Astrology: Forecast for the year ahead

Aries
March 21 - April 20

OVERVIEW: Hard work won’t be in short supply till mid year and there may be a few differences since you’ll want to be in charge and insist that your way is the right way. But the rewards will come in with more money for treats till June. Finding a meaningful direction or a true vocation is important You’ll be carving out your own individual way and at times sound rather rebellious, but freedom will be important. Close partnerships where they are strong will stay loyal if not exactly warmly passionate. You are keen to improve your financial security and  are pushing hard to get better organised on the cash front.

LOVE and Family: This year won’t be quite so bumpy as last year was at home where constant changes kept you unsettled. Though you’ll still find close partners quite demanding or critical at times. The loyalty of the good connections in your life is not in doubt but if partnerships are shaky you may decide there are too many minuses, not enough pluses and it is time to move on. You’ll be insisting on havingelbow room to follow your own pursuits, so you won’t want too much of togetherness.

CAREER: The first six months will find you powering ahead, gaining more influence and being able to control your own destiny more than usual. There may still be tensions with certain colleagues who will insist on having the upper hand so you’ll need to be subtle as well as firm. Your spiritual side needs to be fed in your career along with your material ambitions. After mid year there’ll be an enthusiastic mood in your everyday schedule. Your ability to communicate your views will become more obvious.

HEALTH: Normally a robust sign, you may have moments when you feel your energy is sagging. Your psyche wants you to slow down and find quality time for reflection. Mars will heat you up until July, which means you’ll feel inclined to take on too much and be too perfectionist, perhaps more inclined to headaches than usual. So again just ease off along the way.  Pace yourself.

Gemini
May 21 - June 21

OVERVIEW: Nothing will seem as clear cut as you’d wish early on but if you’re wise you’ll enjoy your own company and give yourself breathing space. Your ambitions at work or out in the community will be less competitive than before. Projects will be slow to get off the ground till after mid year, so content yourself with sorting out mistakes and being patient. Loved ones will still be demanding so you need to exert yourself on their behalf even though at times you’ll feel you aren’t having as much fun as you’d like. From mid year your confidence and energy will soar and you’ll step out boldly into more expansive phase.

LOVE and Family: You’ll be more content in your own company than usual for the first six months, so less inclined to cling onto those close for support. In fact the mood at home or with the family may be slightly heated with differences of opinion, so you might as well retreat into your own space when you can. The trapped feeling you have over the past two or three years will still be around but you are beginning to find it easier to accept what you can’t change in your emotional life.

CAREER: Neptune now starts to move across your midheaven for many years ahead. This is good if you are happy to work in a spirit of service to others, putting your own needs and ego to one side. You may be indecisive about the best path to follow so listen to your intuition. You are at a turning point and the decisions you take will dictate your direction for some years to come so they must be your choices

HEALTH: If you can rest and relax more in the first six months it’ll boost your stamina. Being gentle with yourself and not over pushing in any direction will definitely help with Neptune hanging around. Your confidence will rise after mid year, but don’t let that push you into taking on too much. You need to listen to your body and take active steps to live a healthier life.

Leo
July 24 - August 23

OVERVIEW: With Jupiter at your midheaven till mid 2012 you’re sitting on a pink cloud, being admired at work and out in the community, lapping up attention and recognition.  But you will need to watch you don’t over burden yourself since your energy won’t be limitless. Insisting you always get your own way will just cause aggravation so try to sound tolerant even if you don’t feel it. Joint finances will need care all year, since you’re likely to be vague, careless or attract yourself to unreliable advisers. Don’t rely on luck but force yourself to double check everything. You’ll put energy into getting your personal finances in order. 

LOVE and Family: You’re moving into a new emotional phase which can be ethereal or quite muddling. You’ll be looking for bliss and perfection so close partners may seem rather lacking. In fact they won’t be any different. It’ll be you who is pitching your expectations too high and being unwilling to commit to the reality which is on offer. After mid year fun friends will boost your morale. But you’ll also want to spend more time at home re-organising at a practical level and having heart to hearts as emotional tensions come out into the open. Ask for what you need, but be prepared to listen and compromise if asked by loved ones as well.

CAREER: You will feel you’ve reached a pinnacle with more status and reputation coming your way courtesy Jupiter at your Midheaven till June. Just don’t rest on your laurels but keep putting in the effort to ensure you continue on thereafter at the same level. You do have great ideas, not all of them admittedly agreeable to everyone around. But you’re slightly ahead of your time and will be proved right.

HEALTH: You’ll be tempted to take on too much at work and then end up feeling over stretched. So take a hint and don’t feel you have to fight every battle to the bitter end. Turn your attention to yourself and see what you can do to boost your body and physical energy. Pluto hints that effort will pay off on the health front. If you do happen to feel under the weather then taking direct action will resolve it.

Taurus
April 21 - May 20

OVERVIEW; Your positive thinking and sunny enthusiasm will speed you along no matter what ups and downs there are. You know luck is on your side. Your high energy and passion for enjoying yourself will keep you bouncing right through till July. Progress at work may be slow but you are laying solid foundations for the future so you know it’s important to be conscientious. Your friendships will change in a subtle way with more creative or spiritual people coming your way.  Your plans for the future will seem less clear than they did so you’ll just need to let yourself drift for a while. 

LOVE and Family: Your bouncy confidence will improve all of your relationships in general.  Though certain friendships will move into an oddly confusing phase where you can’t pin them down or may be disappointed. In the final few months you may notice one close relationship is cooler, perhaps more critical as Saturn moves into your opposite sign for a couple of years. The good relationships while not ecstatic will stay loyal and get stronger.

CAREER: You will be unclear about your next major career move should be. And you won’t always find colleagues reliable or committed. So you’ll need to rely on your own will power and good judgement. Hard work will be unavoidable until October but your conscientious endeavours will pay off so don’t lose faith. You are laying solid foundations for what comes next and your rewards will come in their own good time.

HEALTH: Learning where your body’s limits are is all part and parcel of Saturn in Libra which is around for the first nine months. Don’t over push yourself with too much work or abuse your body in any way with eating and drinking. For all that your physical energy will stay high till July and thereafter you’ll find you are well supported on the health front by Jupiter.

Cancer
June 22 - July 23

OVERVIEW: Your optimism will be high with a wider circle of new and old fun friends around. You’ll be racing around your everyday schedule at some speed, not always being patient when you hit delays or others’ mistakes. You’ll be moving out of what has been quite a muddled phase financially early in the year, which will help considerably. Re-organisation at home will continue until October. Close partnerships will continue to be intense with power struggles at times.

LOVE and Family: Morale-boosting and enthusiastic friends will be your mainstay as you push to resolve organisational and emotional matters within the family at home. Just have faith that your long term aim of giving yourself more domestic stability will be the result. You’ll be optimistic though one close partner will be rather stubborn, insisting on having it their way rather than yours. Don’t be scared to take down time for quiet reflection. After October you’ll be carrying heavier responsibilities.

CAREER: A hugely busy schedule will keep you flying along the first six months. Your career may not be going in the direction you expected but that isn’t necessarily bad. You’ll just have to stay on your toes and grasp new opportunities which come up especially if they point in a new direction. You won’t always be too co-operative at work since you’ll want to follow your own original ideas so try to organise it so that you have elbow room.

HEALTH: You may be slightly accident prone in the first six months since you’ll be flying along at speed and get irritate easily. Which is exactly when you trip over your feet or have a fender bender. Neptune is now aspecting your 6th house of health which will lead to a few energy slumps but nothing disastrous Just look after yourself when you feel drained.

Virgo
August 24 - September 23

OVERVIEW: Expanding your horizons will be your top priority since you want more adventure, stimulation and interest in your life. Not all your ideas will be practical but let your enthusiasm run anyway. Close relationships will go through a vague rather evasive phase where you can’t pin yourself or close partners down to what you actually want your commitment to be.  From May onwards you’ll give your ambitions a sharp nudge since you know this is your chance to get your talents out on display. Success will come your way from June onwards for a year with recognition for your abilities. Towards the year end you’ll be exceptionally busy.

LOVE and Family: You’ll be chopping and changing your mind about what you want emotionally so no surprises if loved ones get confused at times. Try not to keep your feelings to yourself since only by discussing them will you get the clarity you need.  It’ll be all to easy to tell little white lies to keep the peace but owning up to your disappointment in loved ones’ behaviour may help you understand what is going on. You will be charismatic out on the social scene attracting positive attention though you’re also likely to be a touch possessive with loved ones, demanding their attention. Try to ease up when you can.

CAREER: You’ve got high enthusiasm and great ideas though you may find it tricky to get the right kind of support at work to make everything move at the speed you’d like. If you have to fly solo then you are well prepared. From June onwards you will rise in status and reputation. But this isn’t the time to relax. Be pro-active, take the initiative. The harder you push the more you’re likely to succeed.

HEALTH: Your health should benefit from Neptune finally moving out of Aquarius in February where it has been draining your energy and making you more sensitive over recent years. You’ll be full steam ahead till July so you’ve clearly got your old stamina back. Just don’t overdo it. Luckily Saturn will be lending you a steadying hand. If no one else is looking after you, then do it yourself.

Libra
September 24 - October 22

OVERVIEW: Amazingly positive changes continue for you till mid year. Emotionally you are shifting onto new territory with greater ease than you might expect, opening up to intimacy and dropping your defences. Joint finances are also prospering with good luck coming your way from the universe. You’ll be putting changes in place in your domestic set up at a practical level and finding that family relationships are moving away from the old patterns. Close partnerships will be unpredictable partly because you no longer wish to compromise as you once did. More travel or adventure is promised after mid year.

LoVE and Family: Positive emotional changes are ongoing till mid year so you’ll be opening up to intimacy in a new and more productive . Your better relationships will grow closer as a result. Tensions may still arise within the family but you’re determined to put the changes in place you need in your home life to give yourself more satisfaction and support.

CAREER: Neptune will now be moving through one of your chart areas of work for a considerable time. The message here is clear and that is if you work in a spirit of service to others not being concerned with your own ego then it will all go well. But if you get too ambitious it will backfire. So it is very much a time to be idealistic, caring and sympathetic. Though you’ll be exceptionally busy from May onwards for a few months, aiming higher and thinking big.

HEALTH: Looking after yourself better will be the message of Neptune going into Pisces, your chart area of health, for some years ahead. You won’t be able to over push your body in any direction whether with over work or the wrong kinds of food and drink. It needn’t be a problem except that you will notice you are more sensitive to certain things which didn’t bother you in the past. Late February and September is a time to take care.

Sagittarius
November 23 - December 22

OVERVIEW: You’ll notice an upsurge in your interest at work partly because you’ll have enthusiastic support around. You’ll be competitive and determined for the first six months insisting that no one around is slacking.  Getting a grip of your personal finances will be crucial. But try not to be too compulsive or controlling. At home there’ll be an odd mood which you won’t quite be able to pin down. Loved ones may be disappointing or not quite come up to your expectations. You still have your ideal of a happy home life but will struggle to bring it into reality quickly. Give yourself time to stand back and decide what you need to abandon from your life to clear the way for the future.

LOVE and Family: You’ll have wonderful ideas about how to create your perfect home and family life. But the reality may fall short of your expectations. There’ll be some confusions and muddles with loved ones with crossed lines and mis-communications. You are in a turning point year where you are reviewing your closest relationships and deciding what changes need to be put in place to provide a more satisfactory partnership. Early in the year you’ll be inclined to be independent deciding to go your own way. But after June your closest relationships will flourish with more shared interests and enthusiasm.

CAREER: You’ll be in a competitive mood till July, battling ahead, working very hard and expecting everyone around to do the same. You’ll expect everyone to dance to your tune and may come across as bossy at points. To be truthful you are not in a year when a steady focus on your ambitions will be easy to maintain. Just try not to get too distracted by emotional matters.

HEALTH: Jupiter will be keeping your health buoyant until June. Your energy will be good and ailments if they appear will disappear more quickly than you anticipate. Try to step up your exercise regime. Mars will also keep you firing along in good spirits till July. In the second half of the year you need to wind down slightly and give yourself more quality time to rest and relax.

Aquarius
January 21 - February 19

OVERVIEW: In a quieter phase for a few months you’ll be happier at home content to put your feet up with those you feel most comfortable around. There will be confidential matters occupying your attention. Trying to reach fairer agreements over money and emotional matters won’t be easy. You’ll need to be firm and flexible since compromises will be needed. Just have faith that your efforts will pay off with more security, financial and emotional.  Towards the year end you’ll give your ambitions a shake up and demand that get the recognition they deserve.

LOVE and Family: Happier at home and within the family than you have been for a long time you’ll be more contented within yourself. A wider circle of friends will be around to keep you company as well as those closer. Then from May onwards you’ll be keen to breathe new life and vigour into your social and romantic life. The motto here is that what you feel you lack in the way of love and admiration you must first give. Hand out kisses, cuddles and compliments and you’ll find you get it all back with interest.

CAREER: It’ll be a quiet and slow start to the year on the career front since you won’t be entirely motivated to push your ambitions ahead. But think of it as preparation time when you sort out your ideas and get your ducks in a row. From June onwards you’ll find your motivation, energy and confidence pick up. The more you push yourself forward the better the responses will be from those around. From October heavier responsibilities will land on your shoulders.

HEALTH: You won’t be as jangled and jolted as last year which will be a relief. You will still have to try to take time out to calm down. You are a more highly strung sign than you appear and there’ll be a fair amount going on.  Clearing tension out of your system is partly a mental exercise but also a physical one – so whatever you can do to relax your body with yoga or flexing exercises will help.

Scorpio
October 23 - November 22

OVERVIEW; Close partnerships will be going from strength to strength since you’ll be mutually supportive and be sharing more interests and activities together. Your everyday schedule will continue to be pressured. Try to lighten your tone and stay flexible. Your work situation will be constantly changing with new opportunities coming up so you need to be ready to grasp whatever comes your way. Your social life will also go through an odd phase, disappointing at times and ethereal at others.  Money will come through with little effort on your part. Late in the year you’ll rethink your future plans seriously.

LOVE and Family: You’ll have an over hopeful, idealised view of what you want your relationships with romantic partners and children to be. So you may set yourself up for disappointment. If you can be more realistic as well as tactful and forgiving then all will feel better. Luckily your special close partner will be supportive and enthusiastic on your behalf.

CAREER: You’ll be pushing hard to get your views across but if you lighten your tone you’ll find you will be more persuasive. There’ll be fast moving changes either in methods or approaches and you’ll need to be flexible to stay on top of whatever happens. New opportunities will open up which need to be grasped quickly.  A new phase begins in October when you’ll be clearer about what you want and what is possible.

HEALTH: There is nothing specific aspecting your chart area of health although the pressures on your schedule and constant changes may make you uptight. See what you can do to relax and re-centre yourself every so often. Being on the lookout for new and alternative ways of staying health will also be on your mind. You’ll be attracted to the very latest health fads so be wary of trying out anything which is not well tested. Take care in March and July.

Capricorn
December 23 - January 20

OVERVIEW: Your social self confidence which was boosted in 2011 continues to soar until mid year. The old self doubts will be tossed to one side and you’ll step out to enjoy yourself. Taking yourself at a higher valuation means everyone around you will as well. Loved ones will bring you pride so you’ll be happy as they succeed. There may be muddles along the way of your everyday schedule since you won’t always be concentrating as hard as usual.  Work will be more enthusiastic from June onwards with more support around and your health will improve. From October you’ll be serious about widening your friendship circle but finding that the old, loyal mates are the best.

LOVE and Family: Your sunny, outgoing personality will be winning you compliments and invitations out on the social scene. You’ll be on top form, stepping out boldly without a moment’s hesitation. Loved ones will rally round and you’ll find you take great pride in their accomplishments as well. There will be some upheavals and disruptions within the family or at home. You’ll be pulling away from old ties which were too restrictive. Just don’t get too controlling since you will at times dig in your heels too hard. Late in the year you’ll be aware that your friendship circle is becoming smaller.

CAREER: There may be a few muddles and mis-communications along the way of your everyday working schedule. Your responsibilities will be heavy so you’ll need to be conscientious and well organised to get the right results and to attract praise from those whose judgement you respect. You’ll have grand plans and strong opinions till July but a little gentle persuasion will do better than being too forceful. From May you’ll be doing additional chores.

HEALTH: You’ll be flying along with surplus energy to spare. However the May Gemini Eclipse does hint that taking steps to improve your general health will be necessary in the months thereafter. Review your lifestyle and see what you can do to eat well, exercise and rest more. Luckily Jupiter moving into Gemini from June for a year will help enormously.

Pisces
February 20 - March 20

OVERVIEW: Your positive attitude will make you everyday schedule enjoyable for the first six months. You’ll open your eyes to new opportunities and make new contacts. At times you may feel rather chameleon-like trying to fit in with whatever company you are keeping rather than just being yourself.  Close partners will be energetic luckily. Certain friendships will be intense which has its upside and its downside. Just don’t get into power struggles since it isn’t worth the effort. Joint finances will need attention until October.

LOVE and Family: Close partners will at times be heated so you’ll need to stay calm and ensure they get the support they need. Luckily you dislike confrontations so it shouldn’t be a great problem. From May you’ll be aware that you need to resolve certain home and family matters. It won’t happen overnight but you need to push for what will bring you more satisfaction and peace of mind. From October you’ll be less defensive in intimate relationships and finding partners more warm hearted.

CAREER: Now that you have taken your blinkers off and broadened your attitude, you’ll find many more opportunities around. They were probably always there it is just that you can now see them. You’ll be more tolerant of those around you at work as well as morale boosting and enthusiastic so your popularity will rise.  Team relationships will at times work powerfully well and at others you’ll find there are tensions and power struggles getting in the way. Just ease back and don’t be drawn into no-win discussions.

HEALTH: Some energy slumps are likely with Neptune now in your own sign which is not known for its robust vigour. But this isn’t necessarily bad. It is just a hint that you need to be gentle with yourself and not get dragged into too much hustle and bustle. Luckily from June onwards there’ll be a chance to wind down more often which will give you a chance to recharge your batteries. Your tendency is to get dragged into too much worry about everyone.