Aries:   Venus graces your sign until 17th and brings a few surprises in relationships, creativity and values as it encounters Uranus and Pluto from 3krd -5th.  Mars encounters Uranus and Pluto too from 8th -11th, uneyu xpected results again   Be sure to use your power ethically and wisely during this period.
 The Saturn – Neptune square calls you to be realistic over the next few months about travel, legal and study plans.  Before your optimistic smile disappears, bear in mind that it may mean making readjustments – not giving up.
 Your ruling planet Mars is with you all month making you an unstoppable force and a visible human dynamo.  The total eclipse on the morning of 20th is in your sign.  And the Sun bursts into Aries that evening.  Go for it!

Taurus:   So many things are shifting in your unconscious.  This is a spring clean in the usually unreachable recesses of your inner workings.  Welcome it, be open to change and unexpected events from 3rd -11th.  Your online and spiritual life could be dynamically active too.  You may also hold a glamorous allure for others as your antennae tune in and respond to what the world is now ready for.

 Saturn and Neptune raise questions about how much you share with friends and groups.  This could involve resources or intimate matters in some way.  Saturn goes retrograde mid-month taking you back to review how sharing, joint funds and intimacy have been progressing since December 24th.

 Venus moving into your sign on 17th heightens your loving nature which will draw people to you.  The eclipse on 20th softens your mindset and seals the deal.  Feel that love!
 
Gemini:   Full Moon falls in your mother and home zone on 5th.  While New Moon on the morning of 20th marks a fresh start in your father, career and social status zone.  So both public and private realms are emotional arenas this month.
 Saturn reverses in your 7th House of partnerships from 14th requiring a second look at ground covered since 24th December.  Your position on how (in your view) partners impact your social status is implicated too.  Are you getting in your own way?

 Your collective zone is getting zapped this month, highlighting creative friends, groups and organisations.  A new group could give a new lease of life.  You might find yourself taking a more political stance too.  Harmony in spiritual matters from 17th.  Get your compassion out there!

Cancer:   Your father, career and social status zone is getting most of the attention this month.  Those in authority favour you until 17th and Mars sharpens your ambitions and determination to move forward all month.  There may be unexpected results around 3rd – 5th and 8th – 11th though, when you should take things in your stride and act ethically.
 If it feels as though the demands of your daily life are getting in the way of travel, legal or study plans, you could be bumping into the Saturn – Neptune square.  Your hopes and plans will enhance your well-being, it’s just a question of how you can fit them in or apply them to the present situation.  Keep your feet on the ground and be patient.
 On 20th a helpful eclipse followed by the Spring Equinox gives your ambitions a huge push forward.  Aim for the stars!
 
 Leo:   There’s lots of activity in your travel, studies, culture, ethics and legal zone, including a favourable eclipse on 20th.  From 8th – 10th Mars is pushing ahead in those areas and encouragng Jupiter in your sign to expand.  This means the planetary wind is behind you and the soil is fertile for your growth and self-expression.
 Saturn goes retrograde on 14th in your romance, children and creativity zone.  This calls for you to take a second look at everything that has taken place since December 24th.  Ideals around intimacy and joint funds may need more scrutiny or may need readjusting to be closer to the reality.  This doesn’t necessarily mean that reality is worse than the dream but you may need to improve your relationship to it.  Reality can be a friend too.
 From 17th Venus grants your wishes in matters connected to father, career and social status.  People with influence can help you.  Don’t be afraid to ask them.

Virgo:   Full Moon in your sign on 5th sets the mood for an emotional start to the month and there’s a lot of activity including a few surprises in your shared area of ‘the money of others’, joint funds and intimacy, including a helpful eclipse on 20th…
 Saturn goes retrograde on 14th in your mother and home spheres, calling you to look once again at these areas. This is an opportunity for more personal development and it can be helpful to look at events since December 24th through this lens too.
Ideals about partnerships are at variance with the reality but that could be a call for a new approach to new or existing relationships.  New Moon falls in your partnerships zone on 20th – good for making new resolutions in line with your new way forward…

Libra:   Your ruling planet Venus is moving through your 7th House of relationships and partnerships until 17th, bringing the unexpected from 3rd – 5th.  Mars is zooming through the same area too and bumps into Uranus and Pluto from 8th – 11th.  This isn’t peaceful and if there are major changes you’d like to make in partnerships, this could be your chance!  It’s also an opportunity to look at power balances.  Librans are so good at keeping everyone happy but has that been at personal cost to you?  Have you been claiming your full power or giving it away in the interests of keeping the peace?  Bear in mind that imbalance is not the path to harmony.

 Saturn’s reversal on 14th requires you to look once again at communications in general (and possibly more particularly with siblings or neighbours).  Your ideas and way of thinking is up for review too, especially regarding points of view adopted since 24th December.

 Ideals about work, health and daily life can only come to fruition if communications are ‘correct’ and if ‘movement’ (including physical) is possible.  Start new regimes on 20th and make it possible!

Scorpio:   Venus and then Mars trigger off your ruling planet Pluto from 3rd – 5th and 8th – 11th.  This makes the mind creative and communications will be interesting.  Make sure you avoid obsessive thoughts though and direct the strong mental energies available towards personal development.  They can be directed, so be firm with yourself in this.
Communications in your mother and home zone also look lively until 13th and could bring about changes, including in your way of thinking about them.

A cluster of planets all month and a benign eclipse on 20th in your work, health and service to others zone shake up your daily routine for the better.  Initiate new regimes.  This is dynamic energy and if you want to bring about change in your daily life, this gang of planets are conspiring to help you.

Saturn draws your attention back to security and values from 14th, especially in relation to ideals around romance, children and creativity.  Then just as you’re pondering all of this, Venus glides into your 7th House of relationships and partnerships from 17th bringing pleasure and harmony.  Enjoy!

Sagittarius:  Saturn hasn’t finished with you yet, in fact it’s just beginning to iron you out.  A second pressing of ‘Lessons One’ takes place from 14th when Saturn reverses in your sign, compelling even more introspection than you gave first time (i.e. since December 24th).  There’s no escaping, just comply by giving the presenting issues your full attention!  If this seems to be about yourself versus an ideal home, you’re on the right track…
Meanwhile there’s lots of action in your 5th House of love affairs, speculation, children and creativity.  There’s good fun to be had here too, especially from 8th – 10th when Mars encourages your ruling planet Jupiter to go for it!  A helpful eclipse on 20th brings good things too.
Full Moon on 5th and New Moon on 20th emphasise emotional matters in your domestic and public zones respectively. Give them some of your attention too!
 
Capricorn:   Venus and then Mars challenge Pluto in your sign from 3rd – 5th and 8th – 11th.  Personal change is necessary and these two planets could provide the creative approach and energy needed to help bring it about.  The subject area is you yourself and how you use your personal power.
Meanwhile a cluster of planets in your 4th House require you to examine your approach towards mother and home.  Your determination to move things forward in these areas will be strong.  Take advantage of the planetary wind behind you, especially on 20th and 21st and make headway.
Your ruling planet Saturn goes retrograde on 14th and squares Neptune for most of the month, insisting you’re realistic and precise in your communications.  Relationships with siblings and neighbours could be up for perusal too.
While Saturn’s going backwards, make time to look at self-talk, your online life, spirituality and compassion.  Something here’s been out of kilter since December 24th.  It needs better positioning.
 
 

Aries:   You may feel thwarted during the first couple of days of the month as your ruling planet Mars has to clear Chiron’s sphere – sometimes an unfathomable and bewildering energy field.  The questions Chiron raises are often uncomfortable but helpful too and they are concerned with the themes of wounding and healing.  How you’ve been dealing with assertiveness, sexual expression and your physical energy in general are all possible areas to explore this time…

Uranus in your sign is moving towards a square with Pluto that completes next month.  Much rumbling is going on underground around career, status, father and authority figures.  Added to that are a bunch of planets murmuring in your 12^th House of institutions, compassion, self-undoing and the collective unconscious.  Pay attention and examine your ‘self-talk’, charitable giving and your online activities.  Are you working towards your ideal self or have you been undermining yourself in some way?

The Aries fiery approach saves the day on 20^th when all that mulling will have to stop to make way for dynamic action!  Moon, Venus and your ruling planet Mars all leap into Aries.  So by the end of that day, we’d better all look out!  Saturn in Sag lends its weight to support you until 26^th.  So if you have a project that needs pushing ahead, the planetary wind is right behind you.  The time for self-doubt is over, just do it!!!

Taurus:   Communications around career and status remain uneasy until 11^th.  But once Mercury goes direct, a way forward comes into view.  The second New Moon in Aquarius on 18th gives you a second chance for a new start professionally.  Seize the day!

Organisations, groups and friends seem to be in fluctuation during the first three weeks but on 20^th your ruling planet Venus, along with the Moon and Mars all rush into your 12^th House and draw your attention to marginalised or vulnerable groups in society, the institutions that serve them and work behind the scenes.  Your awareness will be re-kindled of how others are suffering and you may be in a position to do something about it.  This could be creatively, online, through campaigning or all three.  Whichever it is: do it!

If it feels like the vulnerable party is you, be creative, work on affirmations, seek out healing, try meditation and mindfulness and keep your self-talk positive.  We are all in the pool together and whatever happens to one, happens to us all.  Strive to be a healthy molecule in the wondrous human picture!

Gemini:   Professional ideals are high at the start of the month and you may hold a glamorous allure of some kind for others.   Travel, study, legal and ethical matters are still dragging though as ruling planet Mercury continues to reverse through your 9^th House.  Check and double-check travel arrangements and documents of all kinds and don’t sign anything until Mercury’s gone direct after 11^th.  The second New Moon in Aquarius on 18^th provide an opportunity once again to make a fresh start in one or more of these areas.  Take up the challenge!

Sun and Saturn conspire to restrict you from 18^th to 23^rd.  Well they don’t of course but it may feel that way as partnerships (your new area for Saturnian learning) impacts on your public life.  This could be the lack of a partner just as easily as a partner that feels detrimental or an unwelcome burden in some way.

Lots of nebulous planets in your 10^th House of father, career, status and public standing confuse matters until 20^th when three of them jump ship into your 11^th House of friends, groups, community, organisations and humanitarian ideals.  This livens up things a lot.  It isn’t just a mental exercise though, put your ideas into action!

Cancer:  Full Moon in your money and security zone on 3^rd may raise anxieties about the future but rather than worrying about what money is coming in, change your focus to what is happening in your ‘shared area’ – other people’s money and how resources are being used and shared.  We’re looking for good examples here, so be one!  You have until 11^th to get this right and the second New Moon in Aquarius on 18^th will give you a further prompt to start a new cycle if you didn’t quite ‘get it’ last month.  (The universe is a generous place but you have to play your part too).

Travel and legal matters may be confounding for much of the month but the entry of your ruling planet the Moon and Venus and Mars all leaping into your 10th House of career, status and authority figures on 20^th, marks the beginning of a new dynamic surge forwards.  Your ambitions are keen and you have the energy to see them through.  Influential people could be helpful to you so long as you’re not too pushy.  But don’t be shy either!

Leo:   Full Moon in your sign on 3^rd pulls you this way and that and the emotional core of the matter is you!  Meanwhile, Mercury remains retrograde until 11^th in your 7^th House of partnerships.  Take care over communications and keep your outlook broad and wide.

New Moon on 18^th, also in your 7^th House provides another opportunity for a fresh start in partnerships, whether new or existing ones.  Seize the moment!

Shared resources and joint funds may be a source of confusion.  Intimacy may be beguiling too.  It’s all those planets in your 8^th House in a Piscean fog.  On 20^th though, three of them leap into your 9^th House of travel, study, law and philosophy.  Time for action and the energy needed to be forthright and effective is at hand.  Saturn is with you in this too, lending weight to your arguments.  Other people should listen.  Your ideas are good!

Virgo:   Ideals and dreams about partners real, past, imaginary or future are floating around you but nailing anything down to reality or a commitment, escapes you for the moment. You may be reminded of old wounds as Mars and then Venus cross Chiron on 1st and 9th but the latter could be an opportunity for healing too.

Partners or a lack of them could impact the home or your personal development in some way.  Concentrating on your daily routine and how you can rethink things to enhance your well-being, is important right now.  It is also something within your control… yes we’re talking food and exercise and how you order your day to make it work best for you.  You have until 11^th to put a helpful regime in place and it should be as pleasurable as possible (we know what a hard time you give yourself!).  The second New Moon in Aquarius on 18^th is a second nudge.  If there is other helpful content you need to add or stressful content you need to exclude from your routine, do it.

Libra:   Mix-ups, misunderstandings, romance, children and creativity start to improve once Mercury goes direct on 11th. Being objective and taking a wider view helps until then, even when others are erratic.  The zodiac needs people to bring differing sides together and find common ground which so often falls to you, and all that practice has made you good at it!

There are many concerns around work, health and service to others which may feel confusing and unclear.  The best you may be able to do in the present circumstances is to attend to your own well-being in the middle of it all.  You’re a valuable resource and a resource that needs to be looked after.  Others might not have yet grasped this.  If not, you may have to point it out…  Attend to your daily routine.  Allocate yourself reasonable work hours and then give full attention to the basics: yes, food, rest, exercise and recreation.  This is non-negotiable!  You’ll be no use to anyone if you burn out or get ill.  Whatever work culture or daily environment you find yourself in, lead on this by example.

On 20^th three planets burst into your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships.  You will certainly notice this…

Scorpio:   Your home, roots or foundations are still under review as Mercury continues to go retrograde until 11^th.  Communications could be liable to mix-ups and misinterpretations too so double check whatever is agreed during this period.  Objectivity is also a good exercise, so as to take other points of view into account as well as your own.  Full Moon on 3rd raises emotions around your public standing and the second New Moon in Aquarius this year on 18^th is last chance (for a while) for a new start regarding mother, home or personal development.  If an opportunity escaped you last month, be sure not to miss it this time!

Many things are happening in your 5^th House of romance, children and creativity and they may not all be entirely clear.  Feel your way as best you can and don’t push for certainty.  Not knowing is a big and creative space.  Enjoy the present, just as it is.

There’s a change of gear on 20^th though when three planets bound into your 6^th House of work, health and service to others.  Your daily routine and well-being come into this too and you might find yourself being pro-active in making your daily life more pleasurable.  Sounds good!

Sagittarius:  Communications continue to bug you or trip you up as Mercury continues retrograde in your 3^rd House.  Relationships with siblings, neighbours and trades-people may be prone to misunderstandings too.  Be clear.  Be very clear. This eases up after 11^th when Mercury goes direct but New Moon on 18^th (the second one in two months in Aquarius) gives you yet another chance to get things right and off to a better start.

Sun opposes Saturn in your sign from 18^th to 23^rd.  This is coming from your home area which appears to be a source of confusion for much of the month!  Your roots, foundations, early home and present home and the relationship with your mother (past or present) could all show up in the present situation…  Personal development is key.  There are three years of this ahead. It can’t be avoided, so get stuck in!

Capricorn:   Finances may still seem to be moving backwards until 11^th then Mercury goes direct once again.  You’ve had time to review security concerns and values and to take a wider view and you’ll hopefully now be taking a more humanitarian stand.  If the penny hasn’t quite dropped, New Moon in Aquarius on 18^th (the second in two months) gives you a third and possibly last chance (for a long time) to get this right.

Relationships with siblings, neighbours and trades-people may feel complicated for much of the month but your focus zooms in to mother and home on 20^th when three planets rush into your 4^th House.  This is a great opportunity to get jobs done around the home and to beautify it and entertain.  If DIY isn’t usually your thing, look on it as a form of creativity and give it a go!

Someone might be getting rather bossy around the home.  Could it possibly be you?…

Aquarius:   Mercury’s still travelling backwards in your sign until 11^th requiring you to be aware of what you’re saying and making sure you mean it.  Your thought processes are up for grabs too.  Have you managed to keep your humanitarian stance in the middle of everything?  We rely on you for this so be aware of this responsibility, you’re doing it for us all.  Full Moon occurs in the middle of all of this on 3^rd in your partnerships zone.  Emotions will be high but keep your view broad.

Finances or security may seem unfathomable and you won’t be able to force them into clarity.  Just go along with the not knowing and appreciate living in the present.

The second New Moon of the year falls once again in Aquarius on 18^th which is almost as if you’ve been given a second chance to make a new start and provides yet another opportunity to make any resolutions you need to make for the year ahead.  This is now with the benefit of understanding provided by personal events which have taken place over the past six weeks.

Three planets burst into your 3^rd House of siblings, neighbours, thought and communications on 20^th.  Act on new ideas.  Your powers of persuasion will be strong!

Pisces:  You continue to be darling of the zodiac until 20th when Venus leaves your sign and Mars close by makes you quite assertive too.  With so many planets in Pisces, no one seems to know exactly what’s going on for much of this month, apart from you!  Enlighten those who deserve it.

Mercury retrograde is still rumbling through your unconscious and behind the scenes.  Be careful of what you say in your online life and don’t necessarily believe everything people say about themselves.  Of course you may not entirely believe everything you say about yourself this month but that’s poetic licence (granted only to Pisceans at present).

Mars keeps bumping into thwarting planets like Neptune and Chiron which doesn’t help to get things done but it can make for a creative process so go with that rather than insisting on concrete results.

18^th to 23^rd may be uncomfortable as Saturn applies its weight to your public life.  Authority figures from your past or present may loom large.  This can be helpful though in reviewing how you’re getting along with your identity and self expression and in finding outlets for both.

Regardless of Saturn, Sun moves into Pisces on 18^th bringing new reserves of energy.  The month before your birthday is often one of lowest ebb as the Sun has been away from you for the longest time.  Having weathered that, it’s now time for renewal.

Aries:   Full Moon on the morning of 5^th demands your attention and the subject is mother and home.  How can you meet your needs for nurturing while father and career demand so much of you?  And your fierce independence may run contrary to admitting you have emotional needs too.

Most of the action though is in your 11^th House of groups, friends, community, organisations and humanitarian ideals.  Your ruling planet Mars continues to make this a dynamic area until 12^th and Venus smoothes relations here for most of the month.

Just when you think a new opportunity is in sight at New Moon on 20^th, Mercury goes retrograde taking you right back to the conflicting demands presented to you on 5^th.  No point sweeping emotions under the carpet, they must be given their rightful place but you have to allow it!

Taurus:   Mars is still urging you to push ahead with father, career and social status plans and you have until 12^th to enjoy this wind in your sails.  Your ruling planet Venus eases things here too from 3^rd to 27^th and if you have favours to ask from influential people, ask away but before 21^st when Mercury goes retrograde.

Venus also opposes Jupiter around 18^th and 19^th so go easy in areas where you tend to over-indulge…

New Moon on 20^th marks a fresh start in your public persona which is a good time to make your professional resolutions for the year ahead.  With Mercury retrograde the following day till Feb 11^th, make this a time to check and double-check current proposals and to consider the well-being of others in your communications and decision making.

Gemini:  Your ruling planet Mercury is dashing about backwards and forwards and the area demanding your attention is your 9^th House of travel, studies, publishing, law and ethical matters.  Full Moon on the morning of 5^th falls into your money and security zone, clashing with your joint funds and intimate life and also with collectives, friends and organisations.

The first half of the month is a good time to get away but travel complications could occur when Mercury is retrograde between 21^st Jan and 11^th Feb.  Make this a time to look at the conflicting demands above..

Saturn has now taken residence in your partnerships zone for the next three years which will provide you with plenty of things to mull over and this month, it seems to be in relation to ideals about father, career and social status.  The discomfort this brings will hopefully spur you on to explore these issues in more depth…

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Cancer:   The month begins with Sun and Pluto moving together through your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships which could bring welcome transformation were it not for Uranus hanging around at 90° urging you to press for more independence in the world. 

Full Moon in your sign early morning on 5^th brings emotion into the arena and you may feel sandwiched in between the conflicting demands of these two giants pulling you in different directions…  Solace or rescue comes either through ‘the money of others’, redistributing existing resources or sharing.  Intimacy can lend a helping hand too.

New Moon on 20^th falls into your shared area too, seeming to offer a new solution until Mercury goes retrograde the next day suggesting you check things through and wait until after 11^th Feb before making big decisions.  Breathing helps.

Leo:   Loads of action this month in your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships and you may find yourself being susceptible to the charms of others.  New Moon on 20^th falls into this area of your life too but when Mercury goes retrograde the next day, you may have to review, amend or back-pedal on what was said, understood or promised around 5th…

Jupiter still in your sign, opposes Venus on 18^th and 19^th so don’t go to excess or try to over-please others.  Your mother and home zone, now free of Saturn feels lighter and your new area of learning is your 5^th House of romance, children and creativity.  Hard work may be involved but there’s no harm in that – it can be highly productive!

Virgo:   Saturn, Mars and Neptune are all trying to achieve different things this month which isn’t very comfortable!  You’ll be pushing for ideals in partnerships from 12^th but demands on the home front will make that difficult.

All the nervous energy created needs to go somewhere and a daily routine incorporating exercise and perhaps mindfulness and meditation is one of the quickest routes to calm.

When your ruling planet Mercury goes retrograde on 21^st you will be taken back to review decisions or discussions made around Full Moon on 4^th and 5^th.

How you tend yourself on a physical level is central.  This includes what you feed yourself with, how and when.  Another source of well-being could be pets…  If the commitment of looking after one on a daily basis is too much, could you borrow someone else’s now and then?

Libra:   Full Moon on the morning of 5^th brings up some old chestnuts.  Yet again partnership issues clash with home and trigger off emotions about career or social status (parents or parenthood could be part of the equation too) and while Librans often prefer to hope difficult things will just go away, this is an ongoing dynamic, so you might as well take a look…

A cluster of planets ((including your ruling planet Venus) are busy in your 5^th House of romance, children and creativity this month.  Avoid excesses here around 18^th and 19^th (including trying to please everybody) and although New Moon promises a fresh start on 20^th, Mercury goes retrograde the next day.

It’s heading back to review those discussions or decisions made around 5^th.  If you kept quiet then or agreed to something to keep the peace, the issue will need airing or re-thinking again.  You have until 11^th Feb to get this right…

Scorpio:   A cluster of planets are conspiring to bring you harmony on the mother and home front.  Mars gives you energy to make these changes too until 12^th.  Venus is in the equation for most of the month bringing pleasure and harmony.  Could that be beautifying the home or entertaining others in it?

New Moon on 20^th marks a new beginning in your mother, home and personal development zone.  It’s immediately followed by Mercury going retrograde the day after, so reassess communications and decisions made around 5^th and don’t sign anything until after 11^th Feb.

Finally free of Saturn in your sign for the next 28 years (hooray!), the serious focus now is security, income, self esteem and where the feeling of ‘enough’ can be found.  This is just the beginning of a three-year voyage so clear the decks of past debris and focus on the new course ahead…

Sagittarius:   Mars opposes your ruling planet Jupiter on 1^st and Venus does likewise on 18^th and 19^th which are times to guard against excess, including the excessive pleasing of others.  Saturn is now settling in to your sign, where it will stay for the next three years and the subject up for review is you! 

Mars, Venus and Neptune complicate the picture this month, pulling you in all directions –particularly how you express your identity, versus your ideals about mother and home.  You want to hold on to these ideals but your exuberant self and your need for freedom keep getting in the way.  You’ll try to make it alright with everyone from 27^th to 30^th but could the price for doing so be too high?

Making compromises and honouring your sense of true self may not feel compatible and this is just the beginning of your voyage.  Self-honesty is of course the starting point –ouch!

Capricorn:   Full Moon in your opposite sign on the morning of 5^th will trigger emotion.  This could be yours, your partner’s or both.  This is in connection to an ongoing power play around changes to do with mother or home – ongoing issues.

The major feature this month is finance and security.  You’ve been on the case for a while and the energy provided by Mars will continue to propel you forward until 12^th.  Meanwhile, Venus eases the cash flow from 3^rd to 27^th.

A new option presents itself with New Moon on 20^th but don’t be rushed.  Mercury goes retrograde the next day until Feb 11^th.  Don’t sign anything then but do take the opportunity to review or re-think discussions you had earlier, around 5^th Jan

Don’t let the selfish tactics of others lower your principles.  A wide humanitarian approach is best.  Once again you may have to lead by example…

Aquarius:   The month starts out at a gallop as Mars continues in your sign (until 12^th), swiftly followed by Venus (making you irresistible) and Mercury.  Sun brings its restorative powers to you too on 20^th along with the New Moon but then Mercury goes retrograde in your sign the following day.  Everything’s fresh and lovely but you have some thinking to do and it relates back to whatever was being thought about  or said on January 5^th…

With Saturn no longer blocking your public persona, headway can be made in the world.  But keep an eye open for over-confident assumptions on 18^th and 19^th.  Check the facts first.

New Moon in your sign on 20^th marks the beginning of your personal new year.  If things were too hectic on 1^st, make your resolutions then .

Pisces:   Saturn has entered your 10^th House of father, career and social status and is due to stay there for the next three years.  This is an opportunity to review how you’ve been dealing with those areas of life and how you’d like to deal with them better in the future.  Ideals about yourself will be coming under scrutiny this month and when Mars enters your sign on 12^th, you’ll want to push ahead to get closer to your ideal self.

Mercury goes retrograde in your 12^th House of behind the scenes matters on 21^st.  Use this time to examine how you’ve been programming your unconscious.  Self-talk is a good place to start.  Are your thought processes supporting you?  Use this time to make sure you’ve got everything running in a positive direction.  Your online life might need some attention too…

Aries:   Mars your ruling planet moves forward on 5^th into your friends, groups, community and organisations zone.  You’re going to find more energy for and from these arenas and you might even find yourself getting political!

Jupiter goes retrograde on 8^th to sort out a romance, children or creativity matter.  On 10^th Venus starts smoothing the paths of ambition until early January and those in authority will try to assist you.  Ask and it will probably be given.  Uranus goes direct in your sign on 21^st so you can happily get back to doing things in your own sweet way (which is pretty direct).

Saturn finally gets out of your intimacy, joint funds and sharing zone on 24^th (you’ll be glad to know).  You’ve been immobilised here for two years but now you can start to take action.

So where does Saturn go next?  Into your 9^th House of travel, study, law, publishing, culture and ethics.  A new learning process is about to begin in one or more of these areas.  That doesn’t mean they will necessarily be easy but there will be deep opportunities to review how you’ve dealt with these matters in the past and how you want to deal with them in the future.  This is an opportunity to come to terms with your principles.  Take it!

Taurus:   Your ambitions may sharpen this month as Mars moves into your 10^th House of father, career and social status on 5^th providing you with the drive to push your projects or yourself forward.  Uranus goes direct on 21^st too giving the green light to do things your way.  This may surprise others and so be it.

Your ruling planet Venus favours travel, studies, publishing, ethics and legal matters from 10^th.  There may be intense exchanges on 20^th and 25^th but the Sun illuminates these areas too until 20^th January.

Jupiter goes retrograde on 8^th in your mother and home zone.  Expansion or space-making you were considering in September may need to be re-thought or acted on.  (You have until early-April 2015 to get things straight).

The big news though is Saturn which has been glowering over your relationships and partnerships for 26 months is moving out on 24^th.  This has been a learning period of looking at how you operate and at any avoidance patterns you may have had in partnerships.  Only when we accept the truth about ourselves can we move on and if you’ve earnestly done your inner homework, now is the time to apply your conclusions.

Saturn’s new block of learning is going to be in your 8^th House of birth, sex, death and transformation, joint funds and sharing.  This is going to be a three year course requiring total honesty.  Be there!

Gemini:   The burden of Saturn over-shadowing your work, health and service to others zone for the last two years lifts on 24^th and your daily routine lightens with it.  This has been a two-year wrestle with the grim reaper in one form or another and you’ve finally earned your reprieve!  Your daily life should feel welcomely lighter and more in line with your Mercurial spirit too.

Mars in Aquarius provides energy for travel, culture, legal matters and philosophy from 5^th.  You might be feeling more emotional too at Full Moon on 6^th which falls in your sign.  And Jupiter goes retrograde on 8^th to check whether you made any promises in September that you might not be able to keep…

Uranus moves direct on 21^st helping friendships, groups, community and organisations along and partnerships are busy all month.  Venus continues to provide a warm glow up to 10^th then Sun and Mercury pick up the baton until Saturn takes charge on 24^th.

The big shift and your next area for review is your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships.  A three-year period of learning begins on 24^th.  This will be an opportunity to examine how you’ve dealt with these things in the past, how you want to deal with them in the future but they may not be easy in the present.  Be open to what this process has to show you.

Cancer:   Your ruling planet the Moon becomes ‘full’ in your 12^th House of inspiration, compassion and work behind the scenes on 6^th so be alert to any dreams you have around then (sleeping or waking) as they could hold important meaning.

Mars enters your shared area the day before and will be active all month, generating energy in your intimacy, joint funds and transformation zone.  This could of course take the form of friction but if it does, channel the surge of energy into forward movement.  Uranus helps here too when it goes direct on 21^st, encouraging you to do things your way.

On the subject of finances, Jupiter planet of growth, expansion and opportunities heads back on 8^th to review any big moves you did or didn’t take in September.  There could be a second chance here to take opportunities you missed or to make adjustments if you over-extended yourself.  You have until early April next year to figure this out.

New Moon falls in your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships on 22^nd which is the beginning of a new cycle.  This applies to professional as well as personal partnerships.  Venus is easing this area from 10^th but then gets intense with Pluto around 20^th and Mercury too helps with communications from 18^th although you may have to bite your tongue on 25^th…

Saturn has been weighing heavily in your romance, children and creativity zone for the past two years.  But on 24^th it moves into a new area of life’s lessons: work, health and service to others.

This is three year review for you to examine how you’ve been dealing with these areas and how you might better do things in the future.  Your daily routine and how you tend yourself on a physical level comes into this too.  Notice what you notice!

Leo:   Mars moves into your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships on 5^th bringing energy or friction that moves you to take action.  Jupiter gliding through Leo changes direction too on 8^th giving you until next April to work out how to best build on past successes.  Opportunities you have been too busy or pre-occupied to take could come round again and hopefully you will be ready.  Equally if you’ve been over-extending yourself, this will be a time for working out what is sustainable so that ongoing growth can continue.

There’s emotional intensity in your work and health zone around 20^th and 25^th and Uranus goes direct helping travel, legal, study and ethical matters to run more freely from 21^st.  The big shift this month though is Saturn which moves out of Scorpio and into Sagittarius.

After two years of lessons in your mother, home and nurture zone, Saturn is moving into your 5^th House of romance, love affairs, children, sports, speculation and creativity on 24^th.  Saturn brings a certain weight to proceedings and there will be much to look at and learn in these new arenas.

Having hopefully learnt in the past two years how to better meet your self-nurture needs, your support structures should now be in place.  This being so, you can now concentrate on how you can best express yourself: emotionally and creatively and Saturn offers the possibility of concrete products or results from your efforts.  This isn’t a free gift, it’s earned.  Go for it!          

Virgo:   You will be glad to hear that the restrictions in your 3^rd House of communications, trading, movement, siblings and neighbours lift on 24^th.  It’s been a difficult time but having had two years to make a full analysis, you now know what you need to do and from 24^th your path is clear to take action.

Mars in Aquarius from 5^th provides energy to tackle work, health and service to others.  Full Moon on 6^th brings emotion into your public life and on 8^th Jupiter goes back to sort out something which has been bothering you in the back of your mind.  Venus moves into your romance, children and creativity zone on 10^th too and gets intense around 20^th…

On 21^st Uranus brings helpful change to your joint funds, intimacy and sharing zone.  But the big shift comes though on 24^th when Saturn moves into your 4^th House of mother and home.  This marks the beginning of a three-year review, looking at how nurturing took place (or didn’t) in your early years, how well you’ve been caring for yourself and how you’d ideally like to handle this in the future.  The mother and home are brought up for review, in the broadest sense too.  It’s a chance to put things right for yourself.  Take it!

Libra:   Your ruling planet Venus enters your 4^th House of mother and home on 10^th sweetening domestic life and encouraging you to entertain or beautify your home.  It’s around until early January so relax and enjoy.  Meanwhile, Mars moves into your romance, children and creativity zone on 5^th giving you energy for one, two or all three departments. If you have projects or desires that need acting on, the planetary wind is behind you.

New Moon and the Sun both illuminate your mother and home zone on the night of the 21^st -22^nd.  This marks the beginning of a new cycle in your home life and in nurturing.  Personal development comes into this too.  What do you now need to grow?  And what does your soul need?  Put things in place for deep self-nurture.

On 24^thSaturn releases its grip on the two-year impasse that’s been taking place in your financial and security area.  It’s time to move on and apply your hard-won conclusions.

Saturn’s new testing area for the next three years is: communications.  The review needed is looking at how you’ve been dealing with communications in the past and how you want to deal with them in the future.  Physical movement could come into this, as could trading and relationships with siblings and neighbours.  Be ready to take an honest look.

Scorpio:   This is the very final stretch of a two-year endurance test which has taken the form of close self-scrutiny.  Uncomfortable as this has been, opportunities for deep self-knowledge are very valuable and hopefully you will now have a good handle on your inner and outer workings.  Survival is one of Scorpio’s greatest strengths and we all look to you to learn some of this for ourselves.  Saturn packs its bags on 24^th and at last you’re free of its heavy weight and free to apply the conclusions you’ve come to as a result of this deep introspection.

Saturn’s next port of call is your 2^nd House of money, possessions, security, values and self-esteem.  How you’ve dealt with these matters in the past and how you want to deal with them in the future is your main agenda.  They may not be easy during the three-year learning process ahead but why would we bother looking at all if it were just easy?

Most people aim for money and possessions when looking for security but the whole subject of ‘enough’ and where does the feeling of ‘enough’ come from presents itself.  Often a deeper sense of security can be found in the non-materialistic realms of creativity or a value system which provides a sense of security.  Be sure to include these areas in your deep exploration.

Well done for having endured and survived the last two years.  Your certificate is one of resilient and authentic self-knowledge!

Sagittarius:   The two-year rumbling of Saturn behind the scenes ends on 24^th which will come as a relief.  Being the subject of major internal events taking place beyond your reach in your unconscious isn’t comfortable and soon things will be out in the clear light of day.

Of course integrity is earned not given and Saturn’s new residence in your 1^st House of self, ego and identity will require you to do some honest assessment about how you’ve been dealing with these areas and how you’d like to better deal with them in the future.  It’s a long and serious three-year internal review but at the end of it your sense of true self can take its rightful place.

Meanwhile, Sun in your sign is jollying you along until 21^st, Mercury’s there too until 17^th helping you to communicate, trade and have fun and Mars in Aquarius helps here too from 5^th providing you with tons of mental energy.  You’ll probably want to strike hard bargains but make sure others will benefit too.

Full Moon in your opposite sign on 6^th raises emotions in partnerships.  And your ruling planet Jupiter goes retrograde on 8^th which could snare up travel or legal situations and takes you back to reassess whatever started on or around September.  Did you over-do it?  On a personal level, Venus gives you up until 10^th to make the most of your irresistible charms…  (Others watch out!)

Capricorn:   Venus planet of love, beauty and harmony is in your sign from 10^th making you darling of the zodiac until January 3^rd.  It meets up with Pluto bringing fascination on 20^th and if emotional intensity is your forte, 19^th and 20^th are open to obsession!

Mercury enters Capricorn on 18^th and joins Pluto on 25^th.  If you’re looking for a harmonious day, it may be best to keep your thought to yourself and focus on the ‘power of the mind’ rather than the ‘power of words’.  If you find you just have to vent, make your point fairly, without wounding others forever after…

Sun enters your sign on the night of 21^st and New Moon, also in Capricorn is just a few hours later.  This is your personal New Year, so make your resolutions ten days earlier than everyone else.

Your ruling planet Saturn finally completes its transit through Scorpio on 24^th.  For two years it has been presenting you with uncomfortable lessons about friends, groups, community, organisations, collectives and humanitarian ideals.  Lessons learnt, it’s time to apply your conclusions as action is now possible after all of that mulling and dwelling and being unsure.

Saturn’s new sojourn is in your 12^th House of institutions, the pain and suffering of others, time spent alone, the collective unconscious and creative or spiritual work behind the scenes.  The internet may come into this too.  This new line up lasts for three years and you will be required to carry out a deep review on how you’ve been dealing with these matters and how they might be better dealt with.  This is a fantastically fruitful time for therapy.  Consider it.  It’s an investment in that very precious resource – yourself!

Aquarius:   Mars is at your disposal from 5^th when it enters your sign giving you energy, drive and daring.  This only comes around every couple of years so if you’ve had projects or ideas on hold, get them moving now!  Your ruling planet Uranus goes direct on 21^st too which adds flight to your wings after a six-month drag backwards.  This is particularly good for friendship, groups, community and humanitarian projects – i.e. right up your street!

Jupiter planet of growth and expansion goes retrograde on 8^th in your relationships and partnerships zone.  This takes you back to look once again at opportunities you either did or didn’t take in September.  You have until early April next year to work out which path offers the most growth.

Saturn’s two-year review of your father, career and social status completes on 24^th.  It’s been a time of reaping what you’ve sown in the past.  And although the way has been somewhat blocked, forcing you to look at all of this, you can now take action.

The new area of Saturnian learning is your 11^th House of friends, groups, community, collectives, organisations and humanitarian ideals.  This is a three year transit (longer than usual) that may bring older people, restrictions or responsibilities, political realities and authority structures for you to deal with.  It’s all for you of course – to deepen your understanding and making you all the fitter to take a future leading role.

Pisces:   Saturn has been sitting heavily on your travel, study, law and ethics zone for over two years.  This has been a difficult period of introspection and review with little or no option of taking action or moving forward.  But on 24^th this all changes.  Whereas you’ve had to just look on, now at last you can do something about it.

There’s lots of planetary movement at the beginning of the month.  From 5^th Mars highlights spiritual values and humanitarian work behind the scenes.  Full Moon on 6^th makes for an emotional home.  On 8^th Jupiter goes back to sort out a work or health related matter.  And Venus is smoothing your public life until 10^th.  Sun and Mercury keep things lively here until Saturn takes over on 24^th.

This is the beginning of a three-year learning process in your father, career and social status zone.  A time when you reap whatever you have sown in your public life.  It could bring extra responsibilities, bring you authority or bring you the unwelcome authority of others.  There is a time for action once your learning process is complete but until then, an important internal review needs to take place.  Giving it your full attention, will deepen your understanding.

Aries:   On a personal level, money matters or security concerns come to a head on 6^th and ‘the money of others’ could be a serious item on the agenda from 10^th – 18^th.  How you share yourself intimately could be up for discussion too.  Certain aspects of yourself may take you by surprise this month.  You’re getting closer to your true, uncompromised core and this could be startling for everyone…

Your ruling planet Mars is stirring things up in your father, career and public status zone from 7^th – 15^th.  This hones your ambitions into razor-sharp action that will be compelling and hard to resist.  Do your utmost to achieve your goals but don’t hit below the belt.  Unethical situations or people in positions of authority may attract your attention: and they may wish they hadn’t.  Others will stand and gasp at your daring challenges to authority and hierarchies, possibly to expose the unworthy.

Your sense of justice is strong.  Old structures may no longer be appropriate and complacency needs to be challenged.  Something better is clearly needed.  Could it be you?

Taurus:   Full Moon in your sign raises emotions on 6^th and there seem to be a lot of comings and goings in your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships.  Saturn has been putting the brakes on here for two years but Sun, Mercury and Venus could start to change all that.  Your ruling planet Venus makes you more susceptible to the charms of others in general and when it moves over Saturn from 10^th – 14^th old or new bonds take form.  Responsibilities may be part of the picture too.  Walk in with your eyes open if you choose this path.

Mars is bombarding its way through Capricorn, triggering off Uranus on its way and then joining Pluto.  Uranus presently in your 12^th House of the unconscious, behind the scenes projects and your online life could release forgotten memories, startling realisations and changes to your outlook.  The Mars-Uranus contact may also encourage uncompromised action and striking out, doing your own thing in your own way.

Travel, education, cultural or legal matters offer strong medicine from 8^th – 13^th as Mars moves over Pluto.  Compulsions may become apparent and men from other cultures or of a philosophical nature could play an important role.  Old stances may no longer seem valid and other points of view are challenging you.  Avoid a defensive stance by listening.  This can help to raise your self-awareness.  Be open to change!

Gemini:   After sluggishly being retrograde for most of last month, your ruling planet Mercury is no longer being dragged through the mud and you will feel on top form this month (in this respect at least) as Mercury lightly skips through three different signs.  Mobility after standstill is always exhilarating for Geminis and a huge relief.

Mars triggers off Uranus from 7^th electrifying your friends, groups and organisations zone.  You’ll be looking for individual and possibly unorthodox solutions to presenting situations.  Constraints won’t be tolerated and you will try very hard to talk your way out of situations you don’t much care for, or may find yourself trying to talk others in or out of situations that impact you in some way.

Your 8^th House of joint funds, sharing and intimacy are on intense alert too as Mars passes over Pluto here from 8^th – 13^th.  Compulsive attractions or reactions could feel overwhelming.  Think out the different threads involved so that your actions are conscious and not reactive.  This is testing and important!

Venus enters your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships from 16^th.  This will make you keenly aware of the charms of others and perhaps susceptible to them.  New Moon on 22^nd marks a new start in relationships and partnerships too, so who knows?

Cancer:   Mars in your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships stirs things up from 7^th – 15^th and brings change to your social status and to partnerships.  Your public status has been undergoing changes since 2010 and 2011and Mars will push things even further.

Pluto also gets a shove in the back from 8^th – 13^th.  Transformation of, or in partnerships is deep and inevitable.  Beware of power battles (control your own and deflect others) and choose a healthy model of relating where the power transforms both of you through equal relating: not the power of one over the other.

Sun, Mercury and Venus are also passing through your 5^th House of romance, children and creativity.  This helps to soften Saturn’s grip which has been taking you to task for the past two years with extra responsibilities, difficulties or delays.

New Moon on 22^nd falls in your work, health and daily routine zone.  This is the perfect time for you to start a new regime.  Service to others is implicated too so if you can help someone or others along at the same time, all the better.  Team workouts perhaps?

Leo:   Full Moon on 6^th raises emotions in your public zone and may put you in the limelight (and Leos are supremely good at rising to such occasions).  Your urge for expansion and long-term restrictions continue to get in each other’s way until 10^th but after 15^th the coast is clear and Jupiter can widen your world.

Venus brings harmony to the home from 1^st – 15^th – great for beautifying your space and entertaining.  Venus then moves into your children, creativity and romance zone for the rest of the month and beyond.

Mars in Capricorn is sparking things off with Uranus and Pluto from 7^th  – 15^th.  The first area of impact will be your travel, legal, study, philosophical and cultural zone.  Sudden changes and rebellious feelings of wanting to do your own thing, in your own way could emerge and fly in the face of widely-accepted values.  Be true to yourself, your beliefs and your flair regardless.

The second area of impact is your 6^th House of work, health, service to others and daily routine.  Massive transformation here as Mars moves over Pluto and it’s looking intense.  Creative fervour could be part of it.  Be sure to give your vision free rein.

Virgo:   Your ruling planet Mercury is on the move once again after a difficult immobile period last month.  It also spends most of the month in your 3^rd House of communications and helps to break through the difficulty that’s been sitting there for two years (Saturn) which may have sometimes taken the form of physical movement, siblings or neighbours.  The Sun and Venus are accomplices in this too which is all to the good and next month it shifts for good.

Intense experiences impact two areas of your life this month – both triggered by Mars.    First of all Mars squares Uranus from 7^th – 15^th, causing it to kick off erratically in your birth, death, joint funds, sharing and intimacy zone.  Expect the unexpected and sudden or startling events.

Secondly, your romance, children and creativity zone gets zapped as Mars moves over Pluto from 8^th – 13^th.  Compulsive feelings and reactions could occur.  Self awareness is your best friend when these two strike.  But be open to the opportunities for transformation on offer.

Venus brings harmony to your mother and home sphere from 16^th.  This is a great time to beautify your home and for entertaining.  New Moon on 22^nd marks a new era in this area of life too.  Make self-nurture a priority!

Libra:   Work or health concernscould get emotional around Full Moon on 6^th and finances demand your attention from 10^th – 18^th.  This may all fade into insignificance though, compared to the main meal of the month…  From 7^th – 15^th Mars squares Uranus and then meets Pluto.  Your mother, home and roots zone is being transformed by powerful forces.  This is almost a compulsive combination and could take many forms:

The mother or women in the family could be implicated or the physical home, be that a building, its plumbing, your town, country or the planet.  Realisations about your childhood and early home could break through the prettier view you often prefer to hold too.  But this could give you a very helpful handle on the present, as well as the past..

Your ruling planet Venus spends 10^th – 14^th caught up with Saturn which could feel restrictive and at the very least serious.  From 17^th – 21^st it’s square Neptune –i.e. not co-operating with the idealised view of things.  These are perfect conditions for more honesty in your relationships, including the relationship to yourself.

Uranus has been shaking things up for a few years now in your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships.  And Mars-Pluto squaring it during the first half of the month, gives things yet another challenging jolt.

Be sure to keep in mind that these dramatic processes are for you, not against you.  Welcome them and the fresh and liberating insights they bring.

Scorpio:   Your hypnotic charms are at their height from 1^st – 16^th as Venus continues to glide through your sign.  Others notice and relationships will demand your full attention with Full Moon on 6^th.  As Venus moves over Saturn from 10^th – 14^th you can even feel a softening of the restrictions you’ve felt over the past two years.  The Sun too warms and lightens Saturn’s grip from 15^th – 20^th and is in your sign all month until 22^nd.  This adds enthusiasm and energy to your personal New Year.

Meanwhile, Mars squares Uranus which is in your 6^th House of work, health, daily routine and service to others.  Unexpected or sudden changes in these areas could be startling but liberating.

Mars is also pushing your ruling planet Pluto (from 8^th – 13^th) to bring about the much-needed transformation you’ve been considering or working towards.  This is happening in your 3^rd House of communications, thinking, siblings, neighbours, short journeys, physical movement and trading.

Obsessive thoughts and the use of force of any kind are to be avoided but breakthroughs are possible and should be welcomed.  New forms of physical movement could have transformational effects too – experiment!

Sagittarius:   Your ruling planet Jupiter is struggling to express itself in the face of restrictive Saturn up to 10^th.  This is frustrating but it can help you to focus on how you want to go about things, once the coast is clear.  After 15^th, Jupiter is free again and able to bring you an expansive, wider horizon.

Mars sparks off rebelliousness as it squares Uranus from 7^th  – 16^th.  You will feel this in your romance, children and creativity zone.  Compromise and submitting to other people’s view of things may not feel possible and they may have to adjust to yours.  Your creative juices are flowing and originality will be your moto.

Mars also moves over Pluto from 8^th – 13^th.  You may find yourself having compulsive feelings about money, security, self-esteem (linked to your income) and values and you will be pushing hard to achieve your goals.  It may be tempting but don’t resort to ruthlessness.  You have to live with yourself after this planetary transit is over.  Direct the raw energy into effort and willpower instead.

Venus moves into your sign on 16^th making you darling of the zodiac for three and a half weeks.  If you need to charm others round to your way of thinking, the wind is behind you till Dec 10^th.

Sun returns to your sign on 22^nd which is a relief and brings fresh energy and a sense of self-renewal.  New Moon in your sign on 22^nd marks the beginning of your personal and emotional New Year too.  Forget the generic January 1^st.  Your New Year is now!  Make some resolutions!

Capricorn:   Each planet has a sign in which it operates at its best.  This is not the sign it rules but a different one where it’s considered to be ‘exalted’ and Mars is exalted in Capricorn.  This month that’s exactly where it is.  And Mars in your sign gives you thrust, drive and energy and all four of your cylinders are roaring and raring to go.

This isn’t just a smooth run though, as from 7^th Mars squares Uranus (currently in your 4^th House of mother and home) which is quite disruptive.  On a physical level, this can spur on house-moves, renovations and makeovers.  On an emotional level, there can be disquiet connected to these changes or the actual emotional dynamics in the home could be the change.  There could be sudden events connected to the mother or women in the family.  Personal development and levels of awareness could be revolutionised too as realisations of emotional patterns during your early years come to light.

As well as aspecting Uranus, Mars meets Pluto (also in Capricorn) which is a powerful combination.  Your will is unstoppable (as others will see).  Your direction is forward and everyone else would be well-advised to get out of the way.  Your vision, determination and certainty all rise up.  The goals are clear and the raw energy needed to achieve them are at hand.  Be ethical, be honest and do it!

Aquarius:   Full Moon on 6^th draws your emotions to nurturing and home.  Direct your love into home and those within it.  (Being Aquarius your home could of course mean your community, your planet or beyond).  Meanwhile, Venus continues in your 10^th House of father, career and social status until 16^th softening authority figures’ attitudes towards you -make the most of it!

Mars is also pummelling Pluto and Uranus your ruling planet.  This may feel like unseen forces challenging your individuality, your thoughts and communications.  Equally it could release buried information from your unconscious for your conscious mind to process.  However strong or overwhelming this may seem, these releases usually only occur when you’re ready and able to handle them.

Another possible expression of these energies is deeply tuning into other wavebands, our collective ether and into the mindsets of others, perhaps those unable to represent themselves.  You can be their voice and your voice will be original, uncompromised and un-ignorable: be that written or spoken.

Your online world could also become very intense and while you’re at it, you might as well check your internet security.  Aquarians are tuned in to the collective and your antennae are on full alert.  This isn’t particularly relaxing, so make sure you get plenty of exercise to release the pressure.  Your voice is important and physical movement helps you to keep a clear head.

Pisces:   Mars is shaking things up from 7^th – 16^th.  This effects you first of all when Uranus gets involved in your 2^nd House of money, security, self-esteem (perhaps linked to income) and values.  Uranus is unpredictable and these areas are likely to follow suit.  Sudden or erratic changes may shake you up.  Enjoy the stimulus towards a freer way of being.

Pluto gets involved from 8^th – 13^th and compulsive power plays could occur in your friends, groups or organisations zone.  Make sure they aren’t coming from you…  Everyone is getting shaken up in some area or the other so keep self-awareness by your side and don’t take unsavoury moves by others too personally.

Your ruling planet Neptune gets challenged by Venus and then Sun in the second half of the month.  They’re not the harshest of challenges but others may want you to articulate things that haven’t quite taken the form of words for you yet.

Venus smoothes your father, career and status zone from 16^th which encourages authority figures to respond favourably to your requests and there’s a New Moon here too on 22^nd.  This is the beginning of a new wave in your public persona and you could become more visible.  Now what could that be about?  Keep some ideas up your sleeve and ready!

Aries:  Mars your ruling planet creates a circuit of positive energy with Jupiter and Uranus from 1^st – 8^th.  This gives the green light for action Aries-style!  Uranus is in your 1^st House too, so this is a fast-paced, exhilarating build up to Full Moon on 8^th which yes, is also in Aries and near that Uranus!  Nothing can stop you this week and your dynamism can move mountains.  Just decide which mountains in particular you want to move!  Your philosophy and outlook may be undergoing changes too.  This is creative and should be welcomed.  Meanwhile Mercury goes retrograde in your joint finance and intimacy zone on 4^th and takes you back to reassess your way of thinking and communicating in partnerships.  You have three weeks to give this a second look before it moves forward again on 25^th.  Venus softens your view of partnerships too and makes you want to be more co-operative.  The money of others could benefit you from 23^rd.  Share your good fortune!

Taurus:   Home, joint funds,  intimacy and your unconscious or online life are all humming during the first eight days of October.  Your ruling planet Venus is happy too in Libra for most of the month which helps to smooth progress and wellbeing in your work, health and service to others zone.  Venus is opposite Uranus from 9^th – 11^th which could bring about some surprises and enters your opposite sign on 23^rd enhancing harmony in partnerships.  The New Moon and Solar Eclipse, also on 23^rd and also in your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships brings in a new wave and can motivate you to be more proactive in pursuing what you want in this area.  When Sun and Venus join forces on the weekend of 25^th – 26^th, Neptune gets involved too, so ideals and the real possibility of wonderful romance in an ideal partnership is high.  Jupiter squares Saturn all month, looking for a solution to conflicting demands from partners and home.  Hold on for the answer next month.

Gemini:   Mars in your opposite sign joins forces with Uranus and Jupiter for the first eight days of the month.  This means action, change and expansion in your partnerships, friendships and communications.  Full Moon on the morning of 8^th in your 11^th House of friends, groups and organisations produces the present outcome.  Your ruling planet Mercury spends most of the month retrograde (from 4^th – 25^th), starting in your work, health and service to others zone.  On 10^th it moves back into your romance, children and creativity sphere to look for missed answers that can be found there.  Be sure to search as important information can be unlocked.  Mercury goes direct on 25^th but it takes until mid-October to get back to where it started.  The New Moon and Solar Eclipse on 23^rd, also in your work and health zone, bring in a new wave and mark your personal New Year in this area of life.  This will motivate you to move forwards.  Make some new resolutions.  And keep them!

Cancer:   Your enterprising spirit is running on all four cylinders from 1^st – 8^th as the Grand Trine in fire ignites your work, career and finance zones.  This culminates in Full Moon on 8^th in your 10^th House of father, career and social status.  This could also put you in the public eye or make you more visible in some way.  Sun and Venus enhance your home and family life and Mercury takes you back here too, to find a better way to approach romance, children or creativity.  New Moon and the eclipse on 23^rd can also help with these matters and Venus smoothes the way for better ways forward.  Conflicting demands between your public and private life could impact partnerships.  And when Mars enters your 7^th House on 26^th you may decide to get more proactive about power issues that keep raising their head.  Anyone expecting you to be a pushover may get a surprise.  Keep trouble-makers on their toes and do what needs to be done.

Leo:   Your ongoing need for personal expansion and the demands of your family, roots or foundations continue to pull you in opposite directions this month.  Jupiter in your 1^st house of identity and selfhood is just waiting for you to give it some oxygen and space to fly.  Mars and Uranus completely agree and do their best to help from 1^st – 8^th.  Be open to new ways of doing things, striking out and giving yourself more leeway.  The culmination of all three planets’ efforts come to fruition at Full Moon on the morning of 8^th when emotions will be running high in your travel, study and legal zones.  Mercury could make communications more difficult on the mother and home front from 4^th but the New Moon and Solar Eclipse on 23^rd bring in a fresh new wave at home and by 25^th Mercury will be going forward again and Sun, Venus and Neptune work together to create domestic harmony.  Your personal development and self-care could be included in all of this too.  Have you been meeting your own true needs?  Because it’s time to do just that.

Virgo:   Mars is pushing its way through your mother and home area all month, being revved on by Jupiter behind the scenes and Uranus in your joint funds and shared area from 1^st – 8^th.  Push ahead with projects at home and work on your own emotional roots and foundations.  This energy builds up to a crescendo at Full Moon on the morning of 8^th in your 8^th House of joint funds, sharing, intimacy and transformation.  This action at home raises an awareness of old wounds in or from partnerships or even a wounded partner.  Look this in the face as best you can, rather than flinching away.  And let it inform your actions in terms of self care and personal development.  You’re so good at meeting other people’s needs but the question is:  how can you attend to your own inner needs more effectively?  While you’re pondering all of this, situations arise and subside with neighbours and/or siblings but keep your focus on yourself.

Libra:   The Grand Trine in fire signs stimulates communications with partners, groups and friends from 1^st – 8^th.  And with Venus your ruling planet gliding through Libra from 1^st – 23^rd you’re the darling of the zodiac and others will find it hard to resist your charming requests.  Even when Mercury goes retrograde on 4^th, you’ll fare better than most.  Challenges may come from people in authority but this pushes you to get in touch with your own personal power.  And the message is: “Yes you can!”  Full Moon in your opposite sign on 8^th raises emotions in and around partnerships and the Sun moving through Libra till 23^rd, replenishes your energy and appetite for life.  The underlying theme of money, security and values rumbles on in the background.  How you’ve been thinking about yourself has been partly to blame and a re-think is needed.  The eclipse on 23^rd brings a change of outlook.  Venus helps your finances too from 23^rd and there’s still more to come next month!

Scorpio:   Your three areas of finance, work and career are all in active flow from 1^st – 8^th.  And Full Moon on 8^th in your 6^th House of work, health and service to others brings emotional results.   Mercury goes retrograde in your sign on 4^th which takes you back to look at how self-talk may have been impacting on your communications with the rest of the world.  The Sun has been away from you for the longest time and when it returns to Scorpio on 23^rd your energy and life-force are revitalised.  The New Moon and Solar Eclipse both take place in your sign on the same day so this really is your own personal New Year and the eclipse brings in a new positive wave of energy for you.  This is a good time to make resolutions for your year ahead based on your best hopes for the future.  Venus enters your sign on 23^rd adding charm to your hypnotic powers and there’s a feeling of overall wellbeing over the last weekend of the month (25^th – 26^th) when Sun, Venus and Neptune all align to ease your path.  It’s about time!

Sagittarius:   Mars in your sign gives you energy and the drive to push ahead with your projects all month and Jupiter and Uranus are right behind you in this from 1^st – 8^th.  They bring the added gifts of growth, expansion and revolution to your dynamism, so be courageous!  Big changes are possible!  Full Moon on the morning of 8^th falls into your romance, children and creativity zone where Uranus continues to shake things up.  And your ruling planet Jupiter continues to bring expansion in your 9^th House of travel, study and principles.  Your inner world is at odds with at least one of your principles here though which results in inner tension.  Turn it into action if you can.  Mars also squares Chiron which is moving through your 4^th House of mother and home so old wounds may present themselves as may some inner needs that haven’t been met for some time.  Be attentive to this information and let it inform your decisions and self-care.  This isn’t a month for compromises…

Capricorn:   The planetary dynamic in fire signs from 1^st – 8^th activates three areas for you: your unconscious and online life, your mother and home life and your joint funds, sharing and intimacy zone.  All three spheres should be working well together, so make headway while you can.  Full Moon on 8^th in your 4^th House of mother and home is the culmination of this exhilarating rush and emotions will run high.  Meanwhile, Venus is helping in your father, career and social status zone and if you need assistance from people who carry influence, don’t be afraid to ask.  Mercury goes retrograde on 4^th in your groups, friends, community and organisations area and gradually makes its way back to find better solutions than the current ones.  The status you normally give yourself may be relevant in some way and requires more thought.  You can proceed once again on 26^th when this review is complete.  Mars enters your sign on 26^th and you will be a force to be reckoned with.  Energy will be yours.  Apply it!

Aquarius:   Your urge for expansion in partnerships (or freedom from them) is at odds with your public persona all month.  Mars and Uranus try their best to encourage growth with or through partners from 1^st – 8^th and Full Moon in your public sphere on the morning of 8^th will have some bearing on the matter.  Sun and then Venus oppose your ruling planet Uranus from 7^th – 11^th which suggests you won’t feel like compromising but people around you will half expect that already.  Communications with authority figures may be tricky during Mercury’s journey retrograde from 4^th – 25^th but New Moon and the Solar Eclipse on 23^rd bring professional motivation and a fresh start that gets into full swing when Sun and Venus join in from 25^th.  Finances and possible new forms of income are looking good around this time and beyond.  Now just what could that new income stream be?

Pisces:   Your own ambitions or assertive people in positions of authority are rubbing against some inner wounds and it may hard to think of anything else.  This is a gift rather pointless suffering, as we have first to be aware of our vulnerabilities before we can work on them and move forwards rather than be held back by them.  While you consciously want to move ahead with finances, work and health and your public status, especially from 1^st – 8^th, this personal stuff keeps coming up.  Full Moon on the morning of the 8^th raises emotions in your 2^nd House of money, possessions and security.  On a deeper level this is really about your values and self esteem.  Adjustments here can create the inner peace you’re searching for.  The New Moon and Solar Eclipse on 23^rd fall in your travel, study and principles zone.  A new wave will be helpfully blowing the cobwebs from these areas.  Your ruling planet Neptune finishes the month nicely, flowing in harmony with the Sun and Venus from  25^th.  Take comfort in your beliefs and from different philosophies and cultures.

Aries:   Partners could have surprising things to say this month which might feel challenging.  Aries usually likes a challenge, so try to look on it as an opportunity to expand your view.  New Moon on 24^th is also in your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships and offers a fresh new cycle in your emotional life.

Pluto’s change of direction on 23^rd helps to propel the long transformation taking place in your father, career and social status zone.  More authority could be coming your way.  And if it does, be sure to use it well.

Mars your ruling planet changes sign on 13^th but soon squares up to Neptune.  Hasty actions and your usual forthright style may need some adjustments till the end of the month.  Other people’s feelings and the bigger picture have to be taken into account.

Your favourite part of this month is likely to be from 22^nd onwards when Mars and Jupiter fall into step with Uranus which is zapping through your sign.  This hot fiery energy looks like big, up-beat, boisterous fun.  Get out there!

Taurus:   Friends or groups may be the cause of high emotions around 9^th and the divide between friendship and romance may not be clear from 6^th – 10^th.  Keep an open mind.

As Mars moves out of Saturn’s shadow, you start to get a clearer view of relationships and partnerships and your role in them.  And if action is needed to initiate or end things, aim for the first half of the month.

When Mars moves into your 8^th House of sharing, joint funds and intimacy on 13^th, it won’t be clear what’s happening there either, as Neptune immediately fogs the view.  Feel your way forward but don’t push (or be pushed).

Work, health and service to others draw your attention from 23^rd as Sun and New Moon take up residence.  This is the perfect time to set up a new regime.  So just do it!

Also on 23^rd Pluto goes direct after being retrograde in your 9^th House of travel, law and philosophy.  This should make travel, studies, dealings with in-laws easier and your higher-mind will be working better too.  You’ve had five months to review some of your policies too.  Could it be time to change some of them?

Gemini:   Full Moon on 9^th in your father, career and social status zone raises familiar emotions.  Home and career seem to get in each other’s way too from 6^th – 11^th but then domestic affairs glide smoothly, including any entertainment plans you may have in the pipeline.

Mars enters your 7^th House of partnerships on 13^th but squares Neptune until 27^th.  This clouds your view regarding the status of partnerships, including professional ones.  You’ll just have to sit this one out and feel your way until clarity returns at the end of the month.

Sun moves into your romance, children and creativity area on 23^rd and New Moon follows one day later.  This offers a creative new start to heart-felt projects and new stores of energy to apply to them.  .

Pluto goes direct around the same time on 23^rd.  This brings about forward movement in your 8^th House of transformation, joint finance, the money of others, sharing and intimacy.  Things have been on hold or worse since mid-April which has been uncomfortable but progress is now possible.  This is good news but not the end of the story as Pluto’s going to be bringing transformation to your 8^th House for another ten years…

Cancer:   Full Moon on 9^th falls into your 5^th House of romance, children and creativity.  You’ll be tuned in to at least one of these, perhaps all three.  Communications are a lively area too, especially from 8^th – 13^th when discussions in or about the home challenge partners and suggest possible change around career or status.

If partners try to lay down the law, don’t be browbeaten into agreeing to things you might later regret.  Remain the calm voice of reason and wait until Pluto goes direct on 23^rd to deal with partnership concerns.

Pluto has been back-peddling for the last five months, providing time to look again at power plays or responsibilities in partnerships.  (This includes professional partners as well as intimates).  The way forward for you should now be clearer.  Not just in terms of direction but in how to assert yourself.  But if you’ve been the one wielding power, then this could be an opportunity to start being fairer.

Sun moves into your 4^th House on 23^rd and New Moon falls here the next day too.  This is the perfect time for a new approach towards mother or home…

Leo:   As Mars moves away from Saturn during the first half of the month, you get a clearer view of ongoing matters to do with mother, home and early foundations.  And feelings of being stuck start to lift too.

Mars then moves into your romance, children and creativity zone on 13^th but Neptune blocks the view and it’ll be hard to make out exactly what’s happening.  Your usual strategies don’t seem to work, so just feel your way forwards until the view gets clearer (after 27^th).

Finances are changeable and look uncertain from 6^th – 10^th as Venus is opposite Neptune.  But from 11^th onwards Venus should help to improve things.

Your 3^rd House of communications is an active area later in the month.  Sun moves in on 23^rd, followed by the New Moon the next day.  This opens a new door in your way of thinking.  Seek out mental stimulation, be open to new ideas and express yourself.  This means in the broadest sense.  Be open to new forms of physical movement too.

Pluto’s shift forwards in your 6^th House of work, health and service to others on 23^rd could bring positive changes to your daily routine.  This might come about through work, helping others or through how you feed yourself or a new health routine.  Whichever it is, it will be a welcome change to the past five months of back-peddling.

The Grand Trine in fire signs from 22^nd brings fun too.  Get moving!

Virgo:   Venus in your sign from 5^th – 29^th heightens your natural charms and makes you irresistible.  If you need co-operation, you’ll find it and people will bow to your wishes.  Relationships and partnerships may not be entirely straight forwards though when Venus opposes Neptune from 6^th – 10^th.  It’ll be hard to see what’s happening during this period and pressing for clarity won’t work.  Trust your instincts and wait for the mist to clear.  Full Moon in your opposite sign on 9^th will bring things to a head during this emotional wave and may bring some realisations.

Mars moves into your 4^th House of mother and home on 13^th.  The urge for action will be strong but again Neptune clouds the way forward and you’ll have to feel your way gently forward until 27^th when the coast clears.

Pluto goes direct on 23^rd and matters concerning romance, children and creativity start to move forwards once again, after five months of standstill.  (There is yet further to go in this direction, as future years will reveal).

Your finances undergo a renewal around the same time as Pluto’s turnaround when Sun moves into Libra on 23^rd, followed by New Moon on 24^th.  This is your financial New Year.  Make some resolutions!

Libra:   You’ll have a lot to say this month as Mercury zooms through your sign.  And matters you raise around 8^th – 13^th may raise some eyebrows, especially with partners and at home but stand your ground.

This month is your Astrological New Year (January 1^st is just an arbitrary date for collective convenience).  The Sun brings energy and a sense of renewal on 23^rd as it enters your sign.  New Moon the following day is also in Libra which marks the beginning of your emotional new year too.

This may bring new people into your emotional circle or a breath of fresh air to existing emotional situations and involvements.  It’s a positive energy and so whatever may have seemed difficult before, becomes less so, as your emotional resources are refilled.  This shouldn’t be used to maintain unacceptable situations though.  Use this fresh energy well.

Pluto also goes direct on the same day, so deep matters connected to the mother or home start to move forwards again.  They have been on hold for five months to give you chance to reappraise things.  This could be a great time to start therapy, explore your early roots, renovate your home or to move beyond impasses that have held you back.  It’s an ongoing process.

Scorpio:   As Mars moves away from Saturn in your sign, your perspective will become clearer and taking yourself in hand should become easier too.  Any action that you now realise is needed, with regard to yourself, can be put in place before 13^th.

Mars then moves into your 2^nd House of money and possessions but Neptune clouds the way so just feel your way gently in this area until the coast is clear (from 27^th).

Your mind will be active but sometimes reactive around siblings, neighbours and work situations.  Weigh your words carefully as much as possible. People will pick up on your mood so carving it out in words may not be helpful.  Mindfulness will help you to keep things together and keep things in proportion.

Your ruling planet Pluto moves forwards on 23^rd after five months in reverse.  This has been in your 3^rd House of communications, siblings, neighbours and short journeys.  While the past five months may not have been easy, they have provided an opportunity for you to look at these areas afresh and now with Pluto’s forward movement you can start to apply your conclusions.

Make your mind your friend and try techniques designed to help with this (e.g. mindfulness, relaxation techniques, meditation, hypnosis, creative visualisation and others).  It’s a great time to start therapy too.  And remember, drink and drugs are really not the answer…

Sagittarius:   Full Moon in your mother and home zone on 9^th brings up emotions, perhaps from the past and your early years.  Your foundations and career seem to get in each other’s way from 6^th – 10^th but then things run smoothly in your father, career and social status zone for the rest of the month.

Mars enters your sign on 13^th, bringing energy and drive but unclear conditions at home make it difficult to apply yourself.  Things get clearer after 27^th when Mars gets free of Neptune’s influence.

Pluto goes direct in your finance zone on 23^rd after five months of standstill.  Your understanding about security, finances, income and self-esteem are all ready to move forwards.

And if you’re on the lookout for fun, this is your month.  Mars in your sign triggers off a Grand Trine in fire signs from 22^nd.  It’s in good company with Jupiter in Leo and Uranus in Aries.  Adventures, risks and rollicking fun all beckon!

Capricorn:   Official letters could be winging their way towards you this month or it could be you sending them.  Either way, the repercussions are going to be noticeable, especially around 8^th – 13^th.  Your reactions will be strong and changes to mother or the home could take you by surprise.  It’s usually better if the changes are instigated by you, so keep an eye open for new solutions and the untried.

Your favourite part of the month will probably be towards the end when Sun moves into your 10^th House of father, career and social status, followed by New Moon on 24^th which could even put you in the public eye.  This is the beginning of a new cycle professionally.  Keep an eye open for opportunities or carve some out yourself.

Most important of all, Pluto goes direct in your sign on 23^rd, after five months of being retrograde, This will have been a frustrating time for you but wisdom gathered during these delays can now be applied to your situation.  You’re back in the driving seat and it’s time to go forwards.  What other people think about this is irrelevant.  Lead by example!

Aquarius:   Venus enters your shared area on 5^th and immediately opposes Neptune which blurs the division between what is yours alone and what you’re happy to share.  By 11^th things are clearer and you start to see that personal freedom has its limitations and that merging with others can bring other fruits, just as valuable.

Other long-term policies may be up for review too from 23^rd as Sun and then New Moon highlight your 9^th House of travel, culture, philosophy and law.  This is a great time for a trip or exploring other cultures and your own personal policies.  This new beam can illuminate areas where you may have been too closed and open new horizons.

Mars is already moving away from Saturn at the start of the month in your 10^th House of father, career and status.  This allows you to push ahead with ambitions, clear of recent frustrations and hold ups.  You have until 13^th to do this.

Major shifts behind the scenes are still taking place.  Pluto goes direct on 23^rd after five months going retrograde.  This has been a chance to review earlier mindsets and you could try out new or different ones now that things are going forwards.

Your online life could change gear too.  Any work you do on your unconscious will be helpful, be that mindfulness, therapy or meditation.  It’s also a good time for charitable activities, your imagination and creative work, perhaps behind the scenes.

Pisces:   Venus opposite Neptune in your sign starts stirring things up emotionally from 6^th and Full Moon in your sign on 9^th sweeps you up into emotional highs (or lows).  This happens to every sign once a year and this month, the experience is yours.  Partners may seem to be at the centre of the storm but most likely it’s uncertainty about yourself that catches you unawares.

Partnerships run smoothly after this but career, status or father issues are likely to be more problematic.  Mars is ready to push ahead here from 13^th but again, your uncertainty stops play.

The challenges to Neptune will call for much soul-searching about your present situation and how you’re dealing with yourself these days.  It might even bring up questions about who you truly are now.  Are self-sabotaging habits getting in the way?  Take time and space to reflect on this.  A retreat or therapy can be helpful with this process.

Pluto goes direct in your 11^th House of friends, groups, community and organisations on 23^rd.  This offers progress in areas which have been on hold for five months.  Be open to transformation!

Aries:   Your ruling planet Mars is charging through Scorpio and your 8^th House this month.  This means action in your ‘shared area’ of joint funds, the money of others and the sharing of yourself through intimacy.  Mars doesn’t hang about and you’ll be fully focused on moving things ahead and broaching previously ‘stuck’ areas.

While this is all welcome (assuming you’re taking other people’s needs into consideration too and not just your own), there is a tricky period when Mars catches up with Saturn and overtakes him.  This isn’t as straight forwards as it sounds…  Saturn represents authority – not your favourite word (unless it means you) and frustration could be the outcome when the god of action meets the god of limitations.  This happens around 19^th – 23^rd when clusters of other planets are reacting to each other too, right up to 25^th.

New Moon in Virgo on 25^th saves the day in your 6^th House of work, health and service to others.  Self-care or a new regime could be the answer to increased well-being.  This could also benefit your colleagues and daily companions if you stretch to include their needs into your new program too.  You know it makes sense!

Taurus:   Full Moon on 10^th raises your professional profile or your feelings about father or matters connected to status in some way but the main focus this month is relationships and home.  Your ruling planet Venus meets Jupiter in your 4^th House of mother and home on 16^th and 17^th.  These two planets are the ‘feel-good’ archetypes and represent pleasure and expansion.  This is good for enjoying your home in whichever way you love most and enjoying the company of others.

The following week might feel less pleasurable however when Venus squares up to Saturn.  For almost two years, Saturn has been keeping partnerships on hold, requiring you to carry out a review in this area of life.  It started to inch forwards last month but Mars planet of drive and assertiveness gives it a big shove forwards this month from 19^th -23^rd.

There’s also a complex mix of planetary goings on causing tension that week, right up to 24^th but New Moon in Virgo on 25^th provides a channel for all of this energy to move forwards and offers a fresh start in your romance, children and creativity zone.  This is an opportunity.  Be sure to grasp it.

Gemini:   Venus helps with money matters until 12^th when it moves into your 3^rd house of communications.  This increases your power of persuasion, especially around 16^th and 17^th when Venus meets Jupiter and you delight in the company of others.

A week later, communications also present the biggest challenge this month.  Against a back drop of complex planetary combinations, your ruling planet Mercury gets into some sticky situations from 19^th to 25^th.  First of all it opposes Neptune on 19^th which makes ‘the truth’ hard to fathom and find.  Remain straight forwards yourself however tricky others are being.  Mercury then trines Pluto and opposes Chiron.  This brings up the power of words and secrets.  Watch your words and your thoughts and make sure they don’t wound or hurt others.

New Moon on 25^th in your 4^th House of mother and home, creates an opening for resolving current tensions.  A fresh and healthy approach to mother figures, nurturing and home life brings wellbeing and a resolution to recent confusion.  Be kind and attentive to others and to yourself.

Cancer:   Venus continues to add to your charms for the first 12 days of August, then it glides into your 2^nd House of money and possessions where it joins Jupiter around 16^th and 17^th.  This is a feel good combination but if you’re shopping, bear in mind luxury goods will look more appealing than usual and there’s a possibility of going to excess.  This could apply to food consumption too…

If misunderstandings or different versions of ‘the truth’ crop up around 19^th, be as patient as you can.  Tensions could build in your romance, children and creativity zone from 19^th too.  This can be helpful in drawing your attention to restrictions that may have become a way of life but which may now be ready to move on.  Finances could be involved in this too, especially around 24^th.

New Moon in Virgo saves the day on 25^th, helping communications and fresh ways of looking at things.  Despite the relief this brings, don’t forget the details.  An added benefit this Moon brings is turning over a new leaf with neighbours and siblings.  If things have soured in any way, this is an opportunity to freshen and renew them for everyone’s well-being, including your own.

Leo:   You’re glowing this month as the Sun, your ruling planet lights up your sign until 23^rd and Venus adds to your many charms from12^th, making you ‘darling of the zodiac’ until 5^th September.

Full Moon in your opposite sign on 10^th raises emotions about partners and relationships and the placement of Saturn suggests this may be connected to restrictions or responsibilities in the home in some way.

The auspicious meeting of Venus and Jupiter in your sign on 16^th and 17^th highlight a memorable weekend when you will be in your element.  Spread your optimism around and share it with others.  From 19^th blockages around mother or home have to be looked at, when Mars the planet force meets Saturn the planet of resistance.  Something needs to give so don’t try to hold on to the old status quo or anything that is moving out of your life (including people).

Other planetary combinations collide this week, including Mercury, Chiron and Neptune which may generate troubling thoughts about security or difficult financial discussions.  Tensions build up right until New Moon on 25^th which shows a new way forward regarding your security needs.  Attend to all the details but keep it simple.

Virgo:  Work or health matters get highlighted by Full Moon in Aquarius on 10^th.  This is a quick-passing phase so try to keep any anxieties on short rein.

Many things are happening behind the scenes this month in your institutions, charities, suffering of others, creativity behind the scenes and your online life.  The two benefics Venus and Jupiter are both in this arena from 12^th and they actually meet on the third weekend on 16^th and 17^th.  This raises your compassion and brings growth and pleasure to these areas of your life and you may be able to radiate them to those you care for too, whether nearby or far away.

From 19^th it may be hard to work out which feelings are yours and which belong to others.  Clarity is hard to find which is uncomfortable in itself and partnerships seem complex.  Your thoughts may be at odds with your instincts or ‘words’ and dealings with siblings or neighbours could be troubling.  Be sure to direct energy away from your nervous system and towards action.  Mars meets Saturn in thiese areas and is determined to move things forward.  This disturbs the status quo but it’s time to start moving beyond the restrictions of the last two years.

New Moon in your sign on 25^th marks the beginning of your personal new year and you realise everything is fine.

Libra:   Mars is zipping through your finance sector this month, sorting things out that have been in limbo for far too long.  This is helpful (unless it takes the form of disagreements about how to handle finances… ).  But even that could be helpful in the long run.  Much as Librans dislike discord, it’s good to air things now and then.  When Mars bumps into Saturn from 19^th – 23^rd, you’ll have to look carefully at security fears and concerns once again and tread even more carefully to find the right solution.

Meanwhile, your ruling planet Venus continues to smooth your father, career and status path until 12^th and then joins Jupiter your 11^th House.  Venus and Jupiter meet roughly once a year and this is the month, from 16^th -18^th (the middle weekend of the mont).  This is a lovely opportunity to enjoy sharing time with friends and community and with groups and teams that share your ideals.

A week later on 24^th and 25^th, Venus squares up to Saturn (ouch!) which could step on your finances, with a call for restraint and then trines Uranus (way out!) bringing the unexpected in partnerships.  If looking to improve relationships, try an element of surprise…   

Scorpio:   Full Moon on 10^th in your 4^th House of mother and home brings up many emotions about your roots, foundations and early years and about your needs for nurture in the present.  This is a challenging month for Scorpios, especially during the third week – self-honesty is the best policy.

The fortuitous meeting of Venus and Jupiter in your 10^th House of father, career and social status bodes well in your public life.  Your personal life is the main focus though this month.  Saturn which has been sitting heavily on you for almost two years, gets a shove from Mars from 19^th to 23^rd.  This is more than a nudge for you to make vigorous headway in your personal development.  The past months of dwelling on your identity and how you’ve been dealing with yourself are starting to come to the first stage of completion. Holding on to an impasse is no longer viable and you have to change your position to a more helpful one, based on what you now know about yourself.

The planetary cocktail from 19^th to 25^th may be confusing but avoid distractions and focus on your self.  New Moon in Virgo on 25^th brings fresh opportunities with friends, groups or community.  Help out and take comfort where you can.

Sagittarius:   Explorations (physical and non-physical) are a source of pleasure on 16^th and 17^th when lovely Venus meets jolly Jupiter, your ruling planet.  This is a feel-good transit and it would be a waste to let it pass in isolation.  Surround yourself with people and enjoy.

Your home and career axis could be a source of confusion from 19^th.  We spring into the world from the home and changes to either end of this axis, impact on the other.  Your idealism about mother, home and nurture may pull you in one direction, while clear thinking and attention to detail are still needed in your father, public and status zone.  At best there could be healing as Chiron gets involved from 24^th but make sure your words are productive rather destructive, even if they are needed to challenge the status quo.

Mars is buffeting Saturn in your 12^th House from 19^th to 23^rd and your internal workings will be on the move again.  New Moon in your 10^th House of father, career and social status leads you out of this confusion on 25^th bringing a fresh start in your public life.

Conscientiousness will be called for.  Rustle some up.

Capricorn:   Partnerships continue to run smoothly till 12^th as Venus finishes its transit through your relationship zone.  Full Moon on 10^th may raise emotions about your own finances and security but two days later, Venus moves into your 8^th House of joint funds and intimacy bringing harmony and possibly financial benefits from others.  The chances of this are even higher when Venus catches up with Jupiter around 16^th and 17^th.  These two planets bring pleasure (and possibly excess) so make sure this doesn’t take the form of debts running up in the other direction.

If misunderstandings occur from 19^th, be as philosophical as you can.  Further tensions to do with friends, groups or collectives of any kind could begin to build around the same time.  This isn’t comfortable but it draws attention to where exactly things need to change.  The situation builds up to 24^th but New Moon on 25^th brings creative solutions and new ways of moving forward.  This could involve the way you look at things just as much as concrete external changes,

How we think about things makes them so, to us at least.  And so we can become the authors of our own unhappiness or fulfilment.

Aquarius:   Full Moon in your sign on 10^th brings up emotions about your present situation and yourself.  Make a note of these passing feelings as this is helpful information for self-understanding.

Partnerships benefit from the Venus-Jupiter conjunction, the weekend of the 16^th and 17^th.  This could be the blossoming of a new relationship, growth within an existing one or an exhilarating bid for freedom to escape from existing bonds.

On 19^th Mars meets Saturn in your 10^th House of father, career and social status.  Things have been under review here for almost two years and Mars is now urging you to take steps forward.

Communications around finance, security and sharing could be tricky this week.  Things are not entirely clear and you can’t force them into clarity.  Information provided may be unreliable or open to interpretation and you may be left to try and fathom things out yourself.

New Moon on 25^th in your shared area of joint funds and intimacy provides a way forward.  Details need to be gone into and a new strategy is needed that takes the needs of others into account, as well as your own.  Acts of generosity can only be a good thing but they should be given freely, not under coercion.

Pisces:   Communications in your partnership zone may be challenging from mid-month onwards.  Mercury opposes Neptune in your sign on 19^th and then Chiron on 24^th with a brief interlude with Pluto in between.  Take on board what partners have to say and try to welcome insights they are offering.  This may not be comfortable but growth sometimes takes challenging forms.

There is a lovely meeting of Venus and Jupiter in your 6^th House of work, health and service to others on 16^th and 17^th.  This is a pleasurable and social weekend, so long as you don’t take things to excess…

Mars buffets Saturn in your travel, deep study, legal and publishing zone from 19^th.  Compromises you may have reached in these arenas now require further action.  Sticking your head in the sand is no longer an option with Mars around so take action gladly.

New Moon on 25^th in your relationships and partnerships zone brings an end to the general confusion and offers a fresh start and a new path forwards.  Take it.

Aries:   Uranus goes retrograde in your sign on 22^nd taking you back to look once again at what version of yourself you’ve been presenting to the world and to what degree it’s been a compromised one.  You’ve had Uranus in your sign, bringing disruption and revolution since March 2011 so you’re used to these sudden changes.  One aspect though needs looking at again and it’s about your identity and yourself, rather than others.  You have until the Winter Solstice to figure this out.  And figure it out you must.

Obstacles (inner or outer) lift as Saturn and then Mars your ruling planet start to move things forward in your ‘shared area’ of joint funds and intimacy from 20^th.

But Jupiter is bursting into your 5^th House of romance, children and creativity on 16^th and it’s going to be there for a year, bringing growth, expansion and opportunities!  People from different cultures or those of a religious or philosophical outlook might feature too.  What would expansion mean for you in these areas?  Have you been makng enough time for your creative talents?

And if you’re feeling more athletic, don’t rein that in either.  The 5^th House covers sports, games and speculation too.  So stretch those legs, experiment and explore!

Taurus:   Uranus heads backwards behind the scenes on 22^nd to uncover unconscious motivations that you may not have been aware of.  This could have some impact on your dealings with institutions, creativity, self-talk, spiritual understanding and in your online world as well.   

Relationships and partnerships thankfully start to move forward on 20^th as Saturn goes direct after months of long consideration and standstill.  Mars jumps in on 26^th too, heating things up and adding to the momentum.  And that ‘heat’ could be anger or passion.  Your big new area for growth and expansion though is your 4^th House of mother and home.  Jupiter glides in on 16^th and takes up residence until August next year.

Expansion in the home can take many forms.  It could indicate a bigger home, one in a different country, a change of philosophy in your home, seeing the planet as your home, people from different cultures coming to live with you or an expansion in emotional conditions and nurturing that makes your home feel bigger.

The Leo factor could involve decorating and entertaining on a royal scale too and a more creative home in some way.  You have a year to explore these possibilities and if nurturing becomes one of your areas of exploration (which it could), don’t forget to include yourself!

Gemini:   Uranus starts a review in your friends, groups and collectives zone on 22^nd to examine whether you’ve been too conventional in your approach to these areas recently or whether you need to be more exclusive.

Meanwhile, Venus in your sign adds to your charms until 18^th, then things start to move forwards on the work, health and daily routine front.  On 20^tth Saturn changes direction and Mars drops in to give energy to your resolve.  After months of impasse, this is a welcome shift in these areas and you’ll feel a lot better for it.

But communications is going to be your main focus for growth.  You may think you’re at your most persuasive right now but this is just a taste of more to come.  Jupiter takes residence in your 3^rd House of communications for a year, starting on 16^th.  This could expand your mind, widen your channels of communication, introduce a new language into your life, help with trading and keep your thinking buoyant.

Only when our mind is at its most positive do we become aware of all our possibilities.  This year, Jupiter brings these very conditions.  Exercise looks more fun.  And relationships with neighbours and siblings can blossom too.

Be alert to new opportunities.  Your products, ideas and words (spoken or written) could start to reach a much wider audience…

Cancer:   Full Moon in your opposite sign on 12^th raises emotion in partnerships but after Venus enters your sign on 18^th, you’re irresistible and getting others onto your terms will be easy.

Uranus reverses on 22^nd to re-examine how you’ve been approaching father, career and social status.  You have until 21^st December to work out either how to avoid earlier compromises or whether you should make more.

The main focus though, is your 2^nd House of money, possessions and security as Jupiter moves in on 16^th.  You’ll be active and even a visionary on the money-making front.  This could be the beginning of a year when you capitalise on past efforts and actually achieve some security for yourself.

It would be a mistake to only think of security on a material level though.  It can be found in other ways too.  Developing a value system that gives a sense of security can meet the mark just as well, if not better: so can being creative.  Explore these possibilities too.

A new strand of income or new understanding could come into view with New Moon on 26^th.  This is an extra endorsement that you truly are on your way!

Leo:  Uranus puts things on hold in your travel, studies, philosophical and legal zone until December, giving you time to adjust your position and look for pure solutions.  The good news is – Jupiter enters your sign on 16^th and stays till August next year.  Think about what you would like this new cycle of expansion to be about.  Then stretch to reach it.  Don’t just sit around and wait for opportunities.  Carve some out yourself.

Your year of gestation when Jupiter was in your 12^th House of the unconscious is now complete and it’s time to take whatever you’ve been brewing up behind the scenes, into the light of day and even into the lime light!

If temporary shyness or self-doubt has been holding you back, bear in mind that it’s an act of generosity to share your creative self with the rest of the world.  We need Leo creativity, especially now that Jupiter’s taken up residence there, so roll out whatever you’ve been hiding (including yourself)!

Saturn starts to move things forward on the mother and home front from 20^th.  You have been looking at security needs for almost five months and on 26^th Mars jumps in to give energy and impetus to complete whatever needs doing.  New Moon on 26^th is also in your sign, marking the beginning of a new cycle in your emotional life too.  It’s been a long time since things looked this good!

Virgo:   A review begins on 22^nd when Uranus goes retrograde in your shared area of joint funds and intimacy.  It will stay there till 21^st December, giving you time to work out how to move forward in these areas without the usual self-imposed restrictions.  This could include looking at whether you’ve allowed yourself to be compromised by others too.

Communications become forthright (if not heated) this month as Saturn goes direct on 20^th and Mars joins in on 26^th raising mental energy.  As a result, siblings, neighbours, trades people and the general public might get more of your opinion than they had bargained for…

Your most active area however is ‘behind the scenes’ in your 12^th House of institutions (prisons, hospitals and charities), the pain and suffering of others and the collective unconscious.  You’ll have lots of energy to push things forward as Jupiter glides in on 16^th and stays until August next year.

This can bring about a spiritual flowering, informative dreams, a heightening of compassion and a better understanding of the collective unconscious and your ability to ‘tune in’.  Your online world could take off too.

What should earthy Virgoans do with all of this?  Make your compassion active towards those less fortunate, perhaps even train in healing techniques, make your self-talk positive, be creative and share your fears and dreams.  The latter may not come easily but practice makes perfect and the outcomes can be rewarding and healing, both for you and those around you.

Growth, expansion and opportunities will be waiting for you over the next 13 months to say ‘Yes’.  Say it!

Libra:   Mars completes its long run in your sign on 26^th and jumps straight into your 2^nd House of money, possessions and security needs.  This is very timely as Saturn has kept everything on hold there since March.  Things start moving on 20^th as Saturn at last, goes direct and you can apply your mulled-over conclusions.

Full Moon on 12^th stirs things up at home and from 22^nd Uranus takes you back to look at where you might have over-compromised in relationships and partnerships.  Librans hate to be alone but your willingness to keep the peace may have been damaging your personal integrity and this must be addressed.  You have until the Winter Solstice to reflect on this and to find a better way forward.

The big new area for development though is your 11^th House of friends, groups, teams, community, organistaions and humanitarian ideals.  Be prepared for a year of expansion in these areas starting 16^th, when Jupiter moves in for a whole year!

Those who are philosophical, possibly religious or from other countries or cultures could come into your life.  They will enrich your world.  Groups you join or start can also expand your outlook and understanding.  Play your part and enjoy this collective form of nourishment.  Make time to enjoy all the pleasures they have to offer and invest yourself in them.  They will make your world a bigger place.

Scorpio:  Saturn moves forward in your sign on 20^th after months of stand-still, treading water, introspection and dwelling on the past.  It’s time to move forward with your hard-earned, new understanding.  Mars brings you energy too to implement your new resolve as it enters your sign on 26^th.  At last you can push ahead.

Uranus goes retrograde in your 6^th House of work, health and service to others on 22^nd.  Your daily routine, how well it sustains you and relationships with colleagues could come under this review too.  Have you been compromising yourself or others too much?  Or do you need to change your job or line of work?  You have until 21^st December to reflect on this, so as to move forwards in a clearer fashion.

But the big new focus is in your 10^th House of father, career and social status.  On 16^th Jupiter moves in and you can charm the birds from the trees, including big influential ones who can help your career!

A growth in worldly status could be yours, as could a deeper cultural understanding of the world, work abroad, career expansion or freedom from all that.  As Jupiter takes residence until August 2015, people in authority can be helpful to you all year.  If you happen to be one yourself – extend your benevolent influence as far as you possibly can.

Sagittarius:   Venus helps your partnerships to run smoothly and sweetly up to 18^th although Full Moon on 12^th could raise the temperature about money and security.

Uranus moves backwards in your romance, children and creativity zone until after your birthday.  This will give you chance to catch up with yourself before moving forward further on this front.

You will be pleased to know that Saturn’s hold on your unconscious starts to move forwards on 20^th, after a long, uncomfortable but necessary review of your internal workings.  Mars helps by leaping into your 12^th House too on 26^th providing a fresh burst of energy to push your new understanding forward.

But the tidings of great joy come on the travel, study, cultural, philosophical, publishing, in-laws and legal front.  Jupiter your ruling planet moves in for a year from 16^th, expanding your opportunities, outlook and world view in these areas.

This is in your 9^th House – the area of the zodiac associated with Sagittarius so you are getting a double dose of positivity.  ‘The truth’ (whatever that means for you) can widen your horizons, free you and fill you with optimism.  Your outlook, world view and cultural understanding are about to soar.  Fly with them!

Capricorn:  Full Moon in your sign on 12^th will fill you with emotion about yourself and your present situation but Venus in your 6^th House of work, health and daily routine until 18^th should soon restore your sense of well-being.

Uranus goes retrograde in your father, career and social status zone on 22^nd and stays there almost until your next birthday, giving you time to review planned changes.  But Saturn your ruling planet, goes direct on 20^th after almost a five-month suspension in your 11^th House of friends, groups community, organisations and humanitarian ideals.  You should have gained a better understanding of these areas during this review and from 20^th you can apply your conclusions.  Mars moves into this area too on 26^th adding extra momentum and energy in the shift forwards.

But the main focus moves to your ‘shared area’ where Jupiter is about to take up residence from 16^th.  Jupiter in your 8^th House of birth, sex, death and joint funds may bring financial benefits from others.  This could be through partners, inheritances or tax rebates.  Learning to share is the big opportunity on offer – not just your resources but yourself – scary as that may be – growth lies in this direction.

Aquarius:   Matters connected to father, career and social status start to move forwards as Saturn changes direction on 20^th.  Mars joins in too on 26^th, providing an extra bolt of energy to really move things forward.  If you have a career plan in mind, this is a good time to push it ahead.

Uranus your ruling planet goes retrograde on 22^nd in your 3^rd House of communications, siblings, neighbours and daily movement.  Staying there until the Winter Solstice, this gives you time to review how you’ve been handling these areas and to dwell on the issue of compromise.  Have you been going too far in either direction?

The big news though is Jupiter’s move into your 7^th House on 16^th which means relationships and partnerships (personal and business) are your next realm for expansion.  This could either be a new partnership, growth in a current one or a breaking of existing bonds for the freedom of new choices.  Some of the characters involved, may be culturally different too.  Either way, your world will feel bigger and better.

As Uranus-ruled Aquarians you excel in independence – one of your natural strengths but this may have been at the expense of emotional intimacy in relationships and partnerships.  This year is an opportunity to explore this often-avoided area of life.  Jupiter will be insisting on growth and why refuse?  You won’t lose your individuality, you can express yourself in this area of life too without losing that quirky originality.

New Moon on 26^th is in your 7^th House of relationships and partnerships too which marks a fresh new personal beginning!

Pisces:

Hindrances to travel plans, studies, publishing, relationships with in-laws, cultural, legal or philosophical problems start to lift on 20^th when Saturn goes direct.  Mars jumps in shortly afterwards and after almost a five-month impasse, things really leap forward.

Uranus’s retrograde movement on 22^nd takes you back to look once again at your stance on income, security and values.  You have until the Winter Solstice to find a more original approach.  Could this be a new form of income or a change in the importance you’ve been giving to security?

Your 6^th House of work, health and service to others is the new highlighted area for growth though.  Jupiter moves in on 16^th and stays until August next year, bringing growth, expansion and opportunities!  This can help to ease tensions, either through work, service to others or by lovingly tending yourself on a physical level.

Colleagues take on more importance too, as does creativity at work.  Work overseas could even become possible or a deeper cultural understanding of some kind and work that makes the world a better place.  Daily routines are up for grabs too.  What about including some sports or dance for fun or a new form of creativity?

Your well-being is high and daily routine should become more enjoyable.  If food becomes a feature, try new dishes from different lands and make sure ’eating well’ means eating healthily.  Without stating the obvious, get enough sleep and exercise too.  Don’t over-indulge and keep things simple!

Pets and their impact on your well-being is another theme to explore too…  Is there room for a little (or even bigger) friendly creature to share life with you?  Or perhaps you could pet-sit now and then or help out at the animal shelter?  Give it some thought.

Aries:   Finances in connection to others are once again under strain from 11^th – 13^th but the main action this month is with your dynamic ruling planet Mars.  Big feathers will be ruffled during the first half of the month (when Mars squares up to Pluto).as you challenge hierarchies and structures that don’t seem right to you.  Others may accuse you of being confrontational but perhaps someone needs to be.  Then from 15^th – 25^th Mars opposes Uranus and you’ll be looking to do your own thing and in your own way.  Many lose their way along the road of compromise and this is not a month to go anywhere near it.  Strike out and show us all how it’s done!

Taurus:   Venus your ruling planet glides through Taurus till 23^rd enhancing your natural charms.  This is enjoyable, apart from a brief period around Full Moon on 13^th when emotions are heightened regarding joint funds or intimacy.  Venus opposes Saturn (from 11^th – 13^th) too and you may be taken to task.  Bear in mind that others may be envious, not realising that your seemingly smooth path is the result of a lot of hard work and not a life of ease.  Mercury goes retrograde on 7^th taking you back to look once again at finances and security.  More objective thinking is needed here.  Give this some time and thought and wait until July 1^st before taking new steps.

Gemini:   Your ruling planet Mercury goes retrograde on 7^th which means it’s time to reflect on finances and security.  On 17^th Mercury even moves back into Gemini to take a second look at how you’ve been dealing with yourself.  Take time to look at that too and how these two matters may be linked.  Neptune also goes retrograde on 9^th in your father, career and social status zone.  Time to review dreams and ideals and if it isn’t clear to you what exactly is happening, don’t worry, it’s not meant to be, until mid-November.  It may not be clear to others what exactly your status is either.  New Moon on 27^th marks a new year in your finances but don’t sign anything until after July 1^st.

Cancer:   Mars in your mother and home sector is in challenging mode – others beware!  For the first half of the month partnerships are your target.  Then from 15^th – 25^th father, career and social status become your focus.  None of this is relaxing but in terms of decisive action, you are hot!  Mercury goes retrograde in your sign on 7^th providing an opportunity to look once again at how you’ve been dealing with yourself.  Keep looking until after July 1^st when you can put your conclusions into action.  Sun enters your sign on 21^st renewing your energy reserves and then New Moon also in Cancer on 27^th marks the beginning of a new year emotionally.  Go with your gut feeling.

Leo:   Venus in your 10^th House of father, career and social status smoothes the way forward and people with influence respond well to your wishes.  Be sure to make them clear before 7^th when Mercury goes retrograde.  A Venus – Saturn opposition from 11^th – 13^th brings up once again the need to get the right balance between career and emotional needs.  Full Moon on 13^th in your romance, children and creativity zone brings these issues into the mix too.  Keep calm, take some time alone and plan for a new and better approach to dealing with your inner world, starting on 27^th with the New Moon.  You need your unconscious to work with you and support you.  Positive affirmations can help.

Virgo:   Mercury goes retrograde on 7^th in your friends, groups and organisations zone which may require your patience and forbearance.  Look at your communications in these areas and from 17^th when Mercury moves back into your father, career and social status zone, see how these might be connected.  Neptune’s retrograde movement on 9^th in your relationships and partnerships sector, brings up the need to reflect on your ideals in these areas and how near or far they are from the reality.  You have until mid-November to ponder all of this.  Full Moon in your mother and home zone on 13^th raises the emotional temperature at home.  Say it how it is.

Libra:   Mars in your sign for an unusually long stretch continues to buffet but empower you as you find yourself bumping into certain injustices around you.  As a co-operative Libran, it may be up to you to negotiate or mediate towards fairer solutions.  Communications with authority figures may be uneasy as Mercury goes retrograde from 7^th but stay philosophical until July 1^st when things get back to normal.  Finances (yours and others’) or intimacy, once again cause tension from 11^th – 13^th.  Then Mars opposes Uranus from 15^th – 25^th.  This raises the unexpected in partnerships and it’s time to do things your way.  And this time others will just have to get used to it…

Scorpio:   Venus brings a glow to relationships and partnerships till 23^rd, apart from a hiccup from 11^th – 13^th when you get in your own way (and possibly everyone else’s…).  We all have bouts of insecurity from time to time.  Examine what this one is about and don’t sabotage the good things on offer.  Neptune goes into reverse on 9th leading you to re-examine ideals around romance, children or creativity.  It will take until mid-November for these areas to become clear.  Meanwhile, Mercury going retrograde on 7^th leads you back to look once again at travel, study, philosophy and legal matters.  From 17^th you’re taken even further back to look at joint funds, the money of others, intimacy and sharing.   .  More communication is needed here!

Sagittarius:   Two planets go retrograde early this month and both touch sensitive points in your chart.  First of all joint finances, sharing and intimacy are put on hold as Mercury moves backwards on 7^th and on 17^th it re-enters your partnership zone to review how communications have been here recently which is connected in some way.  Neptune also goes retrograde on 9^th in your mother and home zone.  Dreams and ideals need reviewing here too.  A Venus-Saturn opposition from 11^th – 13^th raises once again the need to find a better balance between your inner needs and daily routine and Full Moon in your sign on 13^th puts your well-being right at the top of your agenda.  Let others know how to help.

Capricorn:   Matters connected to father, career and social status continue to challenge you, especially during the first half of the month as Mars squares up to Pluto.  Try to look upon this as an opportunity (albeit tough) for inner growth and resilience.  From 15^th – 25^th mother and home become the focus for conflicting Mars and Uranus and compromises shouldn’t be made.  Do things in the way you think they should be done.  Others will eventually get used to your decisions.  Mercury retrograde from 7^th in your partnerships zone could make for misunderstandings.  Go back and look at your daily routine for the answer to these and apply your newly-found understanding from July 1^st.

Aquarius:   Venus glides through your mother and home zone until 23^rd, providing comfort, beauty and pleasure.  And if on the road, remember that the wider world is your home too.  Saturn makes a stern entrance from 11^th – 13^th in the form of authority of some kind.  Acknowledge others’ anxieties but don’t make them your own.  On 7^th Mercury goes retrograde in your 6^th House of work, health and daily routine.  Have you been attending to communications and getting enough exercise recently?  Get your good intentions lined up for New Moon on 27^th – a perfect day to start a new regime.  And don’t forget, it should include fun!

Pisces:   Mercury goes retrograde in your romance, children and creativity zone on 7^th and plans may go askew.  On 17^th it retreats further into your 4^th House of mother and home as this is the area that may be behind current difficulties.  Reflect well until Mercury starts to move forward once again on July 1^st.  Neptune your ruling planet, also goes retrograde on 9^th and in your sign.  Who you are and your very identity may seem unclear.  How close is the real you to the ideal you these days?  You have until mid-November to fathom all of this out and the process may not be visible. Just trust that your inner furniture is moving in the mist…