A Look at the 12 Signs in 2008 - Maggie Kerr AAT APA

Aries                Get ready to temper your steel and hone your metal Aries as you launch into a year when your dreams will be realised if you knuckle down and organise yourself as never before.  With the planet of growth and opportunity Jupiter heading through your career and worldly outcomes area you are right in thinking that your star is on the rise.  This is a once in 12 year phase where you can surge ahead into public and/or corporate activity and really get things moving.  Meanwhile responsible Saturn (your arch nemesis) crunches through your daily work and health sector auguring a hard work phase that supports your potential, but not without a steady and measured approach. The test here requires confronting any unconscious fears you may hold about really “making it” and enjoying success as an ongoing experience.  Aries often sabotages the race just near the finish line by loosing focus or becoming impatient.  But not this time…got it!!  With powerful Pluto also arriving in this sector for the next 16 years your actions now will mean the difference between long term power outcomes and missing the race completely.  

Taurus              Taureans love building things because it helps them feel safe… or so they believe.  Indeed the bulls of the Zodiac are the preservers and sustainers of our world so with both Jupiter and Saturn in earth signs this year you have all the support you need to do some growing!  After the past 2 years of being good responsible kids and really setting up home and family affairs you’re now free to redesign your “self” as Saturn prompts your journey toward greater autonomy and individuality…i.e. finding out who you are on a new set of terms.  For some this entails confronting old fears of being passionate and creative in your own right, and for others this arrives through your children and their journey.  Again the theme is supporting them to become who they are, so lead by example as you unlock your own inner child and let him/her out to play.  To help things along expansive Jupiter heads through your higher learning and travel sector so adventures of the mind and world call you to seek a greater sense of meaning and purpose to your life. And to top things off powerful Pluto now also enters Capricorn for the next 16 years heralding a gradual development in your life where this meaning you are to encounter in 2008 sets the tone until 2024.

Gemini              The foundations of your world are now in focus as Saturn moves through your home/family sector for the next few years.  Saturn inclines your psyche to examine just how safe…or unsafe you are both physically and emotionally, and during this phase you are challenged to build or re-build (depending on your age) the core structures of your life.  Some of you may buy/create new homes whilst others have chicks leaving the nest.  Whichever way it goes you will need to be a responsible little twin person so yes this is a very grown up phase.  Meanwhile career areas require continuing the progressive trends of the past few years with some major shifts due by November.  How can you consolidate the innovative ideas that you are bursting with? Expansive Jupiter spends the year in your ‘shared resources’ sector so a great time for pooling resources with both business and family partnerships, and also the possibility of legacies or inheritances.  It will also give you a much greater understanding of the psychological patterns that operate in your life and can lead to great healing and transformation into your power. Speaking of which Pluto also enters this sector for the next 16 years.  So “light weight Gemini” is ready to grow some teeth!

Cancer              Your learning curve during 2008 has everything to do with how you use your “mind and mouth”, and if you can be objective about old ways you are limiting yourself then there is much on offer.  Examine your everyday mental patterns, attitudes, habits, styles of speaking and whether you listen well to others.  Crab people are “feelers” so you may react rather than respond, attack rather than assert…etc…you get the idea!  You may have to make some major changes as you realise your communication skills are blocking your potential for “real and effective” relating.  This is also a great transit for committing to study or furthering your knowledge, and some may be called to support a sibling during this phase.   All I have outlined is supported by Jupiter’s year long passage through your relating sector.  As he is in your opposite sign of Capricorn both personal and professional partnerships are set to grow and thrive as you learn to allow others to bring you both knowledge and advancement. Marriages under this influence will prosper. Make sure you celebrate your partner’s developments rather than resent their “moment in the sun”… remember they are reflecting your own potential! With Pluto the “transformer” also entering your partner zone for the next 16 years your relationships with others holds the key to your own power…or lack of it!

Leo                   This past few hard working years discovering what you are really made of you are now a more mature and capable Lion so now it is time to re-assess your value systems both psychologically and materially. And as they do indeed reflect each other you may need to examine your emotional security to enhance your financial security!  Conversely if you believe in financial struggle and lack then that is what you will create.  Even in times of recession it is easy to be prosperous…it’s all in the mind after all!  And this prosperity comes your way courtesy of fortunate Jupiter surging through your daily work sector throughout the year ahead.  Think back 12 years (1996) for the last time Jupiter offered such opportunity in this arena.  Here lie the clues, and remember this time your potential now is even greater as you know how and what you want to create...don’t you!!  It is important to organise, systemize and plan your life, whilst you may also receive offers of a very fortunate nature.  The trick is to transcend your egoic drives and trust that who and what you need will arrive…magically! In 4 years time you will reap the rewards of your efforts this year.  The Lunar eclipse on August 1st herald a new 19 year cycle of growth.

Virgo                So my friends, now it is your turn for the “facelift” as you re-shape and re-define yourself over the next few years via Saturn in your sign offering his gift of maturity and evolution.  As an earth sign his process is more comfortable for you than many, although you will need to remember not to be too hard and exacting with yourself and others in this hard working productive phase.  Older Virgins are ready to become authorities in your field and take on more responsibility. Our new PM Kevin Rudd is a Virgo so this fits the bill perfectly!  For the younger gang you will awaken to your potential and begin to set goals as you unleash your ambition.  By nature you are more comfortable in service or support rather than center stage, but with expansive Jupiter charging through your creativity sector in support of Saturn, you may find it’s great to express yourself in more outgoing ways than usual.  You’ll feel highly motivated and be great at motivating others including your kids who are also in a growthful phase this year. The key here lies in connecting with your passion…usually a low key affair I know, but this year why not let the world see what really matters to you?

Libra                This year sees you setting up a brand new home and family phase as Jupiter the planet of expansion and opportunity enters this sector of your life.  Emotionally Librans need stability and structure at home to feel safe so make sure you relish this opportunity to give yourself this!  Transformational Pluto also arrives here now for the next 16 years, so for some this may mean releasing old family conditions so you can move on. With task master Saturn behind the scenes in your psyche over this next few years, ambition for worldly activity may feel diminished so fret not but rather see this cycle for what it is…a chance to complete projects  and release the past as your psyche is gestating the new life to come from July 2010.  Take care not to fall prey to depression and gloom here dear ones as sometimes old unacknowledged feelings arise, so don’t judge these just feel them and let them go.  Remember there is no such thing as failure only lessons learnt.  Your psyche is undergoing an overhaul and great strength can be found from your inner resources as you make peace with God in whatever form you perceive “it”. Allow spiritual nourishment to come to you so you may nurture others with the same!

Scorpio                        With the dynamic duo Jupiter and Pluto set to expand your everyday connection and networking systems this year you can grow your potential by reaching out verbally and intellectually.  Pluto is your ruling planet and has just spent the last 16 years transforming your value systems, so with this now in place (it better be!) he spends the next 16 years transforming your everyday beliefs and communication style.  Not renowned for being lightweight at the best of times, you will begin to question the ideas you have used to underpin your life until now and must be prepared to throw out any that are limiting your ability to be the powerful being you see yourself as…or not as the case may be!  You must learn to evaluate other peoples’ input objectively rather than react subjectively, and not resist those who may know more than you do. In due course your potential for transforming others with your knowledge will lead you toward the “safe power” that is your true goal. This then allows the gift of task master Saturn to come in full measure as he brings you into a new phase of ‘group consciousness’, and your goals and ideals mature. How can you become more involved in transforming your community or society into a more humane world?

Sagittarius                   Even though ambition and achievement are not usually features of the happy-go-lucky Sag. story, the news is that with Saturn crunching through your career and outcomes sector for the next few years this is your once in 29 year ‘moment’ to reap some rewards!  This depends of course on whether you have been a good kid and gradually developed the potential you hold, and as you are the teacher philosophers of the Zodiac this phase brings the chance to ‘spread your word’ and be taken seriously. Advancement is the bottom line here so promotions are typical, or you finally publish that book or gain the notoriety you deserve.  But none of this comes without some pretty serious intention and application, and with Jupiter and Pluto both residing in your financial zone it may be well worth your while.  This also implies a radical overhaul of your value systems over the next several years courtesy of Pluto, and with your ruler Jupiter playing with your dollars there may be both wins and losses as you seek to grow your material world.  The point here is that you may need to invest in yourself or projects for later rewards in about 4 years time.

Capricorn                     Once every 12 years the God of Good Fortune Jupiter comes calling to each sign and this year it’s your turn. 2008 marks the beginning of a major new cycle of growth and brings a huge opportunity to launch the ‘new you’…the you who is confident and optimistic in all your endeavors!  It’s time to get over old patterns of setting yourself up to make things as difficult as possible and playing the old “its hard” script…OK?! You will consistently attract people and situations that benefit you, so trust this and dare to expand in ways that may feel a bit risky to the normally conservative goat…go for it!  There is however another factor here that also opens a huge new dimension of your story.  Transformational Pluto now enters Capricorn for the next 16 years heralding the potential to carry power and the ability to deeply affect your world. Psychologically you will feel the need to go more deeply into things than ever before, as you uncover dimensions of your nature that may be limiting you so you can transform them.  And the final ingredient in the story comes from Saturn in your higher learning and horizon widening sector.  Thus both travel and study become features now, but always with the intention of adding to your ‘whole person potential’.   

Aquarius                       Water carriers love Jupiter’s urge to adventure and purpose but this year we’re talking adventures of an internal kind as he meanders through your 12th house… the psychological and spiritual zone of your life, so growth now involves connecting with your higher nature where creative vision resides! You’ll be happy to escape the madding crowds especially after the last few years of honing and testing yourself in the world and some intense encounters with others, so enjoy occasional solitude and don’t fret if external drives are diminished.  Deepening your faith and trust in the “greater process” is the gift here, so occult and metaphysical studies may expand your understanding and inspire future goals. Meanwhile Saturn sidles through your house of ‘shared resources’, opening some strategic territory for testing and re-appraisal. Aquarians aren’t too good at sharing as they are such individual Souls so you are about to find out how good (or not good!) you are at intimacy.  Are you safe enough to allow someone into your innermost self?  What are your greatest fears…death… loss of your money?  A new level of freedom lies at the end of this part of your journey if you are willing to confront your ‘inner dragons’…with love!

Pisces               Both personal and professional relationships are a major feature in your astroscape this year with all partnerships needing to be defined, refined and in some cases dismissed!  Saturn offers you the chance to set some boundaries that may have eluded you up to now if you are the ‘overly merged’ style of fish…the “who am I if I am not under someone’s influence?” Defining yourself and becoming clear about what is acceptable and what is not may be your process now.  Conversely if you are a “rescuer” fishy person you’ll have many opportunities to see this pattern and make decisions not to do this anymore.  After all, when we rescue others we deprive them of the chance to be in their own power and they often don’t thank us for it anyway!  Once you get this lesson there are ample opportunities for growth as Jupiter transits your sector of friends and group associations.  This exciting phase brings heaps of vital new people and ideas your way as you evolve another notch, by realising that your highest goals involve interacting with community or society for purposes that go way beyond selfish desires or needs.