For others, it may be the call of independence comes and you will have to strike out on your own. Make sure you're chasing rainbows you can catch if you go this road, otherwise you may look back on the sacrifices you've made and find you've nothing to show for them. Nonetheless, the call to adventure will be strong. The singles among you may find that travel or study may lead you to the one you're looking for. New love may be found in the far climes or in a new environment. And, somewhere along the road, the golden light of new beliefs may be found.

Giant Jupiter, lord of fortune, moves into Libra and your solar fifth house of creativity, children and romance on September 25th. This marks the beginning of a cycle of new romance or the renewal of love. There will be parties, gatherings, creativity, children and interesting people all around you. Socialize! Enjoy! Make sweet romance! You will have the best of partners and friends if you put yourself out there. In this way you'll get the best from yourself as well. There could be good fortune and enjoyment if you speculate wisely or take the calculated risk. Don't be extravagant but enjoy what you do. Love life and life will love you!

Saturn, the measurer of effort sets the mood for money and finance this year as he moves through Cancer and your solar second house. While Jupiter urges you to greater things, Saturn urges caution and the 'long term' view. This is a good period to restructure your financial operations. Look to the future. Go for the 'gilt edge' proposition. Take the advice of experts and those in the know. If you put your money into what's worthwhile and cut back on frivolous expenses, you can do well. Some will be involved in transactions or negotiations involving the family home or new living arrangements. Money put into property could be money well spent. Good work on budgetting will show promise or even pay dividends by April of this year.

Home and Family  

Home improvement may be the theme until the last week of September. You may be renovating, signing contracts that pertain to work on the home or just generally trying to improve domestic circumstances. If repayment plans or mortgages become cumbersome or difficult, get good advice and restructure. Don't just leave a problem to grow worse. For some, health matters may affect you or a family member. For others, overseas travellers or people of status or authority may be involved in family or domestic affairs. Litigation or negotiations of some kind may affect family life for the first nine months of the year.

Work and Health  

As the South Lunar Node travels through Scorpio and your solar sixth house this year, routines related to health and work may be affected by the return of people or conditions from the past. If an old health problem flares up again, take it seriously and seek proper treatment. What you discover may open new doors as far as health care is concerned. Health problems may have karmic content. Thus, it is wise to remember that what ails you will have a hidden seed of an important or defining attitude about life and your experience. Changing your attitudes at a deep level will move you into a new frame of mind and life. As Saturn moves through Cancer and your solar second house, make sure you learn the arts of self-nurture. Lack in this area could be at the root of health issues.

Some of you may reconnect with people you've worked with in the past. In some instances, there may be conflict in this process as you find yourself locking horns with an old rival or enemy. Look beyond immediate concerns in such a meeting and see if you can discern what's at work underneath. Insight will shift you out of the frame of any tension. For others, there may be an attraction that is renewed through the return of someone to your work circumstances. Make the most of it, though it will be important to realize there will be repercussions. The Lunar Eclipse in May could have a disturbing influence around such issues.

Some of you may find yourselves working alone or keeping your own company this year, not always an easy thing for the sociable Twins. Keep pace with what's required and try to see the bigger picture. Don't lose the dream because you become immersed in the details or the simple facts of daily life.

Career Matters  

As revolutionary Uranus is established in Pisces and your solar tenth house from the beginning of the year, your career, public status and responsibilities may be subject to unexpected changes or developments. Early born Twins will be most strongly affected. There may be changes with career or work direction. You may race off at a tangent and explore pastures new. Work may take an unusual turn or you may find yourself dealing with unusual or eccentric people in public life. Some may experience disruption or change while others may decide on change and enact it in dramatic fashion.

New possibilities in career matters will catch the interest of some while others may experience a dramatic shift in interests or beliefs that opens a new road. You may start a career or finish one. Those who have been focused on career matters may go through a change of heart and move in a different direction. Others may discover a focus or interest not there before and start to build a career unexpectedly. For some, dealings with authorities will be a minefield. Tread carefully and learn new rules. For others there will be a rapid change of status. Some may suddenly want to buck the system and do something completely different while others will find themselves going through a dramatic shift of attitude or awareness about vocational matters. One way or another, these next seven years will bring change to this arena.

Mercury the Messenger  

Mercury moves into retrograde (reverse) motion three times a year for about three weeks each time. This phase heralds a time of confusion and misunderstandings that can affect arrangements, travel, transport, appliances, machinery and communications. The breakdowns that occur are a function of neglect, inattention, simple misunderstandings or component failure. They will often bring to the fore the very contingency we should have planned for and didn't. When the retrograde phase occurs, watch out for such possibilities as well as putting off major decision-making or the signing of crucial documents and agreements. We tend to miss things while Mercury is in reverse motion and then have to come back and do them again. A process of review in the retrograde phase can efficiently show where problems might lie and help us with damage control or the mending of things. Double check arrangements at these times! What you think you've said and what others have understood will often prove to be two different things.

Communications with partners and close associates may be under review as the year begins with Mercury still retrograde in Sagittarius and your solar seventh house. Resolve difficulties arriving from misunderstandings. Review aims and belief to see where you're going and if you're going there together. This comes to an end on January 7th.

April 7th brings Mercury's second retrograde phase for the year. This comes in Taurus and your solar twelfth house. You may need to withdraw and spend time considering your inner life and your spiritual direction. You may look again at an old creative project. There could be unexpected failures or unforeseen problems with communications or travel. You may feel more stress than usual. It may seem as though others are unfairly critical. Rest, time and a deeper perspective are the solutions to such problems. This cycle comes to an end on May 1st.

Mercury's third cycle of reverse motion begins on August 11th, coming in Virgo and your solar fourth house. Communication could be testing in the family or domestic arena. There may be changes of plans or thinking in these matters. There may be an enforced change with domestic arrangements. If there are problems affecting your emotional life, talk them through with those close to you. Service appliances and equipment used around the home. Watch domestic accidents. This cycle comes to a close on September 3rd.

The busy little messenger begins his last reverse motion cycle on December 1st in the sign of Sagittarius and your solar seventh house. Once again, there will be a need to be clear in all your communications with partners and close associates. Make an effort to talk through any problems. Partners may go through unexpected changes of belief or action. Sudden events around them may affect the course of your lives. There may be intense feelings as old problems come up again because they weren't solved in the first place. Work on them with insight and honesty. You may meet someone from the past in a way that will have a profound impact or effect. This cycle comes to an end on December 21st.

Lady Moon  

Your New Moon comes on June 17th, with Mercury and Venus retrograde in your sign. You may need to explain yourself or go back over old ground. Old friends or connections may come back into your life. You may have to make a new start with something already in motion. Issues around money or communications may need sorting out. Take direct action but be considerate. Something you're entitled to may be heading your way.

Your Full Moon comes on November 26th, with Sun and Moon clashing with Uranus in Pisces. There may be unexpected changes with work or responsibilities. There may be a clash with an unusual or difficult individual. A sudden development may send you off down a new track. Be ready to ride the waves from a surprise revelation or an upheaval. There may be a change of status or direction.

Eclipses  

Eclipses of both the Sun and the Moon often indicate the end of a cycle or a significant change in the direction or pattern of the affairs governed by the house in which the eclipse falls. Eclipses of the Sun may affect work, direction and relations with people in authority. Eclipses of the Moon may affect matters of home, family and emotions as well as relations with women and children. Both may affect your health.

A Solar Eclipse comes with the New Moon in Aries and your solar eleventh house of friends, hopes and wishes on April 19th. A friend may break from your circle. You may go through a change with regard to the path you're pursuing. There may be an unexpected or unforeseen element to what occurs. Strike out boldly but wisely in a new direction.

The Full Moon in Scorpio brings a Lunar Eclipse in your solar sixth house on May 4th. There may be a change or ending at work with regard to tasks or co-workers. Problems or conflict may come to a head, especially where women are concerned. Be careful of work-related accidents. You may need to watch health matters. Take time to recuperate if you need it. There may be interruptions to daily routines. Something you've been expecting may not arrive or occur. Adapt!

October 14th brings a Solar Eclipse with the New Moon in Libra and your solar fifth house. There could be changes with the children in your life. A cycle may end. Make a new start if there are difficulties. You may finish with a leisure or recreational activity. You may come to the end of a romantic cycle. A romantic interlude may finish.

A Lunar Eclipse comes with the Full Moon in Taurus on October 28th, blocking the light in your solar twelfth house. There may be an unexpected end in home or family matters. You may go through spiritual changes because of unforeseen events. Pressure around work or health matters may cause you to end a cycle in your life. You may have an astounding revelation. You may be inspired to begin new creative or spiritual work.

Special Events  

Venus the goddess moves into a retrograde phase in your sign on May 18th. You may meet old friends or connections from the past, giving you cause to review old matters. A partner or associate you've been separated from may come back into your life. If there's an overdue or outstanding matter between you and someone else, sort it. You may want to withdraw from current associations and consider where you want to go and with whom you want to go there. There could be changes of self-image as you hit the beauty parlour, hairdresser or boutique for a makeover. There may be problems with communications and social arrangements. Take time to sort them out. Overall, give attention to social and romantic life, reviewing your needs and the way they're fulfilled. If things have changed, change with them. As Venus moves forward again on June 30th, you may have revamped your situation or you may find yourself in changed circumstances.

The end of 2004 may see a strong swing towards matters of friendship and also your own hopes and dreams, as well as matters of romance and children. This comes as the Lunar Nodes move into the signs of Aries and Libra, influencing your solar eleventh and fifth houses. A new cycle may be in preparation because of changes with your associates, connections and partners. For some of you, new partnership may be on the horizon and children may come into the spectrum of your life. This will bring a changing diet of activity and interest, and perhaps even changed goals. For others, new activities or creative projects will bring new people into your life. Much of this will unfold in the years to come.