Welcome to your January 2019 forecast!   Click on “read article” and scroll down til you find your sign of the zodiac….

 CAPRICORN (Dec 21-Jan19) January is a power-packed month for you, starting with a few days of a sobering Sun-Saturn conjunction in your own sign. You will feel the weight of the world on your broad shoulders, I’m afraid. Mars enters Aries on the 1^st, still close to Chiron and making you anxious for world leaders to start acting responsibly and embrace less entrenched perspectives. You might have to wait a bit longer for that to occur, just sayin’. A powerful Capricorn new moon and partial solar eclipse falls late on the 5^th, and it carries all of this serious energy with it. It is a good time for you to clarify your responsibilities, set some goals, and make some decisions – especially about work and where you are putting your energy. Mercury enters Capricorn also on the 5^th and squares Mars for the next few days so be careful of being too bossy. Everyone will be ready for a fight. By the 9^th the Sun in Capricorn catches up to Pluto for a few days. This is a time of tremendous power for you, and in fact, you may not realize that you pack a hefty punch right now, so be mindful of your impact on others. Jupiter also squares Neptune at the same time, exaggerating everyone’s behavior and impulses. By the 17^th the Sun lines up with Uranus and the Lunar Nodes to bring some unexpected events your way in connection with loved ones. Ah, some upheaval, just in time for the Leo full moon and eclipse in the wee hours of the 21^st! But it’s all good—Venus in Sagittarius joins up with Jupiter through the 24^th and they both square Neptune the 20^th through 22nd. Mushy, romantic, excessive. Have some fun with that!   Mercury in Aquarius catches up to the Sun by the 27^th and moves in tandem with the Sun of the rest of the month. Your brain is moving at warp speed. Meanwhile January ends with a forceful Mars-Pluto square. Use it to direct some energy towards a project and avoid getting into tussles with people.

AQUARIUS (JAN 20-FEB 19) January is a somewhat serious month so get ready to take care of business! It begins with a sobering Sun-Saturn pairing in Capricorn. That’s about work and responsibility and feeling concerned about the state of the world. God knows there is a lot to be concerned about. The January 5^th new moon and partial eclipse really emphasizes this sense of responsibility with some Mars in Aries urgency thrown in. Mercury also enters Capricorn on the 5^th, and the Mars-Mercury square makes everyone edgy for a good few days. At the same this new moon is wonderful for planning, decision-making, and goal-setting. We get more Capricorn action by the 9^th when the Sun crosses paths with Pluto til the 12^th. Someone will be wielding some power, that’s for sure, and your Aquarian, freedom-loving self might be pretty aggravated since Jupiter in Sag squares Neptune in Pisces. Idealism and expansiveness will strain to rule the day, running counter to the heavier Capricorn vibes of the month. You’ll be plotting your escape, planning your next vacation. Then the Sun enters your sign on the 20^th and that night is a whopping Leo full moon and eclipse. The Sun squares Uranus, your ruling planet, and you are fit to be tied, wanting adventure, and full expression. Let’s throw in world peace and equality. The next week brings a gorgeous Venus-Jupiter contact, and so your Aquarian desires just may get some satisfaction…. The month ends with the Sun and Mercury marching together in Aquarius – your already scary brain will be firing on all its cylinders. Watch out for the Mars Pluto square at the same time which makes you willful as hell.

 PISCES (FEB 20-MAR 19) Well, January is a bit…intense, shall we say. It begins with a sobering Sun-Saturn conjunction in Capricorn, making your worries about the state of the world unavoidable. Mars enters Aries on the 1^st, still traveling close to Chiron, and so you are itchy for some public accountability. The new moon and partial eclipse on the 5^th exaggerates this sense of Capricornian responsibility. It is a good time to focus on some goals and plans and get things done. Mercury enters Capricorn on the 5^th and makes a pesky angle to Mars for the next several days. You’ll be on edge, and could get snappish. Everyone will be bracing for a fight so be careful. By the 9^th Jupiter in Sag squares Neptune in Pisces, bringing hope, idealism, and expansiveness. This occurs while the Sun catches up to Pluto – you will want to speak truth to power. Then the Sun enters Aquarius on the 20^th in a square to Uranus, so we move from Saturn’s sober influence to some Uranian shake up. The winds of revolution are in the air, especially around the full moon on the 21^st. You are tired of gloom and doom and thirsty for change and excitement. Go for it. Venus in Sag catches up to Jupiter for a delightful week of fun and interchange.   Then Mercury in Aquarius pairs up with the Sun for the last week, and you are full of ideas. The month ends, however, with a powerful punch as Mars squares Pluto. Keep an eye out for power struggles.

ARIES (MAR 20-APRIL19) January is a powerful month for you—so much Capricorn energy pushing you to get organized. January begins with a sobering Sun-Saturn conjunction in Capricorn. You feel an intense responsibility to live up to and live into a set of goals and it feels like time is slipping through your fingers. Deep breaths! Mars enters Aries on the 1^st , helping you develop some momentum. Just sit in the Saturnian realities for a few days – heavy is the head that wears the crown and all that– until the potent Capricorn new moon and partial eclipse on the 5^th. This is an incredibly wonderful time for focus, planning, structuring, goal-setting. Work it! Mercury enters Capricorn on the 5^th and spends the next week squaring Mars. Everyone will be scrappy and you too need to be careful not to be demanding and critical of yourself as well as others. Then by the 10^th, the Sun catches up to Pluto for a few days where you are likely to feel oppressed by structures and systems out of your control. Jupiter squares Neptune at the same time and you want freedom and expansiveness, especially as we approach the Leo full moon and eclipse on the 21^st. Yow! The Sun squares Uranus and you want full expression and out from under the Capricorn pressure. It’s time for you to find your own path forward. The week of the 21^st Venus in Sagittarius catches up to Jupiter for a week, and will help things fall into place in your new vision for yourself. Enjoy! The month ends with Mars in your own sign squaring Pluto—you will have the focus to delve into a project and bring it into being.

TAURUS (APR 20-MAY 20) January is a very earthy sort of month! You know what that means: work, work, and more work. It begins with a sobering Sun-Saturn conjunction, which has you feeling the weight of the world on your broad bovine shoulders as well as feeling your own responsibilities. Mars enters Aries on the 1^st so you feel compelled to take some action but I recommend you sit with things this week until the Capricorn new moon and partial eclipse on the 5^th. This is an incredibly powerful new moon which will help you get organized, strategize, make plans, and set goals. Go for it. Be aware that Mercury enters Capricorn on the 5^th and squares Mars for a week, making you impatient as hell, and maybe even a bit bossy! Everyone will be scrappy and tense and you will need some loving-kindness to be able to avoid a fight. Then by the 9^th the Sun catches up to Pluto for a few days, and someone somewhere is speaking truth to power — let’s hope it’s Robert Mueller. You will be throwing more weight around than you realize, while the Jupiter-Neptune square exaggerates your desire for justice and equality. Then the Sun squares Uranus by the 18^th, and the stable force of Saturn gives way to unpredictability and excitement, just in time for the Sun’s passage into Aquarius and a whopping full moon and eclipse in Leo. Wow! You are an agent for change, bringing some plans to fruition. Venus in Sagittarius catches up to Jupiter for a week, helping magnify your values. Nice! The month ends with the Sun and Mercury moving in tandem in Aquarius – your brain is working on warp-speed. And Mars in Aries squares Pluto and you are capable of moving mountains.

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20) January is a rather serious month for you, with lots and lots of Capricorn energy. The month begins with a sobering Sun-Saturn conjunction in Capricorn. You feel the weight of the world and the weight of many personal responsibilities, and you’re wondering, when do I get a break? A break is coming but be patient… Mars enters Aries on the 1^st , making you antsy. Hold off on restructuring your life until January 5^th, when the beautiful Capricorn new moon and partial eclipse gives the ability to plan, organize, set goals, and generally get your ducks in a row. Mercury enters Capricorn also on the 5^th and squares Mars for a week, making you edgy and tense. Everyone is anxious and spoiling for a fight, and it gets worse around the 9^th when the Sun in Capricorn catches up to Pluto for a few days.   Take a chill pill, baby. Thank god, Jupiter in Sag squares Neptune and you want to escape all the angst. Soon the energy shifts away from Saturnian sobriety to Uranian revolution, when the Sun catches up to a square to Uranus around the 18^th, just in time for the Sun to enter Aquarius on the 20^th and a big Leo full moon on the 21^st! Yow! You want change and self expression and responsibilities be damned! You get a delicious week of connections and fulfillment when Venus in Sag catches up to Jupiter. The month ends with lots of ideas and movement and a Mars-Pluto punch. Be careful of power struggles.

CANCER (JUNE 21- JULY 21) January is a very important month for you! There are so many planets in Capricorn, your opposite sign, that your you don’t know what hit you. It begins with a solidifying Sun-Saturn conjunction in Capricorn. Go ahead and settle into this structure of your life, even as you feel aware of the passage of time. Deep breaths! Mars enters Aries on the 1^st , helping you develop a sense of personal agency in the face of time. There is a juicy new moon and partial eclipse in Capricorn on the 5^th – this is a great time to make plans, get organized, set goals. Mercury also enters Capricorn on the 5^th and spends about a week squaring Mars. You are bossier than you realize under this influence, impatient, and even critical. Keep a grip on yourself—not everyone relates to planning in the same way. By the 9^th the Sun in Capricorn catches up to Pluto for a few days, and you will feel sensitive to forces outside of your control, especially since Jupiter and Neptune will make you want to run and escape.   It is a time for expansiveness, not necessarily running away! Then the Sun enters Aquarius on the 20^th in a square to Uranus, just in time for the full moon and eclipse in Leo on the 21^st.   All the settledness of Capricorn gives way to Uranian change and possibility. Throw caution to the wind and do something outrageous! The next week brings a delicious Venus-Jupiter conjunction in Sag, great for adventure and intimacy. The month ends with your brain brimming with ideas. Use the Mars-Pluto square at the tail end of January to focus and develop a new project.

 LEO (JUL 22-AUG 21) Oh honey! January has a heavy start and you have to just hang on til the Leo full moon on the 21^st…. But I get ahead of myself! January begins with a hefty Sun-Saturn conjunction in Capricorn. You’re feeling the weight of the world, and also the weight of personal responsibilities, and it’s not fun. Not even Mars’ entry into Aries can help you avoid being the grown-up in the room. But the Capricorn new moon and partial eclipse on the 5^th is a powerful and fruitful one, giving you the ability to make really sound plans, set goals, and take care of business. Use it! Just be aware that Mercury enters Capricorn on the 5^th and spends a week squaring Mars, making you impatient and even testy. Everyone is spoiling for a fight, and by the 9^th, when the Sun catches up to Pluto, we all will want some reckoning and accountability. Let’s hope it happens!   Meanwhile Jupiter squares Neptune and you are yearning for relief, maybe even for escape from all the stress and sturm und drang. Hold on. By the 18^th, the Sun squares Uranus for a few days, and the winds of change start blowing through. The Sun enters your opposite sign of Aquarius on the 20^th, followed immediately by that big big full moon and eclipse in Leo. You will want freedom and self- expression. Might be time for some fun and release. Venus catches up to Jupiter in Sag for the week, so fun is definitely on the agenda. The month ends with your brain firing on all its cylinders with the help of Mercury in Aquarius, and then Mars and Pluto pair up for you to get a bear of a project accomplished.

VIRGO (AUG 22- SEPT 21) January is a very earthy month indeed! It begins with a rather serious Sun-Saturn conjunction in Capricorn, so you are feeling very aware of your responsibilities and also worried about the state of our wee blue planet. January 5^th brings a gorgeous and powerful new moon and partial eclipse in Capricorn, so use it to make plans, get organized, set goals, and work your Virgo magic. Mercury enters Capricorn on the 5^th and spends the next week squaring Mars, making you and everyone else edgy and crabby. Watch your words – you sound sharper than you intend and everyone has a thin skin.   The Sun in Capricorn catches up to Pluto for a few days on the 9^th and you will be aching for some reckoning in the public sphere. Let’s hope Robert Mueller delivers! Jupiter squares Neptune at the same time, inspiring expansiveness and idealism. By the 18^th Saturnian responsibility gives way to Uranian upheaval, when the Sun squares Uranus. You will want change and freedom, especially on the Leo full moon on the 21^st.   It’s a powerful supermoon and eclipse, brining lost of fiery expressive energy, and it’s followed by a week of more fire when Venus in Sag catches up to Jupiter. It will be a great week for connection and fulfillment. The month ends with your mind on overdrive thanks to Mercury in Aquarius, and then a Mars-Pluto punch. Look out for power struggles.

 LIBRA (SEPT 22-OCT21) This is a big month for you, what with so many planets in Capricorn, stimulating and aggravating the hell out of you. January begins with a sobering Sun-Saturn conjunction in Capricorn, which is all about work and about worrying about work. And worry about the planet and the body politic. Chill out, honey. It’s hard to feel all that weight on your shoulders. On the 5^th is a delicious new moon and partial eclipse in Capricorn, giving you the ability to organize, strategize, plan, set goals, etc. Use it! Mercury enters Capricorn on the 5^th and spends the next week squaring Mars in Aries. Oy—people will be scrappy and you will be antsy and edgy. Try not to have that amplify worrying. The Sun catches up to Pluto for a few days so there will be plenty to worry about in the big picture, but then again, Jupiter squares Neptune and the winds of hope are starting to stir. By the 18^th the Sun squares Uranus and we leave Saturnian gloominess behind and instead see the potential for change. Yay! The Sun enters Aquarius on the 20^th, just in time for a whopping full moon and eclipse in early Leo. Freedom calls. You want change and see possibilities where two weeks prior you saw a brick wall. Go for it! The next week brings a delicious Venus-Jupiter conjunction and it‘s a great time for connection and fun and fulfillment. The month ends with lots of mental activity and then some Mars-Pluto focus, enabling you to put your nose to the grindstone.

 SCORPIO (OCT 22-NOV 21) January begins with a serious Sun-Saturn conjunction in Capricorn. You’re feeling the weight of the world, and also the weight of personal responsibilities, and it’s not fun. And Mars’ entry into Aries makes you wish you could go off on your own and hole up somewhere, deep in a good book, or on the banks of a river with your fishing rod.   But the Capricorn new moon and partial eclipse on the 5^th is a powerful and fruitful one, giving you the ability to make really sound plans, set goals, and take care of business. Use it! Just be aware that Mercury enters Capricorn on the 5^th and spends a week squaring Mars, making you impatient and even testy. Everyone is spoiling for a fight, and by the 9^th, when the Sun catches up to Pluto, we all will want some reckoning and accountability. Let’s hope it happens!   Meanwhile Jupiter squares Neptune and you are yearning for relief, maybe even for escape from all the Saturnian stress. By the 18^th, the Sun squares Uranus for a few days, and the winds of change start blowing through. The Sun enters Aquarius on the 20^th, followed immediately by that big big full moon and eclipse in Leo. You will want freedom and self- expression. Might be time for some fun and release, some creative expression. Venus catches up to Jupiter in Sag for the week, so fun is definitely on the agenda. The month ends with lots of mental activity and new ideas with the help of Mercury in Aquarius, and then Mars and Pluto pair up for you to get a bear of a project accomplished.

 SAGITTARIUS (NOV 22- DEC 21) Ah well. January is a quite serious month, at least for the first few weeks… It begins with a sobering Sun-Saturn conjunction in Capricorn. You feel the weight of the world and the weight of many personal responsibilities, and you’re not sure how to handle it. Saturn also brings some pressure, a sense of everything coming due, including some big bills. Mars enters Aries on the 1^st , making you antsy. Hold off on restructuring your life until January 5^th, when the beautiful Capricorn new moon and partial eclipse gives the ability to plan, organize, set goals, and take care of business. Mercury enters Capricorn also on the 5^th and squares Mars for a week, making you edgy and tense. Everyone is anxious and spoiling for a fight, and it gets worse around the 9^th when the Sun in Capricorn catches up to Pluto for a few days.   Be careful not to be judgmental and critical. Thank god, Jupiter in Sag squares Neptune and you want to escape all the angst. Soon the energy shifts away from Saturnian sobriety to Uranian change, when the Sun catches up to a square to Uranus around the 18^th, just in time for the Sun to enter Aquarius on the 20^th and a big Leo full moon on the 21^st! You want change and self expression and responsibilities be damned! You get a delicious week of connections and fulfillment when Venus in Sag catches up to Jupiter. Woo-hoo, that’s a nice transit! The month ends with lots of ideas and movement and a Mars-Pluto punch. You’ll be able to tackle a big project.