A brand new forecast most applicable to the time period from the present through March 20, the Spring Equinox of 2012 (or for those who live in the Southern Hemisphere, the Autumn Equinox)
Aries: You have always been astonishing in your ability to speak directly from the source of your being because as the first sign of the zodiac, no one comes before you and almost everything you say is fresh and genuinely original. Add to that a current visit from transiting Mercury and Uranus in the first house of your chart making you even more a uniquely creative thinker. As if that is not enough, Venus and Jupiter are passing through the second house and a cornucopia of riches is waiting to be tapped by you (although riches does not necessary translate into the coin of the realm.) You might think that this all sounds as if it is too good to be true, when the truth is what is good is what is true. The one challenge is a whopper, a retrograde Saturn opposing your sign for six and one-half more months and impelling you to keep working on the diplomacy thing. This noble challenge may keep you silent more than one would expect. In those periods of golden silence, as the Sun and Neptune are sequestered in the twelfth house of your solar chart, communicate only to the forces that are high above us. Not a word need be spoken. Those forces can read your mind for they are your cosmic siblings. Great changes are coming down the pike and your sign is the first one to recognize what the new wave has to offer. Please keep this secret information under wraps so that the rest of us do not blow our minds prematurely.
Taurus: You may have your sights on distant places, yet you are comfortably settled in one place. Your sign is the counterforce to Aries, the previous sign, with its propensity for spontaneous combustion. You can be the immovable object when you see that you are close to discovering the treasure—whatever the treasure might be. You dig your heels in and ground all your forces. Then, no matter what life tosses at you, you can catch it and hold on to it if it has any value for you. You are in an intense work period yet you always find a way to offset the heavy duty demands by luxuriating in some way to restore your composure. It allows you to continue to believe you are still in control. Perhaps somewhere in the back of your mind, you realize you are kidding yourself and during those moments of sheer enlightenment, you consider doing what otherwise you would not voluntarily want to do. You consider letting go and emptying the vessel bolstered by your faith in the life process and your trust that you will be replenished. If you open up to some revelatory concepts that keep crossing your mind, there is a very good chance that by changing lanes and altering the way you operate, you will be better off in the long run. Were you to see a preview of what lies ahead and you realized a change in your thinking was imperative, would you still hesitate? In that case, save yourself the trouble and start working from a different script. It will be given to you if you are willing to turn a new leaf.
Gemini: Most of this cycle’s story for your sign lies in the last quadrant of your solar chart. The transiting Sun (the spark of divine light) joined by transiting Neptune (the planet of enchantment) are standing high in the sky at your solar chart’s zenith. Your standing in the world is what is highlighted now, only take care not to deceive yourself into thinking you are contributing something that you really are not. For one thing, while what we do matters very much to us; it does not matter all that much in the greater scheme of things. We live in a universe that has billions and billions of galaxies and all of them are teeming with life. Perhaps not life as we know it here, but life nevertheless. On the other hand (a Gemini expression if there ever was one), no one wants you to think that your efforts are purposeless. Every constructive effort made anywhere at any time moves the wheel of life further along and if your heart is in the right place, it raises the vibration of the planet as a whole. That said, you can surely be inspired to continue on with your endeavors and not give up in the face of stumbling blocks that offer you practical reasons to reconsider following your creative impulses. For, despite the hitches and the glitches, you have support from the cosmos and from the heavenly creatures on high who are pleased about how you bring brilliant light into this world. In some magical way, they will keep your ship afloat and keep you singing your song of love.
Cancer: You are thinking about your future during this cycle and forming pictures in your mind as to how you would like to see it unfold. Most especially, your focus is currently placed on the area of work and the service you provide. You ask yourself, how can you continue refining your product and your services? The answer is to keep allowing the cosmic flow of your higher mind to inundate your being and to transcend any thoughts of inadequacy or insufficiency. Jupiter, the planet of abundance is exalted in your sign and there is a cornucopia of plenty available to you in service to your mission. Fear attracts so there is no reason to go into a space of fear. Pessimism can become a self-fulfilling prophecy. The archetypical role you are fulfilling in the world is that of the nurturing parent and your capacity to be there for people who need a little tenderness is not only your most effective tool; it is your most dependable source of support. Therefore, however you choose to channel the wonderful quality you have to lift people’s spirits and encourage them to follow their heart, never underestimate its power to uplift the world around you. After all, what would we do without people like you? The world would be a tougher place if some of us did not care as much as you do.
Leo: You are in a very nice alignment with the cosmos during this time period. The temptation, however, to think big thoughts and make elaborate plans seldom disappears, for nothing less than your heart’s desire is going to completely fulfill you. Pragmatism is staring you in the face and asking that you edit out anything you can live without, which in your way of seeing it means nothing is going to go. In that case, you will require some able assistance from the cosmic rescue squad because you are sick and tired of watching your dreams vaporize in the glare of Monday morning reality. Still, who can you trust? In your professional mode, your sunshiny smile suggests that you love everybody (because you want lots of folks to love you.) The people who want you to join forces with them, however, may attempt to change the way you like to do things and it is challenging for you to let go of the reins of power. The important thing to bear in mind during this cycle is that you are beginning to look at the world differently and the place you wish to occupy is one of style and substance, rather than a place where there is one and not the other or where there is none at all. Go deeper into your situation and you can perceive what you have been missing—the one piece that will complete the puzzle so that it can point you in the right direction—and the right direction is the one where you get to keep all that you love and still have room for more.
Virgo: Although your sign is infamous for being super critical, fussy and difficult to please, that is not at all the way you are playing on this go round. Just ask those nearest and dearest to you. Each day, you are growing into the perfect person to have as a steady companion—unselfish, attentive and caring; why the milk of human kindness just runs through your veins. If you are still single (and many Virgos are) you would not have to be once you show the most likely candidate for your hand, so to speak, what a dutiful partner you can be. Some energy has walked into you and awakened you to what makes your life meaningful. Accordingly, you are no longer going to bury yourself in tasks that make the world around you work better and leave you in the end feeling miserable. Instead, you are taking another look at what life is offering you. You are now or very soon likely to choose a new path in life where you let things flow organically without your constantly picking them apart. Sometimes the answer to the question or the solution to the problem is delayed, yet if you wait patiently the answers and the solutions will come without your having to coerce them. It is only when they land in your lap naturally that they work well enough to satisfy your standards. So back off and let the rest of the universe do its job and that way the coast will be clear for you to do yours without a whole lot of irritating distractions getting in your way.
Libra: Mercury and Uranus, representing the lower (concrete) and higher (abstract) mind respectively are in the seventh house of your solar chart where you meet the other person (whoever that might be at any moment.) The question is what part of your mind will you meet them with—will it be in the spirit of fairness and conciliation or will it be with the attitude of ‘what’s in it for me’? Perhaps the work you have been engaged in of late is not going as well as you would hope and you could use some positive reinforcement. You might attribute any run of unfortunate events as the result of the Saturn principle, still in your sign and staying there for many months to come. Saturn is known in astrological literature as the lord of karma. Through the power of crystallization, the karmic principle puts the energy of your thoughts and deeds on the screen of your reality to show you where you have slipped up, gone off the path and failed to live up to your promises to the universe. Saturn is a symbol of the universal taskmaster whose role is to assist you in becoming the magnificent being you know you can be. Once you tap into the strength you have to overcome any limitations that stop you from reaching your greatest good, Saturn eases up on the pressure. Basically Saturn is teaching you to be true to yourself, just as Mr. Shakespeare said, “This above all, to thine own self be true.” Then life will flow with greater ease, which is what Libra wants from life. So take a tip from another Brit, and a Libra as well, Mr. Oscar Wilde who gave some good advice when he said, “Just be you! Everyone else is taken.”
Scorpio: This is karma clearing time for you with Saturn positioned in the twelfth house of your solar chart; however, there are compensations. It would be unwise to be a shut-in during this cycle as your relationship life can provide you with growth and with joy (as Venus and Jupiter are placed in relationship sector of your solar chart where you have access to all kinds of lovely people.) You might also come up with some bright ideas about how to give your workplace where you carry out your labors a facelift that can help you shift your attitude toward work. It is time to make changes in your everyday routine and make sure you do not sink into a state of stagnation. Consistency and continuity may help you to feel secure but they can also dull down or even deaden your creative fire. If Saturn has been testing you in ways that are difficult to fathom, you can turn that overheated emotional energy of yours into a powerful urge to break through to the next level. That means engaging in activities that are new for you and pursuing projects that challenge you to stretch yourself. You may have been wasting far too much time processing your feelings and not nearly enough time channeling those emotions into something that gives you a renewed feeling of aliveness. In many ways, you have made substantial progress, yet there is still more to be done before you reach the level of satisfaction that you crave. For one thing, you might take a few days off and have a go at something you have never done before, if, in fact, something exists that would fit that description.
Sagittarius: You have always been an adventurer, only now the adventure is not to be found in travel to exotic destinations. Instead, the quest is in heading toward your inner depths, as you listen to what that voice down deep inside has to tell you. You are at a critical juncture in your life where the old vehicle you were hitching a ride on has reached the end of the road, while something new and expansive is budding in the windmills of your mind. At home, in the quiet hours long after darkness has fallen, you yearn to see this new plan of yours land on solid ground. At the same time, you question whether a different agenda can support the lifestyle you have been enjoying. As the optimist of the zodiac, you never wish to believe that you will fail, yet the human part of you that has still not yet reached perfection knows that a period of grinding to a halt is usually interspersed among the periods of triumph. This is why turning the page and beginning a new chapter can seem daunting. But wait a minute, you have Venus and Jupiter in transit visiting your solar sixth house during this cycle and this supports your ability to create something beautiful, bountiful and beneficial. It is the love in your heart that makes for the magic. This time around that love can make a beeline into your workplace where you can conjure up the answer to many a person’s prayers. Once again you will be a hero in your own eyes, as well as a role model and mentor in the eyes of the people whose prayers you are answering.
Capricorn: You are aiming to materialize the goals you have in mind, come hell or high water. Of course the fear that hell and a deluge to follow is exactly what many of us are in for when we finally wake up from a deep sleep and face the music is what drives you personally to raise the voltage in your efforts toward achieving additional power. If a strategic attack that can wipe out all opposition is the choice you must make, then, as Margaret Thatcher once said, “there is simply no alternative.” Still, if might makes right, then liberty is license and that is not playing fair. Ah, now we are getting down to it. Your ruling planet, the one that guides you from cradle to grave is Saturn and the Saturn principle currently stands tall at the top of your solar chart in the sign of the balance to remind you that regardless of what anyone else is doing at any time, you have agreed to honor the game of life and play by its rules. Believe it or not, instead of going into the lion’s den and risking it all, take time out to enjoy life. For the solution to any challenge that presents itself is not about fighting fire with fire (it just keeps the momentum of the battle going endlessly) or proving you are right (if you really were, you would not have to prove it.) The best solution is to embrace that most elusive of human conditions—happiness, and when you truly arrive there, you will no longer care whether you win or lose. If you are authentically happy, there is no way that you could feel that you have lost anything.
Aquarius: Neptune, the planet of idealism and inspiration, which when misdirected leads to deception, has finally left the Aquarian sky and moved into Pisces, the next sign. So now both Neptune and the Sun are in your solar second house of personal values and your challenge is to perceive what is most important. You cannot do everything, because there is so much to do, so you are going to need to prioritize. You do not want to keep doing the same thing over and over (unless of course that same thing is making you rich; or at least solvent.) You want to keep your life filled with a broad spectrum of experience and a wide circle of acquaintances. You may call those folks friends but as far as they are concerned much of the time they feel they hardly know you. You are always full of surprises and difficult to define. You get close to us and we respond with a display of intimacy. Then you back off at the first sign that we are getting close (which to you is too close.) You are omnipresent when we are distant and elusive when we are present. No wonder your sign is known as the most eccentric one in the zodiac. You will probably want to be hanging out a lot with yourself and by yourself these days, so go ahead and turn off the world. Getting more in touch with the person that you are inside is what matters now. That may seem scary when it actually can be quite wonderful because by building familiarity and intimacy with self, you will be far more able to hold your own in any situation that life presents to you. You might think you are already there. In that case, put it to the test. Take the month ahead and make a pledge to stick with every intention you have right now. Then you will know for sure if the true values you hold dear are strong enough and pure enough to withstand any challenge presented to them.
Pisces: You are usually filled with visionary ideas and never more so than now, as your ruling planet Neptune joins the Sun on February 19 and then a few days later, the Moon will be in your sign as well. So make the most of that week and the weeks to follow can deliver the kind of energy your soul longs for and your heart opens to with exuberance. Many astrologers have referred to Neptune as the great deceiver and Pisces must always be mindful about being genuine. Your sign is the zodiac’s endpoint and you have absorbed all of the information the eleven preceding signs have brought into the picture. Therefore, you are the chameleon of the group, able to project every facet of human behavior, whether you actually feel it or not. You do feel it in a way in the moment but then you return to where you are at and suddenly wonder why the feelings you are left with are ones of ambivalence. Examine the symbol of your sign—two fishes bound together, yet attempting to swim in opposite directions. One represents the journey toward the divine light while the other represents the path away from the light, submerged in deep darkness and the forgetfulness that follows. When you are in that second fish’s space what you are temporarily forgetting is that you promised the universe to be a vessel of love, compassion and healing. It is a high and holy destiny. Why settle for less by turning your temple into a tavern, trying to drown out the pain of living in a world that is not your natural habitat—a world that is too slow, too dense, too harsh and too lacklustre to ultimately satisfy you. If, however, you can rise above your own disappointment with much of life and become a pure channel of light and love, then the principle of Neptune becomes, as one astrologer put it, the cosmic Santa Claus and delivers to your door the stuff that your dreams are made of if only you will open that door to receive it.