ARIES…RAM, BAM, WOW
Aries has been walking a new karmic path since
2005 when the Moon’s North Node entered Aries. This means that
through 2005 to late June 2006, many Aries have reconnected with what
was true for them 18 years ago, from 1987 through 1988. This important
realignment of energies is helped by harmonies from Saturn and from
Pluto. The planet of structure and the planet of transformation are
in supportive Fire signs prompting Aries to think big but act with structure
and planning – Saturn style. The wild currents of 2006 began most
profoundly for Aries on March 29, ‘06 when the Aries New Moon
was also a total solar eclipse, further emphasising the life appraisals
that must occur this year. Thus the alignment and focusing period occurred
April to late June. When the tests of late August and late October come,
it will be the structures that you have already put in place, and your
ability to see where deep level change can occur that helps you most
profoundly. Full Moon in Aries on October 7 brings clarity and commitment
to your path.
The best news of all is the impending entry of expansive
Jupiter into your travel zone for a year on November 24, ’06 promising
adventure and learning in 2007. This means December 1 to 21 can be the
most exciting part of a fairly satisfying year and the excitement flows
easily into 2007, when great opportunities occur. March, April, May
and June ‘07 carry a powerful success signature as Big Biz planets
Saturn and Jupiter form Fire harmonies with each other and with Mars
in Aries, igniting ambitious plans and projects. Your guiding star and
your enthusiasm pave the way for a string of successes from mid August
to October. Be prepared to give more time and energy to family from
November 2007.
TAURUS…ANIMAL POWER PLUS
In late February 2006 Taurus was freed from
a difficult six-month Mars transit with many delays and frustration.
Once Mars moved on it was Jupiter’s passage through your partner
sign that became Big News. All partnerships, intimate and professional,
have moved onto the front burner. Progress made in February planted
seeds but early March to early July was a ‘retro’ phase
when only the behind the scenes work, worked. July to November, culminating
in Full Moon in Taurus on November 5, provides the most visible stages
of your 2006 progress. Do be prepared for your Saturn tests, which involve
home and family dynamics in late September and late October ‘06.
These will ’bite’ home again late in February and in June
2007, if you ignore them now! Keep your schedule loose in those weeks,
so you can react quickly to unexpected demands.
Visionary Neptune transits your career house until
2011, swinging you between big dreams and feeling disillusioned. Seek
the middle ground of keeping an open mind and allowing insights to emerge.
Do beware unrealistic thinking in late September. Peg your dreams to
your highest vision but use Saturn’s energy to establish a strong
foundation in your home and security base. Then will you easily ride
any tempestuous waters, arriving at November ‘06, which brings
fulfilment on many levels, boosting your social life and your magnetism.
Yet December confronts you with questions of shared finance and with
Saturn ensuring you take the slow path to resolve all family matters,
there is no use fretting. Saturn maintains that slow pace until September
2007 but the Jupiter/Saturn harmonies of late February to early June,
help you reach your goals. A Venus ‘retro’ cycle in August
’07 ensures you will be fully informed as you start a more carefree
cycle in September. Then pleasure and commitment will come together.
GEMINI…TWIN SOULS TRICKSTER
Gemini has been in an endless story since 1995
as Pluto the Purger and Deepener has transited your opposite sign. This
goes on until 2010 but 2006 and 2007 are years of special opportunity
- your ability to purge old damaging habits is greatly assisted. It’s
time to transform into the sweetest form of the Gemini butterfly and
spread your wings. The planets assisting this process are the ‘gaseous
giants’ Neptune and Saturn, both harmonious to Gemini. When these
two pull in opposite directions in late August ’06 take great
care with what you say and what you believe.
Neptune heightens your vision of the possible now
– adventure and the search for wisdom beckon. Saturn offers mental
strength and steady progress in communication and daily business. With
the extra excitement and challenge of Change Agent, Uranus in your Career
House, change is the order of the day – embrace it as a friend!
November 24, ‘06 begins a brand new era of the heart, to last
all of 2007. Fire and Air ‘trines’ are particularly helpful
building up to mid year and shine up your birthday month in ‘07.
Gemini New Moon on June 15, ’07 is auspicious for those Twins
willing to go in deep: Mars, Saturn and Pluto are on your side and you
find satisfaction in dynamic teams in both June and August. Then September
2007 brings a Saturn sea change and home and family commitments become
a more serious focus. With your marriage house jumping with the energy
of Jupiter and Pluto from December ’06 to December ’07,
this is a special year when many of Mercury’s children make a
loving commitment.
CANCER…SIDEWAYS IS MY WAY
The good news for Cancer in 2006 is that you
are free from Saturn after two years of limitations and reality checks
that ended last July, you now have instead a Jupiter Trine. With Jupiter
expanding your love life and fanning your creative zest, you have reason
to feel blessed. However do beware that Jupiter squares to Neptune,
the Planet of Dreams warn against unwise financial moves in late August
or late September ‘06. Beneath your smooth waters, your emotional
intensity is building up and late August is special for that as well.
Yet another planet – the Change Master, Uranus brings shifts of
plan - even switching dreams is possible this year. Your quest for a
bigger, or more interesting life is calling you. If you listen to this
quiet (and occasionally noisy) voice, you will embrace the adventure
of existence with more gusto than you have in years.
While 2006 is a year to curb unwise spending impulses
it is also a time to whole-heartedly spend your energy on those things
and people that inspire you. From October 25 to December 6, one sweet
opportunity after another comes your way and Full Moon in Cancer on
January 3, 2007 is memorable, perhaps bringing an unexpected journey
or special meeting. The Moon’s own sign has reason to dream of
exciting changes in February and March ‘07 - four planets stir
your more adventurous urges. March 19’s New Moon propels action
and sweet help comes from friends and allies. Career expansion or ambitious
plans dominate April and May, but it is your New Moon in Cancer on July
14 that really gets your juices flowing, again surprising you, as in
early January. By August 28’s lunar eclipse many things become
clear about your future path. If a change is needed, September 11’s
solar eclipse provides your turning point. When Mars enters Cancer on
September 29, warrior energy pushes you onward, but do pace yourself
in November/December.
LEO…RADIANT KING / QUEEN
Good news for Cancer is less so for Leo - Saturn
has arrived in Leo and stays there until September 2007. This means
containment of the rampant Leo individuality, responsibilities, hard
realities that require sacrifice or discipline to deal with, yet Saturn
comes with even more positive sides. This is building time, growing
time, mending fences time, but it is also a time when pride comes before
a fall. Your Leo self is being redesigned as Saturn cruises your sign
and this can be very much to your benefit and pave the way for future
success. While Saturn tends to involve hard work, sometimes a long struggle,
your gut feeling will probably tell you this is going to pay you back
over a long period of time – maybe the rest of your life. So make
the most of Saturn by nurturing yourself, building physical strength
and stream-lining your lifestyle towards better health practices. Beware
the traps of being too harsh on yourself or having too high expectations
of others.
With the Planet of Dreams and high hopes and spiritual
quests – Neptune, also in your partnership house, your expectations
can be very high indeed right now! The push-pull between Saturn and
Neptune occurs in three stages – late August 2006, late February
and late June 2007. Endeavour to be as fair-minded and objective as
possible at these times. Don’t risk happiness by projecting problems
in your life onto someone else! Since Jupiter is also occupying your
family house, seek good fortune by taking every opportunity you can
to kick back, walk, relax. This ensures your Fires are a warm gentle
glow. Do this for the sake of that part of the body ruled by Leo –
your heart and the healthy circulation of the blood. Happily you have
magical assistance from the karmic angle in Aries and Pluto in Sagittarius
forming a Fire Grand Trine showing that if you can create the right
balance in this powerful time, your ability to enthuse others and to
achieve on a grand scale are greatly enhanced. Once Jupiter enters your
love and creativity house on November 24, ’06 it stays there until
December ’07, magnetically attracting the people and projects
that make you feel alive. March, April and June ’07 help you create
a template for success and happiness and when Saturn leaves Leo in September
’07 your planning pays off big time.
VIRGO…VIRTUOUS / RAUNCHY VIRGIN
You are the ‘Earth Mother’ of the
zodiac and now Jupiter is watering your Earth with harmonious ‘aspects’
through most of 2006. This opens the way to better communication and
gives your daily business the extra satisfaction factor. At the same
time, Pluto the transformer is challenging you through your home and
family, also deepening your openness to vulnerability and pain there.
Yet this is an important process - the breaking down of the seed, so
that the germ of life inside it can shoot forth. New inner structures
are being built. Happily Jupiter’s help makes a communication
breakthrough likely, particularly late August to late November 2006.
The constantly shifting and somewhat unpredictable quality of your relationships
has been going on since 2003 when Uranus entered your partner sign of
Pisces. Expect the unexpected is still the order of the day, but Uranus/Jupiter
harmonies in ’06 mean achievements by members of your family and
a deepening of your love and admiration for those close to you, is likely.
One of the upsides of this edgey year is also that
Jupiter may enhance money flow via new contracts or new business, yet
the Uranus influence means it may come and go in an unpredictable manner.
Enjoy the process and let your natural flexibility work for you. Once
Jupiter enters your home zone in late November ’06, it becomes
increasingly necessary to have periods of ‘kick-back’ time.
In any event, 2007 is a year for soul business, a time to turn within
in order to prepare you the rare event coming in September when Saturn
enters Virgo. Once a change-oriented New Moon in Virgo follows on September
11, ‘07 your energy is oriented towards building new substance
in your life and making vocational changes. So why not use the two ‘retro’
cycles of February 14 to March 18 and June 16 to July 10, ’07
to reflect and reconnect with the people and projects that matter, so
you are prepared for the momentous new cycle in September.
LIBRA… DELICATE BALANCING ACT
The luscious Libran started 2006 with high hopes.
With Neptune planet of dreams in your house of love, sweet caresses
and beautiful moments are high on your hope list. Yet Venus your ruler
only sometimes supports those hopes, like in March when Venus shifted
into your love house and in May when partnerships made you kick your
heels. Fire and Air sign harmonies linked to the past karma point –
the Moon’s South Node in Libra, in that first half of ’06,
taking you back to identify the old patterns, which belong to your past
and can only hinder your future. Friends, lovers, colleagues and like-minded
others all help you achieve this. Late August to late October ‘06
are the key months when the next stage of your story unfolds. Beware
foolish money choices and be financially conservative unless you want
disappointments then. Your New Moon in Libra on October 22 conjoins
Mars and Venus, so the next six months will be all about getting your
relationships right.
Once Jupiter enters your activity zone on November
24, ’06 you are set for a 2007 that will buzz with busy social
engagements and lots of choice. The Venus transits in January and from
late February to mid March, then Full Moon in Libra on April 3, ’07
move love and business right along. Ideals go up several notches in
2007 with Jupiter opening your mind to new ideas and Neptune inspiring
your romantic and creative urges. Commitments and confidence are a natural
part of your persona in 2007, even if you are challenged by financial
concerns in early April or tempted to reverse yourself at the Venus
‘retro’ period from July 28 to September 8. Hold fast to
your visions – by late September you are so in the groove, you
define it!
SCORPIO…DIVER IN DEEP PLACES
You never flinch from looking beneath the surface,
uncovering secrets and exploring the mystery, unless challenged to show
others your own mysteries – these naturally must remain private.
Secrets define you because your sensitive, emotional system needs privacy
and contemplation to deliver its treasure. As the detective of the zodiac
you are having your biggest year in 12 years with Jupiter in transit
through your sign until late November 2006. The year is not without
challenges but once Mars your ruler stopped opposing you by mid February
’06, the energy of the year picked up, spiking at Scorpio Full
Moon on May 2. The hardest part of 2006 is the last quarter with the
final run of fixed squares between Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune. As a
fixed Water sign, your tendency is to hold on to loves and hates to
the bitter end, yet the passage of Saturn through your career house
through 2006 and most of 2007, says time is too short for the negatives.
You are poised to can negative attitudes, to broaden your field of operation,
to let the things that need to change, change. Late August ’06
to November 5’s Full Moon is the critical period for such progress
and a potential gift of Jupiter in Scorpio. Another gift is an invitation
to receive guidance from your awesome intuition. That too is expanded
this year.
Your agendas, hidden or otherwise must be based
on complete integrity in 2006. If not, expect fallout in late October.
The upside of this is the opportunities that bubble forth this year,
most particularly mid November to New Moon in Scorpio on November 21.
The seeds you plant then will show their full strength by Scorpio Full
Moon on May 2, 2007. Yet late February and late June could renew a challenge
from 2006 and require careful moves and stark realism. Overall 2007
offers you stability plus more financial control, particularly after
September ‘07. It is a chance to walk your path of fortune and
put down roots. Big Jupiter will meet Pluto in your Money House around
your Scorpio New Moon of November 10, 2007 and rewards just flow.
SAGITTARIUS…WILD IDEAS GET
WILDER
Pluto has been another endless story since 1995,
in transit through Sagittarius. In 2006 you are helped by the visionary
impulses of Neptune lifting the level of your communication and with
that higher level comes a deeper understanding of others. Saturn is
also helpful as it moves through your adventure house and makes you
more disciplined about travel, study and following inspiration. Yet
disillusionment is rarely far away in 2006 since your ruler, Jupiter
is in Scorpio, making repeated ‘squares’ to visionary Neptune
and supportive Saturn. The most explosive of these aspects occurs in
the last week of August, of September and of October ‘06. This
means Sagittarius overkill or foot-in-mouth moments or carelessness
can easily come back to bite you at these times. Keep a balance of give
and take, because even too much giving can cause upsets. The upside
of Jupiter’s passage through your house of dreams is that your
vision and creativity soar but unconscious behaviour does too. Early
November is intensity plus, so aim for spiritually intense transformation,
rather than unconscious self-undoing.
November 24, 2006 begins a big Jupiter year –
its return to Sagittarius after twelve years. This is a big chance to
deliver on your most important dreams as Jupiter moves towards its December
2007 meeting with Pluto. Be aware that too much Jupiter is indulgent
and inflated so avoid rushing things and exaggerating importance. January
’07 could turn the tables on you and late March is even more unpredictable.
Fortunately, April, May and June are rich with opportune meetings and
expansive development. Consider your Sagittarius Full Moon on June 1,
2007 a climactic point, which requires meticulous preparation. Jupiter
and Moon embrace then, while harmonising with Mars and Saturn. This
means you gain some recognition you have sought for a while and once
Saturn enters your career house in September ’07 you develop the
necessary foundations to make this success last.
CAPRICORN… HEADSTRONG SEA GOAT
You old souls respond to the transits of Time
Lord Saturn – your ruler, but Lover Venus and Warrior Mars can
stir up your Sea Goat side, which dreams the big dreams and seeks a
path less travelled. The Saturn focus now through to September 2007,
is the hard work needed to invest in your future. Meanwhile, Uranus
the Change Agent has also been helping you to make moves and evokes
break-through thinking in late August ‘06. This means the tense
Saturn aspect at the same time, has a lateral thinking solution. Remember
this process again in the last week of four more months – September
and October 2006, February and June 2007. These are the tension points
for Saturn. The upside of this challenging Saturn year is that you build
a richer, social identity and more fulfilling relationships. You can
consolidate your future security and your relationships at the same
time. Venus sweetens everything in early November as she meets Mars
and together they build an alliance with Uranus. This guarantees some
nice times with good friends, unexpected reminders of just how important
your networks and friendships are and the potential for a madly romantic
or exciting Full Moon on November 5, ‘06.
Through until November 24, ’06 Jupiter expands
your groups and likeminded connections, emphasising your social conscience.
A fresh Jupiter cycle carries through into a 2007 designed for dreaming
and for preparing for a fresh start.
Capricorn New Moon of January 19, 2007 delivers the impulse to finetune
your material circumstances. Fortunately Mars gives you two months of
cutting edge help and Venus forecasts a romantic May. Once Capricorn
Full Moon illuminates your path in late June ‘07 and Mars enters
your House of Love, emotional intelligence is your main ally, so don’t
under-rate it. Stake your commitment to a creative life by recognising
the two stages of your fresh start. These are September ’07 when
Saturn enters your adventure and travel zone for two years, inspiring
a wide-open mind and December ’07 when expansive Jupiter enters
Capricorn and anything goes.
AQUARIUS…FREE SPIRIT/FIXED THINKER
Aquarius is known as the fair-minded humanitarian
thinker, sometimes as the rebel, but once Aquarius forms an opinion
it’s well and truly fixed. The hard aspects between Neptune in
Aquarius and Saturn in Leo, have challenged you to rethink a few opinions,
especially about partners and other people and especially from late
August to late October 2006. These planets are there for the long haul
extending into 2007. Plus Chiron the Healer moves through Aquarius until
2008, evoking visioning, questing, healing energy. Big brash Jupiter
expands your whole sense of vocation in 2006 but from December 2006
through 2007 it touches your very Aquarian need to expand your interest
groups and connections with community.
Your New Moon in Aquarius on February 18, ‘07
confirms the importance of having good allies and aiming to make a difference.
The Saturn, Neptune opposition may be your chance to finish old business
that has hung around since 1989 and it re-occurs in late February and
late June ‘07. The Chiron cycle challenges you to take responsibility
for your own healing while Neptune in your sign says believe in your
large-scale dreams. Saturn can be your friend, manifesting as the discipline
needed and the ‘others’ that keep you on task to reach your
goals. More balanced relationships are taking shape. If this exposes
old destructive habits or emotional wounds, learn and move on. Your
best team efforts occur May, June and early July ‘07. Then an
Aquarius Full Moon on July 30 has a ‘Mars T square’ that
puts the pressure on the home front, while August has a ‘retro’
Venus cycle, which demands you review your commitments. September moves
your relationships to a better level and fast speeds you towards a November
and December for manifesting dreams.
PISCES…FEISTY FISHY DRAMATICS
You too are having a transit that is an endless
story - Uranus has been in Pisces since 2003 and will be there for the
rest of the decade. This transit of the Changer/Awakener makes you even
more of a mystery to others and sometimes to yourself, but it has many
exciting moments. The upside of the Uranian chaos factor is many sweet
surprises through 2006 as Uranus makes beautiful music with your ruling
planet Jupiter. This combo whispers dreams of adventure, spiritual salvation
and the growth of emotional courage and reaches its climax at the end
of August 2006. Yet you are also challenged by Pluto ‘squares’
and have been for the last 10 years. Your vocational roles can be a
source of great satisfaction if you dig deep enough and 2007 is the
last full year of the Pluto cycle.
The big emotional “aha” experiences occur
at the lunar eclipse on September 8, 2006 - a Full Moon in Pisces, at
your Pisces New Moon on March 19, 2007 and at the Full Moon in Pisces
falling August 28, 2007. These too are eclipses, since the ‘nodal’
or karmic axis is in Pisces/Virgo. It’s September ’07 when
it really gets serious, when planet Saturn enters Virgo, your partner
sign and commitment is essential. Surprises or detours in 2007 will
be a breeze if you keep the Pisces faith. With Uranus joined by the
karmic point or ‘Dragon’s Head’, expect the unexpected
events of late 2006 and of 2007 to show a meaningful pattern. The point
known as the Head of the Dragon only comes round for 18 months every
18 years so it is timely to reach out to new groups of people, to live
your dream and claim your true worth. In addition to that dazzling duo,
another planetary duo occupies your Career House through 2007. Jupiter
meets Pluto there and your enterprising ideas can produce some good
results. If you don’t reverse yourself in early May or early October,
November rains abundance.
Copyright Christine Broadbent.