Aries
The Year Ahead
2010 begins a time of renewal, in the past you have endured many highs and lows, this year you learn to bring life into balance and gain a sense of stability. Before you commence, you’re going to have to do some soul searching; guidance comes through spiritual endeavours which will give you a sense of direction. From midyear confidence returns and you’re flying on a high. Change is there to make an exit from the life that you know so grab opportunities rather than regretting what you didn’t do. A sense of rebelliousness comes from within; you yearn for freedom and choice, rather than being enslaved to responsibilities that really belong to someone else. Two full moons in your sign this year put you in the astrological spotlight; emotions will be heightened from September 23 and peaking again on October 22. It all comes to a mighty crescendo but necessary if you need to move on free from burdens, the load lighter and optimistic that future holds something new.
Love and Relationships
Love and relationships are a serious business this year. Relating to people from the personal to professional will take commitment and compromise. How you interact with others will come under scrutiny. This is a make or break time, marriages are unified at this time or if an association with a company or individual ain’t working it might be time to call it a day. Demands will be made on you and personal issues to be dealt with. It’s all about learning to come to terms with your own personal strength and how to handle other people’s power. March 7 and July 29 brings the excitement and spark back into a relationship that was somewhat lacking and solidifies a commitment with another. There is really nothing flippant or frivolous when it comes to your dealings this year, but if you work through problems practically you will strengthen a union and will be together for the long haul.
Career and Finance
This year begins preparation of what’s to come in the future. You want to live a life that you truly want as for too long you’ve gone without. The desire for professional success intensifies, however steam rolling others so you can satisfy your needs may not serve you in the long run nor win any friends. Rather than talking the talk you are going to have to show your employers just how indispensable you really are in these lean times. Financially from April 17 you will need to be judicious with funds, being stringent will help build that nest egg. From April 7 to July 21 the pressure will be back on, old projects may be revisited but once the period passes you feel a sense of achievement that you have endured. Recognition and promotion is finally received. Now on top of your game, you do have the power to change the status quo. By the year end you can look back and say yes, you came you saw and conquered.
Taurus
The Year Ahead
After what can only be described as exhausting yet industrious 2009, 2010 will be a little calmer and steadier which makes an earthy Taurus feel secure. However the call of other lands will be beckoning you, as there is a desire to escape from the situation that you have grown comfortable even a little stale for a life more daring and different. Take it slowly there are many changes to come so plot and plan wisely before making radical changes. Obstacles of the professional nature will rear its ugly head, but this time you’ve come prepared with a better understanding how to best to deal with dilemmas. This year your self belief system will go under a transformative change. From June 5, you may do a little soul searching to find out what it is you truly want. November 21, life will peak at your full moon activating changes that are necessary for you to move forward with a clear direction in mind.
Love and Relationships
The focus of your relationships both negative and positive will mainly revolve around your working life. Here lies a delicate balance, you will need to know how to wield power yet stay on professional amicable terms with your colleagues. Thankfully you have a helping hand in the form of Jupiter, the planet of bountiful benefits, luck comes through associations with people that will be beneficial to you this year. Long term partnerships develop or if you have had difficult relations in the past, circumstances improve. Friends become lovers and lovers become friends. Good love vibes will be from March 31 is when you will be feeling and performing at an optimum level, attracting interest from others. On April 28 you are able to iron out emotional issues with another as the full moon peaks in your relationship sector. This year there will be frustrations at times; you will need to gain a better understanding of people and to meet them half way if you are going to make this work.
Career and Finance
Your working life is going through a metamorphosis at the moment and currently you are in the thick of it. Changes are evident but before you throw in the towel and find alternatives, ensure you have something under your belt and it is worth the effort rather than walking into the sunset empty handed. Communications with others needs improvement; cultivating charm and astuteness will sweeten boardroom negotiations. Powerful connections continue to dominate on a global scale, January 15 would the time to instigate these future visions of a possible overseas relocation. Financially, June 24 sees creative innovative ideas finally paying off to become a lucrative future venture. In the next few years you will be presented with out of the blue opportunities to shine and show your skills, there will be times of instability. Rather than fighting the powers that be you are going to have to learn flexibility. Once you know the art of making it work for you will be back in business baby!
Gemini
The Year Ahead
Your time has finally arrived. After hiding behind a facade for too long, this is the year to make a splash and gain recognition for your talents. Initially you are going to have work at it; luck won’t fall into your lap. But you have the force behind you to get projects moving especially of a creative or innovative nature. Midyear is when life really changes for the better; you are motivated to take a risk and go out on a limb. Home changes or renovations from August 20 hit a speed bump, but you have the stamina and resourcefulness to iron out issues. December 21 culminates in a Gemini lunar eclipse, which will well and truly closes the door on an issue. Daunting yes, but necessary if you are to move into a new chapter of life. So start to dream on a grand scale this year, and with a little hope and luck they may just come to fruition.
Love and Relationships
No longer will love be a flippant experience, Saturn the planet of responsibilities residing in the house of love and romance will be creating a sobering influence. This is not an altogether bad thing; you will learn how to be true to your feelings and how to express yourself in the best possible way. Relationships are established with mature, intellectual individuals, and carrying your weight in a partnership will be part of the process in building a committed union. Quirky and eccentric friends enter you world in May changing the course of your destiny. Mid April Venus injects some glamour and joy into your world amping the popularity stakes. Love can bloom in the office from mid October or going back on past relationships will surface at this time. This year will be all about learning to be truthful to yourself ,establishing what is or is not working will help you gain better clarity on the road to love and happiness.
Career and Finance
The feel good factor for this year is largely attributed to Jupiter the plant of fortune shining brightly in your area of honours and recognition. The last few years you have worked hard and behind the scenes, now much deserved accolades and financial benefits are coming your way. A dream job or a past employer may make you an offer you can’t refuse, instigating change and excitement to transport you out of the doldrums of life that you know. However life is not all peachy, new ventures need effort and dedication to make it succeed. With your passion and enthusiasm your job will feel like a breeze and coming to work may no longer seem like a chore. Individuals who are powerful, well connected or foreign will be influential in leading you to greater glory. What you need to do now is capitalise on your talents and your star will shine. Those that doubted you will need to think again as your career sky rockets into orbit.
Cancer
The Year Ahead
As a new decade opens up as you bid goodbye to the past with relief. A lot has transpired over the years but you have come back fighting stronger. The home life will be carrying much of the responsibility; the desire to put down roots and build a dream home will make you anxious; however Rome wasn’t built in a day. Time and careful forethought will enable you to make correct decisions. Money will play a leading role this year, the drive to achieve and be a player will give you the hunger to seek a greater role financially either through a better paid job or other investments. July 11 is your time to shine and completely reinvent yourself for the better. Getting in control of aspects of your life will help you grow in confidence. So leave the emotional baggage behind and look forward to the years to come that certainly will be challenging but never dull.
Love and Relationships
Transformative changes continue in your personal relationships. Love is a learning curve, weaknesses in others only reflect back to you flaws within yourself. Not easy to deal with but cathartic if you want to make this partnership work. Leaps and bounds of expansive kind take place in the world of travel and adventure and it is here that love can blossom when there is a close encounter with another. Unions are blessed from January 15 and any past disputes are put behind as you reach a more serious phase. June 26 may be the time to seal the deal and say ‘I do’ or call it quits if the sparks and the fire have gone out. Tricky times appear midyear when you will learn the art of juggling your work commitments with your relationship. As your career star climbs higher, relationships may fall by the wayside. Taking time out or travelling together will help cement any cracks before they appear.
Career and Finance
From early June you get a preview and a taste of success that you will gain in 2011, either through a job offer or other exciting ventures. No longer just content to stand by the sidelines, you desire far reaching changes. This may certainly transpire through relocation or a job transfer that will be new and stimulating. Upheaval can be unsettling but will be more advantageous to you in the long run rather than stagnating where life is cosy and warm. March 7 sees your career going great guns and now would be the time to impress the boss or ask for a raise. Property and financial investments with another will at times prove taxing but sharing the load will ease the burden and double your assets. Writing or the communication industry is where latent talents lie, so rather than just existing and making a living, build on your skills to make the your potential manifest in 2010.
Leo
The Year Ahead
As a result of vigorous Mars in your sign for the first half of the year your energy and enthusiasm will be on fire. With so much activity and social events taking place life can get a little frantic, frustrations will occur with others who are not as motivated as you. Mid June brings an out of the blue opportunity to travel to distant shores for a friends event or job offer. Changes continue to come thick and fast in your career, and you will gain from going with the flow and reinventing yourself. Relationships hit a few wobbly patches during the year and the month of June will bring a period of soul searching and navel gazing. However once you know what you want there really will be no stopping you and July 11 is the time to formulate your thoughts and begin to live the dream.
Love and Relationships
As you travel down the road of love you come to realise that it is not always paved with roses and sunshine. Misunderstandings with close partnerships have not been an easy ride. Fortunately Jupiter the planet of benevolence is well placed this year. Sex and intimate relationships are on the road to recovery, any past resentment are exposed, for the better. January brings the good love vibes so attractions of the intimate kind can put you in a flirtatious fun mood. Feisty Mars in Leo will give you the confidence to go after who or what you want. However too much energy can get you over excited, try to keep it together in the heat of the moment or you may just regret your frenzied feelings. The final act comes in mid December when a close friendship sees the light of day, truth to face this union honestly will free you from personal burdens. All in all a roller coaster ride but certainly an exhilarating and daring journey is ahead for you 2010.
Career and Finance
After the learning some harsh lessons in the financial stakes, money will certainly be a glittering prize for much of this year through business ventures, shares or government bonuses which is a welcome relief in these tight economic times. In the next decade your working life will go through a complete overhaul, for too long you have followed the path that has given your life comfort ability and financial stability. However, that spirited edge and spark that makes you unique has been simmering for a while. This year offers you the opportunity to flex your competitive side which will put you back on winning streak. However ensure you have a safety net as the rug may be pulled from under your feet such as a client defecting to another team or management reshuffles, so cover your bases before taking a risk. January 15 will set events in motion whether you are ready or not so look forward not back as it will be all systems go when opportunity knocks.
Virgo
The Year Ahead
In 2010 you will feel less encumbered by the weight and obligations that has plagued you for the past couple of years. No longer are you a victim of circumstances, you are the victor now and to you belongs the prize. However you will need to cover old ground from the previous years from April to July, but this time you are well prepared. Finally you can put any wrongs right, clear misunderstandings and move on. June sees you firing on all cylinders; yes you have what it takes to go forward in love and career with confidence. Awaiting finalisation or a project may be stalled late August, play the waiting game and by September it will come good and you will be on a winning streak. Now you are feeling stronger and wiser you can now move on, taking all that you have learnt into a truly glorious year ahead.
Love and Relationships
Relationships do a complete 360 this year; hopeless situations are thing of the past. The arrival of Jupiter, the planet of fortune will be a welcome relief after enduring some thorny moments in 2009. Partnerships can now grow and prosper and you may cement a union by making a commitment with another. Beginning the year with much promise, love flourishes from January 15, and if single the universe delivers what you have been yearning for. Positive people surround you; they change your perspective and from this new alliances are formed. June 26 may see the end of one close friendship either through relocation or changes in their circumstances. However it is not all a spring picnic, there may be a conflict of interest when it comes to setting up home life. Comprises are needed and if you change your stubborn ways this will make all the difference. Harsh lessons learnt, but love is a battlefield and now you know how to play the game.
Career and Finance
This year you’re eager to see your finances grow, invest in a property or perhaps take a world trip. Money doesn’t grow on trees, so you are going to have to work at it with discipline if you want to build a nest egg for the future. Gains are possible and it may just fall into your lap mid April through return on investments, inheritance or other government funding. Work continues to be unpredictable, circumstances shift, management structure changes which impacts back on you. Should you hold on or make an escape when you can? Fate may decide for you when an eclipse falls in your house of career in June, prompting you to ask for raise, get a promotion, or change careers. Daunting, initially but once you make a move destiny will do the rest and guide you to success. You can begin to relax now you’re in good hands.
Libra
The Year Ahead
2010 represents a new beginning of growth both inner and outer; this is largely due to Saturn the planet of responsibility setting up house in your sign. In the next few years a lot will be asked of you, but if you don’t shy away from the task at hand you can make enormous gains. Luckily you will have the vitality and the stamina to withstand the bumpy road ahead, and your get up and go will give you the sparkle when life gets a bit arduous. Midyear Mars in your sign will give you the drive needed to get projects moving. The home life comes under a shifting landscape, there may be dividing of assets, renovation or even relocation. January 15 will set the plans in motion to alter the necessary changes. By December 21 you just may find yourself packing your bags and setting sail in search of greater and more exciting horizons to conquer.
Love and Relationships
Love blossoms this year but this is certainly not a light hearted affair, life takes a serious turn for the better. Magnetic attractions hit you like a bolt from the blue from May to August and what may begin now will withstand the test of time. Of course there will be differences of opinions and conflict may arise when it comes to setting up a home base together. October 22 will highlight emotional needs and wants. Repressed feelings come to the surface but any disharmony can be brought into balance. By November feelings are amorous and passionate with a romantic holiday planned together for the future. During the course of the year, you come to realise that no union is perfect and making it work will take time and nurturing, but if this is this is the ‘one’ then it is truly worth it.
Career and Finance
The year opens with your profession in question, are you being truly valued and recognised for your unique skills and contribution? Saturn the planet of duty won’t be making light out of situations on the career front. Working up the ranks will have its dilemmas but you will derive satisfaction from overcoming obstacles and battling with your negativities. Limitations are par for the course whether that comes through insufficient skills in reaching your goal or other factors such as colleagues that may not share your passion for your vision. Bide your time you will get there even it takes some blood sweat and few tears and yes you will be financially rewarded for your effort. By midyear your confidence begins to swell as you achieve on a major demanding project, the responsibilities are heavy but your achievements are immense. As they say no gain no pain and you are prepared to do what it takes to make it. More power to you!
Scorpio
The Year Ahead
A new decade now begins; this signals a time to completely clear the decks and move on from the past and create a new you. Pluto the planet of transformation continues to enforce a positive makeover in your demeanour. You discover your enormous potential for self expression and intellectual power and learn over time how to use it wisely to make gains. January 15 is the time to begin your education in the art of skilful communication and it is through writing or public speaking you are able to make an influence. However projects are still in gestation so now is the time to make plans for a better life. By working on your weakness and building on your strengths you’re on your way towards a complete reinvention in a few years time. Perceptions begin to modify, what you think and believe today will completely revolutionize in the next few years.
Love and Relationships
Flirtations and attractions bring a promising 2010. Good love vibes radiate for much of the year, resulting in joy and fun that has been lacking of late. Your world opens up and there is much to gain in your liaisons with artistic and spiritual types who will help in your creative visions. April 17 will be a tricky time, expressing your feelings may not come out as intended. However if you can clear any misdemeanours by May 13 you ready to start afresh with a loved one. September the goddess of love fortifies a union making it stronger, however before you make a commitment and tie the knot you may need to deal with past issues. Once you do from November 21 partnerships grow and deepen over time. Never one for light hearted affairs you give it all to reach the intensity and passion that Scorpios are known for.
Career and Finance
2010 is all about your ascension, the order of the hierarchy reshuffles paving the path for your rise up the corporate ladder. There is of course more to experience and learn before you really hit your strides. June to September will give you a taste of things to come. A promotion or change of job is in the pipeline but won’t come to fruition until 2011, however having a future goal to strive for keeps you motivated in challenging times. Twists and turns in your career will take you down an unexpected path, rather than this putting you in a spin; make it work to your benefit. Being able to forward plan and foresee how your future will pan out is advantageous in a fluctuating market. Reaching the pinnacle is not far off and you are on your way to carve a name for yourself professionally and financially. The universe will deliver just bide your time.
Sagittarius
The Year Ahead
2010 sees you moving away from turbulent times to a calmer serene state. While you’re working life has been chaotic or unpredictable finding a safe haven amidst the chaos is needed to ensure you keep it together. The home life will benefit from Jupiter planet of fortune either through a purchase of your dream home, renovation or even relocation to another country. If there has been any past altercations with those you reside with, harmonious conditions now make life more enjoyable and new family members or flat mates will change the dynamics in a positive way. Nevertheless your idealistic visions may crash with monetary reality, so don’t go over your head in wanting the ultimate home. November will bring conflicts of what you desire and what is achievable. However you have the Sagittarian fire and can move mountains if you choose, so come hell or high water you will be living the dream by the end of the year.
Love and Relationships
Friendships or group associations come under scrutiny in the year ahead. Being loyal and dependable you are there to placate feelings and smooth out problems. This can be draining especially when your own life can be shambolic at times. Learning to deal squarely with situations may not make you the nice guy but hey you can’t please everyone all of the time. Electrifying attractions occur during the month of June to August, unexpected but exciting nevertheless, which has the potential to develop into something beyond a mild flirtation. Finding the courage to express who you really are without inhibitions will be liberating, freeing you from self doubt. New found confidence precipitates changes inner and outer. The end of the year culminates in the finalisation or ending of a union, partnerships or business relations. Finding the courage you walk out the door feeling freer and empowered than you have in a long time.
Career and Finance
2010 is all about getting your house in order, mentally, financially and professionally. The year begins with you in a tight financial corner, awaiting a green light on funding, loan approval or property purchase. Being in limbo for a fast moving sign as you can be frustrating, luckily from January 15 you meet with favourable financial results and you are ready to go forth and make your visions tangible. Midyear you may need to contend with some thorny career issues from the previous year and find solutions to awkward situations. Once you do the difficulties will longer plague you and you are able to move forward feeling that you are making some headway. As the focus is on your home this year, setting up a home office will give you the autonomy to work and live a life that is productive and cost effective. When you have freedom and choice, a free spirited sign like you can only go from strength to strength.
CapricornThe Year Ahead
Capricorns can be set in their ways, but with the arrival of Jupiter the planet of growth old thoughts and patterns will be broadened and expanded. Your communication skills will have an influence over people through writing or public speaking. 2010 and the years ahead will be the journey on road to self improvement, your persona will undergo a radical change. Mid June gives you the opportunities to revel, spread your wings and embark on wider horizons in a new country. January 15 will give you the impetuous to transform your life and begin to make the new journey possible. Seeking transformation you yourself will instigate these changes sometimes intentionally sometimes subconsciously. This may come around quicker than anticipated and the June 26 eclipse may finally end an emotionally draining situation. Not a light-hearted year with challenges up ahead but the goods far outweigh the bad, one day you will look back and see.
Love and Relationships
The culmination last year of a lunar eclipse in your partnerships sector would have either solidified a union or maybe you saw the writing on the wall and called it quits. Walking away is inevitable especially if there is nowhere to go but to let go. Once you put yourself out there and give yourself to fate, developments change for the better. July 11 paves the way for better relationships, personal or professional, from this new agreements and creative partnerships are formed. Reviewing your close friendships will take place in October; who is really on your wavelength and can say they really know what you are about? Love may flourish from connections with someone that you may initially see as a fly by night type, but you soon discover there is more to experience. This year it is all about reinvention and January 15 is the time to begin to make the necessary changes and to love yourself in all your glory.
Career and Finance
When it comes to your career this year there will be no gain without some pain. An opportunity of a lifetime comes but not without hard work and demands. Starting from January 15, a career change or initiating your own enterprise will transfer you completely out of your comfort zone. Taking a gamble on stability for a more risky venture may be a foreign for a practical forward planning sign, but a new possibility contains a life force that will be motivating. Financially funds may be fluid, so at times your source of income may not be so dependable. However innovative ingenious ideas make money so start thinking outside the box. This year you will be on an endurance test of sorts and at times you want to throw in the towel, but perseverance conquers all. Proving yourself can be taxing, but by the end of the year you will feel empowered that you took a chance on yourself and soon the dividends will start to pay off.
Aquarius
The Year Ahead
2010 will see a widening of horizons and spreading your wings further ashore as other countries beckon you to encounter life in a new way. However, relocation will be beset with its fair share of problems, moving away from your safe haven has its complications. Exposing yourself to a broader view of life changes your beliefs, the metaphysical and spiritual pursuits enables you to observe the world differently. Indeed the month of May you will be throwing caution to the wind and showing of your rebellious side, a prelude to an exciting phase in the years to come. Aquarius people are currently in a growth phase, shifting landscapes is part of the process. A fundamental reorientation of your inner self continues giving you the courage to develop stronger characteristics and make bold moves when necessary. January 15 would be time to start the process and shed any inhibitions that are stopping you from achieving. February 13 sees the birth of a new you, a fearless one ready to take the world on!
Love and Relationships
Last year you were lucky in love, fortuitous situations changed your personal circumstances. This year all relationships from the intimate to the professional kind grow and develop. New friendships are formed while others dissipate over time. Mars, the planet of action activates the partnership sector, energy and time will be invested to make this union work. January 18 begins good love vibes when Venues planet of love moves into your sign, making all relationships harmonious. November brings conflicts on friendship sector front, pleasure and business don’t mix, awkward situations especially in relation to money put you in a predicament, best to keep these worlds apart. December 21 solidifies a union, either by tying the knot or expanding in the family way. This year it is all about taking a relationship to the next level and establishing roots. Finding out what really makes you happy and what is just not working will save you a lot of emotional heartache.
Career and Finance
Gaining wealth and multiplying your bank of money will see your life on a much surer footing in 2010. An increase in your salary, overdue bonus or inheritance will give you the self assurance to put your money where your heart is such as property, business venture or other investments. Learning to handle possessions and finances will see you flex your financial skills in the material sphere, but ensure that you have some self-restraint when buying especially in the month of May to August. A career crisis hit you at the end of 2009, now you will need to weigh the pros and cons and assess if this is really for you. Change is probably the way out of a dilemma, and the next few years sees you making plans for a relocation that will give your career a much needed resurgence. Conquering new horizons will expand your world and change your life for the better.
Pisces
The Year Ahead
This year you come to discover who you are at what you can accomplish, which is boundless. It’s an opportune time to take a leap of faith and pursue the dream, which will prove to be very fortunate, February 16 is the time to kick off. Think back to 1998, events from this era may come back in a positive way such as old love, client or work colleague. September will bring surprises and sudden breaks, which will open your eyes. Freedom and possibilities come through travel which will expose you to a completely new world and broaden your scope. Even though success will be certainly bountiful, the concrete and the tangible world is not enough, your quest for a more spiritual dimension of yourself will give life greater meaning. It’s been a long and winding road but in 2010 you finally do arrive.
Love and Relationships
Saturn, the planet of restriction was in your relationship sector for as long as you can remember, burdening you with difficult dilemmas. Well you can breathe a sigh of relief that this is the no longer the case, you are finally free from restraints and can live and love without cause for regret or complications. Clearing the slate you start again and what transpired at the end of last year may have been the final curtain call. New beneficial friendship begin on January 15, these associations are influential changing the course of your destiny. July 11 is the time when a connection with someone picks up speed as you embark on a deeper meaningful journey. December will play out a finale of some sort and what might happen here will seal the deal and change your circumstances in ways you did not anticipate. An ending is irrevocable but from it stems a chance for a new chapter to begin.
Career and Finance
Life will be flourishing and with a radiating confidence you can move mountains and put yourself out on a limb. However you’re new found bravado changes your values; you take risks and throw caution to the wind, such as setting up a business, buying a property or investments. This now or never kind of attitude may be very entrepreneurial, but ensure that you are not out of your depth that you have given some thought to your ventures. Limitations of Saturn will not make the acquisition of funds so accessible especially in relation to others that hold the key. Coming to terms with other people’s values, conditions and needs are lessons to be learnt. Nevertheless the good far outweighs the bad, with luck on your side in 2010 you will be living it large, enjoying the fruits of your labours and basking in the spotlight.
Jemaine is an astrologist and writer. She believes that astrology can be informative, thought provoking and most of all inspiring. Jemaine has written for women’s magazines, advertising magazines as well as websites.
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