This is good. It shows that besides the sexual magnetism you like someone educated and refined. You like people you can learn from – mentor types. You like people who share your philosophical and religious beliefs. Philosophical differences will eventually sink even the best of sexual chemistries. Good sexual chemistry has a lifespan of about a year. But if there is also philosophical harmony, the relationship can last much longer – even for ever.
Love opportunities happen in religious or educational-type settings these days, at religious or university functions and through the introduction of people you worship with or attend school with. Foreign countries can also be the venue for romance these days. Foreigners are alluring – and the more exotic the better.
The love aspects are especially good for those working on the first or second marriage. For those working on the third marriage, this is a status quo kind of year. Next year will be a lot better.
Self-improvement
Your spiritual life has been important for some years now. Your career planet Uranus is in your spiritual 12th house and in many cases Taureans are opting for a spiritual-type career, working to balance that with the normal material concerns. In other cases, the spiritual life, the spiritual practice is the career. It is the most important thing these days, the mission in life.
Uranus in the 12th house shows much change, fermentation and experimentation in the spiritual life. Many are running from one teaching to the next, from one teacher to the next, from one practice to the next in search of the path that works for them. The danger here is ‘faddishness’. It is great to be experimental and to try out different things, but more homework should be done. The fact that something is new and hot – popular – doesn’t necessarily mean that it is good. This kind of attitude can set back your spiritual progress for years. On the other hand, experimentation often leads to new knowledge and insight. It’s a mixed blessing.
Uranus in your 12th house suggests that you benefit most from a scientific approach to the spiritual practice. There is a deep and beautiful science behind all these strange and mysterious practices and teachings. It is good to understand this as it will enhance both your faith and your practice. Faith is very important in spiritual practice, and when it is bolstered by scientific understanding the practice will go better. Taureans are down-to-earth, practical people. So, letting go of evidence-before-your-eyes-based thinking and ideas is quite a challenge. This is another reason why the scientific approach will help you.
Uranus in the 12th house brings much ferment and change on its own. But this year, your spiritual planet, Mars, is more erratic in his motion than normal. He will be retrograde (which only happens once every two years) from April 17 to June 29. Then, for almost three months, from August 9 to October 30 he will be ‘out of bounds’. The retrograde period of Mars will be good for reviewing your spiritual life and seeing where improvements can be made. Intuitions and dreams need more time to be deciphered and digested. Intuition needs more verification during this period. When Mars is ‘out of bounds’ it shows that you’re going outside your normal sphere in search for spiritual truths. You’re moving outside your ‘box’.
With all this upheaval going on it is good that Neptune is in your 11th house of friends. This shows that you’re attracting spiritual kinds of friends – and you need this now – to keep your practice stable.
All this spiritual activity and growth is challenging your personal religion and philosophy of life. This whole area is getting reformed. It is dying and will be reborn in a new and better form. It is wonderful when old and false beliefs die. These have been the cause of many of your problems. But, good though it is, it’s not that pleasant while it’s happening.
Month-by-month Forecasts
January
Best Days Overall: 9, 10, 17, 18, 26, 27
Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 5, 11, 12, 24, 25, 31
Best Days for Love: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 26, 27, 31
Best Days for Money: 9, 10, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 27
Best Days for Career: 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 24, 25
You begin your year on a happy and successful note. Overall health looks excellent. The large number of Earth signs in your Horoscope sits well with you and plays into your comfort zone. It promotes prosperity too.
The planetary power is 80 per cent (and sometimes 90 per cent) above the horizon. The power is in the upper half of your chart. On the 20th, as the Sun crosses the Mid-heaven and enters your 10th house, you enter a yearly career peak. The focus is on the career – your outer world objectives – as it should be. Family is important, but they are supporting the career too. Your family could be more ambitious for you than you are for yourself. Both you and the family as a whole are successful this month. Your overall status is elevated. Happy career opportunities come and it looks like they are through family or family connections.
Finances are good, but they are more complicated this month than last. Your financial planet Mercury is retrograde from the 5th to the 25th. This will not affect the overall prosperity that you’re having this year, but it slows things down a bit. Glitches and delays – some not your fault – are more likely to occur and your financial judgement might not be up to its usually high standard. Thus it is better to make important purchases or financial decisions before the 5th or after the 25th. During the retrograde period work to attain mental clarity on your finances. Resolve doubts and do more research. In addition, be more careful in how you communicate with superiors or authority figures (or the government) from the 5th to the 9th. Make sure you understand what’s being said – sometimes they like to speak in jargon or vague generalities. Ask questions. Say what you mean and make sure as much as possible that your listener understood your message as you intended. Mis-communication is probably the greatest career danger right now. Be especially mindful how you communicate about finances.
The Western, social sector of your chart is still the most powerful for now, although this will change next month. But for this month you’re still in a strong social cycle. Others come first. Your good happens through others and through their favour, so your social skills are more important than your innate abilities.
Mars moves into your 7th house of love on the 4th and spends the rest of the month there. This signals a socially active kind of month. You seem more aggressive in the pursuit of love. You’re attracting spiritual-type people into your life. On the 5th and 6th there is a happy romantic or social opportunity through the family or family connections.
Make sure to get enough rest from the 20th onwards.
February
Best Days Overall: 5, 6, 13, 14, 22, 23, 24
Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 7, 8, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29
Best Days for Love: 1, 5, 6, 13, 14, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28, 29
Best Days for Money: 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
Best Days for Career: 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 12, 20, 29
Health became more delicate on January 20 and needs some attention being paid to it this month – until the 19th. This, however, is a short-term problem and isn’t the trend for the year ahead. The most important thing is to maintain high energy levels. You’re busy and successful, but don’t overwork. Enhance the health further by paying more attention to the spine, knees, teeth, bones, skin and overall skeletal alignment until the 17th. A back massage or a visit to the chiropractor or osteopath might be just what you need if you feel under the weather. When overall energy is not at its optimum, pre-existing conditions tend to flare up. There is no need to be overly concerned; more rest will most likely bring relief. Detox regimes are powerful from the 5th to the 8th. After the 17th give more attention to the ankles and calves. Massage them regularly.
Unnecessary foreign travel should be avoided from the 1st to the 5th. Students at college or post-graduate level can have dramas at school and perhaps make