Midlife Transits

The big news for Taurus as 2012 opens involves Mars in Virgo. This active little planet barrels through your solar 5th house until the 23rd of January, then starts racing backward as though it forgot something earlier in the sign and has to scooch back to pick it up. What this means is that Mars spends an unusually long time in your solar house of self-expression. Mars is the planet that tells you ‘do it your way! your way is better! don’t do it someone else’s way, that’s lame.’ (more…)

Happy New Year, Gemini. Hopefully, you survived the eclipses of the last two months of 2011, and are ready to rock and roll in 2012. If you’re a creative or artistic type, you’re blessed by Saturn in your solar 5th house of creativity, who is not only moving forward this month but also making a wonderful trine to Neptune, the planet of imagination. This trine lasts throughout the whole second half of January, so put aside dreary thoughts of New Year’s resolutions that involve the gym, not smoking or drinking or engaging in bad habits, and put your focus instead on capitalizing on your talents. (more…)

Happy New Year, Cancer. It’s that time of year again. What time of year? Budgeting time of year! Yes, every January, the Cancerian solar chart turns its attention to what Cancers spent, not just over the holidays, but over the entire previous year, in order to take a look at Important Financial Stuff like taxes, mortgages, expenses, other debts, insurance, and so on. (more…)

Happy New Year, Leo. Let’s talk about romance first, since the month begins with good aspects for it. As the year opens, you still have a bit of energy left in your solar love life house via Mercury in Sagittarius and you have love-happy Venus in your sector of committed relationships. On the 14th, Venus moves into your sector of sexual attraction–essentially keeping the party going until the sun and Mercury move into your relationship house. In other words, the planets are making sure there are some type of love vibes in your solar chart all month long. (more…)

Happy New Year, Virgo. January is the time of year when planets pile into your solar sector of risk-taking. While all the other signs are trying to force themselves to think of ways to be more disciplined when they don’t really want to be, Virgo is at its happiest, feeling free. A whole fresh new year beckons, not yet completely overbooked with obligations. This year your chart is feeling doubly frisky because daring Mars is in your own sign, egging you on to do something uncharacteristically bold. (more…)

Happy New Year, Libra. January puts a big fat spotlight on your solar 5th house, represented by the sign Aquarius. The 5th house is associated with children of all types, including so-called children of the mind, via creative projects and artistic endeavors. This 5th house energy tumbles in on top of last month’s home and family energy, not quite crowding it out, but overlaying the general domestic air that traditionally marks the Libra holiday season and new year. Blending the two, we get things like children in the house, creative projects around the house, and any other kind of connection you can think of between children and the home.

Things look especially lively during the first week of January, when Mercury is still in Sagittarius, your sign of comings and goings, people dropping by, and so on. (more…)

Happy New Year, Scorpio. 2012 is a year with a number of important planetary changes, and we’ll mention a few of them here. Neptune will move out of the sign of Aquarius and into Pisces next month. Jupiter will move from Taurus to Gemini in June. And Saturn will move from Libra to your own sign of Scorpio in October.

The Neptune change is the one of the most importance this month, as inner planets begin drifting into and through the sign of Aquarius, which represents your solar 4th house of domestic life. (more…)

Happy New Year, Sagittarius. This month we’ll start out talking about the energy in cardinal signs–Aries, Libra, and Capricorn. The most dynamic energy is Uranus in Aries in your solar 5th house, now moving direct in a brisk fashion. Uranus has been in this sector of your chart, the one that represents children, for almost a year now. If you already have children, you may have noticed increasing attention focused on their activities or changes in their needs. (more…)

Happy New Year Aquarius. We’ll start off our description of the month with a discussion of something that’s a bit of a long-term trend. January begins a time in which your artistic endeavors could actually earn you some money. The trend starts with arty Venus in your own sign as the month opens; then it moves into even artier Pisces and your solar second house of earnings on the 14th. That’s just the beginning though. (more…)

Happy New Year, Pisces. Planets start moving into your sign a bit early this year, starting with Venus on the 14th of January. Whenever Venus is in your sign, it’s a good time to invest in your own skills and talents. Your attention may be less on yourself than on other people, however, as Mars is moving very vigorously through the sign opposite yours, Virgo. Mars stations this month and then turns retrograde, ensuring that he’ll be opposite your sign for as long as possible, which in this case means until July. (more…)

Yeah, that earthy energy is still in play. You may be tired of it, but it just won’t quit. Jupiter stations in the part of your chart that relates to jobs and health on Christmas Day. Hopefully, this doesn’t mean the office will be calling on Christmas, but it may mean that you’ll be expected to give your all at the workplace this month, both in terms of work and in terms of social events and general community participation in the spirit of the season. (more…)

It’s the holiday buying season, and this year, Jupiter is in your sector of spending money, going direct right on Christmas Day. You may feel that Jupiter is telling you to spend a lot this year, or more than you should, but it’s not. Instead, Jupiter is telling you that it’s not the thought that counts, but the gift. Your recipient won’t know how you truly feel unless you pick an appropriate gift, which doesn’t have to be expensive, but does need to be thoughtful. (more…)

Oh it’s all about the moon this month, Taurus. Okay, it’s not all about the moon; it’s about a lunar eclipse and Mars in your solar 5th house of love. The lunar eclipse on the 10th of December seemingly signals some sort of a financial loss, which is not necessarily as bad as it sounds like it could be. An eclipse-related loss often opens the way for greater gains down the road. (more…)

December is scheduled to be an emotional month for Geminis, thanks to a lunar eclipse in your own sign on December 10. Some of you will have jumped the gun and had an emotional month in November, while others will lag and have an emotional month in January. A lunar eclipse in your own sign is personal–it could relate to anything in your life. Possibilities range from something as mild as a distressing realization about yourself to as upbeat and life-changing as ending your single status forever by taking the marital plunge. (more…)