For some there will be changes with siblings, altering patterns established through family life. The 'early born' Goat will feel these changes more strongly at first, but all will follow down this road over the years.

Love and Money  

With Saturn, the measurer of effort in Cancer and your solar seventh house, this may be another testing year for relationships. For some, there will have been an increase in responsibilities as you enter a new phase of family life. For others there may have been a break or separation with regard to close relationships. In some cases, a separation may mark the end of a cycle. This can be a 'make or break period' as you encounter obstacles or opposition. If you deal with such matters with patience, you can come through to a strong situation and a better sense of yourself and your ability. Some of you will find that partners or close associates will ask more of you where others will find that partners need more distance or freedom. In either case, negotiate a position then step up to meet the requirements. Watch health and energy during this process, as you'll often be asked to give the most at the point where you're tired or stretched. Don't be afraid to step forward in this time. The more you take on, the greater will be the reward at the end of the journey.

With Venus the goddess in Aquarius and your solar second house, conjoining with mystic Neptune, keep relationships on a practical, day to day footing. Enjoy simple things together. Hold your ideals in place but work together to achieve of important goals. Some of you may have to put romantic niceties aside in order to get where you want to go. If you're in a relationship, work out what you're going to do and how you're going to do it. If you're single, you may have to put romance aside while you work towards something important. Don't be seduced by the call of anything dishonest or untoward in either love or money. Play by the same rules for both and you can cement a position romantically or financially.

Home and Family  

Warrior Mars is in Aries and your solar fourth house as the year begins. He hovers there in tension with Saturn in Cancer and your solar seventh house. For some, there may be difficulty or conflict between family members. Such situations may reach an impasse and need effort at resolution. A need for control by someone close could be at the root of the problem. Some of you may be in the midst of changes or renovations in the home and find there are delays or obstacles with regard to completion. Work through difficulties with determination. Someone in the home may need extra care or attention, causing disruption or change in domestic routines. This may be an elderly person or it may be that life for an elderly person is disrupted by a new arrival on the domestic scene. Some may be making a new start with emotional or domestic life, but what you have to do may not inspire the cooperation of others. Work around obstacles or resistance slowly and carefully. Overall, the emotional temperature on the domestic scene may be high at times. Family or emotional life may be in a state of flux for a time. Work to keep things calm and fluid.

Work and Health  

With Chiron the wounded healer in your sign, there are two important avenues for good healthcare. Firstly, exercise, the outdoors and fresh air will be of benefit to the system and the spirit. You need to get away from controlled environments and air-conditioning. Make sure you take every opportunity to get into the open or down to the sea. Relaxation of this kind will reinvigorate you. Exercise taken in this way will put a spring in your step. The other important issue will be to deal with matters from the past that may have left you feeling hurt or disadvantaged. Now is the time to come to grips with past pains and the patterns they've ingrained. Now is the time to find your true self as you walk the road of life. Between the refreshing of the inner self through deep exploration and the invigoration of the body through exercise and the outdoors, you can give yourself a much-needed lift.

Communication skills and new ideas are keys that will help to keep your working life on track. Wherever you can add strings to your bow or learn a new approach, do so, especially till the end of September while Jupiter is in Virgo. New knowledge combined with a good orderly approach and effective health routines will see you flourish and also help to hold at bay any added weight of responsibility that may come from your dealings with partners and close associates.

Career Matters  

With Jupiter in Virgo and your solar ninth house as the year begins, some of you may be studying or upgrading your skills in order to advance your situation. Travel may play a part in career development for others. Healthcare or outdoors activity may contribute to your development. On September 25th, Jupiter, the lord of fortune, enters Libra and your solar tenth house. There may be an increase in status or responsibility. Some of you may find yourselves dealing with new people. You may have to take the responsibilities of staff or other people much more seriously. Some of you will have a lot to learn from others. There may be a real need to understand the attitudes or beliefs of others. Legal matters of ideas about justice may come to play a part in your working life. It's time to come to grips with negotiations or dealings with others from a more human point of view.

Overall, this is a time of opportunity. Be prepared to make necessary adjustments and work with what's going on around you. Cooperation and understanding are the doorways to success. Some may come to an opportunity through the agency of someone else. Some may find a new sense of partnership on the career road. A new partnership may be the key to success.

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 retrograde in Sagittarius and your solar twelfth house. You may need to withdraw from things for a little to restore your own peace of mind. There may be unexpected developments or changes that you have to cope with. There could be small losses or confusions that will take time to sort out. You might feel as if someone is being critical or unfair to you. Try to work out what's being said and why. You may simply need time to give attention to your creative or spiritual life. This cycle ends on January 7th.

The messenger's second reverse motion cycle begins on April 7th in the sign of Aries and your solar fourth house. There could be tension at home. There may be difficulty with someone's temper or a young male. There may be confusion in arrangements with your loved ones or it may be that communications with them could be problematic. If there is something wrong, then make an effort to talk matters through. What appears to be wrong on the surface may not be the real problem. Only by in-depth discussion will you get to the root of the matter. Domestic appliances or equipment may fail under pressure. Watch for overheating or small fires. This cycle comes to an end on May 1st.

Mercury's next retrograde phase comes in Virgo and your solar ninth house, beginning on August 11th. There may be difficulty with contacts or communications overseas. Some of you may have to alter travel plans. There may be developments to consider with regard to matters or study or legal dealings. Review your position and wait upon events. Some may have problematic communications with in-laws. Take time to resolve any confusion or misunderstanding. In the overall, you may just need to step away from the details and get a clear sense of the big picture. This cycle comes to an end on September 3rd.

Mercury's final retrograde phase begins on December 1st in Sagittarius and your solar twelfth house. If there's confusion, you may be best to retire to a safe distance and let problems solve themselves. You may feel under pressure from others or be a target for verbal outbursts. You may have to deal with unreasonable or uncommunicative people. Creative or spiritual life may need attention. There may be a blockage with a creative project. Your powers of concentration may slip for a time as you focus on your inner state. Schedules may change unexpectedly. Communication may be troublesome as messages or meanings get lost in the wash. Pace yourself! Take things slowly. This cycle comes to an end on December 21st.

Lady Moon  

Your Full Moon comes on July 2nd, bringing harmonious aspects with Jupiter and the Lunar Nodes. You may have an important meeting or just a get together. Opportunities may come from such encounters. There will be friends around and benefit may accrue from the contact. Those you're in contact with could have links with overseas or they may be people of standing or professional accomplishment. You may have to defer to the needs or emotions of someone close. If you do so graciously, you'll sail through this time.

There is no New Moon in your sign this year.

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.

A Solar Eclipse comes at the New Moon in Aries and your solar fourth house on April 19th. There may be a change in the family constitution, with someone arriving or departing, bringing a cycle to an end. There may be changes around the home itself, coming out of necessity or unexpected developments. Your emotional life may take a knock and you'll have to review your situation. You may experience a deep in change with regard to your feelings and intentions.

May 4th brings a Lunar Eclipse at the Full Moon in Scorpio, blocking the light in your solar eleventh house. A friend may pass from your circle or you may fall out with someone you know. There may be a break with a group with whom you have been associated. You may experience a change or a shift in your hopes or wishes. There may be a realization that a plan that you've been trying to carry out will not work. Redirect your energies. Use insight to understand what's taken place.

A Solar Eclipse comes on October 14th at the New Moon in Libra and your solar tenth house. There may be a change with status or authority in your professional situation. A work cycle may come to an end. There may be an end or a change with responsibilities. You may lose contact or end a connection with someone you've been obliged to keep in touch with. Dealings with authorities over some matter or other may come to the end of the road. There may be a change in relationship with your parents.

October 28th brings a Lunar Eclipse with the Full Moon in Taurus and your solar fifth house. Leisure or recreational activities may suffer a break or an interruption. There may be changes with regard to children. There may be delay or a blockage in creative projects. Your romantic affairs may experience a glitch or an interruption.

Special Events  

Venus the goddess turns retrograde in Gemini and your solar sixth house of work and health on May 18th. There may be difficulty in relations with co-workers, especially female. There may be changed working conditions, with people coming or going. You may have a temporary change back to something you used to do with work or daily routines. Someone who used to be part of daily life may make a comeback. There may be something that needs to be discussed with working conditions. Negotiate your position. You may have to deal with difficult people in your working environment and it may take a while for them to come around to your way of thinking. There may be confusion over who is supposed to be doing what in your working life or daily routines. This may come about because of a change in the people you deal with. Good communication and informed discussion solve problems. There may be new people to deal with in health matters or practices. You may go back to seeing a practitioner you used to see in the past. For some, there could be benefit as an outstanding matter is resolved. This period ends on June 30th.