Horoscopes 2025, The Year Ahead

The second half of the 2025 is going to be very different from the first. So different, in fact, that it would be a good idea if we could have a little rehearsal, to get used to what lies ahead before we have to deal with it for real.

So, helpful as ever, the planets in 2025 allow us to do exactly that. Three of the outer planets – Saturn, Uranus and Neptune – will move into new signs during the summer, but then in the autumn they will slip back to where they were, before moving on again properly in 2026.

2025, therefore, gives us a chance to see what the rest of the decade is likely to offer us, but without having to make a commitment to it; and at the same time, it gives us a chance to say goodbye to the era we will be leaving behind. What makes the outer planets so important is that they move so slowly. Neptune, for example, stays fourteen years in each sign. The constant presence of these planets in a particular sign may well set the distinctive tone or feel of a generation.

Neptune in modern, tech-happy Aquarius and Pluto in optimistic Sagittarius were the perfect combination for the upbeat mood of the early 2000s, for example. All the planets move at different speeds, so for three of the slow movers to change sign at the same time is very rare. Neptune and Saturn are moving into Aries, which is a fire sign, and Uranus will move into Gemini, which is an air sign. Pluto moved into Aquarius, another air sign, at the end of 2024.

All the slow moving planets will therefore be in fire and air signs, which hasn’t happened for twenty years. Neptune and Pluto will stay in their new signs until the end of the 2030s, so whatever these changes bring, they will be with us for a long time to come. Fire and air are about enterprise and optimism, new ideas and a willingness to try things that haven’t been tried before. All this is good. But they are also about being impatient and impetuous, leaping forward without adequate resources or reserves, and without thinking of the consequences. They are also quick to start disputes and conflicts: fire and air encourage each other, and bigger flames are the result. Earth and water are much more conservative. They look to preserve or extend what has worked before and is still working. They are more materialistic in outlook, and the earth signs, in particular, will always think about the financial aspects of the situation. The shift from a defensive earth and water outlook to the more experimental and enterprising mindset of fire and air will be very obvious as the generation born at the Millennium step up into positions of power and influence – and it may not be an easy transition. But it has to happen, and we are lucky that 2025 gives us all a chance to get used to the new rules of the game, and to adjust our aims and attitudes accordingly. It’s a big leap for all of us, whichever generation we may feel that we’re from; but as always, the planets will do what they can to cushion the impact. Jupiter, the great bringer of good things, is in comforting Cancer for most of the year, a sign where he is especially strong; whatever difficulties we get ourselves into, therefore, he will make sure that the outcome isn’t too bad. And Venus and Mars will be as busy as ever, orchestrating some wonderful romantic scenarios at the start of the year and again in December. It would be easy to think that 2025 is a year that doesn’t deliver on its promises, because the big planets move forwards but then step back; but that isn’t true. It’s a year which looks both forwards and back at the same time, giving us a clear view of the future but also providing the familiar and reliable standpoint of the recent past so that we can get a better perspective on what is to come. In that way it’s very useful – and very enjoyable, too, if we pick the right moments. Whether you are keen to move on, or would like one final backward glance, 2025 has something for us all. 

ARIES (21 MARCH- 19 APRIL)

This year introduces something you’ve never met before, which at first you will find hard to understand. It’s perhaps best described as a sense of uncertainty and unpredictability. All the things that you take for granted and rely on will seem to be not quite so firm as they were before, and that will be worrying. What’s going on? It’s all to do with Neptune, which this year enters Aries for the first time that anyone can remember. The last time it was in Aries was in the 1870s, so it’s a new experience for all of us, but especially for Aries people, because it’s in your sign and therefore you get to feel that new energy first and most powerfully. Neptune’s influence is to soften and dissolve everything, but at the same time to provide inspiration and new ideas. Everything is possible, but nothing is definite. Old rules no longer apply, and no new ones are yet in place. That’s confusing. As an Aries, you usually have an agenda of things that need to be done, and you attack each one with firmness and energy; but Neptune will keep changing that agenda, and what you always thought of definitive solutions to problems will no longer apply. It’s frustrating and exhausting at the same time. But on the other hand, Neptune will show you possibilities that never existed before, which will excite and inspire you; and new ways of using your talents. After a while, it won’t seem so bad. As if that wasn’t enough to deal with, Saturn also enters Aries this year. His influence is usually to add some sort of restriction or weight to your life, which is usually seen as preventing you from doing what you want; but this time you will appreciate his steadying presence, and maybe use him as an anchor to prevent you from being swept away by Neptune. As always, your personal relationships are shown by the movements of the celestial lovers Venus and Mars. This year they are both retrograde in the early months of the year, which suggests that you are trying to avoid each other, rather than get together. Certainly, there are external issues for both of you to resolve before you decide that you want to continue your relationship. It may be that you will face disapproval from family or friends in continuing the romance, and you must decide whether that is just a temporary problem, or an insurmountable barrier. Neptune’s presence in Aries will blur all the usual boundaries; this may be a chance for you to re-write the rules, showing that what might previously have been considered an impossible relationship is now quite acceptable. Indications for the second half of the year look much better; you appear to grow closer as the months go by, though you may have to wait until the start of 2026 for the happy ending you hoped for. Neptune’s feeling of uncertainty will influence your work, too, but here the problem will be your own unwillingness to move on. Whatever its faults, your present career position feels predictable and easy to manage, and you like that. Only at the end of the year do you feel confident enough to face change. In your finances, though, the year seems more balanced, with good times in May, October and November.

TAURUS (20 APRIL- 20 MAY)

You have never been the sort of person to enjoy change for its own sake, but this year it is inevitable, so just go along with it, and remind yourself that progress is both necessary and beneficial, even if you don’t like it at first. You are already familiar with the upsets that Uranus brings, since he has been passing through your sign for some years now. At the moment he is at the end of Taurus, and in July he moves into Gemini – but then slips back into Taurus again at the end of the year. How this movement back and forth is likely to show itself is in a lifestyle change, or perhaps a relocation. You will find yourself living a different sort of life, in different surroundings, and it will take a few months before you are used to it. Then, just when you think you have settled into your new routine, you find yourself stepping back into something closer to your old one. Why? Perhaps there are still some personal issues for you to sort out – and perhaps, too, you need to make some changes to your thinking. You may have a fine new life in a new location, but if your heart is still longing for your old life, you will have to work on that as well. There can be no going back to the way things were, so making that mental adjustment – which is perhaps the hardest part of the whole process – is essential. At the same time as Uranus is disrupting your regular routines, Neptune will be making the life you are leaving behind seem wonderfully attractive by comparison. Neptune is good at helping you see what you want to, but not so good at showing you the clear truth. Therefore, what seems just perfect is actually an edited version, and you should be wary of it. Handling Uranus and Neptune simultaneously, in such sensitive and personal areas of your chart, is not easy; remind yourself that as long as you keep moving forwards, and try not to slip back, all will be well. The desire to go back will be especially strong in your emotional affairs, where your own planet Venus is closely involved with Neptune between February and May. Maybe going back to an old relationship will seem like the answer you were looking for; but, as you will see in May, in the end the solution lies in going forwards, not in hiding in the past. There is more emotional turmoil in July, and in
October; but each time, by facing the problem rather than avoiding it, finding an answer becomes easier, and by the end of the year you will be feeling much happier about the future. There are changes coming in your career, too, though they may not demand action from you just yet. Nonetheless, you should look at what’s happening around you, and take note. Also, have a new look at some old and unfulfilled ambitions: long-standing obstacles may have been removed without you noticing, leaving room for you to go through. In your finances, the first half of the year looks very good and an unusually productive and profitable partnership could present itself in October and November. Takewhat it offers, while it’s there. 

GEMINI (21 MAY- 21 JUNE)

Transitional years like this one, as slow-moving planets move into new positions, can cause problems for many people, but for you it couldn’t be better. You love the novelty and variety of it all, and the idea of being able to blend the best of two different eras as one ends and another begins is a dream come true. You see it all as a game, which in some ways it is; and when anything unexpected or unwelcome occurs, you simply tell yourself that it will only be for a few months, and that by the end of the year it will have gone, which is all true. Perhaps the only real problem you have is taking any of these new developments seriously, because when they repeat themselves in 2026 they won’t be quite so easy to ignore. The most important of these planetary moves is undoubtedly the entry of Uranus into your own sign. This marks the start of what may be the most significant period of your whole life. Uranus stays in a sign for about seven years, and during that time you are likely to do more and achieve more in your life than ever before. When you look back from twenty or thirty years in the future you will see that most of what you have, started in the years when Uranus passed through your sign. It doesn’t matter how old you are, Uranus in your sign will make life different and better – and it will do so in ways that will always be unexpected, so making careful plans is pointless. If ever there was a planet which brought random fortune, this is the one. This year, however, you only get a taste of what lies ahead, because Uranus is with you just for a few months; but Geminis are always quick to see new opportunities, and this summer is full of them. The Uranus magic is already starting to work. In your personal affairs this year, the main problem seems to be an inequality of some kind. There is clearly a strong attraction between you, but outside the relationship you seem to be on different levels, and the status gap between you is difficult to bridge. The most obvious example of this is dating your boss, but there are plenty of other ways that the same dynamic can show itself. Logically, you know that it can’t possibly work; but your heart feels differently, and never listens to any advice. The conflict between these two viewpoints will fill the spring and early summer, but by the autumn you seem to have found an arrangement that works. In your career, this is a time when you realize that a dream you have been chasing is probably not going to come true – or that when you get close to it, the reality isn’t what you expected. Maybe the arrival of Uranus in your sign has shown you a different and better future. There is a last chance at the end of the year to reach your goal, but you will probably let it go: it’s simply too little, too late. In your finances, however, you should have no problems. In the early months of the year you can recover money from the past, or owed to you; and later on Jupiter will be with you to help bring in even more – though he also helps you spend it, too. 

CANCER (22 JUNE- 22 JULY)

This is a real breakout year for you. The new positions of the outer planets don’t place new restrictions on you, they liberate you from old ones, and you will feel free to move for the first time in years. In the past, whenever you tried something new, there was always Pluto in the sign opposite you, ready to remind you that new initiatives usually brought unforeseen problems; knowing that made you pull back, exercising damage limitation before you had even got started. Now, Pluto has gone from that controlling position, and won’t ever be back. You can be bolder, and take more risks. Yes, some of those ventures won’t work out, and you still have to be careful; but at least you will get a fair chance at whatever you want to do. And, from June onwards, you will have Jupiter in your own sign to encourage you, help you, and protect you from the worst consequences of anything that might go wrong. Finally, you will need energy to get yourself going, and that comes from Mars. He spends the first four months of the year in Cancer to restore your confidence in yourself, then sweeps forwards, increasing his momentum all the time – and you will do the same, pushing ahead with a real sense of who you are and what you can do. It’s wonderful. This new confidence extends to your personal life, too. If you are in a long running relationship which features endless discussions about whether you should do something together, and whether it’s right for you as a couple, you will now see that these conversations only hold you back from expressing your true emotions, and prevent the relationship from growing as it should. With Jupiter’s optimism behind you, and Mars giving you strength and initiative, you will sweep all these circular arguments to one side and go with what feels right. There is a significant point at the end of the summer where you may ask a simple yes or no question about the future of the relationship – and if the answer is no you will know that it is time for you to look elsewhere. You know what you want, you are confident that you can find it, and you have no patience with anything or anyone which wastes your time. You did enough of that in previous years, and you want the future to be different. Your career is moving on, too. There is an eclipse at the top of your chart at the end of March, which will show you a new direction to go in; as always with eclipses, you don’t have to take what they offer, but it’s always to your advantage if you do. A career change at this point will allow you to reinvent yourself completely, and inspirational planet Neptune, also at the top of your chart this summer, will add a glamor to you that you never had before, getting you noticed in all the right ways. It’s a whole new world, and you will love it. In your finances, the best times are May and June; but there is also a new indication of long-term prosperity, starting now in the background, and growing steadily over the next few years. It may be linked to your newly revitalized career, or maybe not; but it looks very good.

LEO (23 JULY- 22 AUGUST)

In a year full of uncertainty, you find your direction. As Neptune moves on from the sector of your chart which looks to the far future, the fog that has obscured your vision of where you are headed starts to clear, and you see where you are really going perhaps for the first time. If you then find that you’re not heading in the direction you originally intended, it will be a relatively simple task to correct your course. At the same time, two eclipses, one in March and the other in September, will help you see how two other options, which you have been holding on to in case you needed them, are a useless drain on your time and resources, and so you drop them. Eliminating unnecessary possibilities like this will let you concentrate your efforts on what actually matters, and harden your hopes for the future into concrete plans, perhaps even a timetable. Before you start any of this, though, there is unfinished business from the past to deal with, and the opening months of the year will be spent in doing this. Since you now know where your future direction lies, you can be ruthless in severing your ties to the past, creating a clear space behind you as well as ahead of you, and with nothing holding you back. When Mars brings his energy to your sign in May, you will be ready to go. Your personal relationships may not be quite so easy to handle, though, since Pluto has now entered the sign opposite to your own, and will stay there for a long time. He will add depth and complexity to all your relationships, both personal and professional, and he is also likely to bring unexpected upsets. Some of these can be fixed, but some can not, and you will have to learn to accept that. You are used to taking the lead role, and deciding whether an affair or a partnership is over; but from now on that may not be so. If someone you have worked with or been close to for a long time suddenly leaves during the summer, it won’t be your fault – and it won’t be theirs, either. It’s a Pluto thing, and you will have to adapt. But the year does have its compensations. For all the trouble Pluto brings, Venus and Mars will do their best to make you smile again, with some sweet moments in September, and a teasing romance possible in November. In your career, an era is coming to an end, as Uranus prepares to move on. You may think that you can see how events will unfold, and you are probably making plans to move on; but this most unpredictable planet will still have some surprises for you, including at the very end of the year when you are taken back to a role you have had before, now reshaped with different responsibilities and a better salary. But is it really better than it was? Do the changes work in your favor? And if you said yes, how long would it last? Try to get a proper perspective before you decide. You will need to be careful with your finances. May and June look good, but some ventures could turn out much more expensive than you thought. Don’t just throw money at them until you get the result you want; do some deeper thinking first.

VIRGO (23 AUGUST- 22 SEPTEMBER)

This is going to be a big year for you. With Jupiter still up at the top of your chart, and this year’s eclipses in your own sign, it’s time for life to get bigger in every way. Better still, the arc of Mars’ movements is all in the creative half of your chart, so you will be able to put your own hopes and ideas out there for all to see, and you have a good chance to make at least some of them come true. All you have to do is think on a large enough scale – the bigger, the better – and launch your ventures with enough strength and speed to make them fly. When the outer planets move from one sign to another they can rearrange your whole life, bringing one part of it into a prominence it never had before, while pushing other parts into the background; and for Virgo, the greatest effects will be felt in personal and emotional affairs. As Neptune moves out of the partnership angle of your chart, it’s time for you to move your closest relationship on, too. It hasn’t been the easiest love affair you’ve ever had, but you’ve both proved that you can come through bad times as well as good. But do you want to commit to it permanently? Are you ready for that step, and if you are, is this the relationship you want to do it with? These are not easy questions to answer, and as Venus moves backwards and forwards in an out of that crucial area of the sky you may find yourself changing your mind several times. The phrase you will find yourself using time and again is ‘I love you, but…’ – and each time, the reason behind the ‘but’ will be different. In recent months, the presence of Saturn in the relationship sector has created a sense of shared duty, of having to stay together; but when Saturn is out of that sector between May and September, that sense of obligation disappears. Mars will bring his heat and passion to your sign in July; is this a time for you to reclaim your freedom, or even to try a different relationship for a while? Maybe. At the end of the year you seem content to go back to the way you were, at least for a little while, though it is clear that nothing between you can be quite the same as it was before. The end of the year is surprisingly intense: is this the big step you were so unwilling to take earlier? In your career, you should push as hard as you can to move up in the first part of the year. Jupiter is there to help, so make use of him, because he won’t be back at the top of your chart until the middle of the 2030s. What you set in motion now, and any promotion you achieve, can be used as a stepping stone to greater things later. From June onwards Jupiter’s influence will be directed towards other ambitions, not connected with your work, though still high on your personal wish list; and Uranus, crossing the top of your chart for the first time, may start gently pushing you towards a different career completely. Make your key moves in the early months, therefore, before you get distracted by these new temptations. In your finances, the best times this year are in March and May, and also in October. 

LIBRA (23 SEPTEMBER- 22 OCTOBER)

Sometimes we need the outer planets to tell us that it’s time to move on or to do things differently, and to give us a little push if we are slow to take the hint. In the Libran chart, these nudge from the planets are all in the sectors to do with your personal relationships. This is highly appropriate, given that Libra is always seen as the eternal romantic among the signs, but it’s just the way it has happened, and there’s no grand plan behind it all – unless you feel that following your destined path will always be through your love affairs, which may also be true. But whatever your relationship status, whether you are single, recently attached, or long established, the outer planets are telling you that you need to make the transition to the next phase, whatever it might be. Normally, you would be very happy to do this, and have no need for the planets to push you – but this time you are really hanging on, trying as hard as you can not to move, which is very unusual. Why is this? It may have something to do with the position of Neptune. As Neptune moves across the partnership angle of your chart, it will loosen the bonds of any relationship you are in, enabling you to make changes, and perhaps even to move apart, if you feel it’s what you want. But at the same time, Neptune is having a loosening effect on you yourself; it is making you think about who you are, and how you would like your life to be in the future. Do you actually need to be in a relationship, or would you rather be on your own for a while? Each question you ask seems to have another one underneath it; among other things, Neptune is about depth, so you will find that some of these questions go very deep indeed. This process of examining and rebuilding yourself seems to go against all the things you have said you wanted and believed in – which is why you are hanging on so tightly to your present situation and trying not to let go. If you let yourself be swept away by a Neptunian flood, what would happen then? Actually, you would float along quite happily, and be taken to interesting places you had never seen before; so there is no need to worry. But Neptune is not the only planet active in your chart this year. Pluto is also active, this time in the lovers’ sector. It’s likely, therefore, that you will be looking for something deeper and more impassioned in your personal life, to express the hidden energies of Pluto. Lightweight romance, based on friendship and flirting, isn’t going to be enough to meet your emotional needs; you want something more. Your emotional life may be challenging, but your career seems to be going very well. Maybe you are channelling your emotional energies into your work as a sort of counterbalance to other areas of your life; whatever it is, it’s a successful strategy, though obviously not one to use all the time. June and July may bring some differences of opinion, but they should be easily resolved. In your finances, there is a lot of movement in
October; try to keep track of where all the money is going.

SCORPIO (23 OCTOBER- 22 NOVEMBER)

As 2025 opens, your ruler Pluto is firmly established in its new position at the base of your chart. Unlike the other outer planets, which will dip into new signs this year and then move back again, Pluto is going to stay where he is, and you will like that. Down at the bottom of your chart, he creates a foundation point, from which you will build your future in the years ahead – so whatever you do this year will have that sense of long-term investment built into it. Maybe you will find a new job, or a new home; if so, be aware that you will be in them for a very long time, whether or not that is your intention. Choose carefully, therefore, and be sure that what you pick is something you really like, rather than something that is merely convenient. All the key components of your life where you are, what you do, and who you are with – are likely to change this year, as the outer planets signal a new era for all of us; be flexible, and allow events to develop in their own way. Don’t try to control what happens, and above all don’t think that you know the rules of the game because you’ve seen things like this before, and that you know a few little tricks which will get you what you want. The rules of the game are changing very fast, too fast for you to keep up with them; and whenever Uranus is active, as he is this year, the result is always unpredictable, never what you expected. Among all these changes there may be the end of a very long-running relationship. It’s not definite, but it’s quite likely. You have been very close for a very long time: friends for longer than you care to remember, maybe even lovers occasionally, but most of all you have been there to support each other, to listen to each other’s problems, and to keep each other’s secrets. But was there ever any real love there? Having someone you trust and care for isn’t quite the same, and maybe after all these years you realise that if anything was going to happen between you, it would have done so by now. Disruptive Uranus leaving the partnership angle of your chart might indicate that the relationship has run its course, and a significant lunar eclipse in September shows a door to the future closing rather than opening. And yet, in the closing months of the year, as the outer planets move back to where they were for one last time, you seem to be back together again. Maybe you have accepted that the relationship can never be what you hoped it might be, but that you still enjoy being together, and will carry on. For a few more months, at least. In your career, the best time is between April and June, when your ruler Mars speeds over the top of your chart; you will be unstoppable. You may get some interesting glimpses of new medium and long-term options during the summer; definitely worth thinking about, but it’s too early to commit yourself to anything yet. Your finances this year could suffer from extravagance. Good times are fun, but you should watch your spending in March and July, and especially in December, when you may find yourself having to borrow simply to cover your usual living costs. 

SAGITTARIUS ( 23 NOVEMBER- 21 DECEMBER)

Far-sighted as ever, you are looking beyond the problems of recent months and forming plans for the rest of the decade. When your ruler Jupiter enters the sector of your chart concerned with the far future in the second half of this year, you will be able to see much further ahead than you can right now, and you will see, too, that the future looks brighter and more optimistic than the past few years have been. Also, as Neptune moves into a different part of the sky this summer, you will lose the instability and uncertainty that have held you back in recent times. How could you get a firm base from which to launch yourself if the ground beneath your feet was soft and unstable? Or if the financial backing and other resources you needed were promised but then not delivered? It was an impossible situation; you did what you could, of course, but your progress was a slow crawl instead of a confident stride. All that will soon be behind you; this summer marks the start of a much better time for you, and although there may be a few hold-ups in the final weeks of the year, don’t let that crush your enthusiasm. The progress you make in 2025 will continue in 2026 and for several years afterwards; this is what you have been waiting for. In your personal relationships, there’s definitely some sort of a spring romance going on. It’s hard to tell what it is, though: is it a crush, an infatuation, or a real love affair? You seem unsure of yourself, and as Venus moves backwards and forwards in the lover’s sector of the chart you alternate between wanting to take the liaison further and wanting to back out. Perhaps you feel that if you did go further, you would lose the freedom that you have only just regained. You have a future to build for yourself, and you want to embrace it; if you let yourself get tied down in a new relationship, that will hold you back, you think. But whatever it is, it’s exciting and sexy, and you like that. By the end of May, though, the flames of passion may well have burned themselves out, and when Jupiter opens up those far horizons for you in June you will probably let the affair fade away. In your career, this is definitely a time to go for what you want, and avoid anything which is simply a time-filler. Jupiter will have helped you define your future direction, and it’s always easier to make progress if you know where you’re going, so you should find it easy to work towards that. If you feel weighed down by duties and obligations which you don’t like or want, which have no part in your future plans, then this year’s eclipses, in March and September, should release you from them. You’ll feel much lighter as a result. There’s also a really productive phase in mid-November where your hopes and ideas get converted into tangible reality, probably as some sort of agreement or contract. It’s all very encouraging. In your finances, there may be some difficulties between January and April, perhaps with some old debts to be paid; but when Jupiter returns to power in June all should be well.

CAPRICORN (22 DECEMBER- 20 JANUARY)

This could be the most extraordinary year of your life – but you will have to be brave, and to trust in yourself. All the strong and solid structures that are typical of the Capricorn lifestyle are going to be left behind, and instead you will embark on a completely different way of living – one where there are no firm and long-established customs, and where you have to find your own road to follow. Nor can you simply wait for things to get back to how they used to be, in the same way that you might wait for a period of heavy rain to pass, and then step out into the sunshine again. These changes are irreversible. As your own planet Saturn draws ever closer to Neptune, all the old certainties will vanish, and life will become unpredictable – full of possibilities, but with nothing definite. This sounds frightening – but what if it is actually just what you need? It is a chance for you to live another life, not bound by convention or the expectations of others, but only by what your heart and your inner instincts tell you is right. Neptune will unlock the prison of convention, and show you a hundred new ways to be; the brilliance of it all will dazzle you – but which one do you choose? That is the moment where you have to be brave, and to listen to your inner voice. Do not hold back, or feel that there are things you can’t or shouldn’t do. This is an extraordinary moment, and it deserves a similar response. The greatest challenges come in your emotional affairs. Uranus, the planet of the unexpected, links up with your ruler Saturn to stir up emotions that have lain buried within you for a very long time, perhaps many years. You will be surprised at the intensity of your feelings; if you start a new relationship now, as seems likely, you will find yourself crossing the limits you usually set for yourself, and moving into unknown territory, yet it feels the right thing to do. Not everyone agrees with you; there may be some opposition, and well meant advice, from family and friends, who will claim to be acting in your best interests. It’s a lot to handle all at once, and so you pull away; but you return to the relationship during the summer. The second time it doesn’t feel strange at all, it feels familiar, and once again it reaches and connects to the real heart of you. This is not something to be frightened of, you think, but something that you want as a regular part of your life. Is this the relationship you have been looking for? In the past, you would have said absolutely not; but  when you think about some of the possible futures that Neptune is creating for you, and add this in, it seems to fit very well. Maybe you should stay with it – a very Neptunian way of thinking – and see what happens. When your whole life seems to be in a fluid state, it’s best to leave your career as it is for a while. But there are clear signs that a new role within your existing situation at work is there for you in the second half of the year, and that if you take it, you will feel much happier. Best times for your money are in January, April and May. 

AQUARIUS (21 JANUARY- 19 FEBRUARY)

For many people, the changes in the positions of the outer planets this year will bring new challenges and constraints for them to adapt to – but for you, it seems that the reverse is true. The outer planets will be working from the inside out, not the other way round, urging you to look deeper within yourself and to bring out those talents and ambitions which you have kept hidden for years. Pluto, as it works its way slowly through your own sign, will dig up all of this hidden resource, bringing it to the surface like a sort of personal archaeology, revealing some surprising treasures. At the same time, Neptune will make your everyday existence more flexible: maybe you will decide to do more of your work at home, or take longer breaks between episodes of working so that you can pursue other interests, or go travelling. At the same time your own ruler Uranus moves into a more expressive sector of the chart, urging you to do the things you want, and not just what you feel forced to. The result of all of this is that you are going to be more independent than you were, showing more of your true feelings; not just personal, but social, political, ecological, and more. You will be displaying more of what makes you individual and distinctive. The old Aquarian desire to be part of the crowd but also to stand out from it will be stronger than ever, and the outer planets will help you achieve that. In your personal affairs, you may be thinking about taking the next big step forwards; but before you do that, there are some problems to be resolved concerning the roles you both take within the relationship. Who is the leading partner? Who pays the bills? Note that there is no problem here with the feelings that you have for each other, or your emotional compatibility: it is simply the everyday framework of your life together that seems a little creaky. Is it strong and well enough established to form a reliable framework for the future? If not, you need to reinforce, and maybe even rethink it. It’s not as easy as it sounds, and there may be several periods during the year when arguments erupt, showing just how deep – and how far back – these fault lines in the relationship reach. Don’t just push them to one side and then kiss and make up; you know that will work in the short term, it always does, but it doesn’t solve the problem. Maybe Uranus will prompt you to some radical thinking over the summer: what if you built the relationship a completely different way? To help you see what’s what, take financial considerations out of the equation for a while, and let your emotions speak. Then work out what you can afford. With Pluto now in Aquarius, your career will need to reflect that individuality and distinctiveness you have rediscovered in yourself. No need to make sudden changes, but steer away slowly, if you can, from anything requiring you to hide your true self. Openness must be your new mantra. Finances will need care this year: look for things which are a constant drain on your cash flow – and stop the leak.

PISCES (20 FEBRUARY- 20 MARCH)

This year marks the end of an era. For the last fourteen years you have had the luxury of your own ruling planet, Neptune, in your own sign; but now he is getting ready to move on. While he has been with you, you have been at the leading edge of whatever has been going on, catching the spirit of the age and bringing it into your own life without even having to think about it. This has been in every way a golden era for you. But now, as Neptune moves on into Aries, you will feel the mood change. What lies ahead is very different – and although you will get used to it, you may not like the new flavour quite so much. But you do still have five months of this year when Neptune is in Pisces. He is with you from January through March, and from the end of October to the end of the year. It is always said that you never appreciate what you’ve got until it isn’t there any more, and maybe the knowledge that you are about to lose your ruler from your sign will spur you to make use of every single day. If you have already taken some of the opportunities Neptune has given you in recent years, then here is your last chance to make your projects grow and prosper before a cooler cultural climate arrives; and if so far you haven’t committed yourself to anything, then it’s not too late to start, though you don’t have much time. But those crucial early months of the year, when Neptune is still with you, are also taken up with extraordinary activity in your personal life, which may distract you from making the best use of your time. Perhaps the love affair which now presents itself has a last-chance feel to it, something that you know will not come your way again. Whatever it is, it is addictive: when the arguments come, which is normally a signal for you to walk away, you stay. Not just once, but two or three times. Somehow the arguments are part of it, an all consuming passion which neither of you want to let go of. A lunar eclipse in the partnership angle of your chart in March may show you that the relationship doesn’t have much of a future; certainly, the affair starts to lose some of its heat a few weeks later. July and August also have relationship potential, and this time you are thinking seriously about long-term prospects; but there are disagreements there, too, and an eclipse in your own sign shows that this one isn’t what you want, either. September may let you give the relationship one last try, but is it really what you want, or are you just telling yourself that anything is better than nothing? Think carefully. In your career, the big opportunities are all in the second half of the year, and particularly in December, but your energies are low, and you seem uninterested. Make the effort; they’re too good to miss. In your finances, you should do well at the start of the year, and there may be an unexpected bonus in April, perhaps big enough to make a useful difference to your lifestyle. August, September and October are good, too, but beware overspending; November is steadier.