2019 Annual Overview

Mars in Aries keeps you feisty and driven through the middle of February. Acting upon the desire of your soul for a fresh bring-it-to-life/cut-to-the-chase experience, Mars forms several trigger aspects between January 18 and February 1 (trine Venus and Jupiter in Sagittarius, square Saturn and Pluto in Capricorn). Along with the solar eclipse kicking off the year, the month of January is a good one for taking a risk on a new personal life or profession life track.  Go pro, go where the action feels good/feel right. Follow your instincts, listen to your intuition. Expand your marketing, your knowledge base, try a new health regime, relocate for better opportunity. It pays to stay cautious regarding speculative ventures, but don’t buy into fear.

Just before Mars completes its tour of Aries, it joins forces with Uranus. February 11 completes a two-year Mars/Uranus cycle and begins the next one. Through the start of March, Mars is also on a next level up regarding a key matter (regarding health, wealth) or relationship that occupied or challenged you in 2018. It’s a work in progress through the summer eclipses too.

After 7 years in Aries, Uranus will take a permanent exit, to begin its next seven-year stint on March 6. We had a short introduction to Uranus in Taurus in 2018. Over the years to come, you’ll come to know yourself in a new way. You’ll discover new interests, capacities, and inner resources you didn’t recognize or appreciate previously. Uranus in Taurus favours new income sources. In fact, it is imperative to explore new options for building your wealth – this not only materially, but emotionally and spiritually too.

Uranus might be done with your sign, but centaur Chiron is just getting started. It will enter Aries on February 18. Together and individually, we have signed up for lengthy tutoring under Chiron’s mentorship.  Due to its elliptical orbit, Chiron visits Aries longer than any of the other signs. Chiron calls upon the warrior self to face destiny head on. Chiron will call you to task in 2019 if you are born on or near March 20 to 26. If you are born at the end of Aries, it will be a few years before you get your turn.

All the eclipses of the year, January 6, 21, July 2, 16 and December 4 will also work as major catalysts to move you in a new direction. This will be especially so if they make direct contact to your chart. Jupiter in Sagittarius is accompanied by Ceres in Sagittarius for most of 2019. The year ahead is a transition year. There is much uncertainty along the way, but one thing is for sure, you are not going to be standing still, you are most definitely future bound.

The new moon solar eclipse in Capricorn on January 5 is auspicious for all new undertakings, especially those that are focused on making your mark on the world via professional development, new marketing ventures, educational upgrades/accreditation, teaching, coaching or mentoring.

You can find life moves fast in some ways, slowly in other ways. Even though there is a big question mark surrounding it, your future is progressively cementing its course. Priorities are too. The most important thing for you to do is to make a fuller commitment to your future wellbeing at every level, health included. Every day that goes by is one gone. Don’t let the opportunity slip away from you.

In the year ahead, Jupiter and Ceres in Sagittarius will take you through a major adjustment regarding your attitude, interests, desires, or material status. Either you will have more to work with, or the hole in the pocket will grow bigger and you’ll feel the necessity to look for more to sustain you, materially, emotionally, health wise, or relationship wise. Your interest in the spiritual side of life can grow, whether that means you go in search of that which speaks its truth to you in some greater way, or whether you deepen and enrichen the beliefs or practice you already ascribe to. An intimate relationship can blossom or grow more distanced. When it comes to living your truth, follow your heart, don’t deny it. It does no good to simply go through the motions when your heart is already long gone.

On the other hand, if you put good effort into it this year to get yourself repositioned, you could reap substantial benefit next year from Jupiter and the Capricorn stellium. If you want to get a good running start, use January’s eclipses and Mars in Taurus, Feb 14 to March 30 to reinvent yourself, regarding career or lifestyle.  Perhaps sooner, perhaps later, all the eclipses recalibrate your baseline. Whether prompted by the January or July eclipses, a new address, home life, family situation, or living with yourself trajectory is in the mix.

Progressively over the course of the year, Jupiter/Neptune will reveal more to you. You are best to allow yourself to go with the flow, to move with the trends and currents. Watching for relationship matters, the important elements and issues to continue in a fluid or fluctuating state. A dissolving, infusing, and a seeding influence, Jupiter/Neptune create much greater potential. Beyond what is within view now lies new growth, more and greater opportunity. This is a wonderful combination for dreaming, aspiring, envisioning, creativity, volunteering, contributing, romance, and spiritual quests. Surrender to the process and stay hopeful, but also aim to keep it real. Over-projection or counting your chickens too soon can be folly.

If the Jupiter/Neptune transit prompts you to lose your way, the eclipses of the year won’t let you forget about reality.  All the solar eclipses (January, July, December) can bring you to an ending and a beginning of significance regarding financial matters (i.e. downsizing, the end of a loan payment, an inheritance, a new business venture, investment, marital or income status). There can be a substantial need or hefty investment in the year ahead (a new home, renovations, added business or educational expense, a new member in the family; an aging parent to look after, etc.).

Operating in the background, Uranus in Taurus, starting mid March, loans more substantial prospect and promise to budding potentials. Along with Uranus on a sign change, Chiron in Aries, starting mid February, also puts destiny into play in a more substantial way. Someone of significance can enter or exit your life. Mars tenants Gemini from March 31 to May 15. Forming dynamic aspects to Jupiter (opposition) and Neptune (square), this transit is sure to put you on the move. Mars in Aries to February 14 and Mars in Cancer (May 15 to July 1) take you through a heightened action period too.

Know the commitments you make or the reality that is heaped on you is here to stay for the long term. Don’t resist, get ambitious and get with the program instead. While outside forces can run formidable interference, overall life is a simple recipe: do the work, get the reward. You can do no better than to do the best you can with what you have.

Uranus has been hammering harder over the past few months, and especially so since November. At the end of November, Uranus finally busted through the wall and is now exploring on the other side. Whether you have witnessed it in some subtle or sharp way or even if you don’t have a sense of it at all, you will know soon enough how this planetary advance is working for you. Thanks to two eclipses and Mars fired up in Aries, January is set to hit the action in some hot poker way, especially in the days before and after the total lunar eclipse on January 20/21 (extending through the middle of February). One door closes and another opens. The solar eclipse marks an ending and beginning of significance, especially so if you are born on or near July 7. Both the January eclipses are also preliminary triggers for the July 2 total solar eclipse and the July 16 lunar eclipse. Again, if your birthday falls on or near an eclipse it will act as a significant, non-negotiable catalyst. The eclipse on July 16 is accompanied by Venus in opposition to Saturn. This can mark a special milestone, achievement, result or professional recognition, or it can bring a relationship, career track, or material circumstance to an end. Someone of significance can leave your life or exit the planet too. A financial squeeze is possible too. Relocation, more travel or more outside world influence is show by the transits of Jupiter and Ceres through Sagittarius for most of the year. Mercury begins retrograde in Leo on July 8, backing into Cancer from July 19 to August 11. (The retrograde ends on August 2). You are wise to stay extra alert to the building trends in June so that you can give yourself the best leg up.

Encompassing a total lunar eclipse super moon in Leo, the action peak of the month happens January 13 to 25. The eclipse will be particularly catapulting (perhaps even life altering) if you are born on or near July 22/23, but of course, the eclipse is a dynamic trigger for all. Watch for added action regarding the social, political, economic, and geophysical/weather fronts.

Mars continues in Aries to mid February, Uranus continues in Aries to mid March. The two will tee up on February 13 to begin a next phase trajectory. (Mars in Aries remains on ready trigger with Eris, the karmic axis and Uranus to 13.)

Uranus in Taurus, a seven-year transit, sets a whole new reality into play for all of us, for the planet. Matters to do with climate change are not only here to stay, they are on an acceleration track. Building to the monumental Capricorn alignment of 2020, Uranus in Taurus, Jupiter in Sagittarius, and the solar eclipses of the year lay the groundwork for a new job, career, vocational track, or a change of lifestyle.

Forming three exact contacts (January 16, June 13, and September 21) Jupiter in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces keep potentials, creativity, and the spiritual quest well stoked, but they will also keep the uncertainty going strong (especially regarding health, economics, wealth, or matters of heart). A vivid imagination can be a plus when it is fueled by hopefulness, but a minus when it is fuelled by fear of loss. Watch for each of the exact alignments mentioned to expose or uncover another piece of the puzzle, to put you into a better know.

Encompassing two eclipses (total solar eclipse July 2, partial lunar eclipse July 16) Mid June through mid August marks another peak of the year for endings and significant threshold crossings. Note Mercury begins retrograde in Leo on July 7 (completing retrograde on July 31 in Cancer).

Trust the advance of time to clue you in a lot better. For now, ambition looks good on you. As best you can, stay inspired, hopeful, and goal driven. Mars in Aries (to February 13) can keep you feisty. The transit serves you well regarding the fight for rightful dues, the money chase, or regarding the bedroom. On the other hand, someone could push your hot button or pull a sudden plug. Aim to let off steam in a health way, keep temper, or outrage in check.

Jupiter in Sagittarius and the shorter transit of Venus in Sagittarius (January 7 to February 3) can put you on the move regarding home life, family matters, a personal project or agenda. A new address can be in the mix for some.

The solar eclipse on January 5 is auspicious for official undertakings and fresh starts of all kinds. A milestone achievement or anniversary, an official status, accreditation, or recognition is possible. In combination with the end of Uranus retrograde on January 6, this cementing eclipse and the total lunar eclipse on January 21 hold an element of the momentous or life changing. Of course, an eclipse must make direct contact to your natal chart for it to be of significant impact. Watch mid June through July for another pivotal completion, ending, goal post or milestone triggered by solar eclipse of July 2 and especially the total lunar eclipse of July 20/21. Note also that Mercury is retrograde during this same time period. (Mercury begins retrograde in Leo on July 7 and completes in Cancer on July 31).

Uranus in Taurus, starting mid March, is one of your better transits for taking on or making your mark on the new world. Putting more substantial opportunity in your path, this seven-year transit gives you something of significance to work with, work for and toward, especially regarding education and higher learning, a vocation path, a new lifestyle or reinvented relationship status. Someone of influence may act as a key catalyst, be they teacher, mentor, healer, lover, or family member. Chiron in Aries, an even longer transit (starting mid February), puts destiny into play in a more striking way regarding key relationships (self to self included).

Jupiter/Neptune calls for you to aspire higher and to open yourself up to exploring more. Progressively the transit will show you what’s real, what holds good promise. It’s good to dream but also to keep your feet on the ground too. Trust the Capricorn transits (Saturn, Pluto and the south node) to do just that.

For the most part, Saturn is your ally this year and next, especially so if you are looking to bust up the concrete/break free of conditioning patterns regarding that which no longer serves you, to be a better, wiser, more empowered version of you.

The solar eclipse on January 5 brings something long in the works to a completion or ripe time. This completion or goal reached also cements a new foundation, one that you will continue to build on long term. A sense of permanency accompanies the changes you are facing/making.  Endings and beginnings are intertwined. New priorities now take shape too.

Mars, Uranus and the total lunar eclipse on January 20/21 are likely to get the action going faster than you may have planned for. These transits stay well activated from the middle of January through middle of February.

We had a brief introduction to Chiron in Aries in 2018 (April 17 to September 25). As of February 18, Chiron begins its long stay through Aries (to 2027). This transit will see you break plenty of new ground regarding how you show up for yourself in relationship, socially, professionally, and one on one. If that means standing as a group of one, so be it. In the years to come, important relationships will begin or continues accompanied by a stronger sense of key and/or critical karmic destiny in play. A special someone can make their mark on your life in some undeniable, life-altering way.

On March 6, Uranus leaves Aries for seven-year stint in Taurus, (like Libra, another Venus ruled sign). The transit can produce a new lifestyle, relationship, material status or income source. A transit for us all, Uranus in Taurus revolutionizes the way we think, the way we feel, the way we relate to each other and to issues of survival. The transit will break down existing social, political, economic and moral norms and update them with something more appropriate for the times. To the plus, the transit can introduce you to new ways to not only survive but to thrive, re money and re matters and relationships dear to the heart.

The total solar eclipse on July 2 can launch a new career, professional/business track, personal status, home or family life status. The eclipse can put the spotlight on parent, child, authority figure, someone in need, or someone or something from the past. This eclipse and the lunar eclipse on July 20/21 can also bring something official such as a contract, banking matter, or real estate deal to a completion, a deadline, and/or a new launch. Know that Mercury is retrograde from July 7 to 31, so if you must make a major decision or sign official documents, make sure to read the fine print and know what you are getting into. If possible, build in a contingency clause, or have a back up plan ready.

Venus enters Libra mid October and Mars enters Libra mid November. Look to both transits to infuse you with fresh wind.

The eclipse can also see you complete something important, i.e., an educational track, a contract term, a loan agreement, a treatment program, a renovation or creative project. If it has reached its expiry date or is beyond its usefulness, so be it. Don’t waste your time, energy or dollars on it. Replace it with something fresh instead. If you don’t have a handle on that immediately, allow time to be your research buddy. Jupiter and Neptune keep ample potential on the go, but they also keep a good deal of guesswork or uncertainty going strong too. Your best way to play it through these transits is to give your all to the task at hand/what is immediately in front of you, to put good effort into everything you do, and to avoid negative thinking. One thing surpassed or accomplished is a building block set in place.

Through the middle of February, Mars in Aries will keep you fighting the good battle regarding the work, your health, and the must-do list. Mars is nicely aligned with Jupiter and Venus in Sagittarius, especially from January 18 to 25, so don’t hesitate to invest more time or money in your wellbeing, your business or personal interests. Carve out time to get your writing done or to get your game plan together.

Just as Mars leaves Aries (February 14), Chiron takes up residency (February 18).  Mars is a quick cut-to-the-chase transit, but Chiron will tenant Aries through 2027. Uranus has spent the past seven years in Aries. That’s a lot of breaking new ground/personal reinvention already done. There’s still plenty yet to do. Uranus, the great awakener, has completed its mission in Aries and now Chiron in Aries will call the warrior self to assume position as the frontrunner, mentor, and healer for the wounded self. Via Chiron in Aries, you have set an important task for yourself. There is nothing small or insignificant about the purpose of the mission. It provides significant learning and growth potential for both the ego self and the soul self.

Chiron in Aries brings karmic destiny into play regarding the teachers, the teachings, the learning curve, your work, and physical healing.

The world – its views, its needs, its social politics, its everyday reality – is changing and rapidly too. Over the coming year, Uranus in Taurus, (starting March 6), will prompt significant social, material and lifestyle re-invention. No doubt, it has already begun.

The total lunar eclipse on January 20/21 could bring something or someone special. Karmic destiny or fruition is in the mix. It could be a milestone, a career high, a settlement or award, recognition or reward for something you have worked on or accomplished in the past.

Someone important to you may have significant news or may be influential in taking you to the next level. Of course, please be reminded that eclipses must make a direct contact to your natal chart for it hold significant impact. Those born on or around October 25 will feel this eclipse as a major catalyst.

July 2 delivers a total solar eclipse in emotional and nurturing Cancer. Those born on or near November 3 are affected by this eclipse which is a take root and/or a seeding transit of great significance. The lunar eclipse on July 16 is particularly influential for those born on or near November 17.  Venus in opposition to Saturn during the lunar eclipse marks the end of a lengthy restructuring cycle and the beginning of a new reality baseline.

Encompassing the super full moon total lunar eclipse on January 20/21, watch for mid January through mid February to be an especially action-packed period.  Watch for important news, an out of the blue opportunity, a sudden arrival or departure.  Too, there can be an opportunity to make a name for yourself, to perform, teach, publish, or travel.

Chiron enters Aries on February 18. Uranus enters Taurus on March 6. Both are lengthy transits through their respective signs. Both set you on an individuation path regarding the designing of a life; this including a career or path of service, a lifestyle choice, the legacies you create and hearts you stamp along the way.

Uranus in Taurus will reinvent your day to day reality, perhaps radically so. You’ll discover new skills, talents, capacities, and resources that you can apply to your survival needs (i.e. earning a living) or that take the quality of your life to a new level. You could invent something useful (it is within range!). Health and wealth (as in quality of life) are the major target of this transit. If Uranus in Taurus challenges you, remember that out of the box thinking, remedies, or solutions could be your best bet. Be proactive regarding your health, do your own research, make sure you are up to speed with the latest and greatest, explore alternative healing, etc.

Jupiter graces your sign for 2019 but holds a dynamic aspect to Neptune for most of the year. Jupiter/Neptune increases potentials but also the uncertainty side of life. It’s a great transit for going with the flow, for creativity, spiritual practice, and even romance, but make sure to keep feet on the ground too.

The total solar eclipse in Cancer on July 2 can be an emotional one. The spotlight can be on a young one, a childhood or family matter, a mother figure, a medic, or someone or something from your past. There may be concern over financial security, trust funds, proprietary rights, taking care of someone of in need, or of finding yourself in need. Along with the total lunar eclipse on July 16, there be tough financial or emotional decisions to make. On another note, these eclipses can dig up memories you have buried or suppressed. They provide an opportunity to complete something long standing and karmic in nature. Again, the eclipse will hold impact if it makes direct contact to something significant in your chart, otherwise it will simply be a more dynamic new or full moon.

The solar eclipse in Capricorn on January 5 is preceded by Mercury into Capricorn on January 4 and followed by the end of Uranus retrograde on January 6 and Venus into Sagittarius on January 7. If your birthday is on the eclipse or near it, this one is for you. A new reality is about to set into play, one that holds an element of the abrupt, the unexpected, and/or the non-negotiable. Uranus at station is an amplification trigger. Something could burst/crack open. Something that was previously on a hold up can suddenly hit a fast track. Don’t hesitate to act quick, take a risk, ditch the old/the past in favour of jumping into something new. Trust your gut/your instincts/your first response. Whether the eclipse produces a slight delay (thanks to Uranus at station) or a sudden thrust, there will be no holding back on this one. A new reality sets into play. It could be accompanied by a sense of having dodged a bullet.

January 11 to 25 can see important developments regarding professional, legal or money matters or regarding involvement with an agent, advisor, parent, mentor, or authority figure.

The super full moon lunar eclipse on January 20/21 holds lucrative, perhaps even exceptional potential. Watch for something or someone you didn’t see coming, for sudden inspiration or insight, or for something to be exposed or revealed that prompts action.

Uranus in Taurus, starting March 6, is a creative opportunity transit for your sign. It is time to live and to love differently, get to know a new version of yourself. Noting Uranus in Taurus is a seven-year transit, you’ll have plenty of time to familiarize yourself. This transit supports a significant change of career or lifestyle. It keeps you up to speed with the changing times.

The end of June through July marks another endings and beginnings peak of the year. Featuring an emotional attachment or issue, a family member in greater need, a home or real estate matter, or a revisit of the past, July 2 delivers a total solar eclipse in Cancer. The lunar eclipse on July 16 is accompanied by Venus in opposition to Saturn and Mercury retrograde. Significant responsibilities, pressures, safety and security, financial and emotional matters can weigh more heavily on you. It is an appropriate time to reprioritize, to start seriously building your nest egg, to start a family or to downsize, etc.

January 21 delivers a super full moon total lunar eclipse in Leo. Venus/Jupiter in Sagittarius trine Mars in Aries accompanies this full moon. It is full of opportunity but with Venus/Jupiter also in dynamic aspect to Neptune (square) there is a major element of the unknown and uncertain, or of loss before gain in the mix. You can have a lot riding on faith, perhaps more than you would sign up for ordinarily. Time reveals all. Venus will move on while Jupiter/Neptune takes you through an unfolding creative process through most of the year ahead. You will feel the strongest impact of this dynamic eclipse if you are born on or near February 18/19. Both January eclipses hold an element of the sudden and unexpected. You’ll find yourself onto a new or next track, pronto quick.

Starting on March 6, Uranus will park itself in Taurus. It will tenant this sign for the next seven years. It won’t be standing still though, and neither will you or your personal life. Uranus in Taurus sets a new baseline reality into play, this regarding home, family, real estate, self employment, and most of all, how you live with yourself.

The total solar eclipse on July 2 could produce a new job prospect, an opportunity to start a new money-making venture, or to take something already started to a next level. There may be an opportunity to heal a relationship matter. This eclipse is a good one for working with a new medical specialist or financial advisor, or for teaming up on a project (make sure each one’s role is clearly defined). On another note, whether in a personal or professional role, you may be instrumental help to another. The eclipse can also put the spotlight on a family member.

The total eclipse on July 20/21 can see you achieve, complete, or begin something of significance, reach a significant goal or milestone. Mercury is retrograde at this time, so watch for something or someone from the past to come up for review. All eclipses punch up the karmic nature of circumstances.

The super full moon total lunar eclipse on January 20/21 is accompanied by several significant transits pre and post. A continuation of the solar eclipse earlier in the month (new moons and full moons are part of the same cycle, these eclipses are part of the same eclipse family), watch for this eclipse to reveal more and/or to fast track you, perhaps unexpected so. The eclipse could provide a welcome surprise, perhaps such as a job opportunity, a creative solution, a sale, or a well-timed discovery. Too, it could put you into a creative spurt. If something breaks down (be that a vehicle, a piece of equipment or communication) see it as a blessing in disguise. It’s an opportunity to get it fixed or upgraded. Be reminded that eclipses are more influential if they make direct contact to your natal chart. Otherwise, you’ll feel the effects indirectly or as a punched new or full moon.

Both Chiron and Uranus change signs in 2019. Chiron first entered Pisces in 2010. From mid April to September of 2018, we had an introduction to Chiron in Aries. As of February 18, Chiron will take up residency in the fire sign, to stay until 2027. To some extent, you are already familiar with this stoke the fire/break the chain stimulus, thanks to the past seven years of Uranus in Aries. Both transits work to accelerate your personal discovery/individuation process. Driven by the desires of the soul for your own liberation, both transits are on an intensification program to help you clear away the debris of the past (the complexes and traumas of this life and past lives) and to reclaim your special gifts and talents.

Uranus in Taurus, starting March 6, will revolutionize our social world and our values. A new lifestyle is in the works, it is one that you will feel as a natural progression. Along the way, Uranus will reinvent the way you think, communicate, relate, and create.  Friendship bonds can grow stronger. You could find yourself more involved in the community or going your own way. Over the years to come, you’ll develop a new level of emotional and material self sufficiency.

The total solar eclipse in Cancer on July 2 can mark a special anniversary, milestone, achievement, or goal setting/goal reaching time, for you or for someone you love (a child or a young one). The solar eclipse can mark a significant ending (retirement for some) and/or beginning (personal, professional, official). Although Mercury is retrograde, the lunar eclipse on July 16 can bring a money matter or relationship to a completion or conclusion.