January 2007 Forecast

Key Events:  

Full Moon 1/03/2007

New Moon 1/18/2007

Mercury will be transiting your Natural 11th House until the 15th, which will help you communicate effectively, particularly in a group setting.  Your thoughts will be clear and well-organized relative to this venue and you'll be able to convey them in a positive manner.  Others will be especially receptive and favorable toward you before the 4th, while Venus is still in Capricorn as well, so if you have an idea you want to get across, don't procrastinate and do it before then.  The New Moon on the 18th will be in this same House, which will possibly institute a new phase of activity at work or with any clubs and organizations you're involved with; hopes and wishes you've been harboring, albeit secretly, could be affected as well.  These effects will be particularly noticeable for those born March 14-24 with those born March 19 receiving the strongest influence.

Saturn is retrograde in your Natural 6th House, which governs your work, health and pets.  If you're not happy with your job it's probably grating on your subconscious.  You may not know exactly what's bothering you about it, only that you're not getting an satisfaction or fulfillment for the time and effort you put in.  Sometime around April 20th when Saturn goes direct you'll probably figure it out and implement appropriate adjustments by the end of July.  If your job is going fine, you may experience the same unrest relative to your health in some way.  Maybe you need to change your diet to include more healthy food, lose some weight or maybe just finally define a fitness program that you can stick with.  The time passes anyway and every day you delay is a day you don't feel as well as you should.  However, committing to any change takes energy and if there's anything that's not energizing it's Saturn.  Once it goes direct, however, right around the first day of Spring, you should be able to draw upon the inspiration and motivation available from Uranus, who's strolling through your 1st House, to muster the needed determination and get going.

Jupiter is transiting your 10th House of career and reputation, which should be of some assistance if your job is what you're contemplating, thanks to Saturn's antics.  This could mean an expansion in your responsibilities, opportunities, or perhaps a total career change.  Pluto is there as well, which could indicate a variety of things.  More than likely you're having your share of trials and tribulations in this area and have been for quite some time.  These could range from dictatorial bosses, office politics and peer power trips to downright covert or illegal activities such as the Enron fiasco.  Pluto has a way of exhuming the past and anything else that needs scrutiny in the light of day so you're likely to have seen at least some of this already.  Rest assured that there is a method to the Universe's madness and this is all helping direct you toward where you can make your most significant contribution.  Mars is in this same House until the 17th, so you'll have a little extra energy in this area until then.  After that the energy will shift from reputation and career to group dynamics, just before that New Moon, giving it an extra energy boost as well.

Venus moves into your Sign on the 28th, which will enhance your appearance as well as how others react to you.  Considering how much job/career action is going on this month, use this little gift from the Universe well while it lasts.  There is no better time to express an idea, present yourself or participate in an interview than when Venus is in your Sign.

Long term effects of special interest to Pisceans include the fact that your ruling planet, Neptune, is in Aquarius, your Natural 12th House.  This will imbue your subconscious with an increased propensity for illusions that may not necessarily be in synch with reality.  You may tend to have very strange dreams and a considerable interest in altered states.  It will also enhance your already-strong intuition.  If these traits sounds familiar, it's because they're what Pisces are already made out of, but now they'll be driven even deeper into your subconscious mind.  Uranus is in Pisces, your Sign and Natural 1st House, which colors your outward appearance and personality.  Uranus will provide you with a slight spirit of rebellion against the status quo, a need for change, a touch of innovation or even a very nonconformist approach to life.  Uranus rules Aquarius, so what we have here is an astrological flip-flop where Pisces' ruler is in Aquarius and vice versa.  This will result in a bit of a cosmic cocktail of traits affecting both signs for a long period of time which is called Mutual Reception in astrologese.  You may even surprise yourself with some of your ideas and attitudes, which might make you feel a bit disconnected at times. 

But then that's not necessarily all that unusual for Pisces.