Whole Life Times: Planetary Song for the New Year

January 2005 | Astrology

Planetary Song for the New Year

by Diane A. Curran

As Libra adopts its traditional New Year’s Eve position on the Ascendant in every midnight chart across the planet, its message this year is greatly amplified by Jupiter and the South Node, both in Libra. This attractive trio sings a vision of life wherein diplomacy and justice can be practiced with generosity and heart. Saturn and Chiron strengthen the urgency of this harmony, pointing us toward the North Node’s recent change of sign. Representing the future, Aries Node must learn cooperation, a poignant message for us all.

Planets to Watch

1/3 Monday

Venus Conjunct Pluto 3:30 pm. Focusing on the positive power of money creates momentum for best results.

1/4 Tuesday

Mercury Conjunct Pluto 9:56 am. Communicate your best intentions to gain more support than usual.

1/7 Friday

Sun Square Jupiter 6:12 pm. Keeping that ego in check takes more objectivity in the face of louder (and perhaps justified) opposition.

1/9 Sunday

Venus Enters Capricorn 8:56 am. Review goals once again to ensure they are worthy of time and energy.

Mercury Enters Capricorn 8:09 pm. Use a more forceful voice to spread constructive suggestions and practical guidance.

1/10 Monday

New Moon 20°21’ Capricorn 4:03 am. Fully embrace and release your inner critic’s fear-based nagging. You’ll be better able to tune into the constructive dialogue to follow.

1/12 Wednesday

Venus Sextile Uranus 9:58 pm. Let serendipity grace your awareness in even the most mundane tasks and you’ll truly whistle while you work.

1/13 Thursday

Mercury Sextile Uranus 12:33 am. Keep your journal handy to note bright ideas cascading into your mind, so you can make the most of them later.

Sun Opposite Saturn 3:06 pm. Pay attention to fundamentals; this is not the day for ostrich behavior.

Mercury Conjunct Venus 6:37 pm. Raise your voice in cooperative effort and gain the satisfaction of immediate camaraderie.

1/15 Saturday

Mars Sextile Neptune 2:41 am. The time is right to put your most altruistic ideals and principles into action.

1/19 Wednesday

Sun Enters Aquarius 3:22 pm. Take a big picture, long-term view and commit yourself to your worthiest path.

1/21 Friday

Mars Sextile Jupiter 6:54 am. Shine brightest today with the Golden Rule at the heart of all you do. Attracting allies becomes so much easier.

1/22 Saturday

Mercury Square Jupiter 4:24 pm. Remove yourself from gossipy nitpicking of others. Pointed fingers point right back home, magnifying the errors of whomever is doing the pointing.

1/24 Monday

Venus Square Jupiter 8:10 am. Decline invitations to muck around in pettiness — stay focused on generosity.

1/25 Tuesday

Full Moon 5°33’ Leo 2:32 am. Let go of any tendencies to twist “I am my brother’s keeper” into a stratagem of willful dominance.

Mercury Opposite Saturn 10:04 am. While a feisty debate may be compelling, use the energy to get to underlying issues and work towards win-win attitudes and solutions.

1/27 Thursday

Venus Opposite Saturn 12:52 pm. Be on the alert for victim/vanquisher scripts in conversations and elevate the dialogue to more constructive shared values.

1/28 Friday

Mars Conjunct Pluto 9:44 am. Instead of arm wrestling others into submission for their own good, try a little transformation of your own temper. You’ll catapult much higher.

1/29 Saturday

Mercury Enters Aquarius 9:37 pm. Go find that journal again and start taking notes as even more fabulous ideas fly onto your radar screen from every direction.

Signs of Intelligent Life

Aries 3/21-4/18 Fire

The year fills nicely with new people mirroring your every expectation and attitude. They’re there to support your growth and expansion into new clarity and a sense of enlightened interdependence.

Taurus 4/19-5/19 Earth

Having shed much from the past that weighed you down, this year you’ll start creating a simpler, more energized future that includes a quality of joy you’ve earned and claimed.

Gemini 5/20-6/19 Air

Your year starts with elevated goals and big picture activities. Just take those next few steps on the path each day and even you will be pleased with your progress.

Cancer 6/20-7/21 Water

Your bosom buddy Saturn says bye bye in July, so take the first half of this year to solidify your maturity by clearing out any and all remaining self-defeating patterns.

Leo 7/22-8/21 Fire

Your preferred “all systems go” excitement gets a boost from several planets trining a revved up North Node, so set your sights on a worthwhile use of all that energy.

Virgo 8/22-9/21 Earth

Let your New Year’s burst of creative energy incite and focus your task management skills into a joyful commitment to accomplish your private dreams with intuition and energetic delight.

Libra 9/22-10/21 Air

Your innate desire for harmony may be stretching to the max, but you have a brilliant yearlong opportunity to put ideals and goals powerfully into action.

Scorpio 10/22-11/20 Water

The cosmic third degree questioning is over as the Nodes shift signs, so take your hard-won victories of self-reflection and start building that better, highly principled future.

Sagittarius 11/21-12/20 Fire

Your year starts spiffily cleaned out after Mercury’s Retrograde dance, so set yourself in motion to do your best in all realms of communicating, loving and transforming your personal patterns.

Capricorn 12/21-1/19 Earth

You’ll benefit by maintaining a clear focus on reordering major priorities to include a more loving embrace and acceptance of the value of mutually nurturing companionship in your life.

Aquarius 1/20-2/17 Air

Instead of gazing with nostalgia or regret at the past, embrace details needing attention, and trust that they have the power to open your vistas and bring unexpected personal peace.

Pisces 2/18-3/18 Water

As your intuitive clarity sharpens, your perspective restructures to better suit your broad visionary gifts. Know the value to humanity of your awareness of the true nature of service.

Diane A. Curran is a professional astrologer and artist who anchors her persistent heavenward gaze by wiggling her toes regularly in lush terra firma.

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