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 Love and Money 
Venus the goddess starts the year in Aquarius and your solar twelfth house, conjoined with mystic Neptune so this may be something of an uncertain or mysterious year in this sector of your life. Some of you may come to know a measure of sadness or loss, as changes that you must accept run their course. In time such changes will make you wiser if you learn new spiritual understanding. For some, there may be an awakening to spiritual knowledge or concerns because of events around you. You may share new knowledge or beliefs with a partner. For others, changes of belief may take you away from a partner and onto a new road. Some of you may have to give time and effort to care for someone close. This can be an uplifting experience, but it may take you away from the normal pattern of your life. Some of you may know a measure of retreat from your usual existence. In some cases, this may see you travelling a new road spiritually and even entering a committed group or organization of some kind.
The single Pisces may need to be wise in their romantic choices, as not everyone you meet will be what they seem. It may be easier than you think to misread another person or the situation that you're in. This could come from simple misunderstanding or outright deception. Opt for the sensitive or the spiritual qualities in your chosen companions. Some of you will find true love this year, but it will truly change your ideas and even the course of your life. The committed Pisces will be a different story. Some of you will need to give care to your partner or receive it from them. Some may experience a loss of some kind. This may draw you even closer together or pull you apart, depending on how you respond. Some of you will find a sublime new level of closeness in your relationship while others may even choose to go their separate ways.
Jupiter, the lord of fortune, is in Virgo and your solar seventh house as the year begins. Thus there can be benefit, excitement and stimulation through the efforts of a partner or loved one. For some, travel or study will touch the partner's lives while for others there may be a rise in status for the partner as opportunity comes and contracts are negotiated. This influence continues until the last week of September.
Money may come from creative projects or spiritual endeavours. With warrior Mars in Aries and your solar second house, its time to surge forward in a new direction. Get new ventures or projects underway. Be bold and determined to break new ground. However, as Mars is tested by Saturn, the measurer of effort, you may need to realize it will take time and effort to get things off the ground. If you're looking for the easy road or the quick fix, you'll be disappointed. On the other hand, if you're in for the long haul and set something important and meaningful in motion, you'll be richly rewarded in time. Banks or financial institutions may not be immediately willing to back you in the first nine months of the year. If you want to go this road, realize you'll have to prove a case. September 25th sees Jupiter, lord of fortune, moves into Libra and your solar eighth house. From here, money could become a driving concern and opportunities to extend credit facilities or benefit through investment or inheritance will be there. Push ahead, but don't push too far. It's easy for the Fishes to want too much. If you indulge you'll pay the price but a calculated risk backed by good advice and good support could pay a good dividend.
Home and Family
Family, children or your emotional life will be important issues for many of you Fishes and many will want to devote themselves to finding stability in one or more of those areas. However, it will be important that your own sense of purpose and direction doesn't keep taking a back seat to the needs of those around you. There is no easy solution to this ongoing consideration. The art of compromise will be essential to the process. Realize that partners, loved ones and children all have needs and desires as strong as your own. The art of negotiation will be a key ingredient to finding your emotional happiness and security this year. Not everything will be to your liking, but not everything can be.
Work and Health
The load of responsibility could be a heavy one this year and you may have to balance one activity against another when you'd prefer to have a simpler focus. There may be a feeling that a measure of freedom has been lost for some of you. You may just have to bear with this. Make sure you build some beneficial activities into your busy day so that you can keep good health through enjoyable recreational activity. Some of you may have to budget your time to do this. Others may experience a loss of familiar leisure activities because of a major change of circumstances or commitments. If you're being prevented from doing something of choice because of other conditions, teach yourself the necessary sense of acceptance to bear with it. Good health can come from a strong sense of inner peace or serenity if you're prepared to cultivate it.
Career Matters
Pluto, the underworld lord, continues his journey in the sign of Sagittarius and your solar tenth house. This year Fishes born towards the end of the second week of March will feel the winds of his passing chariot. The coming year may bring transformational change. There will be intense encounters or dramatic events that will shift your life into a new course. For some this will be the result of a conscious decision while others may find that fate takes a hand in the enactment of the change. There will be intensity and stress, but many of you will find that extraordinary new possibilities or dimensions will emerge as a consequence of a new sense of destiny.
Mercury the messenger begins the year in reverse motion in Sagittarius and your solar tenth house. Some of you will need to review where you're going with career matters, status and responsibility. Are you on track? Are you doing what you want and need to do? Change may be the order of the day. Some of you may return to a line of work that was part of your life before. Others may need to review strategies and alter your approach. Are you aiming high enough? Is what you're doing in line with the ideals or beliefs that are important? If the answer to these questions is 'no' then you may need to look at change in order to get focused. With Jupiter, lord of fortune, in square to Pluto as the year begins, there may be tension or an impasse with you and a partner or close associate over what you can do and how you want to express yourself. The conditions of your life simply may not allow you to branch out in the way you want to in the early part of the year. The end of July and August mark a turning point with where you're going and how things stand in your primary relationships. Move forward from there.
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.
Mercury is retrograde in Sagittarius and your solar tenth house as the year begins. There could be confusion in dealings with superiors or those in authority. There may be a review period with career matters. You may feel swamped by responsibility or obligation. This cycle comes to an end on January 7th.
The messenger's next reverse motion cycle begins on April 7th in Aries and your solar second house. There may be confusion or misunderstandings over money. You may need to review budget or spending. There may be unexpected communications about money. You may have dealings with those who work with money in order to sort out a problem. This cycle ends on May 1st.
Mercury's next retrograde cycle begins on August 11th in Virgo and your solar seventh house. You may have difficulty communicating with partners or close associates. Some of you may experience a separation with someone close. Messages or arrangements with your partner may go astray or become confused. It will be important to sit down and talk things through with partners so that each of you knows where you stand. An unresolved matter or issue from the past may affect your nearest and dearest. A partner's sibling may come to visit. This cycle ends on September 3rd.
The final reverse motion cycle for Mercury begins on December 1st in Sagittarius and your solar tenth house. Dealings with superiors or those in authority may be subject to misunderstanding or confusion. This may include dealings with parents. Professional matters or plans may be subject to delay. You may be looking at your career direction with a view to making change. Your responsibilities or obligations could be difficult to manage. This cycle comes to an end on December 21st.
Lady Moon
Your New Moon comes on February 20th, conjoining with revolutionary Uranus. This could be an unsettled time, with a lot of restlessness in the air. You can forge ahead from here if you're prepared to set out on a new or different course. Make a bold decision. Take uncharacteristic action. Use inventive means to set something new in motion. Good 'long term' results can come if you ride out the immediate surges of unsettlement or change. Home life may be unsettled for a time.
Your Full Moon comes on August 30th, once again hovering with revolutionary Uranus. There could be tensions or problems with a partner or close associate. A child or domestic matters may be involved. Something that's been simmering underneath may burst to the surface. Let the eruption of feeling come and clear the air, then sit down and talk things through. There may be a hidden problem, a health matter or a conflict over routines or work at the root of what's wrong.
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.
April 19th brings a Solar Eclipse with the New Moon in Aries and your solar second house. There could be a change with financial circumstances. A source of income you've relied on may dry up or be suspended for a time. There could be an unexpected expense that may stretch the budget. News may cause you to review your financial situation.
A Lunar Eclipse comes at the Full Moon in Scorpio and your solar ninth house on May 4th. There may be disruption to overseas communications or connections. Any plans you have to go abroad may be subject to delays or have to be changed. There may be a problem with in-laws or a change in your relationship with them. You may have reached the end of cycle in your relationship. Study plans or practices may be subject to change. A legal matter may emerge and claim your attention.
October 14th brings a Solar Eclipse at the New Moon in the sign of Libra and your solar eighth house. There could be a problem with joint finances or holdings. You may need to review credit arrangements or overdraft. Expenses may have mounted up more quickly than you realized. There may be the end of a cycle with a joint financial arrangement. An investment may dry up or fail to yield what you expected.
A Lunar Eclipse comes on October 28th at the Full Moon in Taurus and your solar third house. Travel plans may be disrupted. There may be problems with communication or you may miss a vital piece of information. There may be an end or a change in your relationship with a sibling. An associate may move on from your life. Watch problems with cars or transport. They may come unexpectedly
Special Events
Venus the goddess turns retrograde in Gemini and your solar fourth house on May 18th. Home life may be changed because of a departure or arrival. Someone from the past may come back into your life and your home. There may be changes around the home itself as you decide to beautify or renovate. Women may feature strongly in the home or your emotional life. You may have dealings with a changeable or difficult woman. You may need to dwell on past emotional patterns in order to understand relationships now. Financial obligations and emotional ties may become intertwined. There may be a process of discussion to sort out what needs doing. For some, you may need to withdraw into your home in order to deal with your emotional state where for others you may be away from home for a time. This cycle comes to an end on June 30th.
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the Fishes in 2004
