 13, 14, 22, 23

Most Stressful Days Overall: 2, 3, 8, 9, 15, 16, 29, 30

Best Days for Love: 4, 8, 9, 20, 21

Best Days for Money: 4, 8, 9, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28

Best Days for Career: 6, 7, 15, 16, 25, 26

Most of the planets are still in the East. Your own Sign, Aries, is very powerful all month. Your 1st House of Self and Self Interest is very powerful, while your 7th House of others is empty (only the Moon will visit there on the 8th and 9th). So this is the most independent period of your year, much more even than the past few months. This is the time to make those changes you want to make—to change the conditions of your life that might be irksome to you or that you feel can be improved. Go forward boldly. Reach for the stars. Have things your way. If others don’t go along, go it alone (but it seems to me that others will go along). Create your life now—the cosmos supports you—only create wisely. You will have to live with your creation later on.

Health is just super, even better than last month. The Sun is in your own Sign until the 19th and Mars, your Ruling Planet, will enter on the 22nd. You have all the energy you need to achieve any goal you set for yourself. You are dynamic and attractive. You exude energy, life and magnetism. The only problem here—from a health perspective—can come from too much of a good thing. You might overdo things, become overactive and push the body beyond its limits, so just be more aware of the body. Also haste, impatience and temper can be a problem. You want things done quickly and haste can lead to unneeded adventures. Many of you don’t realize your force these days. You have so much energy that a curt or short remark can devastate another person—never mind a temper tantrum. Go out of your way to be gentler with others. Watch your driving too: speeding is the problem.

You excel in sports and exercise regimes this month. Athletes will be performing at their top levels these days, breaking their own personal records. Libido is very powerful now too. Probably a sexually active kind of month.

Your love planet is still Retrograde until the 17th. There is love in your life, no question about it, but it can seem to go backwards instead of forwards. But it seems to me that the lover or love opportunity will come back. Venus will once again cross your Ascendant on the 24th, and love (and financial) opportunities are seeking you out and coming to you.

Finances are wonderful this month. And in spite of Venus’s Retrograde you are prospering. Perhaps there are a few glitches or delays, but the basic trend is good. You will really feel your prosperity after the 19th. Venus will go forward on the 17th (bringing back your financial confidence and judgement) and the Sun will enter your money house on the 19th. You are entering a yearly financial peak—enjoy.

### May

Best Days Overall: 1, 2, 10, 11, 20, 21, 28, 29

Most Stressful Days Overall: 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 26, 27

Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 20, 21, 28, 29

Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 5, 6, 10, 11, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29

Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 30, 31

Late last month—after the 24th—the planetary power made an important shift from the upper to the lower half of your Horoscope. This represents the ‘night time’ of your year. The activities of night are highlighted. Night is for regenerating and gathering your forces, for dreaming and planning your next moves, for working towards your goals in a more inner way. Sure, you still have a career, and there are external demands, but now is the time to further your career by internal rather than external means. Visualize what you want to do and where you want to be. Imagine what you would like to achieve. Hold your image steadfast. In due course, your inner seeds will bloom into outer actions and events. Now is a time for cultivating emotional harmony and for preparing the psychological ground for future success. It is during the night, when we seem inert and inactive (outwardly) that the forces are gathered for the success of the day. So, you can focus more on the family now and de-emphasize the career. It is a time for psychological progress.

You are still well into a yearly financial peak this month. There is prosperity. Money is earned in happy ways, perhaps as you indulge in leisure activities. You spend more on these things too. As we have seen in the past few months, financial opportunities are seeking you out; wealth is rushing towards you. You just have to accept it when it comes. There is a short-term financial crisis—perhaps involving taxes or debt—early this month, but you will get past it and the prognosis is bright. You are a financial star. There is luck in speculations (but only do this under intuition). Children also seem prosperous these days.

Love seems happy. There could be a short-term lover’s spat—an upheaval due to jealousy—but let the passions die down and your love will resume. You and the beloved are together, on the same page, seeing eye to eye, basically in harmony. A business partnership or joint venture seems in the works. There is definitely opportunity here. Problems in a marriage can be helped by doing adventurous things together as a couple, like mountain climbing, hiking, white-water rafting or by exercising or indulging in sports together. It seems like a sexually active period.

Health is still excellent. You are magnetic and project much sex appeal. You are glamorous and charming as well. Your sense of style continues to be excellent and it is still a great period for buying clothing or accessories. Your taste is excellent. You can enhance your health even further by paying more attention to the arms, shoulders and lungs; your arms and shoulders should be regularly massaged. After the 14th pay more attention to the neck and throat—neck massage will be very powerful.

### June

Best Days Overall: 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 25

Most Stressful Days Overall: 2, 3, 9, 10, 23, 29, 30

Best Days for Love: 2, 3, 9, 19, 27, 28, 29, 30

Best Days for Money: 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30

Best Days for Career: 9, 10, 19, 27, 28

Your yearly financial peak is still going strong. Prosperity is even greater than last month. A business partnership or joint venture is still very likely. Your lover, spouse and friends are very co-operative on a financial level. Social contacts—always important for you—are even more important in the month ahead. What I like here is that you have a strong interest in finance—a strong personal interest—and this focus tends to bring success. You are working hard physically, and this is important, but you also need to market your product or service better.

Health is still very good, but it won’t hurt to rest and relax more after the 21st. Enhance your health by giving more attention to the neck and throat (like last month) until the 14th and to the arms, shoulders and lungs afterwards. Regular neck, arm and shoulder massage will do wonders for you. Until the 14th your health planet is in an Earth Sign (Taurus), so you benefit from the healing powers of the Earth. If you feel under the weather get out into the mountains, or old forests or caves. You will feel much better. After the 14th get out into the fresh air and take deep, deep, breaths—this is also rejuvenating when you feel under the weather. Wind bathing is also wonderful; get as naked as practical and let the wind blow all over your body.

Love is still happy this month. Elders—parents or parent figures—might be obstructing, but love still happens. For singles love opportunities come as you pursue your normal financial goals. Often this aspect (the love planet in the money house) shows opportunities with people who are involved with your money: bankers, brokers, financial advisers, etc. Wealth is definitely an allurement. Material gifts turn you on. This is how you show love and this is how you feel loved. If a marriage is having difficulties, material gifts can do much to help. Also try working on your finances as a couple—share the responsibility and the decision making.

Uranus is very close to your Ascendant this month, within orb of a conjunction. This is especially so with those of you born early in the Sign of Aries, from March 20 to 25. This is manifesting a restlessness, a desire for change, a desire for total freedom. Those of you involved with Aries romantically (especially those born early in the Sign) should take note and give them a lot of space.

Aside from finance and love, the major interests in the month ahead are intellectual interests and communication, home and family. Try to avoid power struggles in your career this month—you don’t need to fight. Ride out the rough spots. Things will change in coming months.

### July

Best Days Overall: 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 22, 23, 31

Most Stressful Days Overall: 6, 7, 20, 21, 26, 27

Best Days for Love: 9, 18, 19, 26, 27

Best Days for Money: 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27

Best Days for Career: 6, 7, 16, 17, 24, 25

Retrograde activity is increasing this month and for you this is a challenge. Yes, you like things done quickly—yesterday—but this is a month for learning patience. Forty per cent of the planets are Retrograde now. Make haste slowly. Be more methodical in everything you do. Since it is summer and you are in a party mood, it is a good period for a vacation. Not much is happening in the world anyway, so you might as well enjoy yourself.

Friendships, group activities and organizations are still a major focus this month, as they have been all year. But now, all the planets involved with these things are Retrograde so you need to be patient with your friends. Friendships—or relations with a group or organization—seem to be going backwards instead of forwards, but there is a review going on; everything will work out well in the end.

Most of the planets are below the horizon of the Horoscope and your 4th House of Home and Family is very strong until the 22nd. So, continue to de-emphasize the career and give more attention to the home and family. If you have a choice between making that extra deal or being there for the kids or parents, be there for the kids and parents. Other deals will come. Now you need your emotional harmony. (Of course you can’t avoid your career altogether, but where there are choices, focus on the home.)

Health is not up to its usual standards until the 22nd, but there are no serious issues that we can see here. Just lower vitality. This makes a person more vulnerable. So rest and relax more and enhance your health by giving more attention to the stomach and breasts (from the 3rd to the 17th) and to the heart (after the 17th). Diet is more of an issue health-wise until the 17th, as is emotional health. Work to keep your moods constructive and upbeat. If there are health problems they seem connected to family disharmony (or disharmony with children) or to unresolved traumas from the past. Restore the harmony and chances are the health problem will just fade away. Your normal exuberant good health returns after the 22nd. It’s like magic—a shot of adrenalin. The Sun moves into fiery Leo and you are restored.

We mentioned that you are in a party period now, especially after the 22nd. It is another of your yearly personal pleasure peaks. Enjoy. For singles this is a period for love affairs. But communication and intellectual interests are also important to you. And this is a good period to make those calls you need to make and write those letters that you owe to people. It is also good for taking courses in subjects that interest you—and singles might find more than education at these courses or lectures.

Finances are not a big issue this month. I read this as a good sign. You’ve basically achieved your financial goals and seem satisfied. Like last month though, good communication—good marketing—good use of the media—is very important.

### August

Best Days Overall: 1, 10, 11, 19, 27, 28

Most Stressful Days Overall: 2, 3, 4, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30, 31

Best Days for Love: 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26

Best Days for Money: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26

Best Days for Career: 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 21, 30, 31

Retrograde activity is still strong this month so you might as well keep the party going. Have fun. Enjoy yourself. Explore the rapture side of life. After the 22nd you enter a more serious, work-oriented period.

Home and family are still an important focus, more important than your career. For a time (this is only temporary) you seem content to be humble and let others be in charge. You just want to be happy. There could be important renovations or repairs going on in the home after the 24th. A parent or parent figure could be contemplating surgery, although it looks more like a cosmetic type.

The simple pleasures of the home—far from the peaks of power—seem alluring to you. A home-cooked meal; watching the children play catch; sitting in the living room watching TV. There is something very wonderful about these things. Even love, for singles, seems to happen at home or close to home. Perhaps Mr or Miss Right comes through a family introduction or at a family gathering. Romantic evenings at home, far from places of glitz and glamour, strike exactly the right tone. Giving and receiving emotional support is more important than material gifts. Singles are looking for partners with strong family values now. This changes after the 26th, but this is the way it is for most of the month.

Financial opportunities come at home too. Family seems very supportive financially. There are earnings opportunities in real estate and the family business (either your own or someone else’s). Earning opportunities come through family connections. Most probably you are spending more on the home and family as well.

There is a Lunar Eclipse on August 6 in your 11th House. This will test your friendships, and there have been many new ones of late and they need some testing. The good ones will survive while the flawed ones will dissolve for a time. There are some dramas at home and with the children (or those who are like children to you). And, as with every Lunar Eclipse, repairs could be needed in the home. There are shakeups and upheavals in organizations that you belong to, and this perhaps changes your relationship with these organizations. This eclipse is benign to you but it won’t hurt to take a reduced schedule anyway. There are probably dramas in the lives of friends.

### September

Best Days Overall: 6, 7, 15, 16, 23, 24, 25

Most Stressful Days Overall: 13, 14, 19, 20, 26, 27

Best Days for Love: 6, 7, 15, 16, 19, 20, 26, 27

Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30

Best Days for Career: 8, 9, 17, 18, 26, 27

Retrograde activity is still strong this month, so continue to make haste slowly. Patience, patience, patience is the name of the game now. Pluto will start to move forwards on the 11th after many months of Retrograde motion and this will clarify issues involving debt, estates and taxes. But Mercury will be Retrograde from the 7th to the 27th and there are still 40 per cent of the planets moving Retrograde for most of the month.

Mercury’s Retrograde suggests more homework and care with regard to health regimes and dietary changes. These things need to be studied before you implement them. For jobseekers it suggests a need for more study of job offers that come—and by the way they will come. This is an excellent month for jobseekers.

Health is a major interest this month. And health is basically good. After the 22nd you need to rest and relax more. You can enhance your health by giving more attention to the kidneys and hips (until the 18th) and to the intestines afterwards. Drive more defensively early in the month, and be more safety conscious in the home.

This month—after the 22nd—the planetary power will shift to the upper half of the Horoscope (you will feel this more strongly next month, but the shift is beginning now). Also Saturn, your career planet, is receiving much positive stimulation. Your career is becoming more active and important and there should be interesting and happy career opportunities coming your way from the 15th to the 19th—probably as you pursue leisure activities or attend parties.

Home and family is still important this month and you seem focused here; perhaps you are doing repairs or renovations or are involved with parent figures. But very soon, the home and family situation will be where you want it and you can focus on your external career.

Your financial planet is in the speculative Sign of Leo until the 20th. There are some very positive things about this: you earn money in happy ways, speculations tend to be favourable and you have a sense of financial optimism and confidence. You spend freely, and the danger here is overspending. But this will change after the 20th as Venus, the financial planet, moves into Virgo. Then you become more cost conscious and will tend to get value for your money.

Love is happy, but not very serious, until the 22nd. You basically want a good time and will tend to attract people who feel this way as well. But after the 22nd, you enter a yearly social peak and more serious romance is likely for singles.

### October

Best Days Overall: 3, 4, 12, 13, 21, 22, 31

Most Stressful Days Overall: 10, 11, 16, 17, 23, 24

Best Days for Love: 6, 7, 15, 16, 17, 26, 27

Best Days for Money: 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, 17, 26, 27

Best Days for Career: 6, 7, 14, 15, 23, 24

The planetary shift that we discussed last month becomes very dramatic this month. By the end of the month, 80 to 90 per cent of the planets will be in the upper half of your chart. Day is dawning in your year. Time to use all the energy you acquired during the night for productive purposes. Career is becoming the main focus now for the rest of the year ahead. Push forward boldly towards your goals. You can safely let family issues slide (especially after the 16th) and focus on your career.

The main headline this month is love and social life. Your 7th House of Love and Marriage is where the planetary action is. But it is a kind of bittersweet experience. Singles are meeting new people; there is much going out; but Saturn’s move into the 7th House on the 29th initiates a period where your new relationships will get tested. From the cosmic point of view it is not enough just to meet new friends and love partners: they need to be found worthy. Until the 15th restrain your tendencies to carp, criticize and nit-pick. Sure, you are entitled to perfect love, but criticism—especially of the destructive kind—will not bring it to you. Try to focus on quality relationships rather than on the mediocre ones.

An office romance is developing.

Saturn, your career planet, makes a major move from Virgo into Libra at the end of the month. This shows career changes, and a different attitude to your career. For two and a half years you succeeded the hard way, through hard work and sheer merit. There was nothing wrong with this, but now you need to develop your social skills too. It is not enough that you are good at your job—people need to like you. Those of you who are in managerial positions will advance more on the ‘likeability’ factor than on the merit factor. This transit also shows that you can advance your career by social means—by attending and hosting the right parties and making the right friends.

Health is more delicate now and you need to pay more attention here for the rest of the year (and for the next two years). Pay special attention until the 23rd. Enhance your health by paying more attention to the intestines (and the diet) until the 10th, and to the kidneys and hips after this date. Disharmonies in love can affect the physical health now, so work to keep the harmony in your marriage and with your friends.

Retrograde activity is lessening dramatically this month. By the 18th, 80 per cent of the planets will be moving forward. The pace of life and change accelerates.

### November

Best Days Overall: 1, 8, 9, 17, 18, 27, 28

Most Stressful Days Overall: 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21

Best Days for Love: 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 26

Best Days for Money: 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 25, 26, 29, 30

Best Days for Career: 4, 13, 20, 21, 22

The forward momentum of the planets increases even more this month. When Neptune starts moving forward on the 4th, 90 per cent of the planets will be moving forward. You should see quick progress towards your goals. You also have greater confidence in most areas of your life.

Love is romantic and idealistic until the 8th. But afterwards it is less about romance and more about sexual attraction—physical chemistry. For those of you of appropriate age this is a sexually active kind of month. (Even older Aries will have more libido than usual.) There is still an office type of romance happening for you. (The opportunity is there for sure.)

In love you seem to be different people all occupying the same body these days. One part of you is romantic and idealistic and wants only ‘the feeling of love’. Another part of you only cares about the physical chemistry. And still another part of you seems of a ‘practical bent’—the good provider, the person who can advance your career, the power person: this is what allures. If you can find all these qualities in one person, you have the ideal now.

With your 8th House very powerful this month, the period is good for detox regimes, both physical and emotional. It is a time where you have more power to reinvent yourself—to give birth to the person you want to be. It is a very good time now to make an inventory of your possessions and get rid of what you don’t need. It is a time to clean house—physically, emotionally and materially.

Your spouse or partner is prospering this month and will be more generous with you. In general (especially after the 8th) this is a time to prosper by prospering other people, by putting their financial interests ahead of your own. As you succeed at this your own prosperity will happen very naturally. This is also a good month to access outside sources of capital, either through borrowing or through attracting investors or backers. The credit line should increase now.

Health improves after the 22nd but still needs watching. Enhance your health by giving more attention to the heart (all month) the colon, bladder and sexual organs (until the 16th) and the liver and thighs (after the 16th). Safe sex (and sexual moderation) is important until the 16th. Regular thigh massage is good after the 16th.

### December

Best Days Overall: 6, 7, 15, 16, 24, 25, 26

Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 10, 11, 17, 18

Best Days for Love: 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 26, 27

Best Days for Money: 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28

Best Days for Career: 2, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 29, 30

The forward momentum of the planets is even stronger than last month. Until the 20th ALL the planets are moving forward (highly unusual); even afterwards, the percentage is still high—90 per cent moving forward. So the pace of life is quick and progress is rapid. For you the only challenge is deciding on what you really want. The Retrograde of Mars (from the 20th onwards) is stronger on you than on most people—it is the Lord of your Horoscope. You seem directionless on a personal level, but success is still happening. On the 21st the Sun enters your 10th House initiating a yearly career peak. Many other beneficial planets are crossing your Midheaven as well—Mercury on the 5th and Venus on the 25th. There are pay rises and promotions in store. This can be with your present company or with another. You are in demand now.

Push forward boldly towards your career goals—reach for the stars now. Let family and emotional issues go for a while. Career opportunities are coming in many ways now—through friends in right places, through attending the right parties, and through good sales, marketing and promotion. (Of course old-fashioned hard work is also part of the equation, but it’s not the total picture.)

Health needs more attention all month, but especially after the 21st. Rest and relax more, this is the main thing. Don’t allow yourself to get overtired. Enhance your health by giving more attention to the liver and thighs (until the 5th) and to the spine, knees, teeth, bones and skeletal alignment afterwards. If you feel under the weather a visit to a chiropractor or osteopath might be a good idea. Give the knees more support when exercising.

You are not only advancing career-wise this month, but we also see much spiritual growth. Jupiter and Neptune (two spiritual planets in their own right) will be conjunct most of the month. This shows inner revelation, spiritual and religious breakthroughs, an active dream life and supernatural-type experiences.

Love is happy this month—especially later on in the month. Venus (your love planet) and Saturn (your career planet) are in mutual reception (each is a guest in the other’s Sign and House—a very positive aspect). Again this shows an office romance. Your career and love life blend together very well. You tend to socialize with people of high status and prestige—those above you in status. You find love as you pursue career goals, and the reverse is also true. Career opportunities can happen at parties or as you pursue your social goals. For marrieds this shows your spouse’s cooperation with your career and also your spouse’s career success.