Love and Money  

Venus the goddess begins the year in Aquarius and your solar third house, conjoining with mystic Neptune. Friends and contacts will abound, some of them bringing unusual or unexpected influences to bear in your life. Some of you may take a more spiritual direction through friendships or contacts while others may find themselves among new or different people, sharing ideas and interests. For the single Centaur, there may be romance that comes through friendships or social contacts. A sudden meeting or realization about someone you know could make your head spin. For those in a relationship, there may be a change in your social spectrum as you begin to enjoy the company of new and different people. There may be a temptation for some of you already involved to stray from the path because of a new romantic interest. Be discerning. Make sure you know what you're getting into before you make a major change in your love life. Overall, enchanting or unusual people will enter your sphere, especially women, bringing bright new ideas and lots of stimulating company.

With Venus the goddess glittering in your solar third house as the year begins, there are many opportunities to make money on the horizon for the Archer. However, not all of them will be what they seem. If you're discerning and thorough, you'll choose the right one or find the right strategy to put your finances in good order. Just don't try to rush it. Saturn moves through Cancer and your solar eighth house of joint holdings and deep desires for the whole of the year. A legacy may come to some while there may be an end to a cycle in family relations. Some of you may benefit from joint ventures or financial arrangements. So, if you've a mind to get started on something of this nature, then do so. The markets or investments may seem an appealing prospect for some Centaurs to put their money to work this year. Make sure you investigate things thoroughly beforehand. If you move into a deeper level of financial operation with others or with credit agencies or banks, examine all the angles with care and patience. The measured approach will bring full measure of benefit. Remember that they very same commitment that can lead to good fortune can also become a trap if you take it on unprepared.

With Chiron moving through Capricorn and your solar second house, this is a year to examine any emotional or spiritual issues you have around money. If you're struggling, try to isolate whatever it is in your emotional or family background that causes you to make things hard for yourself financially when they could be easy.

Home and Family  

As the year begins, revolutionary Uranus establishes himself in Pisces and your solar fourth house of home, family and emotion where he journeys for the next seven years. Uranus creates radical changes, unexpected shifts or reversals of current circumstance. Thus, the Centaur can expect big changes on the home front or in the emotional life over this time. Some of you may change your home or even country of residence. This could be temporary or, in some cases, permanent. Others will an experience a change of family constitution, with people coming or going unexpectedly or with dramatic suddenness. So too could the emotional life of some Centaurs go through dramatic change! Some of you could be in or out of a new or old family group with blinding speed. There may be a new member coming into the family or an old one leaving. There may be a sudden change of domestic circumstances or situation for some, one that takes you by surprise. Some of you may simply change your mind or your ideas about what you want in your emotional or domestic life and opt for something different. The more conventional Centaur may go alternative while some on the alternative path may go through a dramatic shift to a more conservative road.

As the changes unfold for all over these next years, allow them to do so and make a commitment to learning the most you can from the radical or unexpected developments that lie ahead. Uranus is the planet of accelerated or altered consciousness. As he brings events into our lives, whatever their nature, we must find a new level of awareness that understands and accepts the change that has taken place.

Work and Health  

With the Lunar North Node in Taurus and your solar sixth house as the year begins, you need to develop simple and practical healthcare routines. Associations with groups or practitioners in the health field will be of benefit and plain persistence down a simple path will give you the care you need. The Archer is not always the world's most disciplined creature, tending towards flair rather than consistency.

This year you need to have your daily round going like clockwork so as to keep yourself in good working order. A good exercise routine, perhaps involving sport or a discipline such as yoga will be of benefit. A plain and simple diet will give you the energy you need to do a good day's work. This is not a time to let Jupiter, your ruler, lead you on the path of indulgence or the 'larger than life' style. The Lunar Eclipses in May and October may provide key pointers with regard to good health practices. Work will ask you to keep your head down and just get the task done. If you're after a really expansive period of activity, then wait until after September 25th when Jupiter moves into Libra. Until then, keep focused and keep it simple.

Career Matters  

The important issue with career development is to keep a clear sense of method and sequence in what you do until later in the year when the stars favour you with the natural good fortune that comes to those ruled by Jupiter. Skill, the art of negotiation and attention to detail will be the focus till September. In dealings with authorities, make sure you have a sense of respect for their position in the scheme of things, as well as your own. This is not a good time to tilt at windmills or unveil the 'force nine' passion for justice. After that, new people and opportunities will open the doors that you've been knocking at for some time. You could really sail ahead in the last quarter of the year.

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.

The year begins with Mercury the messenger retrograde in your sign. Communications may be troublesome and you will need to be especially careful speaking and listening. Get your message across but listen to what's being said in return. It may help to look at the way you communicate generally. You could be accident-prone at this time, especially if you have to act at speed. Be careful while travelling. This period finishes on January 7th.

The messenger's next retrograde cycle comes in Taurus and your solar sixth house on April 7th. Make sure you're up to date with servicing for vehicles or equipment you need for work. Be clear in communications with co-workers. There may be misunderstanding or disagreement. These could come over work methods. Health matters may be a concern. Work-related accidents could trouble you. Take extra care. If your lifestyle is affecting your performance at work or your health, make adjustments.

Mercury turns retrograde in the sign of Virgo and your solar tenth house on August 11th. There may be confusion or misunderstandings with bosses or those in authority. For some, there may be confusion or disagreement with a parent. There may be a setback or delay with a career matter. You may have to re-negotiate your position with regard to a professional or working situation. You may have some kind of assessment or audit process to deal with unexpectedly. Whatever the situation, work through what it demands or you patiently and methodically. This is not a time to cut corners or try to solve problems in haste. This cycle comes to an end on September 3rd.

The messenger's last reverse motion cycle for the year comes in your sign, beginning on December 1st. Don't act or speak in haste at this time. If you do, you'll end up crashing into the furniture or riding roughshod over someone else's sensitivities. Put the emphasis on patience so you can review your life and yourself. Be clear in communications with your nearest and dearest. The meaning of what's said might easily go astray at this time. This cycle ends on December 21st.

Lady Moon  

Your Full Moon comes on June 3rd, bringing tension with Jupiter, lord of fortune, in Virgo and your solar tenth house. You may tend to overreact to things as you experience some pressure with regard to partners or close associates and your work situation and responsibilities. Partners may be emotional. One way or the other, there could be a great deal of feeling that erupts to the surface. Have things out and clear the air but make sure you listen to the other side of things. There could be tension or an eruption with someone in a position of power or authority. Don't overstate your case.

Your New Moon comes on December 12th, forming a union with Pluto, the underworld lord while Mercury the messenger is retrograde in your sign. You may need to make a new start, either emotionally or with how you see or present yourself. The need for this may come from unexpected developments or plans that have gone astray. Begin again from the bottom up. Making small changes won't help. There may be a powerful impact from which you'll need to recover. This may present an unexpected opportunity for you. Delayed good news may come.

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.

The New Moon in Aries brings a Solar Eclipse to your solar fifth house on April 19th. There may be an interruption or an end to a cycle with a child or children in your life. There could be changes with leisure or recreational activities. A new start in romance may founder. Creative projects may be subject to delay or blockage. Speculative ventures may not pay expected dividends.

A Lunar Eclipse comes with the Full Moon in Scorpio and your solar twelfth house on May 4th. You may be tired or fatigued from the build up of stresses or pressures. There may be a loss of contact with someone, especially a female, with whom you've had a regular connection. You may experience disillusionment with your beliefs. You may want or need to pull back from the external world for a time. For some, this could be a testing time for health.

A Solar Eclipse comes with the New Moon in Libra and your solar eleventh house on October 14th. A friend may depart from your circle. You may experience a setback or delay with a goal you're pursuing. There may be a change or ending with a group you've been associating with. You may have to revise you're plans after this time. You may be unable to discuss a problem with a friend.

The Full Moon in Taurus and your solar sixth house brings a Lunar Eclipse on October 28th. There could be a change in your daily routines and health matters or a change in your working situation might be the cause. Take a remedy for whatever ails you at this time. There might be a problem or a break with a female co-worker. Some of you may experience an enforced change with work circumstances or situation.

Special Events  

Venus the goddess turns retrograde in Gemini and your solar seventh house on May 18th. You might find that partners or close associates from the past will come back into your life. There may be outstanding matters between you to be dealt or it may simply be that you can take pleasure in an old friendship renewed. Some of you may find you have to deal with close friends or partners connected with your own partner. Be accommodating if that's what's required. If you've any outstanding money matters that are connected with partners or close associates, use this time to sort them out. Some of you may have to deal with changeable people, especially women. Others may find themselves separated from a partner or familiar associate at this time. Use this time to conduct a review of relationships in your life generally. This cycle comes to an end on June 30th.