Sun trine Mars: Taking Care Of Business
Why let someone else do the job when you know you can do it just as well, if not better? This will pretty much your mantra for the next year. You’re on top of your game, and you know it. In fact, if possible, you’d love to be able to accomplish as much as possible, all on your own. You could practically run your own business. Hmmmm…. Now there’s an idea.Your leadership skills will be out of this world, so if you really did want to start a business, this would be the perfect opportunity. The most important factor is the simple realization that you’re completely self-reliant. You don’t have to go off on your own, but you know you could if you had the desire. And speaking of desire — romance will definitely have a certain wow factor to it! If you have a partner already, you can expect them to ignite a passion under you like no other — and it will happen over and over as the year progresses. If you’re unattached but looking, expect to find love easily. You’ll have a relaxed, yet assertive mentality that could draw suitors in droves. Your biggest problem will be trying not to overcommit yourself.

Sun square Saturn: A Learning Opportunity
Remember your high school chemistry professor? The one who called exams ‘learning opportunities’ and gave more homework than any other teacher? Remember how you, muttering under your breath, did all the problems and struggled to understand? And how, the next year, all that work paid off when you knew more chemistry than anyone else? Well, it’s going to be that kind of year for you.Try as you might, you’re not going to be able to avoid jumping over hurdle after hurdle on your road of life this year. No matter how well you’ve got things planned out, unforeseen difficulties arise and unexpected problems present themselves, forcing you back to the proverbial blackboard for new solutions and agenda adjustments. Crisis control becomes the norm, hindering forward progress. You feel like you’re paddling with all your might, going upstream and getting nowhere. Now, the important thing is not that you’re having crises, but how you’re handling them. Giving up, giving in, taking the easy way all seem tempting but you know in your heart of hearts that the situation calls for gumption, hard work, and backbone. The consequence of giving in is an inner feeling of weakness and resignation. Taking the hard high road leads to future satisfaction.

Mercury in Capricorn: Eliminating Cynicism
A structured and disciplined mind can accomplish a great deal, as you’ll soon discover. You’ll see patterns in everything you think about, which will provide an inherent organization to all of your work. Clear communications will be a snap, as others will easily understand anything you explain, and you’ll find there’s a certain sureness and confidence in your words. You might become a bit too traditional in your thinking, though, so you’ll want to work a little harder to keep your mind open to new ideas.Cynicism could play a role in your life, this year. A little bit of skepticism will keep you on your toes and allow you a more accurate account of your world. But cynicism can hold you back. You don’t want to become so mistrustful of others intentions that your mind turns into a destructive force, keeping out any new ideas or concepts. You may display formal communication styles and be a bit hesitant to share your thoughts and plans, but that doesn’t mean that anyone who isn’t like you has ulterior motives. Remain open to new ways of thinking, and be aware that inspiration and influential ideas can come in just about any form.

Mercury conjunct Pluto: Exploring The Depths Of Humanity
You’ll have a window to the deepest, darkest psyche of the world around you this year; it’s a fascinating perspective, but knowing so much could be scary both for you and for those close to you. Your mind will be able to penetrate some of the most disturbing levels of humanity, and you’ll come out the wiser for it — but the journey will be nothing less than extremely intense!What you consider to be superficial many will consider deep. What you consider to be deep will frighten others. What you consider frightening will probably be unspeakable. Add to this your incredibly powerful way with words, and you’ll quickly become a force to be reckoned with. You’ll be able to dig deep into any discussion or argument to come up with the most insightful, winning statement. And your secretive nature will keep everyone guessing about what’s going on inside that mind of yours. This is not really the time for romance or any type of relationship. It’s more of a time for you to plunge into the depths of your mind, as well as that of everyone else, to learn what you can about yourself and the people sharing this planet with you. When you finally emerge you’ll be leagues ahead of all others.

Mercury trine Jupiter: It’s Not Luck, It’s Talent
Sometimes you get lucky and you can see both the forest and the trees. Other times you get even luckier and you have entire years with this kind of clarity. This is one of those years, and if you use it to your advantage, you can create a strong future for yourself.You’ll have a keen eye for noticing everything around you, making your ability to see both the big picture and the smaller details more a factor of talent than luck. Where others see you as having things just going your way, you’ll actually be achieving greatness because you were able to put into action some thoughtful, well-laid plans. Note that you are the one who has to put these plans into action. You may discover a certain tendency toward laziness if you’re not careful, and that could be the downfall to all these great ideas of yours.However, if you are diligent and hardworking, this could be your chance to take off with your career. You’re about to turn into a problem-solving machine, and it’ll be hard for people (especially your higher-ups) not to notice your incredible talents for finding positive solutions to even the most challenging conundrums.

Mercury square Uranus: A Wild And Crazy Mind
Sometimes it’s hard to keep up with the speed of life; and sometimes it’s hard for the speed of life to keep up with you. For the next year, you’re going to be bouncing back and forth between trying to catch up with your own mind and waiting impatiently for everyone else to catch up. It could be a frustrating year with lots of changes in plans, and you’ll need to remember to be as open and flexible as possible.This will be a wild year as the rebel deep within your mind will crave action. That little demon will push you toward the outer limits of respectability and you’ll challenge society’s norms with your crazy notions. However, you’ll have a hard time letting any of your thoughts focus onto anything beyond mere speculation, and accomplishing something concrete may require abilities that will be beyond your capacity. You’ll have a lot of nervous energy keeping you up at night, and this will continue until you can learn to separate your intuition from your logical mind. Although logic will seem crucial to you, you won’t really get anywhere until you can accept that sometimes you need to listen to your instincts — even when they counter every rational thought in your body.

Venus in Aquarius: Unconventional Love
Though your love will be quite desired, you may be slow to hand it out. Yours will be an almost untouchable emotion, keeping all those who want you at bay. You may be willing to share your love with many, from time to time, but you will become very detached when it comes to offering your affections to just one special person. You might be better off channeling your feelings into assisting the community, where many can share your warmth. This will also offer you a great sense of self-worth. Devote yourself to creative projects that will require enormous amounts of vision and originality. Your mind will be unique and unpredictable, and anything you create will be equally fascinating. One of your major weaknesses though, will be a lack of staying power. You’ll pick up an exciting project, but you could lose interest in it very quickly. This same issue will likely pop up in the romance department too. Few people will be able to hold your attention long enough for a real relationship to form. Or, if you’re already part of a couple, you’ll struggle to not get bored with someone you once found so fascinating. Try to hang on and wait this out before making any rash moves or decisions.

Venus conjunct Neptune: Idealized Love
Ah, the hopeless romantic within you has reared its beautiful, yet frustrating, head. You’ll be so idealistic when it comes to romance this year that you may have a hard time meeting anyone who can fulfill your expectations. Instead, you’ll over-romanticize all your relationships, seeing everything through rose-colored glasses and projecting unrealistic qualities onto your partner. For a while this will all feel wonderful, but then you won’t be able to help getting upset when you discover it was all an illusion. If you’re currently with someone, try not to be too hard on them — you’ll enjoy the moments where you think everything is perfectYour imagination will become strong and bright this year, filling your head with poetic images and romantic ideals — and maybe even delusions of grandeur? More likely, though, you’ll just be drawn to anything glamorous. You’ll be fascinated by all the beautiful people of Hollywood, and you’ll love everything to do with movies. With your imagination working as it is, you might even want to try your hand at a movie script yourself. Just try to make sure that in your attempts to lead your own glamorous lifestyle, you don’t break the bank. That kind of living doesn’t come cheap.

Venus trine Saturn: Stable, Long-lasting Love
In a world of constant changes and unreliable people, you’re becoming a rock. You’ll be one of those dependable, loyal people that everyone loves to have around this year. You won’t be particularly social, but you’ll accept anyone who comes to you. Relationships will begin easily, mainly because you won’t feel like dealing with anyone who doesn’t connect well with you. These same relationships will also be much more likely to last longer because you’ll just naturally have a stronger connection to people who are reliable. So romantically, you could find yourself with a strong, stable partner.Though you won’t be overly social, you will find yourself concerned with appearances. You’ll be very much aware of the public image of those with whom you associate yourself, as well as what others think of you. Try not to let this go to your head; let your grounded nature override any shallow tendencies. Help someone (or many someones) in need this year. Simple things like making soup for a sick friend or volunteering at a homeless shelter will go a long way toward helping another and feeling good about yourself. On the financial side of things, if you have a bit of extra money, this year will be a good time to invest as you’ll be likely to see a pleasing return.

Venus sextile Jupiter: Your Lighthearted Side
There are times in your life when you need to throw out everything serious and challenging in your life, and focus on having some lighthearted fun. This whole year will be one of those times. That’s not to say that you should eliminate everything you don’t like, but more that you’ll be naturally drawn to anything enjoyable and won’t notice the harder aspects as much. It will really come down to the fact that you’ll have such an optimistic energy that something negative will hardly even register with you.Relationships of all sorts will bloom during this year, with your friendships taking the spotlight. You’ll also have excellent rapport with anyone you work with as well as with any romantic interests. People will be drawn to your positive outlook, and they’ll appreciate your uncanny ability to connect with them, especially when they need it most. Money will also come to you more easily, and you’ll likely do well if you invest in some sort of creative endeavor. In fact, your own creativity will do well, especially in the realm of education. Whether that means learning or teaching is entirely up to you — or you could just do both for a bit more variety.

Mars in Virgo: Practical And Efficient
The epitome of practicality. That’s you. Or, at least, that will be you as you work your way from this birthday until your next. Every project your put your mind to will be done in the most efficient manner possible, and you’ll meet every deadline. You’ll be able to work with both abstract and tangible ideas and projects, which can be a rare ability. No task will be too small for your complete attention — in fact, the detail-oriented work is where you’ll excel. Romantically, you’ll find that you become much more sensual than passionate as the year progresses. Your body will be quite sensitive and easily thrown in and out of balance by your mental state. If you start to get confused by your physical reactions to whatever life throws your way, then channel your energy toward doing good work for others. Selfless acts will help you feel good mentally, which will, in turn, balance out your physical drives. You will have great stamina and determination when it comes to improving both your own circumstances and those of others. Again, the detail-oriented tasks will fit the bill well here, as anything that can keep your mind captivated will free up some of the stress that’s placed on your body.

Mars opposition Uranus: Angry Rebellion
The mundane will drive you out of your mind, and anyone who moves too slowly could create a burning rage within you. Patience will be more than just a virtue for you this year; achieving a mere semblance of patience will be akin to climbing Mount Everest. To get through this year with as little strife as possible, you will have to seek out the unusual — don’t waste your time with anything that appeals to the bourgeois. You’ll be so opposed to anything supported by the masses that you could get marked as a danger to their well being. Try to maintain your individuality this year, but without ruffling any feathers. If you feel like the world is out to get you, you may just be right. The general population rarely understands anyone who wants to move against the grain, and they’ll be tempted to attack what they don’t understand. This doesn’t mean that you’ll be at risk of a physical attack, but it does mean that your associations will be much more difficult than usual. You’ll want to fly into a rage frequently as you face opposition on all fronts, but that will only make matters worse. Defend yourself and your beliefs, but aggression and brute force really won’t get you anywhere. Challenge your intellect and come up with thoughtful, rational responses to difficult situations and interactions.

Jupiter in Taurus: Earthly Wisdom
The world around you can offer up plenty of learning opportunities that you can use to improve your life. It will simply be up to you to uncover these and use them to your advantage these next 12 months. Nature, especially, can provide a wealth of knowledge. From the growth of the plants to the communication between animals, there’s a lot for you to learn. One of the most valuable lessons you can learn this year will be to take pleasure in all the small things around you.It’s time to unravel any cynical attitudes that may have been holding you back. Your life does not need to be any more complicated than you make it, and only you have the capabilities to make things easier for yourself. If possible, take responsibility for holding down the fort. If you’re smart with your investments, you could create some extra time for yourself. Plus, notwithstanding your tendencies to go to excess with food and sex, you’ll have a good grasp of the essentials of life, and your love and understanding of security will make you a solid rock that those close to you can build upon. Share your wisdom of creating this ideal life with others — they may not heed your advice immediately, but you’ll have at least planted the seed of knowledge.

Jupiter trine Pluto: Selfless Power
You will benefit the most when you work to help others. If this doesn’t seem logical, try it out. When others get help from you, they’re more likely to turn around and help you in return; or someone else with a generous heart will see your good deeds and do what they can to improve your situation. That will be especially key this year, as the less selfish your goals, the greater your personal achievement. On the flip side, if you desire and seek out power for your own personal gain, though you will succeed in the short term, the effects could be negative in the long run.Positive changes will also be your motivation this year, as you’ll work to improve your life in many ways. As mentioned above, you’ll certainly seek out more power than you’ve had in the past, but you’ll also want to embark on a crusade for ‘the truth.’ You won’t want your life or anyone else’s to be ruled by a dogma that is inaccurate, and you will happily put your energies toward becoming a truth-seeker. Intuition will play a role in your life this year, and if you learn to use it properly, you’ll easily know if the path you’re on is the right one, or if you should change directions.

Jupiter sextile Neptune: Imaginative Guidance
The imagination is a shockingly powerful tool. It’s pretty much the reason we’re able to be empathetic toward others. Our imagination allows us to put ourselves in their shoes and at least get a feel for what they must be going through. These next 12 months, you’ll see your imaginative abilities grow exponentially, and because of this, your desire to help others will also increase. This will also be a great time for you to grow as an individual as your dreams will help you forge ahead into new territories.Each experience you encounter will teach you a great deal and you’ll be able to use what you learned to move on successfully to the next experience. Again, helping others will be an opportune way of letting your knowledge manifest in a positive and useful form. Focusing on what your dreams tell you can also give you a unique perspective to the world, and when you combine that with what you’ve learned, you’ll have quite an arsenal of options for making worthwhile changes to both your life and that of others. Allow your selfless desires to take over this year, and you, as well as those you assist, will be grateful for the results you’ll be helping to bring about.

Jupiter opposition Saturn: Choosing The Right Path
You’re coming up to a fork in the road: Should you take the road toward expansion and optimism, or the path that leads to responsibility and achieving goals through hard work? Unfortunately, it’s not really a decision that you’ll be able to make. During the next 12 months, this dilemma will pop up over and over again, mostly resulting in confusion. Your options will be completely polarized and finding a middle ground could start to feel impossible.You’ll find yourself torn between grand life schemes and the details and effort that will be involved in bringing them to life. It would be nice to just be an idea-person, but your ideas can’t turn into reality without a lot of hard work. You’re going to have to try to find a balance between these opposing forces. And then you’ll also be faced with deciding when to fix past mistakes and when to forge ahead with your future. This will require great mental strain and possibly even physical effort, but if you succeed, you could be on the track to great prosperity. This probably won’t happen immediately, but rather, by the end of the year, you could be much wiser and on the path to personal, professional and romantic prosperity.

Saturn in Libra: Hard Decisions
Indecision is waking up, shaking itself off and getting ready to rear its ugly head. You might want to prepare yourself for a lot of unpleasant decisions in the coming months. That doesn’t mean that you’ll have to choose between a rock and a hard place, but choosing between something like two people with whom you’re in love is never a fun choice to make either. As you struggle to deal with whatever options are placed in front of you, you may begin to suffer from feelings of self-doubt.The first step toward fixing these issues will be to accept that they exist. If you’re in denial about any of your fears — and those include fears of compromising yourself or losing your balance in life, as well as indecision — your world will only become more complex. On the other hand, if you can face your fears and come to terms with them, you’ll have a much healthier approach to the decisions you have to make, which will help make your future choices much easier to deal with. Taking on a responsible perspective with your options will also allow a natural balance to come back to your life, almost without any extra effort from you.

Saturn trine Neptune: Two Worlds Merge
Prepare yourself for an important merger this year — a merger between the conscious and unconscious worlds. Your dreams and intuition will work in harmony with reality, and your ideals will mesh well with what’s true in your life. Creative endeavors can be hugely successful, as you’ll be able to take shapeless ideas and turn them into something tangible. One half of you will be structured and grounded, which will allow your other half to give form to the visions and images that emerge from your imagination and subconscious. So pay close attention to your dreams; you never know from where your next great idea will come. Your spiritual life in general will be quite prominent. Whether you follow a structured religion or practice more personalized beliefs, your faith will play a strong role in your actions and ideas. You’ll also find yourself more instinctively putting others first. Your needs are important, but the needs of your friends, loved ones and even strangers will seem more crucial and deserving of your attention. Giving selflessly will practically be second nature — just be sure you don’t give away your savings! Try volunteering at a homeless shelter instead of just donating money.

North Node in Sagittarius: Personal Belief Systems
Yours is an expansive future, one in which you’ll have the most success when you can look around you and put everything into a larger perspective. There is a holistic nature to all things, an inherent connection between everything you do and see, and it will be up to you to try to find the purpose and meaning to these events. Create your own belief systems that take everything you understand and use that knowledge to make sense out of the world. This will help you push forward with your own personal development. Intellectual studies, education and travel can all assist you to pursue that elusive goal of the meaning of life. Your ability to collect facts and information will be strong, and you’ll be able to piece together ideas and systems of thought and turn them into principles to live by. Once these are in place though, you may discover you have tendencies to stick so strongly to your beliefs that they become dogma. However, it will be your openness to new ideas that will be one of the most crucial aspects to enhancing your life experience and your view of the world. Be spontaneous, optimistic and broad-minded as you venture down your journey of life.

Neptune in Aquarius: Cyber-enlightenment
Enlightenment and technology will come together for you this year, as you seek to achieve a higher state of human connection through the use of global technology and advancements. You will desire a spiritual unity of all people, and you will use such progressive tools as the Internet and computers to achieve your goal. This is the first time in recorded history that such an enormous human connection could even be considered, and you will be at the forefront, helping to make it all come together.Even more exciting is the possibility to experience such large-scale communities and interactions, while still maintaining your individual space. You will break down older New Age concepts and begin establishing entirely new ones in which the individual can connect and remain alone at the same time. If you haven’t already, join some cyber-organizations and start chatting. You can also use the coming year to familiarize yourself with, or improve your skills at graphic design. That’s a great channel for combining your creative imagination with the complexities of computer technology and ability. Just be sure all of your experiences are your own and that you don’t get too influenced or disillusioned by some of the other people out there.

Pluto in Capricorn: Societal Transformation
Your mission for the year will be a total overhaul of all the outmoded forms of society that can no longer measure up or function as they’re supposed to. Sound like a big job? It is. But you can start by just focusing on the structure of your own life and trying to transform that before you even attempt to tackle societal issues. One of the key areas you might want to look at improving, though, will be your social status. The higher you can raise your social standing, the more freedom you’ll have to make more necessary changes later on.In fact, if you can increase your social status, you’ll actually be on the path to breaking up some of society’s most useless structures, which involve placing power in a small minority. Your goal is to work your way into that minority and try to break it up from the inside. Again, this is by no means a small task, and you should only focus on your own life this year. Maybe a promotion at work can help you reset some of your corporate structures, giving you practice for a bigger job later on. If you want to jump right in to freeing society from the power of the social elites, then see what kind of luck you can have in your own town. Volunteer for an elected official or get your own name on the ballot for the next election.

Uranus in Aries: The Energy Of Life
All beings, all forms of life, everything that moves — it all requires energy to keep going. Humans are special in that they can choose how they use this energy. This year, your goal, should you choose to accept it, will be to transform yourself and possibly the world with the pioneering and radical energy that will bubble up from within you. Creative and original currents of ideas will course through you, and it will be up to you to see them through to creation. Your mind will be active and engaged, and your inner urges will encourage you to move into action. Any challenge placed before you will be one you will happily meet, but remember that there’s more to overcoming adversity than just meeting it: You must follow through, as well. Once you’re able to overcome your difficulties, you’ll find that your progressive nature is able to bloom on its own. Basically, this all boils down to figuring out the most effective uses for your mental powers. Fortunately, you’ll be practically fearless about change and about your approach to life. When you know where to point your aggression and intelligence, a powerful, progressive transformation will begin.

Uranus square Pluto: Pressure Buildup
Imagine a tea kettle. You’ve put the water in, and turned up the heat. Then you wait as the water begins to boil, and that’s when it starts to get interesting. The pressure builds and builds until so much steam is being forced out of a tiny opening that it begins to whistle — and then it screams. And if you leave it long enough, the lid might just pop off. Now, imagine that’s your life. Some or most of your life is building up a lot of pressure and it’s about to explode. Things could get really messy for a while, but the relief you’ll feel when the pressure is off of you will be well worth it. You’ll finally be able to move on to something else.If you want to make things a little easier, you can find aspects of your life that clearly need improvement and begin to make the changes yourself. That will help release some of the pressure early, so you won’t deal with quite such a big eruption. Something you’ve depended on for a long time will suddenly disappear — your car might die or your computer might crash completely — and you’ll need to simply accept that as fact and go out and get something better.