Midlife Transits

The skies are just really not all that rational right now, at least as far as the Taurus solar chart is concerned. Instead, they are heavy with irrational Neptune/Pisces/12th house energy. Let’s run it down real quickly.

Irrational Neptune meets up with Chiron in your career house in the middle of the month. Not good for analysis, but maybe you will get some sort of a genius vision regarding your career or professional life.

There are 5 placements that spend time in Pisces this month: the sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Pisces. There is also a new Moon in Pisces this month on the 15th. Not at all rational, but good for partying or hanging out with your friends.

Then there’s energy in Aries this month too, which just so happens to fall in your irrational solar 12th house. Give it up; thinking clearly is just not what the month is supposed to be all about. Far better to relax and just enjoy yourself. You can do that. You’re a Taurus; that’s supposed to be one of your gifts. Now if you could just teach the rest of us how to do it….

Your sign is perhaps not as affected as many others by current economic conditions, but it would still be a good idea for you to put in place a strong system for saving money. Having money is having freedom, and freedom is something very much on the skies’ mind this month. In your chart, freedom (as indicated by the sign of Aquarius) is represented by your career or standing in society. During the past couple of years, a lot of you have changed careers, either voluntarily or as a result of layoffs. Some of you have had to take pay cuts to do it.

The point of all this is to get Taurus folks into their ideal careers, the careers that allow them creative and mental freedom, the careers that do the most good for the greatest number. To pursue that worthy goal you need a healthy cash reserve. Since this is Aquarius month, your career is very much on the mind of your solar chart. With Venus in Aquarius, you may receive some sort of a career-related gift this month. Maybe it won’t be anything big, perhaps a tip, a lead, a resource, some information, a book with good ideas, or something similar. You may also earn or receive a bit of extra money through your career.

Career is the main theme of the month, but I’ll just mention two other things. There’s a full moon in your home sector on January 30, so you may need to attend to a few things around the house in the early part of the month. Or perhaps you’ll do some entertaining at home. With Mars in this sector, you’ll need to remember to keep your activities budget-friendly! Finally, this is an excellent year to go out on the town for Valentine’s. The aspects are unusually romantic.

One of the themes of 2010 for Taurus is changes in employment matters (and therefore probably changes in financial matters). Saturn is in your employment sector, and January starts out with Jupiter, Neptune, and Chiron in your career sector. Jupiter will leave that sector mid-month, and that could precipitate a change in your career status, hopefully a pleasant one. That doesn’t mean that your daily experience of your job is likely to be easy; Saturn indicates that you need to either work hard or attend to problems on the job.

If you employ others, your workers are likely to need extra attention not only this month, but throughout the year. Taurus folks who have been laid off may finally get a job as the economy upticks. On other hand, Taureans who are already employed may need to work extra hard to keep their boats floating in these rather uncertain seas.

On a more abstract level, this month focuses on your understanding of life. Your chart is starting to put some of the pieces of the puzzle together, connecting what were once separate ideas. Around the time of the eclipse on the 15th, a lightbulb may go on in your mind. This trend continues throughout 2010, making this a year that could see quite a lot of mental growth for you.

Some of you will also find yourselves doing more traveling than usual. Yet others will be motivated to sign up for some sort of serious program of study.

This December sees a nice round of compatible earth energy for your sign to revel in. Taureans born at the beginning of the sign should feel especially inspired. Take the time to call loved ones who may be far away this year. As with every year, this is a time to celebrate enduring ties.

You still have some almost magical career energy in your chart, too. The aspects are pretty good all the way up to Christmas. Make a wish if your dreams in this area of life haven’t come true yet. But don’t just wish, get out there and attend those industry events or holiday parties; you need to be seen to get the best results. Of course, take care not to do anything too embarrassing or drunken at those events!

This is also a time when many people travel. If you will be traveling, do exercise due caution. Clashing aspects between Uranus in Pisces and planets in the traveling sign of Sagittarius could cause minor hassles.

This is the time of year when your relationships vie with your career for attention. The middle of the month is just jam-spanking packed with aspects that pit one area of life against another. This year, it’s not just the traditional relationship/career duality that’s on the schedule. No, this year, we’ve also got Pluto in your long-term plans sector baring his knuckles at Libra in your job sector. All of which brings up the questions: Do you hate your job, love your job, both, or you’re so confused you can’t tell anymore? What are you going to do about the situation? Contemplating that ought to keep you busy enough.

As far as the relationships go, this is the time of year when your relationship-oriented sign is traditionally scheduled to set relationship goals. Great idea, especially if you do so before the 10th of the month, before all the aspect craziness really gets going. Financial goals can be set from the 22nd on. Astrologically speaking, the best goals are those that have to do with things like saving, getting out of debt or staying out of debt.

Saturn moves out of Virgo on October 29, going from your solar house of love life and children into your solar house of work and health. Until then, you’ll still need to balance the competing demands of lovers and children with friendships and long-term goals. After the 29th, the children in your life should need less of your assistance and resources and you can turn more attention to your own social life.

Jupiter also stations at the highest point in your solar chart this month, hopefully giving a boost to your career or reputation, and maybe even rewarding you economically (via a promotion at work or some other means). Can’t guarantee that will happen, but it would certainly be pleasant if it does!

Jupiter here has been traveling with Neptune in an effort to expand your professional opportunities, so make hay while the sun shines. At the beginning of next year, Jupiter leaves this spot, not to return for another 12 years. Furthermore, the sun and other inner planets in Libra this month transit your sector of job stuff, meaning you should definitely do your best to impress. The week of the 11th sees some of your best job/career aspects of the year.

Last and maybe least, Pluto is also moving direct through your solar 9th house in a relatively brisk fashion now, giving you a chance perhaps to do some serious and enlightening reading on topics of interest to you.

Let’s talk about your career for a moment, since it’s one area of your chart that is not negatively affected by September’s weirdness in the skies. This is a bit of a lull in your career house, astrology-wise, and you can use this quiet time to effectively make yourself useful while other people are being distracted by various forms of anger, debate, and general insanity.

If insanity does occur in your life, it is likely to be around your love life or children as well as your social life and maybe even your future direction in life. I suggest you ignore the noise, a suggestion I realize it may not be possible to implement all that easily. So I’ll put it another way–hang on to your hat. Certain elements of the universe (I’m talking Uranus) want to get all surprise-y and roller coastery on people, just when the sun, Saturn and Venus are not in the mood for it. Mercury can’t make up his mind. There’s not much to do but strap yourself in and wait for the ride to end.

It ends, more or less, when the sun enters Libra on the 22nd. Which is about the time when your efforts to be all useful at work can pay off in the form of new alliances and friendships.

There are two different kinds of energies going on for you in August, Taurus. One is called a Grand Trine. This means that there are planets in the two other earth signs that are compatible with yours. This is a happy thing. It’s especially good for your love and sex life, as the sun will be in Virgo in the sector of your solar chart that deals with love. This energy is prominent from the 22nd on.

The other kind of energy is called a T-Square. That means there are planets in two other fixed signs that clash with your sun sign. These signs in August are Leo and Aquarius. This can be good or bad depending on your point of view.

You’re being asked to give up something in your career, and you may not be thrilled with that. Of course, if  that’s the case, you’ve got plenty of company since this economy has had plenty of folks giving up something in their careers, including sometimes a portion of their salaries. That won’t necessarily happen to you of course. In fact, you could just be giving up something like a burdensome duty, belief, or goal. That would actually be a good thing.

That’s the Aquarius energy. The other energy is in creative Leo and it relates to your home. Dealing with home stuff can be stressful, but there can be an upside here too. Let’s say you recently moved (possible, since there’s been energy around that possibililty this year in your chart). The Leo energy could have you coming up with creative decorating solutions or insights into mundane but important matters like how to manage your storage space.

This month sees a lot of planets in fixed signs, including planets in your own sign. You’ve got Venus in your sign until July 5. You’ve got Mars on your side until July 12. Mercury enters Leo on the 17th, and the sun enters Leo on the 22nd. And of course, we’ve got a whole mess of planets in Aquarius still.

All these fixed planets create the possibility of feeling stuck or as though you’re between a rock and a hard place. So let’s look at some ways to deal with that.

The strongest planets are the Aquarius planets that are supposed to be helping your career. And they can do just that if you adopt a positive attitude and find  a way of buffering yourself against daily stresses and strains. If you feel stuck, try being a giver, for the planets are showing you that the more you give, the more you get. Your altruistic side can also help. Do something for someone else, and you’ll likely feel great, rather than stuck between unpalatable options.

If you can’t handle something on your own, enlist a group to help you out. The more people you get involved, the better you’re likely to feel. You may not be able to control the situations you encounter this month, but you can control your reaction to them.

I don’t know what the heck is going on in your career in June, Taurus, but whatever it is, you’d probably benefit from trying to keep things simple. There’s just an excess of energy in this part of your solar chart these days, and Jupiter in Aquarius will be egging you on towards biting off more than you can chew. A ‘first things first’ approach to organization may help stave off any overwhelm. The good side of all this is that June is not likely to find you lacking in money or skill to deal with things.

That’s cuz June is your traditional money month, when the sun’s in Gemini and your solar second house of yup, money. Gemini is also a sign associated particularly with skills in daily life and it’s in good angle to all those planets in your career sector. The days around the 17th are the best as far as alignment between the sun and the planets in Aquarius. After the 21st, the sun’s in Cancer in your solar 3rd house, also to your benefit in the skills department.

The one thing that you may be lacking is alone time. You may be a sociable Taurus or a private Taurus but every Taurus needs a little ‘me’ time. Not too much of that on the horizon in June, and even though you are a patient soul there may be those moments when you just wish everyone would leave. The overload should ease off at some point next month, if that helps.