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THE MEANING OF THE TIME
Yearly Horoscope Analysis
by LIZ GREENE
Yearly Horoscope Analysis
1997/98
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THE MEANING OF THE TIME
Yearly Horoscope Analysis
by LIZ GREENE
Yearly Horoscope Analysis
1997/98
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| Report List | Copyright Astrodienst AG 1997. All Rights are reserved. 27-Oct-1997
Many people assume that astrology is used to predict
events, and that a recognition of astrology's validity
implies an acceptance of fatalism and a denial of
individual free will. Over the centuries, astrological
prognostications have certainly played an important role
in the lives of world leaders and the fate of nations.
But predictability, and the fate which it implies, are
far more complex issues than simply a destiny written
"in the stars", about which the individual can do
nothing. In the following pages, your birth horoscope
is analysed according to the planetary movements which
are occurring over the next year. On one level, it is
a "predictive" analysis. But its purpose is not a
foretelling of concrete events. It is an exploration of
the inner changes and cycles which occur in every
individual and which often mysteriously coincide with
events in the outer world. These planetary movements
will not tell us what WILL happen. They describe the
stage the individual has reached in his or her life, and
what kind of responses can be expected to external
situations which might occur at any other time, but
mean something special because of the special time at
which they are occurring.
The German poet Novalis once wrote, "Fate and soul
are two names for the same principle." This profound
perception of the identity of inner and outer worlds is
often difficult for the person unfamiliar with the deeper
psychological dimensions of astrology to recognise.
Carl Jung echoed Novalis' sentiment when he said that
a person's life is characteristic of the person. We
are complex creatures, made up of many facets, and
all the different dimensions of the human psyche will
seek, sooner or later, to find their place in the light
of day and achieve expression in the outer world.
But some aspects of the personality are inherently in
conflict with other aspects. Some will elbow others out
of the way because we identify with these at the
expense of other, less developed attributes. Human
development, like that of any other living thing,
proceeds in stages, in an elaborate dance of
interwoven themes. When the time is right, certain
aspects of the individual will strive for expression. In
order for us to achieve that expression, we may need
to create, or find ourselves drawn to, external
situations which make us conscious of what we were
unaware of before.
Some life events are not the expression of any
individual need, conscious or unconscious. They reflect
great collective movements into which we may all be
swept up. Wars, plagues, famines, and holocausts may
supercede any individual effort at self-awareness or
choice. But in those spheres where our lives are our
own, and not merged with the collective, we may have
many levels on which to fulfill the expression of our
individual horoscope patterns. We cannot be certain
whether particular events are inevitable, or whether,
with foresight, they might be avoided or transformed.
We cannot be certain of the extent to which we are
required to act out or redeem conflicts which have
been part of the family psyche over many generations.
These things contribute to what we loosely call "fate".
Also, the choices we make at any point in time may
have unforeseen and far-reaching consequences on the
kind of events which occur later on. Cause and effect
may play more of a role in "fate" than we realise.
What is clear from the study of astrology is that no
outer event is devoid of meaning, or unconnected with
individual psychological issues. "Good" luck and
"bad"luck are not luck at all, but reflections of what
in ancient Greece was known as kairos - the right
moment.
Analysis of the year's planetary movements by computer
is necessarily limited, primarily because no computer
can ascertain what an individual has learned from
experiences which have occurred in the past. Every
stage in life is processed by individual consciousness,
and the degree to which we are self-aware, and have
some understanding of our deeper needs and conflicts,
may have a powerful effect, not only on how we
respond to events, but on the events themselves.
Consciousness, rather than fate, may determine whether
we are able to turn a painful or difficult time into
one of inner strengthening and self-knowledge, and
whether we can take advantage of the right moment to
develop abilities or pursue goals which previously we
might not have realised were possible. Our choices
may be circumscribed by our genetic inheritance on the
physical level, and by social and collective factors
which place limits on our possibilities for growth. We
may also be circumscribed by our own self-doubt and
blindness, and wind up fating ourselves through
reacting blindly to the emotions which a particular
situation stirs in us.
The paragraphs which follow only sketch in the barest
fashion the possible areas in which outer events might
occur, according to the year's planetary movements.
They focus primarily on the inner developments,
conflicts, changes and realisations which reflect the real
meaning of the time. We perceive the outer world
through deeply subjective eyes, and interpret events in
accord with our own highly individual psychic
constitution. One person might look at a glass of
water and say, "Ah, it's half full, there is plenty for
me to drink." Another might look at the same glass
and declare, "Oh, it's half empty, there isn't enough
for me to drink." One person might view rejection by
a loved one as a reflection of the other person's
failings. Another might view it as an opportunity for
a deep examination of his or her expectations and
assumptions in matters of love. When a group of
people describe the same event, they describe it in as
many ways as there are people in the group. What
matters in the end is the meaning of the time for
each of us as individuals, and what the time can offer
us in terms of the greater unfoldment of the essential
self.
The paragraphs which follow describe the main planetary themes which are likely to dominate the year, and which may permeate virtually every area of your life. They are like the bass line in a piece of music, and set the underlying tempo and key. Although other planetary movements may form a musical counterpoint, highlighting specific issues in different ways at different times over the next twelve months, these main themes provide the overall backdrop for this particular stage of your development.
The dominant energy Because you are accustomed to relying on your own strengths and resources to make your way through life, in some ways you may welcome the underlying energies at work over the next year. You will probably have to cope with a good deal of aloneness, on an inner if not an outer level, and you may be required to meet tough challenges to establish your place in the world and define your identity in ways which separate you from the collective around you. Whatever it costs, this is the thing you do best. But in other ways you may find this year quite difficult and painful, because you tend to resent restrictions imposed upon you from without. You may have to accept certain limitations, particularly of a material kind, which force you to keep your mind on mundane issues. You may not be free to enjoy the kind of individual self-expression which you thrive on, and this might leave you with unfamiliar and unpleasant feelings of powerlessness. Try not to react to frustration with anger, resentment, or displays of rebelliousness which get you into trouble. There are important lessons to be learned from this time, which could make you a much stronger and wiser person. But if you set your will against circumstances, you may find that circumstances are stronger; and then you may have to cope with bruised pride, as well as unresolved material or emotional issues which will still be waiting after the temper tantrum has passed.
This period may be quite challenging on the emotional level. You are learning how much strength and self- sufficiency you really have, and this will prove immensely valuable in the future. But you may feel burdened in your close relationships, and could be prone to feeling lonely, misunderstood or neglected by loved ones. Your confidence is likely to be low and you may not like yourself very much at the moment; and you may feel rather sorry for yourself as well. All these feelings may or may not be mirrored by external difficulties. But even if things are going well in your outer life, you are still likely to experience them. You have probably experienced cyclical depressions before, although your innate self-control and pride have probably kept you from complaining or brooding on your plight, and your basic attitude is to get on with things even if you feel bad. If you do not make the effort to understand what is happening inside you now, insecurities and feelings of hurt and resentment may make you behave in an inadvertently demanding, manipulative or rejecting manner to others - who may in turn react by withdrawing their emotional support. Emotions are rising to the surface which could be important markers of internal issues which need examination. If you react blindly to these emotions, you may create further difficulties for yourself. You may need to face the degree of emotional dependency you possess. This does not mean you should stop needing others. All human beings need each other, and every close relationship includes certain basic security needs as well as more individual feelings of love and admiration. But you may unconsciously be clinging to hurtful or self-destructive emotional patterns from your childhood, and you may suddenly begin to feel that there is no one out there who understands or cares about your needs. It is really you who needs to care about yourself and recognise how to nourish yourself emotionally. Whatever your age, and however practical, well-adapted or knowledgeable you might be about life, a secret child within you is now growing up on the emotional level, and you may not enjoy the process. You may not have much to give to others right now, and it could be important to seek peace and privacy in order to reevaluate the extent to which others' approval has provided a substitute for genuine inner self-esteem. At the moment you may have to recognise that others
cannot always provide you with an endless supply of
warmth, love and comfort. You may also need to
understand that sacrificing yourself to look after others
is no guarantee that they will look after you in turn;
and you might have to be more honestly and healthily
self-centred, so that you can give freely and without
secret emotional strings attached. These may seem
harsh lessons; but if you have not learned them in the
past, you might have to learn them now. Your loved
ones are individuals who, like you, will try to give
love and support as best they can in their own
individual ways. They also have problems, limits and
failings just as you do. They cannot supply all your
needs, and you may need to learn to exist as an
autonomous individual, without bitterness or resignation.
Right now you may be like a child leaving home,
learning to live without the guaranteed emotional
support of loving parents. This may awaken old
memories of hurt and neglect from childhood, and you
may be particularly aware at the moment of what your
parents did wrong rather than what they did right.
Try to keep some detachment as these feelings rise to
the surface. Negative criticism, of self and others,
could prove your worst enemy at this time. As you
become emotionally stronger and wiser, you may also
discover that this time could make you more genuinely
tolerant and compassionate, and more honest about your
own humanity.
You are arriving at one of the peaks of your life, in terms of your professional standing and your ability to make a positive contribution to the world around you. For several years you have probably been moving toward this apex of personal achievement, and at times it may have seemed you would never get there. But now whatever you have been attempting to build is likely to bear fruit, and you will probably see the tangible rewards of your efforts. This period marks a watershed in the ways in which your life is defined. Although the success or sense of achievement you may experience may not appear to have much bearing on other, more personal issues, nevertheless you have arrived as a sharply defined and solid individual with something to offer a larger world. This may mean leaving behind other goals and aspirations which you have outgrown; and it may also mean taking on greater responsibilities in both your personal and working life. But the new duties go with the new job. You may realise that you must have freedom, autonomy and opportunities to express personal initiative and new creative ideas, even if this means turning your back on work you have done in the past. If you wish it, you will probably find ample opportunity to express your particular gifts through vehicles which earn you recognition and a solid place in your chosen field. However, you may discover that, paradoxically, you feel discontented, depressed or lonely despite the advantages you may now be enjoying. This is because any personal achievement, however small, is likely to be contrasted with where you started in life, and with the success - or lack thereof - of loved ones and family members who may have made sacrifices to see you on your way. Your present self-definition is also a profound separation from the past, for you are on your own in the world to make of your life what you will, and you may recognise this at a deep emotional level. Depression and feelings of isolation may therefore plague you when you least expect it. Try to understand the deeper roots of these feelings; you will not do anyone a favour, least of all parents or family members (alive or deceased) who did not achieve the success you have, by undermining your own efforts or making yourself miserable through guilt. You deserve what you have earned.
There is another important dynamic at work this year, which may sometimes support and sometimes contradict the energies described above. Because you are by nature an independent person,
generally good at furthering your own development and
self-expression, the nature of certain experiences you
are likely to encounter over the next year may not
wholly arouse your enthusiasm. This is because you
may have to focus on relationship issues which require
you to be more conscious of others' feelings and
needs, and which involve compromise and adjustment
rather than the courageous expression of individuality
which comes more naturally to you. This does not
mean that the next twelve months are likely to be an
unhappy time. In fact, you may experience a high
degree of emotional, sexual, and aesthetic fulfillment.
But you may also experience a degree of dependency
which makes you uncomfortable, even if, deep down,
you know it will open you up and make you a more
flexible and receptive person. On the creative level it
is likely to be a productive and inspired time, and
you may find new vehicles through which to express
yourself. Also, your tastes are likely to be both more
refined and more clearly defined, and you may be
deeply receptive to all that is beautiful, in form and
in the realm of ideas. You may have a chance to
find an unusual degree of personal happiness and
contentment, although this may also involve finding out
what makes you unhappy as well as what makes you
happy. All this is likely to prove extremely positive
and rewarding. But you may need to learn to show
your need of others - or one special "other" - more
openly. This might leave you feeling rather
vulnerable. Try not to let pride, suspicion, determined
self-sufficiency, or a fear of dependency cloud what
could be an inspiring and richly fulfilling year.
You may experience very powerful emotions over the next months, and may discover depths of passion and energy within yourself which you didn't realise were there. It is possible that this awakening may take place through the agency of a new and compelling relationship which challenges all your existing values and transforms all your definitions of love. If so, such an experience will probably prove enriching and healing, but many entrenched attitudes and even existing relationships may have to pass from your life in order to accomodate the changes which are taking place inside you. You may have to face a darker or more primitive dimension of love, which forces you to relinquish any overly naive or simplistic interpretations of human emotion and human need. You have always been in touch with this deeper and more compulsive face of love, even if in the past you have tried to fight it or avoided it through escape into spiritual ideals or conventional relationship structures. At the moment it might be unwise to run away from what you are feeling; but you will probably find the courage and honesty to face what needs to be faced. Whatever occurs in your outer life, this period will probably prove deepening and transformative, and you may never view relationships in the same way again. It is possible that a loss or separation, or a complex situation such as a love triangle, may trigger inner changes. A need to express a powerful personality to the outer world may dominate other spheres of your life, perhaps because of complex issues in your personal relationships which force you to review who you are and what you are really made of. Most importantly, your values are changing and deepening, and you may find a more superficial approach to life and love very boring and unsatisfying at the moment. You probably need more drama, substance, and passion in your life right now, and it is likely that you will not allow anything to get in the way of this profound need. Be careful not to trample over others as you pursue what you desire. It might be wise to remember that power and love may sometimes prove mutually exclusive, and where one is unleashed, the other may vanish. This time is likely to enrich and deepen your emotional responses and your understanding of yourself and of human nature. You may have to sacrifice the luxury of naivety or conventional moral formulae to enjoy these riches. But such is the power of passion that you will probably be fully prepared to pay the price required.
This may be a time of deep emotional contentment. You have reached a period of your life when you are able to value who you are and what you have achieved; and this increased sense of self-worth can help you to relate to others in a more open and generous way. This in turn is likely to attract the spontaneous support and affection of those around you, and you may be able to lay many old conflicts to rest and repair relationships which have been damaged in the past. You may also make new relationships which bring harmony, pleasure and companionship into your life, and this is likely to be a happy time for socialising, enjoying the company of friends and family, and taking pleasure in the beauty of the natural environment. You may experience a time of particular pleasure in your family and domestic environment. Such inner serenity and confidence could heal many old insecurities and doubts, and could renew your faith in life and in yourself. Whatever difficulties you may have experienced in your emotional life in the past, over the next months you have the chance to make peace with your own and others' mistakes and shortcomings, and to establish a new level of trust and openness in all your future encounters.
Because the cycles of the planets create a complex and intricate pattern in the heavens, not every movement in your horoscope will dance to the same rhythm at the same time. There may be periods when the year's main themes seem to fade somewhat, because some special issue has brought other feelings, attitudes and responses to the fore. Some of these trends and patterns may be brief and some longer-lasting, giving variety to your life experience during the course of the year.
There may be periods during the year when matters concerning your emotional life take priority in a particularly fulfilling way. When your heart is happily stirred, other, more difficult issues may recede in importance, and perhaps rightly so; for if you are at peace on the emotional level, you can cope with other areas of your life in a more open and confident way.
On the emotional level you are likely to feel unusually contented, secure and happy at the moment, and able to give generously to others. Your trust in those close to you is likely to be strong and unshakeable, and old insecurities from the past may not trouble you during this time. You may also make some worthwhile new friendships, especially with women, and you might begin a new romantic relationship which could help to expand your horizons and broaden your viewpoint. But despite such enjoyable experiences, this period is not really concerned with romance; it involves the opening up of the heart on an everyday human level. You are probably able to feel tolerant and compassionate toward others' foibles because you can accept yourself, and may be less in need of protecting yourself from hurt than at other times in your life. You have always had a trusting emotional nature, even if on the rational level you have believed such an attitude to be naive or gullible. In the past you may have experienced more than your share of bruising because you gave your heart at the wrong time or in the wrong place, or believed the best of people and then discovered you should have expected the worst. But at the moment your instinctive faith in life is likely to be vindicated by experience. This could prove an extremely positive time, in terms of helping you to heal past experiences of hurt or disappointment, for you can look forward to the future and believe that it will be bright. You may be especially attuned in your dealings with work colleagues and the public, and you may feel particularly open and receptive in any personal interchange. In fact, whatever you are feeling right now, you are likely to feel it on a grand scale, with a certain theatrical flair and intensity. On a deeper level, old wounds from the past, especially from childhood, may now be seen in a different and more meaningful light, and from a broader and more philosphical perspective. This can help you to forgive others' insensitivity in the past, as well as encouraging you to place more trust in the fundamental decency of human nature. During this time you may feel like indulging yourself - not only emotionally, but also with basic physical pleasures such as food. This could be an especially pleasant experience, although you may have to be careful of excesses which you will pay the price for later. But eating, drinking and good company are not the only likely expressions of this time - although these things will probably be an important part of your life at the moment. If you look a little deeper, you may see that many old emotional patterns and attitudes are being gently changed by a brighter, more trusting, and more generous spirit which can leave you more open to life experience and more hopeful for the future. There may also be periods when emotional difficulties arise, which you would be wise to deal with in the most honest and generous way you can.
Emotionally you may be passing through a somewhat stressful time, because your ideals of love are being refined, shaped, and better adapted to reality. This may require some careful reviewing of old attitudes, and it is likely that you will experience some sense of hurt or disappointment - either through the agency of another person, or through the criticism and denigration you inflict on yourself. At the moment your ideals and aspirations in love, and your definitions of happiness, are in conflict with the reality of the world around you and with the limitations of human nature. The result is that you are likely to feel let down, disillusioned and defeated, especially in your family relationships and domestic life. You may feel insecure and unsure of yourself, or you may believe you will never feel really happy again. You may interpret ageing as the end of all possibilities for happiness, and may feel there is little left to look forward to. These are entirely subjective states, and probably have no basis in actuality; but they may seem very real to you at the moment, and your negativity about yourself may exacerbate any external situations of stress or conflict you are experiencing. Another person's withdrawal or rejection does not mean you are not worth loving; but at the moment you may see it that way. Because you expect others to hurt or betray you, you may be approaching them with suspicion, mistrust or resentment - even if they have done nothing to merit this. You may not realise you are doing it, and you may not recognise the effect unconscious defensiveness and mistrust can have on another person. In this way you might be helping to create the loneliness you fear. Before you unleash destructive criticism at loved ones, try to recognise whether you might be finding fault due to your own feelings of discontent, and not because others have truly let you down. At the moment you could be inclined to feel rather sorry for yourself, and may imagine that you have done all the giving while others are selfish and self-absorbed. A perception of others' insensitivity during this time may be a deeply subjective and somewhat distorted interpretation. If you experience separation or loss because a partner, lover or child makes the decision to leave you, you might need to look very carefully at the events and emotional interaction of the last year. You yourself may have been contributing to the difficulties. You may also try to alleviate feelings of unhappiness through finding a new partner who can provide the kind of superhuman devotion which, deep down, you are probably seeking at the moment. Be very careful in any new relationship you form at this time. Loneliness and desperation may distort your judgement, and you may wind up jumping out of the proverbial frying pan into the fire. It might be better to endure a period of aloneness, until you know more about yourself. You may need to face the fact that certain long-standing relationships may no longer be viable - for you as well as for the other person. Be careful not to blame others for all your feelings of depression, isolation and unhappiness, or punish them by transferring your love elsewhere. Your own expectations may need some careful reevaluating, for it is possible that you have secretly carried an ideal of perfection that no relationship could satisfy. You could be given an opportunity to review relationship patterns that go back to your childhood, so that you can heal old hurts and change destructive ways of interacting. Deep down, you may secretly feel that you are not worthy as a person, and that you must 'do things' to earn another's appreciation. This deep mistrust of love, and of yourself, may be rooted in a difficult emotional atmosphere in your early family life. You may be perpetuating this pattern by trying to obtain guarantees of love; and at the moment you might be recognising that such guarantees cannot be provided, either by you or your loved ones. This is a marvellous chance to break free of rigid or outworn patterns, so that you can be freer to give and receive love with a real person instead of a fantasy paragon of perfection. This time may be painful, but it could prove the making of you. Try to avoid bitterness, cynicism and self-pity, and keep your pride at bay. The more willing you are to change within yourself, the happier your future will be.
You are likely to be in a somewhat turbulent state. You may be acutely aware of yourself as a separate individual, but these feelings are likely to conflict with your need for harmony and closeness. Thus you may find yourself inclined to assert your ideas, feelings and desires in a forceful or even aggressive manner, while at the same time trying too hard to accomodate the needs of others. Right now, however much you may wish to please others, your primary need is to affirm yourself - not in a destructively egocentric way, but as a statement of the person you feel you have become at this stage of your life, and as a reflection of the talents and abilities you have developed. Your sense of self is deeply connected with your creative abilities, even if you have not yet developed any special channels through which to express yourself. At this time you may be more aware than ever that you need avenues for creative activity, for this defines who you are and can provide you with a sense of joy and meaning. You may meet others who in some way epitomise a strong spirit of self-affirmation, but your attraction toward them is liable to be ambivalent and composed of a curious mixture of fascination and annoyance. This does not mean that such relationships are inauthentic or 'bad'. But you probably need to live out your own special gifts and talents, rather than turning yourself into the devoted accolyte of a charismatic or gifted personality. This is a time when you could, despite some tension and emotional unease, experience a renewed sense of confidence in who you are and what you have to offer. Try to take advantage of such feelings by developing your creative abilities as much as possible. You may discover new creative avenues which you didn't think existed, or which you were afraid to pursue because others needed your emotional time and energy. This period may not be especially pleasant on the emotional level, because you may experience internal conflict. But it is an important time because you could recognise on an emotional, not merely intellectual, level, the outlines of your unique individuality and the deeper sense of purpose which can allow that individuality its fullest expression in life.
Although this could prove a healing and strengthening time, you will probably need a good deal of patience and detachment at the moment, as this is liable to be a somewhat challenging period in your personal life. Your emotions are likely to be in an unhappy state, and you may be plagued by feelings of loneliness or frustration. You might experience a separation, or misunderstanding with someone close to you; but equally, your dark mood may arise wholly from within yourself, without an external trigger. The most difficult part is that you may go around with a deep sense of personal failure or inadequacy, which could lead to self-pity and an inability to recognise anything good or supportive in your emotional life. If you let yourself slide into this kind of mood, you may create your own problems, through subtly or overtly letting others know that whatever they do for you, it isn't enough. Try not to manipulate others into making you feel better. Such a ploy is unlikely to work, as others are not really responsible for how you are feeling. The vaguely resentful attitude you may now have toward the world, which is apparently not giving you the emotional nourishment you seek, arises from deeper sources; and you may need to explore it in order to get the best from the issues of this time. You may be challenged to face those areas of life in which you have never really grown up, and where you secretly hope that others will look after you and give you the love and support you do not seem to be able to give yourself. This is likely to be a time of profound learning. An outer event or person may trigger feelings of woundedness or emotional deprivation, but the feelings were probably already there, and spring from the early part of your life when you did not receive what you needed. As all people experience such emotional deprivation, no matter how good and loving their parenting, this should not surprise you. You may not be aware of the extent to which you depend on others to affirm your social and professional acceptability and value. At the moment it may seem that no one is offering you the support you need, and you may feel angry, aggrieved, and resentful. But even if someone has hurt you, try to respond to that hurt in an understanding and philosophical way. A childlike side of you is probably demanding that life should always be fair, and that people should always be 100% consistently and devotedly loving. You may also unconsciously believe that those in your present life owe you recompense for what was done to you by others in the past. The sooner you can accept life and people as they actually are, the better equipped you will be to meet the challenges of this time. You may experience difficulties with female relatives or female friends and companions. But if you experience pain or hurt through a woman, you might benefit from considering whether you have been seeking a quality of mothering from that woman which she is simply unable to provide right now. The most profound level of the process you are presently undergoing is the discovery of how to parent yourself, at those junctures in life when others cannot provide it for you - either because they have their own lives to live, or are limited in their ability to respond, or simply because they are human. You may also have to face and accept your own emotional limits, rather than attempting to offer perfect parenting to others. Learning to parent yourself may involve recognising how to provide yourself with the things that make you feel worthwhile and safe. It may also involve containing your feelings, and learning to respect others' boundaries and limits. If you are able to meet this important challenge, you will emerge from this period with a deeper and stronger sense of your own worth, and a greater awareness of inner resources on which you can always draw in times of stress.
Confusion may beset you now, particularly in your emotional life and your professional and social aspirations. You may be unusually receptive to others' unspoken feelings and needs, and your sense of personal boundaries may be rather weak and confused. Although such a state may bring you certain strange or psychic experiences, at the moment these are not likely to be reliable, and may be more the mark of poor psychic boundaries than of any special spiritual gift. You could be caught in a romantic dream, in which you are seeking an exalted emotional union of some kind - a fusion-state in which will never feel lonely again. The problem is that, although you may believe you are in touch with a higher level of reality, fantasies of perfection may make it hard for you to acknowledge the reality of any person with whom you are closely involved. You may be prone to being deceived because you are deceiving yourself; and you may also justify deceiving others because you are so enchanted and enthralled. Although the feelings you experience may be very beautiful and worthy of expression, they are best channelled through creative or psychological work. If you try to pursue them entirely through personal relationships, you may find yourself deeply disillusioned. On a deeper level, you are experiencing a conflict between your emotional needs as a mature individual, and a childlike dream of the Paradise Garden, which may be archetypal but is likely to be unobtainable through any human being. Your emotional needs are being powerfully constellated right now, and you are probably seeking new and better ways of relating. But something within you doesn't want to grow or interact with the real world, and you may seek a magical redemption through an exalted and intensely self-abnegating kind of love. You may experience this state of exaltation and longing through a child, a spouse, a lover, a parent, or a guru or spiritual teacher. While much truth may be found in any spiritual teachings you now encounter, you need to be careful not to expect any person, however apparently enlightened, to provide a redemption which is ultimately your own responsibility. The vulnerable naivety is likely to afflict you at the moment may leave you open to exploitation in subtle ways which you may not recognise until you have already relinquished some degree of emotional or material autonomy. You need as much clarity and consciousness as you can find right now, for the process you are undergoing is subtle and complex. Dreams of emotional fusion and redemption may be linked with childhood needs which, in early life, might have been disappointed and have consequently remained alive and hungry in you, although unconscious. You may be seeking an unconditionally loving surrogate parent, who can protect you from the pain of loneliness and separateness. You may also be inclined to play this caretaker role yourself at the moment, and find yourself attracted to someone deeply needy and dependent on you. There is nothing intrinsically negative or destructive about such needs. They are eminently human and lie behind many of our most noble and beautiful creative and humanitarian efforts. But right now you could be in danger of confusing an inner vision with a real person, and a deep hunger for closeness may make you lack judgement in material as well as emotional ways. You may feel as though someone else's fantasies or pursuit of perfect love are victimising you, or causing you to be betrayed or deceived. But even if such themes of idealisation and disillusionment come into your life through the agency of someone else, they are also relevant to you. You are being challenged to recognise and affirm healthy emotional needs which can be met by real human beings, rather than impossible expectations which can only be met by the creatures of a dream.
Matters concerning your physical and material life are also likely to prove important, and some of these may prove very rewarding over the next year. You may enjoy the fruits of a long period of hard work. Or new opportunities, arising as if out of nowhere, may give you the sense that things are really working for you on the worldly level, and that you now have a chance to express yourself in ways that create tangible, financially and professionally satisfying results. Try to make the most of these opportunities; you may surprise yourself by what you are able to achieve.
Although you are probably feeling very restless and eager for change, at the same time you are able to balance this with a recognition of the value of the past and the importance of self-containment. This can allow you to experience new ideas and a new perspective on life without having to disrupt what you have worked hard to build. At the moment you are capable of being what is commonly known as a practical idealist, able to be inspired by inventive new approaches to your involvement with the community and the collective while being able to utilise existing conditions to make constructive change possible. You have always understood the value of moving into the future while preserving what is of value from the past, and this innate talent is likely to pay off now. You are able to be both visionary and realistic at the moment, and detached enough to avoid impulsive actions based on uncontained emotional responses. You can probably see the pattern of your own life clearly and objectively, and can therefore plan constructively without burning your bridges behind you. It is in the realm of ideas where you are most likely in need of change, and most able to harness innovative or unconventional thinking to a sound and realistic approach. You may be attracted to deeper political or social involvements and ideologies at the moment, or to so-called 'New Age' concerns. Your interest is not likely to be flighty, woolly or merely fashionable; you will probably want to make some kind of sound practical contribution to the world you live in, while at the same time experiencing the pleasure of breaking free of old attitudes which have constrained your life. Your judgement right now is likely to be sound, and you can afford to experiment in learning new things and breaking new ground creatively and intellectually. Moving into more unconventional terrain does not mean you have to polarise with existing traditions or authorities. On the contrary, at the moment you can probably see the relevance of both, and are likely to seek ways of combining new attitudes with those which have stood the test of time. This period could be extremely creative for your thinking, your work, and your general world-view. However, you may also have to deal with some less pleasant mundane issues. You may have to face challenges which make you question your work and your place in the world, and frustration may bring your temper to boiling point or generate a sense that you have failed. Try to keep your mind focused on what you can learn from such situations, because you could turn them into strengthening lessons which, when the time is right, help you to achieve what you want later on.
At the moment you may be experiencing a conflict between what is known as a job and what is known as a vocation. In other words, you may feel profoundly dissatisfied with what you have been doing with your life, and you may need more room to express yourself and your deepest values through a career or field of work which truly suits your abilities and talents. If you have been working merely to earn money, you may resent doing this now. If you have had to adapt your image to others' requirements, you may feel resentful, frustrated and unsure of who you really are. You may be eager to make changes - either to set up on your own, or to demand more authority and greater recognition within a company or institutional framework. But you may not be able to see how such changes can be accomplished without putting your security at risk. In fact this could be an excellent time to contemplate such a move and make new plans for the future. But you might be wise to proceed slowly and cautiously, rather than angrily and impulsively. For it is likely that you have not yet worked out what it is you really do want. You may be craving more opportunities to express individual initiative, innovative thinking and a gift for quick decision-making so that they can provide an important part of your contribution to the larger world. If you are in a field of work which does not allow you scope to express these qualities, you are likely to feel very angry and dissatisfied. You may also feel trapped in work which makes use only of your skills without providing you with any chance to make a deeper commitment - even if those skills are recognised and rewarded. It is not just fulfillment of your talents, but also a sense of deeper purpose, that you may be seeking right now, and you will probably need to initiate changes in your working life in order to pursue these goals. You may not be clear yet just which way to proceed, but you probably already know what you don't want; and that is a good beginning. Even if you have lost a job through apparently unfair circumstances, or are in process of retiring, or have never worked before and are now forced to make your way in the world, try to recognise such situations as an opportunity for a new beginning rather than a sign of failure or a nasty blow of fate. On a deeper level you are also parting ways with the past, and moving beyond expectations which you may have carried since childhood. Family assumptions and expectations may have dictated, secretly if not overtly, who you should be and what you should do. You are presently struggling to define your own individuality in the world, apart from family, background, and present structures, however secure these might be. If you exercise patience, care and self-understanding, you will take a large step toward what you most desire.
The development of your mind, and the cultivation of new skills and spheres of learning, may also occupy a lot of your energy at different times during the year. The life of the mind is as important as the life of the heart and the life of the bank account, and this time could prove very important in enhancing your level of knowledge and the application of your talents. But you may also be challenged by difficulties, especially in communication with others and in the general tenor of your mental attitude during this time. If you find yourself unusually negative, critical or depressed, try to find out what is really troubling you, and how your own attitude might be contributing to any external problems you encounter. This might be wiser than taking it out on others or inadvertently causing difficulties in your material and emotional affairs because you are not conscious of the effects of your own mental attitudes.
This may be a tense and anxious time, when you are seeking to change your mental attitudes but may swing to extremes in the process. You are probably inclined at the moment to be rather fixed and a little blinkered in your thinking. It is likely that some new idea, vision, or spiritual or intellectual discovery has wound you up and exercised a powerful attraction over you, and you may experience considerable conflict between a new path or outlook and the attitudes which have provided you with stability and reassurance in the past. This could make you a little intolerant and abrupt in your way of communicating, and you may be disinclined to listen to others because you are so sure you are right. Your thinking is opening up, and this could be a time of exciting discoveries and creative inspiration. But you are subject to mental overload right now, and you may need to discipline your thinking and learn greater patience before you engage in heated debate with others. The underlying quality of this time is positive and creative, because many old mental structures and attitudes are likely to pass from your life. This may involve outer changes as well. Worldly goals and personal relationships which reflect the old attitudes could be in for a bumpy ride, and you may change your direction more than once while you are trying to establish the shape of the future in a comprehensible way. Disruption may occur in family relationships and domestic life, and while some of the chaos may be due to external agencies beyond your control, some may also be your own poor judgement, impatience, or unwillingness to find a middle way of dealing with arguments, disputes, and material challenges. You have always had an inclination to unconventional ideas and attitudes, but usually you can convey these to others in tactful ways. However, at the moment common sense and the spirit of cooperation may desert you; try to think about what you say before you say it, and read every contract through at least three times before you sign it. This might be a good time to channel any mental restlessness into new areas of study, in which you do not have to make practical decisions but can allow inspirations and new ideas to emerge and be subjected to careful reflection and assessment. This is probably not a good time to enter into permanent legal or financial arrangements, or trust your own judgement in money matters. You may also need to be careful when driving or handling electrical or mechanical implements, because you are liable to be impatient and irritable and therefore careless. Wait until some of the chaos has subsided before you make important decisions. Use the time to explore ideas and honour the less conventional and more inspirational side of yourself; and be very, very patient. Your thinking is changing, but you will not know for some time which of your old attitudes are now past their sell-by date, and which of the new ones are worthy of long-term cultivation and adaptation to your life.
You may be rather serious in your thoughts at the moment, and inclined to brood over life's deeper and more perplexing issues. Even if you are normally an introspective person, you are likely to be even more so now. You may be intensely aware of loneliness, and the difficulties which people have in communicating with each other. You might also feel that others are misunderstanding you, or are unsympathetic to what you are trying to say. But you may misunderstand them too, and you could misinterpret remarks which others do not mean as destructive or hurtful. You might be a little too sensitive to what you experience as criticism right now, and you may feel that no one understands or appreciates your ideas. Yet you may be too critical of others' viewpoints, and you could inadvertently display an uncharacteristic defensiveness or rigidity which does not encourage others to engage in dialogue with you. Matters concerning your family background and family relationships may preoccupy you now, and you may experience considerable worry or agitation. You may also feel disillusioned, disappointed, cynical, or uncertain of what you believe in. You may remember with unusual clarity those times in the past when you have been unable to communicate your thoughts, or faced others' indifference. You may also remember issues concerning your early education, and you may be feeling a little insecure and unsure of your intellectual abilities. You may even feel as though you are unintelligent, or unable to cope with the challenges life is offering you at the moment. But such a tendency toward negative thinking can have a positive side, because it can lead you to honest self- questioning. You may have experienced hurt in early life because the communication between you and your family broke down. You may experience the same kind of communication breakdown with a loved one at the moment, and it may make you feel isolated and misunderstood. But whatever occurs in your outer life right now, try to explore the ways in which you formulate your thoughts and translate them to others. Words matter a great deal right now, and you could learn a lot from observing how others express themselves to you and, more importantly, how you express your thoughts and feelings to them. Are you direct and honest, and able to share ideas and emotions without evasion or smokescreens? Are you aware of the power of words to injure others? Do you know how to listen to others when they speak? And what do you need from them in order to feel you are being heard? What do you really think about the various issues in your life and your world? Try to use this time to recognise and define your viewpoints and attitudes, and to improve on those areas where you yourself may be helping to create the misunderstandings you could now be experiencing.
What gives meaning to any emotional, material or intellectual challenges and changes you might encounter is your spiritual life, and here too you may experience certain important changes in perception and attitude. Such changes may be subtle and slow to register on your awareness, but they may profoundly influence the way you experience and interpret what happens to you over the next year. Never underestimate the importance of the meaning you assign to events, because the clearer your vision, the more likely you are to work with the time in constructive and creative ways. You may experience a deeper sense of connection to the greater whole of which you are a part, although such a feeling may not remain with you all the time. You may also be open to new ideas and ways of looking at life which make the world seem bigger, richer, and more meaningful.
Making ideals work in the world There is an unusual harmony between your aspirations and your acceptance of limits right now, which means that you can approach life with both optimism and realism. Your plans for the future are adapted to what you can actually achieve, not what you might ideally hope to get; and a willingness to work hard and apply yourself may reflect an enthusiastic commitment to ensuring that your future is stable and materially rewarding. Your philosophical and spiritual convictions are also likely to be sound and balanced right now, with one eye on heaven and the other firmly on the ground in front of you. If you have been inclined to either extreme cynicism or extreme mysticism in the past, you are not likely to find these extremes at all attractive now. This might be not an especially dramatic time, but it is extremely important because you are able to make peace with the world and with your own limits, without sacrificing vision, hope or a sense of future potentials waiting to be explored. You have probably always been willing to temper your ideals to the world as you find it, without sacrificing either ideals or the wisdom of practical experience. Now you are likely to reap tangible rewards because of this innate gift. You may enjoy both external and internal benefits through carefully planned speculative ventures and creative projects which require discipline and skill. An innate extravagance, emotionally as well as materially, may need to be tempered by common sense and an awareness of the consequences of any gamble, whether of the heart or of the wallet. You may find that during this time your hunches are particularly reliable, especially in practical matters, and that you can make sound investments and choose wisely with regard to your material affairs. Creatively you may discover that your technical skills and abilities are enhanced because you have the patience to polish and refine what you produce. This could be a highly productive, if unexciting, period which you could use to the best advantage if you are willing to apply yourself to activities and projects in the outer world. Whatever you set out to achieve right now, you will probably succeed; and this is why you should act rather than sit back and feel pleased with yourself. At the moment you are probably very good at handling real life, without losing your imagination, enthusiasm and originality of thought. However, you may also experience times of doubt and disillusionment, and you may wonder whether what you believe in is really worth the investment of energy and faith. Such periods of spiritual depression could, however, prove rewarding in the long term, because they may provide valuable insights into unrealistic expectations or too rigid a world-view or spiritual perspective. If you can reflect on what is happening, rather than falling into cynicism, the testing times you experience may ultimately help to shape an enduring faith in yourself and in life.
You may experience a strange feeling of disillusionment during this time. Many cherished romantic dreams and ideals are likely to be challenged by what you see in the world around you. You may find it hard going emotionally, for your mood is likely to be somewhat melancholy and depressed, and your view of life quite negative. You may feel lonely and sad, even if no external factor justifies such feelings. Deep down you are reaching childhood's end, no matter how old you are and even if you didn't realise how much of a child you still were on certain deep unconscious levels. Although you may experience considerable sadness right now, you are probably also experiencing a process of maturation which will leave you much better equipped to cope with life realistically. It is therefore important that you understand what is happening to you, so that you do not seek escape routes which could be destructive in order to avoid the feelings of depression which now might afflict you. A strong sense of guilt and failure may trouble you, especially the fear that you have let your family down. These feelings are deeply subjective and probably very exaggerated, for you may be prone at the moment to feel undermined and lacking in self-confidence. But there may be a grain of truth in your feelings of doubt, in that you have probably been too idealistic about what you could give others and they could give you. You may have unconsciously hoped that somehow, someone or something would magically make life perfect and wonderful, and now are angry, disillusioned and remorseful because life is simply life and has not turned out to match your dreams. Try to face these issues honestly without self-condemnation. Idealism does not make you a bad or a foolish person, and it is eminently human, but it may now be tempered by the challenges of reality. You may need to learn about those areas of life in which you have been too dependent, or too unwilling to accept mortal limits - your own or those of others. You may need to be particularly careful of falling into a self-pitying state where you imagine yourself to be one of life's victims. You have been victimised only by your own impossible expectations, and not by the world's viciousness. If you have experienced a failure in personal relationship, try not blame everything on an errant partner, child or friend; and also try not to blame everything on yourself. If financial or professional failure besets you, try to recognise where you may have contributed to the difficulty through evasion, vagueness, or a disregard of facts or rules. Avoid any dishonest dealings like the plague at the moment; easy solutions are likely to turn out to be disasters in disguise. More than anything right now you probably need a good balance between realism and respect for your own romanticism, which is in fact a beautiful and worthwhile quality - provided it is tempered by an acceptance of life's laws and limits. If you can find the path between indulgent self-pity and rage at others' failings, you will find that you can still dream and retain your highest values, while allowing other people, and life, to be what they are.
You probably want bigger and greener pastures at the moment, and you may be feeling extremely restless and discontented with the life you are living. You may crave better and more, and could be aware of many potentials which you haven't lived and which are demanding expression. Your eyes are likely to be fixed on the future and you are probably fed up with certain people, situations and habits from the past. All this could be very positive and invigourating, and you may encounter many opportunities which could open doors to a new work direction, a new relationship, or new interests and creative activities. But your judgement may not be at its best right now, because there is some conflict within you between a desire to grow and a desire to preserve what you have built and know yourself to be. While the future might beckon, it is unknown, and may seem to pose too many risks. Tension and indecision could make you rash or impulsive in your actions; or it could make you frightened of change, so that you fight against it and provoke others into making the changes for you, against your conscious wishes. At the root of your restlessness is the pervasive power of individual potential and destiny, which may be making you want to be and do something special rather than simply living an ordinary life. The desire to be special could lead to a certain arrogance, so be careful; this is not the moment to challenge those in authority, push your body beyond its limits, or act foolishly with financial and emotional resources. Speculation is not advisable because you may not be able to distinguish between a sound prospect and the promise of something for nothing. Wait until you are less starry-eyed before you gamble with what you cannot afford to lose. Try to develop your creative skills before you make quick decisions which might uproot your life. This could be an exciting, abundant and opportunity-filled time. But you could also fall on your face through your own unwillingness to take the limits of reality and human nature into account. Take your time, keep your feet on the ground, and then enjoy what life has to offer.
Deeper and more profound than events occurring in any of these spheres is the development of the Self, which underpins everything that happens to us in life. This is the real heart of the mystery of fate, because if there is truly a destiny at work in individual life, it lies within, and the astrological configurations only reflect, at any given time, opportunities for this hidden development pattern. You may only experience glimpses of this inner pattern at work, through realising that some experience is vitally necessary even if it is painful. You may also sometimes sense the purposefulness of what is happening around and within you, even if you cannot find a rationale for what you sense. Through particular feelings and situations which make you grow, you can establish a strong connection with the inner world, even if your heart is sore or you are encountering trouble on the mundane level. But this kind of connection depends on how willing you are to look inward at the deeper pattern of your life, regardless of how you are feeling at the time, or toward whom you feel it.
A sense of self-esteem and faith in your abilities are likely to be at a high level right now, especially if, in the last few months, you have put energy and effort into achieving a long-desired goal and are now seeing the fruits of your labours. Because you are likely to get what you have been working for, a heightened ability to express yourself in original and creative ways, and a deeper belief in a special personal destiny or path in life, are likely to provide some of the happiest dimensions of this period. Old feelings of insecurity and inadequacy will probably not plague you now, and you may feel much more optimistic about life in general - as though some long- standing burden or sense of restriction has been lifted. You may also feel eager to explore the world, and may experience a strong need to travel, mentally, physically, or both, in order to expand your personal and professional horizons. The key to getting the best out of this time is to make your dreams and hopes real through careful practical effort. The feeling that you could do anything if you tried may make you a little complacent or lazy, and the potential of this period of your life could be lost through lack of initiative. On the deeper level you may experience new intuitions about your potential and what you can do to enhance your abilities and skills. These intuitions have probably been building up for several months, and unlike many characteristic human pipe-dreams they really do contain valid and workable possibilities. This is why it is so important to 'go for it' while you are likely to have such a strong sense of well- being and trust in life's bounty. Whether your goals are material, emotional, or spiritual, an increased belief in your worth and specialness will probably vindicate itself because, consciously or unconsciously, you may be more generous and tolerant of others and more able to allow them to help you. Also, your judgement is probably sound at the moment, and if you engage in modest speculation (although even good judgement will not help you if you decide to be foolish), you may get much better results than you would at other times. Try to decide first which ventures are really worth pursuing and have some genuine substance in them. You may need to balance faith in the future with a ruthlessly realistic assessment of your own abilities. Faith alone will not result in success; you need to be competent enough to achieve your goal. During this time you may discover how past lack of faith in yourself, or a deep albeit unconscious cynicism about life, might have blocked you from expressing yourself, and prevented you from developing potentials. You may learn quite a lot about the ways in which what we call 'good luck' has deep connections with inner attitudes and assumptions about life. You could be 'lucky' now in the sense that, if you have talents or abilities which have not been developed because you secretly believed you would fail or didn't deserve good fortune, putting your energy behind these talents may take you much further than you would have believed possible five years or even six months ago. You could simply enjoy the good feelings likely at this time, and pass through them with your outer life unchanged; and there is no cosmic requirement that you act on what you feel. But if you do reach for a dream, you may be delightfully surprised at how far you could travel in the future because of the seeds which you sow in the present. Whatever you begin now, you are beginning under good inner auspices. And whatever you complete now, you will probably find rewarding for a long time to come.
During this time you may experience considerable disruption in your personal life. Long-standing relationships are especially vulnerable to change right now, and whether you yourself initiate these changes or they are imposed on you by others, you may experience an important separation or loss during this period. However, this is not inevitable, and the opposite may occur instead: You may enter an important new relationship which has the potential to radically change your life and may feel electric and compulsive in its fascination. Or you may experience both, and find yourself in an uncomfortable triangle, torn between an old love and a new. On a more worldly level you are also likely to make new professional and social contacts, perhaps of a different and unconventional kind. And you may find yourself displaying a much higher public profile than you ever have before, interacting with a larger group or expressing your ideas and ideals to a bigger audience. Such external changes, although potentially disruptive and perhaps, in the case of a close relationship, painful, could reflect a profound change taking place within you. You have always tended to relate to others in a romantic and dramatic way. Now you may discover the need for greater clarity, detachment, and cooperation with others. You may meet someone who seems to personify these qualities, and presents you with an entirely new way of looking at life. Equally, you may part from someone. If you do, however painfully, it is likely to free you to develop these qualities within yourself. Either way, you are experiencing a process of mental and spiritual expansion. Try to move with this time in a spirit of cautious optimism. Be open to new ideas, but be careful about signing anything too binding just at the moment. You may need to wait until the dust settles, before you can see the shape of your future. All you may know at the moment is that it is time to let go and move on.
Although this period is likely to be healing and formative, you may not feel very comfortable or at ease, physically or psychologically, during this time. A sense of frustration may beset you, and you may experience depression and a lowering of your spirits and vitality. Your usual energy and expressiveness may seem to have dropped into a hole and vanished. You may also experience unexpected difficulties in close relationships, which make you doubt yourself or feel wounded and unfairly treated. It may sometimes appear that the unfair side of life is taking over right now, and you may find it difficult to maintain your trust in others and yourself. Although you may experience a somewhat bumpy ride at the moment, this is not intrinsically a negative time. You are being challenged to reevaluate how authentically you present yourself to others, and how able you are to communicate what you really think, feel and want. On a deeper level, a process of increasing consciousness is occurring, which may be triggered by some painful experience which makes you question assumptions which previously you have taken for granted. Who are you really, and what do you want from others and from life? Is the image you present a truthful one, or simply one which you hope will please? Do you really believe in yourself as an individual, or is your confidence sustained only by external props and supports? You may need to ask questions such as these, and wait quietly until you have some answers, before you come out fighting or blaming others for misunderstanding you or making you unhappy. Moods of self-doubt could lead you to a deeper understanding of where your insecurities lie, and why; and this could help you to accept your human limits as well as overcoming old inhibitions which you have no need of in your present life. Try to view this period as a learning time, and you could emerge with a much stronger sense of identity and individual potency.
You may feel as though you are in a battle at the moment, with forces which you cannot fully understand. Your survival instincts are being mobilised, and you may be inclined to view external conflicts with an intensely dramatic and defensive attitude. Although there may be conflict in your outer life at the moment, you may also be turning that conflict into something much bigger than it is in reality, because powerful emotions are being activated in you and you may find it hard to detach and view the situation objectively. Certain entrenched emotional patterns, which you have probably carried all your life, are now likely to be challenged by unpredictable events which may seem to you deeply unfair and unmerited. This may force you to review all your previous assumptions and ways of interacting with others. Rather than allowing these entrenched elements within yourself to transform, you may fight hard to resist change, through trying to assert power over others and over your external world. If you struggle too hard, you may wind up feeling humiliated and defeated, because this is not a time to view threats to your pride as justification for jungle warfare. You are changing, whether you wish it or not, and you may need to let go of old responses and attitudes. It might be wiser to look inward, before you load your psychic rifle and charge out to do battle with the world. Whatever is wounding or threatening you, it is likely that your attitudes toward others' motives will alter profoundly as a result of this time. Such changes could leave you more flexible and open to life, as well as more knowledgeable about your hidden depths and motives. Try to restrain any savage or primitive feelings which circumstances may arouse in you. Although you may feel that someone or something is treating you unfairly, it may be a great mistake to allow wounded pride to make you aggressive or vindictive. You may discern the traces of old family patterns in the events which occur in your life right now. And if you are honest with yourself, you may find that on the deeper level a repetition is occurring, of early experiences which may have caused you to respond to life in unconsciously defensive or controlling ways. You may also have habitually tried to avoid facing certain darker elements within yourself and others, especially in your emotional life; and now you may have to accept that human beings are complex and cannot be explained by simple black-and-white formulae. This could be a time of healing, and the leaving behind of destructive patterns from the past - provided you can recognise that the real battle is within yourself.
This period could prove challenging and transformative, in terms of the structures by which you define your identity and values. However, it is also likely to prove very difficult. You may have to struggle with external circumstances, and with defensive attitudes within yourself, that turn life into a battleground and mobilise pride and a desire to maintain control over the people and things in your life. You may feel as though your financial security and stability are being threatened, and this could make you react to any pressure, opposition, or external setback with suspicion, resentment, and a sense of "me against them". Try not to react to conflict by isolating yourself or assuming that everyone is against you. If you do encounter opposition, you will achieve more through compromise and a willingness to listen than you will by intractability and defensiveness. You could make things much worse for yourself if you try to challenge authorities or pit yourself against the collective right now. Don't be too proud to avail yourself of the support of friends and loved ones, and think carefully before you attribute negative motives to those around you. You need to look within right now, and explore what kind of inner attitudes your outer circumstances are reflecting. You may also need to consider what kind of choices you have made in the past, which may now be producing unforeseen consequences. Only after you are clear about your own contribution to any present conflict or impasse should you begin to make decisions for the future. You might have to relinquish certain old attitudes and structures in your life. It would be better if you could do this willingly and gracefully, rather than being dragged, metaphorically kicking and screaming, into changes which you may have badly needed for some time. It is possible that a separation or loss may occur, through your own choice or through circumstances you cannot control; and you may have to untangle some complicated threads in order to free yourself from the past. You may also encounter what you experience as betrayal by loved ones or work colleagues. A deep change is occurring within you, and you are urgent to leave behind what you have outgrown - even if you cannot recognise it. This may arouse opposition in others, as well as provoking anxiety and conflict within you. The long-term effects of this period could be deeply cleansing and renewing, and you could begin a new life free of many old psychological and material obstructions to which you yourself have contributed over the years. But you will have to pay for such a gift, through self-honesty and the relinquishing of what you have outgrown. Before you interpret any situation too negatively, try to let go of a childlike need to have everything simple and easy. Your only real enemy right now could be your pride, or a naive attitude which ignores the consequences of actions and choices.
Your deepest survival instincts are being strongly activated right now, and this could have important repercussions in terms of how you deal with your outer life. You may be unusually aware of strengths and resources within yourself which make you take on greater challenges than you might ordinarily seek; and this could precipitate the achievement of a long-sought goal. But you may also be inclined at the moment to turn every life situation into a life-and-death combat. This could make you turn relationships into power battles, and work challenges into a struggle to defeat the opposition. You are likely to be more than usually committed to what you want right now, and able to give yourself entirely to what your heart desires. But you may also find it hard to retain a sense of humour about yourself and your endeavours, because everything ma seem so terribly important and intense. But you may need to remember that others too have a purpose and a right to pursue their goals, even if these conflict with your own. A little more flexibility and tolerance right now would not come amiss. Deep changes in your attitudes and world-view may also occur, especially in the ways in which you view and interpret others' behaviour. Although the process by which change occurs may involve a certain amount of struggle, this transformation of attitude may be one of the most creative and positive dimensions of the time. You are becoming deeper as an individual, and may be open to many complex aspects of life which might have eluded your awareness before. You may also learn a great deal about your own emotional depths, and could discover many emotional resources you didn't realise you had. But intensity, passion and a quest for absolute truth need to be kept in balance through an objective appraisal of your life as well as a willingness to occasionally laugh at yourself. Most importantly, try not to trample over others, no matter how badly you want something. You may invoke serious opposition which could leave you feeling bruised, humiliated and defeated. And if you feel that others are trampling over you, perhaps you need to get out of the line of fire rather than fighting violently against the opposition. You might also need to question whether and how your own past actions may have contributed to any opposition or sense of oppression you encounter in the present. During this time you may learn many important lessons about the use and abuse of power.
The Greek philosopher Herakleitos once wrote that
nothing is permanent except change. The human psyche
is always in a process of change and unfoldment, and
the planetary configurations which reflect your pattern
of development over the next year will change to new
configurations which reflect new patterns over the years
to come. When we miss opportunities, they usually
come back again in a different form and on a
different level, because life not only changes but moves
in cycles, reflected by the planetary cycles in the
heavens. Whatever "fate" might be, it is not a rigid
design which denies us freedom to choose, grow, make
mistakes, re-choose, and grow again.
Each of the sections given above describes planetary
patterns which, at core, will be shared at some time
and in some way by other human beings. What we
experience is not as unique as we might think; we all
go through joy, pain, good fortune, loss, loneliness,
togetherness, light and darkness, and we all have
certain needs and drives in common. But the timing
and distinctive expression of your constantly changing
growth pattern is unique to you, and so too are the
individual heart, mind, body and spirit which
experience that pattern. Whatever might occur in your
outer life over the next year, finding meaning in it,
and connecting that meaning with who you are and
what you really seek in life, can unlock previously
unsuspected funds of energy and creativity, and can
give you a greater range of choices in the future. We
are taught as children to "use time wisely". What does
this mean? Perhaps the most profound meaning is that
time has qualities, and each moment of time has a
special meaning for us as individuals. And
understanding and working with these qualities and
meaning can transform how we experience the
circumstances of our lives.
On planetary cycles and movements:
On individual planets and their meaning:
On the subject of fate:
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Technical Information In order to create this analysis, the following astrological factors have been examined:
Because the importance of any transit or progressed aspect is not limited only to the time of the precise aspect, but extends for some time before and after, orbs of aspect have been used. These recognise the buildup and gradual diminishing of the energy of a particular planetary movement. Consequently some configurations are described which may not reach exact aspect until the following year, but which are already beginning to show their effects, or which have already made an exact aspect in the previous year. The report which results from these considerations is assembled from selected interpretation text sections. Not all transits or progressions which occur during a year are included in the printed report, only those selected by Liz Greene's model of interpretation. As in all works by Liz Greene the Placidus house system is used.
The transit graphics
A transit bar begins at the moment when a moving planet enters for the first time into the orb of a natal planet, and it ends when the moving planet finally leaves the orb and doe not return into it (until the next full cycle). When the planet is in orb, the bar ir reprsented by a full line. A planet can leave the orb and return later into the orb. During this time the bar is represented by a dotted line. A planet can change its direction of movement; when it becomes retrogards, this time is marked with 'sr' for stationary retrograde. When it becomes direct again, the time is marked with 'sd' for stationary direct. The moment when a transit (or progression) becomes exact is market with a little ' on top of the transit bar. |
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