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Phases of the Moon

After the full Moon, the Moon seems to shrink in size (as perceived from the Earth), gradually growing smaller until it is virtually invisible to the naked eye – at the time of the next new Moon. This is called the waning Moon phase, or the waning Moon.

After the new Moon, the Moon gradually gets bigger in size (as perceived from the Earth) until it reaches its maximum size at the time of the full Moon. This period is called the waxing Moon phase, or waxing Moon.

Retrogrades

The planets move around the Sun at different speeds. Mercury and Venus move much faster than the Earth, while Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto move more slowly. Thus there are times when, relative to the Earth, the planets appear to be going backwards. In reality they are always going forward, but relative to our vantage point on Earth they seem to go backwards through the zodiac for a period of time. This is called ‘retrograde’ motion and tends to weaken the normal influence of a given planet.

Short-term Planets

The fast-moving planets move so quickly through a sign that their effects are generally of a short-term nature. They reflect the immediate, day-to-day trends in a horoscope.

Moon

stays in a sign for only 2½ days

Mercury

20 to 30 days

Sun

30 days

Venus

approximately 1 month

Mars

approximately 2 months

T-square

A T-square differs from a Grand Square in that it is not a complete square. If you look at the pattern in a chart it appears as ‘half a complete square’, resembling the T-square tools used by architects and designers. If you cut a complete square in half, diagonally, you have a T-square. Many astrologers consider this more stressful than a Grand Square, as it creates tension that is difficult to resolve. T-squares bring learning experiences.

Transits

This term refers to the movements or motions of the planets at any given time. Astrologers use the word ‘transit’ to make the distinction between a birth, or Natal, planet and the planet’s current movement in the heavens. For example, if at your birth Saturn was in the sign of Cancer in your 8th house, but is now moving through your 3rd house, it is said to be ‘transiting’ your 3rd house. Transits are one of the main tools with which astrologers forecast trends.

Personality Profile
ARIES AT A GLANCE

Element – Fire

Ruling Planet – Mars

Career Planet – Saturn

Love Planet – Venus

Money Planet – Venus

Planet of Fun, Entertainment, Creativity and Speculations – Sun

Planet of Health and Work – Mercury

Planet of Home and Family Life – Moon

Planet of Spirituality – Neptune

Planet of Travel, Education, Religion and Philosophy – Jupiter

Colours – carmine, red, scarlet

Colours that promote love, romance and social harmony – green, jade green

Colour that promotes earning power – green

Gem – amethyst

Metals – iron, steel

Scent – honeysuckle

Quality – cardinal (= activity)

Quality most needed for balance – caution

Strongest virtues – abundant physical energy, courage, honesty, independence, self-reliance

Deepest need – action

Characteristics to avoid – haste, impetuousness, over-aggression, rashness

Signs of greatest overall compatibility – Leo, Sagittarius

Signs of greatest overall incompatibility – Cancer, Libra, Capricorn

Sign most helpful to career – Capricorn

Sign most helpful for emotional support – Cancer

Sign most helpful financially – Taurus

Sign best for marriage and/or partnerships – Libra

Sign most helpful for creative projects – Leo

Best Sign to have fun with – Leo

Signs most helpful in spiritual matters – Sagittarius, Pisces

Best day of the week – Tuesday

Understanding an Aries

Aries is the activist par excellence of the zodiac. The Aries need for action is almost an addiction, and those who do not really understand the Aries personality would probably use this hard word to describe it. In reality ‘action’ is the essence of the Aries psychology – the more direct, blunt and to-the-point the action, the better. When you think about it, this is the ideal psychological makeup for the warrior, the pioneer, the athlete or the manager.

Aries likes to get things done, and in their passion and zeal often lose sight of the consequences for themselves and others. Yes, they often try to be diplomatic and tactful, but it is hard for them. When they do so they feel that they are being dishonest and phoney. It is hard for them even to understand the mindset of the diplomat, the consensus builder, the front office executive. These people are involved in endless meetings, discussions, talks and negotiations – all of which seem a great waste of time when there is so much work to be done, so many real achievements to be gained. An Aries can understand, once it is explained, that talk and negotiations – the social graces – lead ultimately to better, more effective actions. The interesting thing is that an Aries is rarely malicious or spiteful – even when waging war. Aries people fight without hate for their opponents. To them it is all good-natured fun, a grand adventure, a game.

When confronted with a problem many people will say, ‘Well, let’s think about it, let’s analyse the situation.’ But not an Aries. An Aries will think, ‘Something must be done. Let’s get on with it.’ Of course neither response is the total answer. Sometimes action is called for, sometimes cool thought. But an Aries tends to err on the side of action.

Action and thought are radically different principles. Physical activity is the use of brute force. Thinking and deliberating require one not to use force – to be still. It is not good for the athlete to be deliberating the next move; this will only slow down his or her reaction time. The athlete must act instinctively and instantly. This is how Aries people tend to behave in life. They are quick, instinctive decision-makers and their decisions tend to be translated into action almost immediately. When their intuition is sharp and well tuned, their actions are powerful and successful. When their intuition is off, their actions can be disastrous.

Do not think this will scare an Aries. Just as a good warrior knows that in the course of combat he or she might acquire a few wounds, so too does an Aries realize – somewhere deep down – that in the course of being true to yourself you might get embroiled in a disaster or two. It is all part of the game. An Aries feels strong enough to weather any storm.

There are many Aries people who are intellectual. They make powerful and creative thinkers. But even in this realm they tend to be pioneers – outspoken and blunt. These types of Aries tend to elevate (or sublimate) their desire for physical combat in favour of intellectual, mental combat. And they are indeed powerful.

In general, Aries people have a faith in themselves that others could learn from. This basic, rock-solid faith carries them through the most tumultuous situations of life. Their courage and self-confidence make them natural leaders. Their leadership is more by way of example than by actually controlling others.

Finance

Aries people often excel as builders or estate agents. Money in and of itself is not as important as are other things – action, adventure, sport, etc. They are motivated by the need to support and be well-thought-of by their partners. Money as a way of attaining pleasure is another important motivation. Aries function best in their own businesses or as managers of their own departments within a large business or corporation. The fewer orders they have to take from higher up, the better. They also function better out in the field rather than behind a desk.

Aries people are hard workers with a lot of endurance; they can earn large sums of money due to the strength of their sheer physical energy.

Venus is their money planet, which means that Aries need to develop more of the social graces in order to realize their full earning potential. Just getting the job done – which is what an Aries excels at – is not enough to create financial success. The co-operation of others needs to be attained. Customers, clients and co-workers need to be made to feel comfortable; many people need to be treated properly in order for success to happen. When Aries people develop these abilities – or hire someone to do this for them – their financial potential is unlimited.

Career and Public Image

One would think that a pioneering type would want to break with the social and political conventions of society. But this is not so with the Aries-born. They are pioneers within conventional limits, in the sense that they like to start their own businesses within an established industry.

Capricorn is on the 10th house of career cusp of Aries’ solar horoscope. Saturn is the planet that rules their life’s work and professional aspirations. This tells us some interesting things about the Aries character. First off, it shows that, in order for Aries people to reach their full career potential, they need to develop some qualities that are a bit alien to their basic nature: they need to become better administrators and organizers; they need to be able to handle details better and to take a long-range view of their projects and their careers in general. No one can beat an Aries when it comes to achieving short-range objectives, but a career is long term, built over time. You cannot take a ‘quickie’ approach to it.

Some Aries people find it difficult to stick with a project until the end. Since they get bored quickly and are in constant pursuit of new adventures, they prefer to pass an old project or task on to somebody else in order to start something new. Those Aries who learn how to put off the search for something new until the old is completed will achieve great success in their careers and professional lives.

In general, Aries people like society to judge them on their own merits, on their real and actual achievements. A reputation acquired by ‘hype’ feels false to them.

Love and Relationships

In marriage and partnerships Aries like those who are more passive, gentle, tactful and diplomatic – people who have the social grace and skills they sometimes lack. Our partners always represent a hidden part of ourselves – a self that we cannot express personally.

An Aries tends to go after what he or she likes aggressively. The tendency is to jump into relationships and marriages. This is especially true if Venus is in Aries as well as the Sun. If an Aries likes you, he or she will have a hard time taking no for an answer; many attempts will be made to sweep you off your feet.

Though Aries can be exasperating in relationships – especially if they are not understood by their partners – they are never consciously or wilfully cruel or malicious. It is just that they are so independent and sure of themselves that they find it almost impossible to see somebody else’s viewpoint or position. This is why an Aries needs as a partner someone with lots of social graces.

On the plus side, an Aries is honest, someone you can lean on, someone with whom you will always know where you stand. What he or she lacks in diplomacy is made up for in integrity.

Home and Domestic Life

An Aries is of course the ruler at home – the Boss. The male will tend to delegate domestic matters to the female. The female Aries will want to rule the roost. Both tend to be handy round the house. Both like large families and both believe in the sanctity and importance of the family. An Aries is a good family person, although he or she does not especially like being at home a lot, preferring instead to be roaming about.

Considering that they are by nature so combative and wilful, Aries people can be surprisingly soft, gentle and even vulnerable with their children and partners. The sign of Cancer, ruled by the Moon, is on the cusp of their solar 4th house of home and family. When the Moon is well aspected – under favourable influences – in the birth chart, an Aries will be tender towards the family and will want a family life that is nurturing and supportive. Aries likes to come home after a hard day on the battlefield of life to the understanding arms of their partner and the unconditional love and support of their family. An Aries feels that there is enough ‘war’ out in the world – and he or she enjoys participating in that. But when Aries comes home, comfort and nurturing are what’s needed.

Horoscope for 2015
Major Trends

Uranus has been in your sign since the summer of 2011, and will be there for the year ahead and for some years to come. Thus the theme of your life these days is change. Change, change, change and more change after that – constant and continuous. Change is exciting, but it is also stressful. The cosmos wants you to get comfortable with change, to be comfortable with instability. Expect nothing, be prepared for anything!

Jupiter moved into Leo on July 17, 2014 and started to make beautiful aspects to you. This continues until August 11 of this year. Thus you are in party mode these days, enjoying life, indulging in leisure and fun activities. Most likely there will be foreign travel. Basically, this is a happy period.

On August 11 Jupiter will move into your 6th house of health and work. This is a fabulous aspect for job seekers or for those who employ others. Happy job changes are coming. Many of you will find the ‘ideal’ job. Those who employ others will expand your workforce and have good fortune from your employees. There’s more on this later.

Saturn has been in Scorpio, your 8th house, for the past two years. This year he moves out of there, although he will return for approximately three months as he retrogrades back into Scorpio from June 15 to September 18. But most of the year he will be in your 9th house. With Saturn in Scorpio, the past few years have been about getting the sexual force under control, getting some balance there. Most of you have limited your sexual activity these past few years. The need was to focus on quality and not quantity. Now with Saturn in your 9th house there will be a need to get your religious and philosophical beliefs in right order. These will get tested – a good thing. The ones that are valid and true will remain, but some beliefs will have to be let go.

Your major interests in the year ahead are the body, image and physical appearance; children, fun and creativity (until August 11); health and work (from August 11 onwards); sex, occult studies, personal reinvention and personal transformation (from June 15 to September 18); religion, philosophy, foreign travel and higher education (from January 1 to June 15 and from September 18 till the end of the year); career; and spirituality. You have many interests this year; try not to spread yourself too thin.

Your paths of greatest fulfilment this year will be love, romance and social activities (until November 13); children, fun, creativity (until August 11); and health and work (from August 11 onwards).

Health

(Please note that this is an astrological perspective on health and not a medical one. In days of yore there was no difference, these perspectives were identical. But now there could be quite a difference. For a medical perspective, please consult your doctor or health practitioner.)

Twenty eleven and 2012 were stressful health years. Things are much improved these days however. You still have two long-term planets stressing you out, but the other long-term planets are either helping you or leaving you alone. Furthermore, when Jupiter enters your 6th house of health and work on August 11 there will be good fortune in health matters. If there has been a health problem you should start hearing good news about it. Health should be good this year.

Good though your health should be, you can make it even better. Give more attention to the following areas (the reflexes are shown in the chart): the head, face and scalp; the adrenals; the heart; the lungs, small intestine, arms, shoulders and respiratory system; and the liver and thighs – the most vulnerable areas in the year ahead.

The head, face and scalp are always important for you and regular face and scalp massage is always powerful. Craniosacral therapy is good too. When you massage the face and scalp you’re not only strengthening those areas (on the energetic level) but it’s as if you are giving the entire body an energy boost. The head and face contain reflexes to the entire body.

The adrenals, too, are always important for you. You can see the reflexes in our chart. It is good to avoid anger and fear as these are the two emotions that stress the adrenals. Also avoid worry, the spiritual root cause of heart problems. Heart action can be erratic these days: sometimes too fast, sometimes too slow. The reflexes to the heart are also shown above.

The lungs, small intestine, arms, shoulders and respiratory system are usually important for you and this year is no different. Arms and shoulders should be regularly massaged. Acupuncture or acupressure treatments along the lung and small intestine meridian would be wonderful. The liver and thighs become important from August 11 onwards. Thighs should be regularly massaged. Liver detoxing (there are many natural herbal ways to do this) might be a good idea.

Jupiter in your 6th house indicates that you will benefit from metaphysical kinds of therapies – prayer and such like. It shows the importance of your personal philosophy of health and disease. If health problems arise (God forbid) it would be good to examine your philosophical concepts about health, and maybe revise them in a better way.

In general, your personal philosophy of life is important healthwise. Even if you have good health concepts, if there are other areas in your personal philosophy which are in error, these could manifest as a health problem. Philosophical purity is always a good thing, but this year it is an actual health issue.

Uranus, as we have mentioned, has been in your sign for some years now. This indicates a tendency to experiment with the body – to test its limits. This is basically good. The body is capable of a lot more than any of us think – the yogis affirm that the body is essentially infinite. However, this testing of the body’s limits needs to be done safely and mindfully. Disciplines such as yoga, martial arts or tai chi are safe ways to do this. Otherwise there could be a tendency to indulge in daredevil-type stunts and injury could result.

There are many short-term health trends, as Mercury, your health planet, is a fast-moving planet. These short-term trends are best discussed in the monthly reports.

Home and Family

Your 4th house of home and family was strong during the past two years, but not this year. Many of you have moved, renovated or acquired additional homes over the past few years. By now your goals have been achieved and the year ahead seems to be a quiet one. The cosmos is not pushing you one way or another. You have free will to do what you like – but perhaps not the interest. With Uranus in your 1st house you seem more nomadic this year. You will be in different places for long periods of time.

If you’re planning to redecorate, in cosmetic kinds of ways, or buying art objects for the home, May 8 to June 5 is a good time. However, if you’re planning major renovations or construction projects, June 24 to August 9 would be a good time for this kind of work.

Aries women of childbearing age have been unusually fertile the past few years and the trend continues in the year ahead. But all Aries will be more focused on children or children figures this year. Children or children figures in your life will have a basically good year. They seem successful and optimistic, enjoying the good life. Many are travelling this year. They seem happy-go-lucky and prosperous. If they are of an appropriate age, they too seem unusually fertile. Children could move – and this seems a happy aspect – after August 11.

A parent figure in your life is reinventing him or herself; this has been going on for a while. He or she could have had surgery and/or near-death kinds of experiences in the past few years, and there are still tendencies to this in the year ahead. He or she will benefit greatly from detox regimes.

Siblings or sibling figures in your life are likely to move or renovate the home from August 11 onwards. And parents or parent figures have been moving a lot in recent years and could do so again. Perhaps there have been multiple renovations of the home. They seem restless and nomadic, living in different places for long periods of time. Their moods seem highly unstable. Mood swings are extreme and swift.

Your family planet is the Moon – the fastest-moving of all the planets. Thus there are many short-term trends – depending on where the Moon is and the aspects she receives – that are best dealt with in the monthly reports.

Finance and Career

The year ahead looks prosperous, but your money house is not a house of power. This could be a financial weakness. Perhaps you’re not paying enough attention. You will have to force yourself to focus here.

Jupiter’s presence in your 5th house until August 11 shows luck in speculations. Some of you might want to invest small sums on the lottery or in some other kind of speculations. Of course you should only do this under intuition and not blindly or automatically. The cosmos has many ways to supply you.

If you are in the creative arts there is good fortune now. Your creativity is marketable and successful.

Jupiter moves into your 6th house of work on August 11, which indicates happy job changes. In some cases it indicates the landing of a dream job; in other cases it shows a happy job change within the present company. Your ability to be productive is greatly increased in the year ahead and this usually translates into more money.

The spouse, partner or current love has had a difficult two years financially – there’s been much reorganization going on. This year there is great improvement in this area. Saturn will mostly be out of his or her money house (except for three months); furthermore, Jupiter will start to make beautiful aspects to his or her financial planet from August 11 onwards. This shows a prosperous year ahead, from August onwards. The children or children figures in your life are also prospering greatly.

There is inheritance in this chart. Hopefully no one has to actually die. Perhaps you are named in someone’s will or appointed to some administrative position in an estate.

The year ahead also appears good for paying down debt or for taking on loans – depending on your need. Most of you will have increases in your line of credit. You have easier access to outside capital. If you have good ideas, this is a good year (from August 11 onwards) to attract financial backing.

If you are involved in estates or insurance claims, there is good fortune from August 11 onwards.

Favourable financial numbers are 2, 3, 7 and 9.

Saturn, your career planet, shifts back and forth between two signs this year – it zigzags. And this pretty much describes the career. Until June 15 Saturn will be in Sagittarius, your 9th house. This shows success and elevation, and expanded career horizons. It indicates career opportunities in foreign lands or with foreign companies. (There are job opportunities in foreign lands too, after August 11.) It also shows increased business-related travel. In fact, your willingness to travel is important in your career advancement.

With Pluto stuck in your 10th house of career for many years now, there are dramas with bosses and people involved in your career. They could be having surgery, or near-death kinds of experiences. Perhaps you are having career ‘near-death’ experiences. Always keep in mind that after ‘death’ comes ‘resurrection’. The career will be renewed.

Love and Social Life

Your 7th house of love is not a house of power this year, and this indicates that things will tend to remain the same. Married couples tend to stay married and singles tend to stay single.

With the 7th house basically empty (only the short-terms planets will move through there in the year ahead) there could be a tendency to ignore the love life, to not give it the attention it deserves. This would be a mistake. For as we mentioned this area of life brings great fulfilment in the year ahead. You have to force yourself to pay attention here even when you don’t feel like it.

If you are single, working towards your first marriage, you are probably happy staying single. Marriage is not seen here. However, there are hot love affairs happening. You might not marry, but there is no shortage of love. June and July seems especially active in this department.

If you are working towards your second marriage there will be an opportunity in June and July, but I’m not so sure that this will lead to marriage. It would be best not to rush into anything. Let love develop naturally.

If you are working towards your third marriage, romance (and perhaps even marriage) is in the air. It could have happened last year, but if not, the year ahead (especially until August 11) is excellent.

One of the challenges in love is Uranus in your 1st house. We have written about this in previous years but the trend is still very much in effect. Uranus in the 1st house gives a passion for personal freedom. Freedom trumps relationships. A committed relationship is, by definition, a limitation of personal freedom and this is the problem. The ideal lover is someone who will give you lots of space, lots of freedom, within the relationship.

Those involved with an Aries in a romantic way should take note. Give your Aries lover as much freedom as possible so long as it isn’t destructive. Try doing unconventional, zany things together. Try being friends with your Aries lover, not just a lover. With Uranus in their 1st house, Aries is into friendship these days. They are comfortable in that role.

In that department – friendships – the year ahead seems very happy and active. Friends seek you out, there is nothing much that you need to do. You seem very involved with groups and group activities – these too seek you out. New and important friendships are happening this year (and this was so last year too).

Parents and parent figures are having a static, stable love year.

Children or children figures of the appropriate age experience serious love this year. If they are single they could get married, or have a relationship that is ‘like’ a marriage. Grandchildren of an appropriate age also find love this year.

Siblings and sibling figures are having their relationships tested this year. If they are single they are not likely to marry.

Favourable numbers for love are 3, 7 and 11.

Self-improvement

Saturn has been in your 8th house of transformation and regeneration for two years now and spends another few months there in the year ahead. Whatever your age and stage in life, your libido has not been up to its usual standard. From the astrological perspective this is not so much a health issue, more of a cosmic one. The cosmos has been putting the sexual life into right order. If sexual expression has been too low, Saturn increased it. If it has been too much (which is usually the case) Saturn clamped down on it. Sex in many ways is like eating. We need to eat enough – not too much, not too little, just the right amount. Many of you have learned that quality sex is better (and healthier) than mere quantity. Better less sex but good sex than hosts of mediocre experiences.

Saturn will spend most of the coming year in your 9th house of religion, philosophy and higher education. For college students this indicates a need to buckle down and work hard. There are no free rides this year. Focus on your studies. Do the work that is needed. Bear down. Non-students will have their religious and philosophical beliefs tested, as we have mentioned. Your belief system is getting a reality check. Many of us are holding beliefs that are just not correct. Many of us look at the world in a false way and attribute meanings to phenomena that aren’t so. This is a year where you learn about this. Generally reality checks are not pleasant, but great good will come of it. As you let go of false, or only partially true, beliefs, new and better ones will come in. And the whole life will improve because of that.

Philosophy, as we have mentioned many times, is much more important than psychology. A person’s philosophy will shape and mould the psychology. Philosophy is cause, psychology is effect. So what’s going on now (and for the next two years), is very important.

Aries generally have a strong sense of self-esteem. But lately, with the Moon’s south node in your 1st house, your self-esteem has not been what it should. There is a feeling of deficiency here. Often when this happens, people over-compensate and become over-bearing and excessively arrogant. Avoid this trap like the plague. There is a correct way to attain healthy self-esteem. This is by recognizing that you are a son or daughter of the Most High – an immortal spiritual being incarnated in a body. You are not your body or personality, but the being that uses these things for its own purposes. A good meditation for this is, ‘I AM AN IMMORTAL BEING OF LIGHT, I AM ONE WITH GOD, IN PERFECT UNION AND HARMONY WITH THE UNIVERSE.’

Repeat this a few times a day to yourself, and especially when you feel low. The more time you spend with this meditation, the better.

Month-by-month Forecasts
January

Best Days Overall: 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 24, 25

Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 31

Best Days for Love: 1, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 31

Best Days for Money: 1, 7, 8, 12, 13, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31

Best Days for Career: 6, 16, 18, 19, 24

Looking out for one’s self-interest and looking out for others’ interests are really two sides of a single coin. Neither has any intrinsic moral superiority. Your interest is no less nor more important than another’s. What we emphasize depends on the cosmic cycle we are in at any given time. You have just come out of a cycle of needing to put others first. Last month, the planets shifted from the Western sector of others to the Eastern sector of self. Now you are more independent (which is very comfortable for Aries). It is right and proper now, and for the next five or so months, to keep a keen eye on your own interests and to pursue them. It will be easier now to make changes in your life, to create conditions as you desire them to be. With 90 per cent of the planets moving forwards this month you should see fast progress towards your goal. Time to have things your way Aries!

Last month you entered one of your yearly career peaks, and this continues until the 20th. Most of the planets are above the horizon of your Horoscope – and this too fosters career activities. Most likely you will not achieve all your career goals in their fullness (these take time and development), but you will see good progress towards them and this counts as success. You will be closer to your goals than you were in the past few months.

You will probably not be travelling as much this year as usual. Necessary travel is OK, but frivolous travel is probably not. Your chart emphasizes travel related to your career. But even so, avoid long journeys between the 1st and the 3rd (if possible).

On the 20th your focus shifts to friends, groups, group activities and organizations. This is not only fun for its own sake but seems to help the bottom line as well. Singles will find romantic opportunities in these venues as well.

Mars, the ruler of your Horoscope, enters your 12th house of spirituality on January 12. Moreover, he travels with Neptune, your planet of spirituality, from the 16th to the 20th. Thus you seem to be meeting a guru or spiritual mentor. This could be someone you already know or someone new. This is indicated as a period for spiritual breakthroughs.

Rest and relax more until the 20th.

February

Best Days Overall: 3, 4, 13, 14, 21, 22

Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 8, 9, 15, 16, 27, 28

Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21

Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Best Days for Career: 3, 13, 15, 16, 21

Your love and financial planet, Venus, is travelling with Neptune early in the month. It began late last month on the 30th and continues until the 3rd. This shows good financial intuition. Pay attention to hunches during this period. Take note of dreams. Spiritual people – gurus, ministers, psychics and astrologers – have important financial information for you. If you have financial doubts or need guidance you can consult with these kinds of people. Venus will be in your 12th house until the 20th, so these trends continue.

Love too is very spiritual and idealistic this month. Venus’s conjunction with Neptune shows a romantic or social meeting with a spiritual type of person. The person could also be a musician, poet, dancer or photographer – a very creative type. Love opportunities happen in spiritual-type settings during most of the month, at the yoga studio, the meditation seminar, prayer circle or at a charity event.

This is a very nice period for both love and money. Venus is in her most exalted position in Pisces. Thus she is more powerful than usual. Your earning power and social magnetism are much stronger.

Idealism is a wonderful thing in love and finance. We should shoot for the ideal in life. But keep both feet on the ground in these matters. Focus on your ideal, but don’t neglect the practical issues.

The beloved is more sensitive these days – friends as well. Be very careful of what you say and how you say it. They can take umbrage over your tone of voice or your body language. Little things – unintentional things – can set them off.

Love comes to you this month, especially from the 20th onwards. There is no need for you to do anything special, it will find you. The same is true with money. Money and financial opportunity will seek you out after the 20th. All you have to do is to show up.

Mars and Venus travel together from the 20th to the 24th. Romance is definitely in the air. This is a classic signal for love.

Your spiritual interests seem to conflict with the career, and perhaps with people involved in your career. These people don’t seem too receptive. It will take a nice balancing act on your part to handle this.

March

Best Days Overall: 2, 3, 12, 13, 20, 21, 29, 30, 31

Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 27, 28

Best Days for Love: 2, 3, 7, 8, 12, 13, 22, 23

Best Days for Money: 2, 3, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23

Best Days for Career: 2, 12, 14, 15, 20, 29, 30

The planetary power is in its maximum Eastern position this month, and you are in your period of maximum independence and personal power. Make those changes that need to be made. Create your life as you want it to be. Look out for number one. Others will more or less co-operate now. Most of the planets are moving forwards and personal progress and life in general moves swiftly.

There is a very strong solar eclipse on March 20. It occurs just near your Ascendant, on the cusp of your 12th and 1st houses. All of you will feel the effects of this but those of you born early in the sign of Aries – between March 21 and March 23 – will feel them the strongest. Make sure you reduce your schedule during this period and for a few days before and after. Avoid stressful, risk-taking activities and spend some quiet time at home. Read a good book or watch a movie, or even better, meditate.

This solar eclipse indicates a redefinition of your personality. You are changing the way you think of yourself and the way that you want others to see you. Over the next six months you will change your look, your wardrobe, hair style, etc. Generally this is forced on you: if you don’t redefine yourself, others will. Sometimes, if a person has not been careful with their diet, it brings a detox of the body. Every solar eclipse impacts on children and children figures in the life and they should be kept out of harm’s way during this period. Generally it brings dramas – life-changing kinds of events – to their lives.

Health and energy are basically good this month. The problem can be too much of a good thing – you have too much energy. You are hyper-active and perhaps overly hasty. This can lead to injury. Be especially careful during the eclipse period, and from the 9th to the 12th. Avoid daredevil stunts and activities.

Until the 17th the trends of love and finance are pretty much as we described last month. Love and money come to you. You spend on yourself. Your personal appearance and overall demeanour is a big factor in generating earnings, and you spend freely and impulsively. And perhaps you are prone to jump into relationships impulsively too.

Things calm down after the 17th as Venus moves into stable, conservative Taurus. Your social and financial judgement will be much better in this period. Since Taurus is your money house, you are in a prosperous period. Love opportunities come as you pursue your financial goals and with people who are involved in your finances.

April

Best Days Overall: 8, 9, 17, 18, 25, 26, 27

Most Stressful Days Overall: 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 23, 24

Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 21, 22

Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 8, 9, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26

Best Days for Career: 8, 10, 11, 12, 17, 25, 26

The love life has been very active and happy of late and things have gone rather easily. Many of you entered into new relationships. Now, a lunar eclipse on the 4th will test these things. A good relationship will weather the storm. However, old laundry – repressed feelings and grievances – will be thrown up and need to be dealt with. The beloved is more temperamental this period, so be more patient. It helps when you understand what is really going on.

This eclipse, like last month’s solar eclipse, affects you strongly, so take a nice easy schedule for a few days before and after it. Generally, the cosmos will send a message that the eclipse period has begun. The message will be personal. Perhaps you read of some odd happening in the newspapers or media. Or, some quirky kind of event happens to you.

Friendships will also get tested by this eclipse. Sometimes it is the actual relationship that gets tested, sometimes the eclipse brings life-changing dramas in the lives of friends and this shakes things up.

Every lunar eclipse affects the family and home and this one is no different. If there are flaws in the home, now is when you find out about them so you can correct them. Family members will be more temperamental too – so be more patient.

In spite of all the excitement, many nice things are happening for you. On the 20th the Sun enters your money house and you begin a yearly financial peak. The money house is very powerful this month, so prosperity is good. We mentioned that essential travel is called for this year, but try to schedule these trips before the 20th.

Health is also basically good. You have plenty of energy to achieve whatever you want to do. You are very dynamic and charismatic these days – especially until the 20th.

Children or children figures should be kept out of harm’s way from the 4th to the 7th. They should avoid taking risks or doing silly stunts.

The love planet enters Gemini, your 3rd house of communication, on the 11th. Singles will find romantic opportunities in educational-type settings, at lectures and seminars, in the library or as they pursue their intellectual interests. Love is found in the neighbourhood this month.

May

Best Days Overall: 5, 6, 14, 15, 23, 24

Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 2, 8, 9, 21, 22, 28, 29

Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 12, 13, 21, 22, 28, 29

Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 30, 31

Best Days for Career: 5, 8, 9, 14, 23

On March 20, the planetary power shifted from the upper half of your Horoscope to the lower half. Saturn, your career planet, started a retrograde move on March 14. And this continues through this month. Career issues need time to sort out. You can shift your focus to your home, family and the emotional life. Symbolically speaking this is the night time of your year. A good night’s rest is essential for us to perform well and the cosmos supplies this to us. Night does not mean ‘inactivity’ but a different kind of activity – internal activity that builds up the forces for the next day. So, this is a time for achieving your career goals by ‘inner’ methods rather than ‘outer’ action, through visualizing, dreaming and imagining that you have already achieved your goals. When the planets shift again in a few months time, you will be ready to put these dreams into action. It is said that in the winter nature sleeps and dreams and in the spring she wakes up and manifests what she has been dreaming. So it is for us.

You are still in a yearly financial peak until May 21. By then most of your financial goals will have been achieved (or at least good progress towards their achievement will have been made) and the focus will shift to intellectual interests. Your 3rd house is very powerful all month, but especially after the 21st. This is the time to catch up on those emails, letters and phone calls you owe to others. It is a good time too to take courses on subjects that interest you and to attend lectures, workshops and seminars. Time to give the mind the nutrition it needs, for it has needs as much as the physical body does.

Those of you involved in sales and marketing should have a good month.

There is only one fly in the ointment here. Mercury, the planet of communication, goes retrograde on the 14th. This means that more care needs to be taken when you are communicating with others, to avoid misunderstandings. If you’re reading a book or attending a lecture, take more time to digest the ideas. The meaning might not be what you think.

Mercury retrograde tends to bring delays in communication – letters don’t get delivered or get delivered late. Emails bounce or there is difficulty accessing the email account. Phone services can be erratic. But in spite of these glitches it is still good to focus on communication.

June

Best Days Overall: 2, 3, 10, 11, 20, 21

Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 5, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25

Best Days for Love: 1, 10, 11, 20, 21, 24, 25, 29, 30

Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 13, 14, 20, 21, 29, 30

Best Days for Career: 1, 4, 5, 10, 19, 28

The planets are now at the nadir (lowest point) in your Horoscope. It is midnight, symbolically speaking, in your year. The body sleeps (or should be sleeping) but mighty internal forces are going on. And so it is with you. Career progress is happening, but it is going on behind the scenes, on the inner levels. Prosperity is happening in this way too. Perhaps you don’t see it overtly but prosperity is happening on the invisible levels. This is a time for focusing on the family and for getting the domestic life in order. And it’s also a very good time for getting the emotional life in order. Those of you seeing therapists will make much progress this month.

With the 4th house of home and family so powerful this month (60 per cent of the planets are either there or moving through there) there is a tendency towards nostalgia. The past calls to you. You are more interested in history, both personal and general. Old memories come up for review. Venus has been in your 4th house since May 7 and remains there until June 5. Often this indicates a reunion with an old romantic flame. Sometimes it is a literal meeting, sometimes symbolic. You could meet someone with the same looks or personality quirks of the old flame. This may or may not become a serious relationship, but the purpose is to resolve old issues. It is for emotional healing.

Aries of childbearing age have been more fertile since July of 2013. This trend continues this month, and is even more pronounced over the next few months.

Health is more delicate this month. Rest and relax more. If possible spend time in a health spa, or schedule massages or reflexology treatments.

Your career planet changes signs this month. Saturn moves back into Scorpio on the 15th. Again this shows ‘behind the scenes’ career progress. There are internal changes – and perhaps dramas – in the lives of bosses and authority figures. There are also shake-ups in your industry or profession.

Travel is more favourable this month.

Finances are good. And family support is good. Money and financial opportunities come from the family or through family connections. Your financial intuition is excellent until the 5th. Venus travels with Jupiter towards the end of the month (from the 28th to the 30th), and this indicates a nice payday or windfall. It shows luck in speculations too. For singles, this aspect brings a wonderful romantic meeting.