January 2008 Astrocast

Key Events:  

New Moon:  01/08/2008

Full Moon: 01/22/2008

Mercury Retrograde: 01/28/2008

Other RX Planets:  Mars until 1/30; Saturn until 05/03 

Neptune can be somewhat like chasing rainbows.  They're beautiful and their pursuit can be exhilarating, but the fact of the matter is you never get there, much less find the pot of gold.  Nonetheless, the inspiration and view of another dimension can feed your soul.  Currently Neptune is fortuitously placed in your Natural 12th House, which is where all this stuff belongs anyway.  This will also provide a lot of fodder for your spirituality, which has been in force since late January 1998.  In cahoots with Jupiter, this aspect could help you find a new group in which you can find inspiration and possibly even a spiritual home.  Jupiter influences our belief system as well, so this could even bode for increased involvement of some sort with organized religion or some other organization that gives you a sense of purpose and fulfillment.  On the other hand, don't expect this to be the panacea that reforms your entire life.  As the master of delusion, Neptune could dupe you into thinking that all your problems are permanently solved.  Take it for what it is, enjoy it, but don't set yourself up for major disappointment later when something comes along that indicates you really haven't found Nirvana afterall.  Nonetheless, at the end of the month, Jupiter and Venus will get together into a nice, friendly bear hug, which should bring something of considerable benefit your way that will more than likely involve a relationship.

During roughly this same timeframe, stuffy, skeptical, conventional Saturn will be doing what he can to instill some common sense into all of this.  He'll be in trine with the Sun from January 1 - 3, and in trine with Jupiter from January 10 - February 1.  Saturn is currently retrograde (RX) in your 7th House of relationships.  While RX he'll have your subconscious hard at work processing any problems in that area that require attention.  As he connects in favorable aspect with the Sun and Jupiter, however, it could indicate that these new connections will have a favorable affect on your personal relationships or vice versa.  These include significant others, business partners, and close friends or relatives.  Perhaps it will enhance an existing relationship, help solve current challenges, or introduce new people into your life. 

During the first two weeks of the month, Mars, who's RX in your 4th House of home environment, will oppose Pluto, who's just getting ready to leave Sagittarius, your 10th House of career and reputation.  Mars RX tends to unearth various chunks of suppressed anger related to the resident house.  Needless to say when we're talking about your homelife, this could well be a target-rich environment.  Anything that made you angry that was never properly resolved will resurface, reminding you that you have some unfinished business to attend to.  Mars first went RX back in mid-November, when he was in Cancer, which is you 5th House of children, love affairs, ego, and creativity, so between then and January, he would have been rooting around in that part of your life for such incidents.  In other words, for the past few months, you've been reminded on a fairly consistent basis of all the things in these two venues that you've ever pushed beneath the surface.  Also bear in mind that the suppressed anger thing is likely to go very deep and have transformational effects with Pluto involved.  It will be cleaning house much more than Mars alone, but your likelihood of resolving it once and for all is quite good.  When Mars returns to direct motion on January 30 he'll once more pass over all this territory and when he does, something is likely to occur that will resolve these issues one way or another.  So, quite frankly, if you've recently found somewhere that you can find spiritual renewal, you'll probably need it as you deal with all this anger vying for past-due attention.  However, when it's done, it's done, and you'll be healthier in both mind and body.

January 28, Mercury will go into one of his infamous RX cycles which will have the opposite effect until February 19.  Speaking of which, if you need to make any major purchases that involve electronic or mechanical equipment, do it either before or after that period unless you want to be stuck with a lemon.  A bit of good news with all of this is that at least for a few days, from January 25 to February 2, Mercury will trine Mars, facilitating good communications to rework or redo anything, which in this case may simply be a new friend who offers a shoulder to cry on while your sort all of this out. 

Venus will spend most of the month, until the 24th to be exact, in Sagittarius, your Natural 10th House of career and reputation.  During this time you should find considerable favor in these areas.  There may be a blip or two around January 4 - 9 when she squares Saturn, which could indicate that a relationship problem or situation of some sort interferes with your career in some way, but other than that it should be a very favorable time.  The Full Moon in Leo on the 22nd in your 6th House of work, health and pets will probably mark the culmination of something in one of those areas as well.

This looks as if it's going to be a rather busy month emotionally.  As a Water Sign, Pisceans tend to be quite emotional by nature, so it looks like you may need to put on your seatbelts.  It looks like the entire spectrum, from joy to rage, is covered there somewhere, yet when all is said and done you should come out smelling like the proverbial rose with a lot of old issues on their way to resolution as well as some new friends and ideals to guide your path.