Your love planet Pluto has been in Capricorn, your 9th house, for many years now, and he will remain there for the next few years too. So, romantic opportunities happen in foreign lands or with foreigners, or in religious or educational-type settings. The place of worship is as much a venue of romance (perhaps more) as the local night club. The same is true with college functions and gatherings. A part of you likes the traditional kind of relationship, but another part likes to be unconventional. So you are of two minds when it comes to love – and these two minds argue with each other. It’s very difficult to satisfy both.
Self-improvement
Taureans are conservative people by their nature. People who don’t like them would call them stubborn. People who like them will say they have tenacity. They have the quality of perseverance and they have it in spades. Often this quality spells the difference between the success or failure of a project. Change and flexibility are not their strong points. They love routine. A Taurean will say, ‘Why should I try this new restaurant or new dish when I know my normal place will be good? Why gamble?’
Now Uranus is moving into your sign for the next seven or so years, meaning that change, the upending of routine, will be the order of the day. How will you handle this? This is going to be the spiritual lesson. Other signs handle this better; for you it is a challenge.
The first step is to embrace change rather than fight it. Recognize that it is for your ultimate good – which it is – and flow with it. When you give up your resistance, you will find that things flow more smoothly. Change doesn’t have the terrible consequences that you fear. Make change your friend and ally, not your opponent.
It is normal that when sudden changes happen that there are feelings of insecurity – even outright fear. Write down your feelings on a piece of paper. Write a short phrase that captures your feelings. Then touch the paper and let it go, touch it and let it go. Do this for about 15 minutes. This will discharge any negative feelings that you have. You will find that you start to feel much better and the mind will be clearer. Solutions will start to come to you. (The solutions were always there, only you couldn’t receive them because of the emotional disturbance.) Make a regular practice of this and things will go much easier for you.*
Some people like to write out what they feel. Set a timer for 15 minutes and write out your negative feelings as they come to you. Don’t hold back. After 15 minutes, tear the paper into shreds and throw it in the bin. As you do this say: ‘These negative feelings are now thrown out.’
Uranus has been in your spiritual 12th house for the past seven years and you have been experimental in your spiritual life. Many of you have been like the wandering holy men of old – wandering from one teacher and teaching to the next, from one book to the next, from one philosophy to the next. This is a natural stage on the spiritual path. But now you’re more settled spiritually. By now, you have a settled path, it just remains for you to walk it.
Neptune, as we mentioned earlier, has been in your 11th house for many years now. This shows much involvement with spiritual groups and spiritual friends. (In fact the friendships you make now should be spiritual-type people – there’s no need even to waste time on others.) These spiritual groups can be a great help and support in the coming years.
Month-by-month Forecasts
January
Best Days Overall: 5, 6, 15, 16, 23, 24
Most Stressful Days Overall: 7, 8, 21, 22, 27, 28
Best Days for Love: 1, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31
Best Days for Money: 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25
Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 22, 31
Your year starts with a bang. The fireworks didn’t end on New Year’s Eve. Two eclipses shake things up this month in a foreshadowing of things to come in the year ahead.
The solar eclipse of the 6th (in America it’s on the 5th) occurs in your 9th house. Your 9th house is very strong this month and you would have a natural urge for foreign travel, but it’s probably wiser to reschedule this. If you must travel, then you must; the eclipse shouldn’t deter you. But if you can, schedule your trip around the eclipse period. This eclipse is not only in your 9th house but it affects the ruler of that house, Saturn, too. So its impact is more powerful than usual. It impacts very strongly on college-level (or college-bound) students. It signals shake-ups in their school, shake-ups in educational plans, changes of courses and perhaps even changes of schools. The good news here is that with the 9th house so powerful this month, there is success here. The changes are helpful.
Every solar eclipse affects the home and family (the Sun is your family planet), so there are dramas at home and in the lives of family members – parents or parent figures seem especially affected. Repairs could be needed in the home. Imperfections or hidden problems come to light and need to be fixed. Often this doesn’t happen quickly (they can sometimes take months to fully resolve). Siblings and sibling figures in your life are forced to make important financial changes – this usually comes about through some shock. This is the first of three eclipses that will happen in your 9th house this year.
The lunar eclipse of the 21st is almost (but not quite) a replay of the solar eclipse. It occurs in your 4th house of home and family and it reveals that the problems in the home, with family members and a parent or parent figure, are not yet resolved. They are still experiencing personal dramas. Every lunar eclipse affects siblings and sibling figures, and this one is no different. Again, they need to make important financial changes. This eclipse affects students below college level, bringing changes in schools or educational plans. Often this kind of eclipse shows changes in your neighbourhood, such as heavy construction. There are dramas in the lives of your neighbours.
In spite of all the drama going on, the month ahead is still prosperous and successful. The Sun will enter your 10th house of career on the 20th and you’ll begin a yearly career peak. This seems stronger than the usual career peak. Almost all of the planets are above the horizon this month. The planetary power – almost the whole Horoscope – is supporting your outer life and activities. Even your family is supportive. They see your success as a ‘family project’.
February
Best Days Overall: 1, 2, 11, 12, 19, 20, 28
Most Stressful Days Overall: 3, 4, 5, 17, 18, 24, 25
Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 11, 12, 19, 20, 24, 25, 28
Best Days for Money: 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27
Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 5, 10, 18, 27
Last month was prosperous and so is the month ahead. Your financial planet, Mercury, entered Aquarius on January 24 and he will be there until the 10th. In this position Mercury is strong celestially (he is in the sign of his exaltation) and terrestrially (at the top of chart, the 10th house). Thus earning power, the financial magnetism, is unusually strong. Money is earned rather easily, and financial goals happen quickly and with relative ease. (All the planets are moving forward this month too, so general progress is fast.)
On the 10th Mercury enters the spiritual sign of Pisces. Thus your financial intuition is very sharp – especially on the 18th and 19th. (Be aware of the dream life those days, as it will tend to contain important financial guidance.) Mercury likes the 11th house and is comfortable there, so your finances seem comfortable. Online activities, being involved with groups and organizations, are financially helpful. Your social connections likewise. It’s a good time to spend on high-tech equipment now – it seems like a good investment and you can earn from it. Mercury will make nice aspects to Jupiter on the 2nd and 3rd and this should also produce financial opportunities.
Health is basically good this month, but needs a bit of attention until the 19th. Nothing serious is afoot – just lower