Your Personal Horoscope 2019

If you’re planning major repairs or renovations (or if you plan to build a house), July 1 to August 23 would be a good time for this. If you’re redecorating on a more cosmetic level, or buying objects of beauty for the home, July 27 to August 21 seems a good time. Your taste will be excellent. (Mercury will be retrograde from July 7 to August 1, however, so avoid that period.)

Finance and Career

Though, Taurus, you are always interested in finance, it has become less important than usual over the past few years. Your money house is not a house of power. Generally this shows a basic contentment with things as they are. You have no pressing need to make dramatic changes or overly focus here. It should be a stable, quiet financial year.

However, if financial problems do arise, the empty money house could be the reason. You’re probably not paying enough attention here, and you need to focus more.

Mercury, one of the fastest moving of the planets (only the Moon moves faster than him) is your financial planet. In any given year he will move through all the houses and sectors of your chart. Further, his motion is often erratic: sometimes he races across the Heavens, sometimes he moves at a moderate pace, sometimes he is basically motionless and sometimes he’s going backward. This pretty much describes your financial life. It signals a need to be flexible and agile if you are to attain your financial goals. There is a need (and you have this ability) to take advantage of the short-term trends in the marketplace and profit from them. It favours trading, retailing, sales, marketing, advertising and PR. Teaching and journalism are also favoured here – but the business side of these things, rather than being a practitioner.

Because Mercury moves so fast there are many short-term financial trends that depend on where he is and the aspects he receives. These will be dealt with in the monthly reports.

Jupiter, as we mentioned earlier, spends almost all year in your 8th house. This gives many messages. Money can come through insurance payments or tax refunds. In general, good tax planning – tax efficiency – will boost the bottom line and you need to pay attention here. It shows that the spouse, partner or current love is having a banner financial year. He or she should be more generous with you. Often this position indicates inheritance. Hopefully no one has to die, but you could be named in someone’s will or be appointed to some administrative position in an estate. People involved with estates can be important in your financial life. Those of you of appropriate age are probably doing estate planning now, or making changes here. This position is also excellent for borrowing or paying down debt (according to your need). It shows good access to ‘outside capital’. If you have good ideas there are investors willing to back you.

Career is the main headline this year, however – and it looks very good. Uranus, your career planet, moves into your own sign on March 7. Thus, happy career opportunities are coming to you and there’s not much you need to do to attract them. They will find you. Just go about your daily business. This aspect signals that you have the favour of the ‘higher ups’ in your life – bosses, elders, parents and parent figures. It is true that this devotion can be a double-edged sword: they favour you but also want to exercise more control. But still they are providing opportunity.

Your career planet in your own sign gives other messages as well. You have the image of success. You dress the part. People see you as successful. It also shows that your personal appearance and overall demeanour are big factors in your career. (This is probably why you are dressing and accessorizing this way.)

The whole year looks successful, but especially after December 3 as Jupiter moves into beautiful aspect with your career planet. You can expect promotions (official or unofficial), more honour and more recognition. Your professional status is increased. (This will continue next year too.)

Usually career success comes with financial success. This doesn’t seem the case this year; financial fruits will probably happen later.

The career planet in your own sign favours a career in real estate, agriculture or agricultural products, copper or copper mining (or industries involved with copper), or companies involved with personal accessories. You seem much more personally comfortable in your career path than you have been for many years.

Love and Social Life

As we mentioned earlier, the love and social life are not prominent in this year’s Horoscope. Generally this tends to the status quo. Probably you are satisfied with things as they are, the question is whether your spouse, partner or current love is too?

This complication is not really your fault. You’re under Uranus’s influence (especially those of you born early in the sign), and the influence of a planet can be likened to that of a drug. It’s as if you have taken ‘freedom’ pills, or ‘rebellion’ pills. You might be quite unaware of what you’re projecting, but your beloved will be very aware.

Freedom is a wonderful thing. It’s exhilarating. But generally it’s not helpful for committed kinds of relationship, which, by definition, means a limitation on personal freedom. Does this mean that the current relationship will end? Not necessarily. But it can get severely tested. You and the current love will have to work harder to keep things together. Those of you involved with a Taurus romantically should understand what’s going on and give your Taurean other half maximum freedom and space (so long as it isn’t destructive). This is the first step. Step two is to do unconventional, ‘outside the box’ activities together as a couple. This will assuage Taurus’s need for change and freedom. Inject more excitement and change into the current relationship.

For unattached Taureans marriage is not advisable these days. For a start, you’re probably meeting people who are not interested in long-term relationships. Secondly, you’re better off having serial love affairs – where you can have the change you crave – rather than a committed relationship, which might not last.

Saturn is travelling with your love planet, Pluto, this year, which also indicates the testing of love relationships.

The final complication in love again relates to Uranus’s position in your own sign, which signals a constant, never-ending redefinition of the self and image. You and your image get upgraded the way you upgrade software. As soon as you settle on one image or one definition of yourself, another idea or refinement comes along and you morph into that. If you are different then, by definition, you have different likes and tastes. A person that satisfied the ‘old you’ might not satisfy the ‘new you’. The same is true in reverse. Your lover fell in love with Taurus 1; now he or she is dealing with Taurus 2 or Taurus 3. Does he or she still feel the same way?

In my practice I have seen these things sometimes work out. This doesn’t happen often, but when it does a lot of work went into it.

Your love planet Pluto has been in Capricorn, your 9th house, for many years now, and he will remain there for the next few years too. So, romantic opportunities happen in foreign lands or with foreigners, or in religious or educational-type settings. The place of worship is as much a venue of romance (perhaps more) as the local night club. The same is true with college functions and gatherings. A part of you likes the traditional kind of relationship, but another part likes to be unconventional. So you are of two minds when it comes to love – and these two minds argue with each other. It’s very difficult to satisfy both.

Self-improvement

Taureans are conservative people by their nature. People who don’t like them would call them stubborn. People who like them will say they have tenacity. They have the quality of perseverance and they have it in spades. Often this quality spells the difference between the success or failure of a project. Change and flexibility are not their strong points. They love routine. A Taurean will say, ‘Why should I try this new restaurant or new dish when I know my normal place will be good? Why gamble?’

Now Uranus is moving into your sign for the next seven or so years, meaning that change, the upending of routine, will be the order of the day. How will you handle this? This is going to be the spiritual lesson. Other signs handle this better; for you it is a challenge.

The first step is to embrace change rather than fight it. Recognize that it is for your ultimate good – which it is – and flow with it. When you give up your resistance, you will find that things flow more smoothly. Change doesn’t have the terrible consequences that you fear. Make change your friend and ally, not your opponent.

It is normal that when sudden changes happen that there are feelings of insecurity – even outright fear. Write down your feelings on a piece of paper. Write a short phrase that captures your feelings. Then touch the paper and let it go, touch it and let it go. Do this for about 15 minutes. This will discharge any negative feelings that you have. You will find that you start to feel much better and the mind will be clearer. Solutions will start to come to you. (The solutions were always there, only you couldn’t receive them because of the emotional disturbance.) Make a regular practice of this and things will go much easier for you.* (#ulink_a9975d68-4bcb-5e9c-8183-98aa52d6ed1b)

Some people like to write out what they feel. Set a timer for 15 minutes and write out your negative feelings as they come to you. Don’t hold back. After 15 minutes, tear the paper into shreds and throw it in the bin. As you do this say: ‘These negative feelings are now thrown out.’

Uranus has been in your spiritual 12th house for the past seven years and you have been experimental in your spiritual life. Many of you have been like the wandering holy men of old – wandering from one teacher and teaching to the next, from one book to the next, from one philosophy to the next. This is a natural stage on the spiritual path. But now you’re more settled spiritually. By now, you have a settled path, it just remains for you to walk it.

Neptune, as we mentioned earlier, has been in your 11th house for many years now. This shows much involvement with spiritual groups and spiritual friends. (In fact the friendships you make now should be spiritual-type people – there’s no need even to waste time on others.) These spiritual groups can be a great help and support in the coming years.

Month-by-month Forecasts

January

Best Days Overall: 5, 6, 15, 16, 23, 24

Most Stressful Days Overall: 7, 8, 21, 22, 27, 28

Best Days for Love: 1, 5, 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31

Best Days for Money: 2, 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25

Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 22, 31

Your year starts with a bang. The fireworks didn’t end on New Year’s Eve. Two eclipses shake things up this month in a foreshadowing of things to come in the year ahead.

The solar eclipse of the 6th (in America it’s on the 5th) occurs in your 9th house. Your 9th house is very strong this month and you would have a natural urge for foreign travel, but it’s probably wiser to reschedule this. If you must travel, then you must; the eclipse shouldn’t deter you. But if you can, schedule your trip around the eclipse period. This eclipse is not only in your 9th house but it affects the ruler of that house, Saturn, too. So its impact is more powerful than usual. It impacts very strongly on college-level (or college-bound) students. It signals shake-ups in their school, shake-ups in educational plans, changes of courses and perhaps even changes of schools. The good news here is that with the 9th house so powerful this month, there is success here. The changes are helpful.

Every solar eclipse affects the home and family (the Sun is your family planet), so there are dramas at home and in the lives of family members – parents or parent figures seem especially affected. Repairs could be needed in the home. Imperfections or hidden problems come to light and need to be fixed. Often this doesn’t happen quickly (they can sometimes take months to fully resolve). Siblings and sibling figures in your life are forced to make important financial changes – this usually comes about through some shock. This is the first of three eclipses that will happen in your 9th house this year.

The lunar eclipse of the 21st is almost (but not quite) a replay of the solar eclipse. It occurs in your 4th house of home and family and it reveals that the problems in the home, with family members and a parent or parent figure, are not yet resolved. They are still experiencing personal dramas. Every lunar eclipse affects siblings and sibling figures, and this one is no different. Again, they need to make important financial changes. This eclipse affects students below college level, bringing changes in schools or educational plans. Often this kind of eclipse shows changes in your neighbourhood, such as heavy construction. There are dramas in the lives of your neighbours.

In spite of all the drama going on, the month ahead is still prosperous and successful. The Sun will enter your 10th house of career on the 20th and you’ll begin a yearly career peak. This seems stronger than the usual career peak. Almost all of the planets are above the horizon this month. The planetary power – almost the whole Horoscope – is supporting your outer life and activities. Even your family is supportive. They see your success as a ‘family project’.

February

Best Days Overall: 1, 2, 11, 12, 19, 20, 28

Most Stressful Days Overall: 3, 4, 5, 17, 18, 24, 25

Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 11, 12, 19, 20, 24, 25, 28

Best Days for Money: 3, 4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27

Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 5, 10, 18, 27

Last month was prosperous and so is the month ahead. Your financial planet, Mercury, entered Aquarius on January 24 and he will be there until the 10th. In this position Mercury is strong celestially (he is in the sign of his exaltation) and terrestrially (at the top of chart, the 10th house). Thus earning power, the financial magnetism, is unusually strong. Money is earned rather easily, and financial goals happen quickly and with relative ease. (All the planets are moving forward this month too, so general progress is fast.)

On the 10th Mercury enters the spiritual sign of Pisces. Thus your financial intuition is very sharp – especially on the 18th and 19th. (Be aware of the dream life those days, as it will tend to contain important financial guidance.) Mercury likes the 11th house and is comfortable there, so your finances seem comfortable. Online activities, being involved with groups and organizations, are financially helpful. Your social connections likewise. It’s a good time to spend on high-tech equipment now – it seems like a good investment and you can earn from it. Mercury will make nice aspects to Jupiter on the 2nd and 3rd and this should also produce financial opportunities.

Health is basically good this month, but needs a bit of attention until the 19th. Nothing serious is afoot – just lower energy than usual. Enhance the health through back and knee massage from the 3rd onwards. A spinal adjustment by a chiropractor every now and then might also be a good idea.