20.1.13

February 2013 horoscope - Aries

I follow the sidereal calendar; this is the monthly solar horoscope for birthdays from 14th April to 15th May or Aries Ascendants or Moons

By Louise Gilbert
Aries, without wanting to mention the ongoing, long-term transits in every monthly forecast, it’s still important to remember that there are certain areas in your chart that are going through some changes at the moment and for the foreseeable future. Pluto in your house of travel and your higher mind in an ongoing aspect to Uranus in your house of the unconscious helps you to change the way you think, provides sudden insights and ideas that seem to come from nowhere to make sure you keep moving forward. And Aries, we know how you hate standing still! But what I’m really trying to get at is that during the past few months, as so many planets gathered in your house of travels and broadening your mind and then in your house of life direction and profession during November and December, you may have simply opened up again a little bit. It kind of seems that you have regained some of your optimism that seems to have been lost over the past year as Saturn started opposing your sign. This is a tricky placement, especially if you have your Moon in Aries (remember that I follow the sideareal calendar, get in touch or have a read here to see what that means). So, while you may have to deal with opposing energies, situations and people over the coming two years to help you sort out the way you commit and behave in relationships and what you expect from them, it seems as though you’re getting a break from all this in February 2013.

When I look at your chart for the month, so many planets are in the South Eastern hemisphere in your chart which give you back your va va voom. This month and next, Pluto, Venus, Mercury, Mars, the Sun, Uranus, Neptune and the Moon for a few days each month, are travelling through this area in your chart, making you more extroverted, sociable, and concerned with events on the outside rather than what’s going on in your inner life. You are (even) more self-motivated, pioneering and you want to get things going.  This relates to your goals and your dreams as well as your career. Especially in the first half of the month, you are thinking about your career and whether what you’re doing still fits in with your changing beliefs and outlook. Perhaps it’s someone in your circle of friends who provides the necessary push you have needed to rethink certain aspects of your job and where you’re heading in life in general. If, on the other hand, you are quite happy where you are, then this may be a time where you receive the recognition you’ve been working towards which actually makes you appreciate where you’re at even more. Transits don’t always bring with them a drastic change but certainly a focus on a specific area in life.
 
The new Moon on 10th February in Capricorn also impacts your solar 10th house of life direction and career and heralds new beginnings. In Indian astrology, this new Moon which falls into in the nakshatra (one of the 27 or 28 lunar mansions in the Indian horoscope) of Uttara Ashadha. This basically translates as ‘later victory’ and is ruled by the Sun. This naksharta is competitive and pushes us to attain great achievements. If you are self-employed, this may be the time to launch a new product or new business plan to increase your customer base. Jupiter, the planet of expansion is still in your second house of money, so any kind of undertaking to increase your bank balance is well-starred these days.
 
In February, we have an important configuration building up called The Yod or The Finger of God. This will be exact in March 2013 and will affect us all but can already be felt this month. This Yod configuration has two planets, Pluto and Saturn, in a sextile – which means they are in harmony and the focal planet, Jupiter, is in a quincunx. This means that Pluto and Saturn, the other two planets in the Yod, are completely incompatible, sharing neither gender (masculine/assertive or feminine/receptive), element (fire, water, air, or earth), or modality (cardinal, fixed, or mutable). This Yod shines its light across your solar 2nd, 7th and 9th houses, activating either a powerful conduit of energy, or a deeply-felt block, in the direction of the quincunxed planet – which is Jupiter in your house of earned income. The Yod is said to have the potential to trigger major events in someone’s life and if you are facing challenges in these areas, the best way to achieve a positive result is through adaptation and at least considering new paths. It may take great initiative and fortitude to overcome the limitations created by the Yod, but great rewards and gains can be the result. So, again, the focus seems to be on how and how much money you’ll be making over the next few months. For some, the question may also revolve around who to earn money with and what this partnership should look like.
 
As the month goes on, things are then slowing down a little as two planets are going retrograde. Saturn starts moving backwards from 18th February until 8th July 2013, and Mercury goes retrograde from 24th February until 18th March 2013. Saturn in your house of committed relationship together with Rahu / the North node has put a major focus on this area of your life for the past 6 months and at times, the whole situation would have felt like a pressure cooker about to explode. You’ll now get a break from all this as Saturn moves retrograde which means that you have time to review what you’ve learnt – or rather realised – since August 2012. This may not be the time to press forward with new plans but it gives you an opportunity to figure out if what you have experienced still fits in with what you want in your future. Exciting times. 

Mercury in your house of networks, friends, goals, dreams and gains is a good placement and means that your mind is now more focused on the corporate world and how to increase your reach to increase your gains. Although retrograde motion can be a little uncomfortable at times, I kind of get the feeling that for you, it won’t put major stumbling blocks in your way. However, as Mercury rules your 3rd house of travels and communication, make sure you don’t send out the draft version to your customer database and that you doubly double-check your travel plans over those three weeks. 
 
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