Your Personal Horoscope 2014: Month-by-month forecasts for every sign

Best Days Overall: 6, 7, 15, 16, 24, 25

Most Stressful Days Overall: 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 17, 18, 31

Best Days for Love: 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 25

Best Days for Money: 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 21, 22, 26, 27, 31

Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 31

The upper half of your Horoscope has been strong all year thus far. In fact it will be strong for the entire year ahead. You will always have at least four planets above the horizon. But last month, on the 7th, the planetary power started to shift from the upper half to the lower half of your Horoscope. On May 3 the lower half becomes stronger than the upper half for the first time this year. Your career is still important, but you can start shifting more attention to your family and to your emotional needs.

Astrology is all about the study of cycles. Things that are right and proper at one stage of a cycle are inappropriate at another stage. It’s not so much the nature of an action, but WHEN the action is happening. Dreaming, visualizing and setting goals were not so appropriate – until now. You were in period for overt, physical action. Now inward reflection becomes appropriate.

Love seems very happy this month. On the 3rd Venus crosses your Ascendant and moves into your 1st house. This indicates that love is pursuing you. (Up till now, you have been the instigator.) Though you are still active socially – perhaps more than you need to be – love will find you as you go about your daily affairs. Love also seems more harmonious. Venus (the beloved) and Mars (you) are in ‘mutual reception’ from the 3rd onwards. Each is a guest in the house of the other. This shows good co-operation between you and the beloved. It shows ‘mutual devotion’.

Aries tend to be ‘love at first sight’ people. This has been especially true this year, and this month the tendency is stronger still. All we can say is ‘look before you leap’.

You also seem in harmony with the ‘money people’ in your life. They are supportive of you and you of them.

Venus moving into your 1st house shows that money is seeking you – money and financial opportunity. There is not much that you need to do. You are spending on yourself, on clothing, personal accessories and on your image. Personal appearance seems unusually important in finance this month so these expenditures seem like a good investment.

Last month, on the 20th, you entered a yearly financial peak and this is continuing during this month as well.

Mars is opposite Uranus for the latter part of the month. Avoid daredevil stunts or risk-taking activities.

June

Best Days Overall: 2, 3, 12, 13, 20, 21, 29, 30

Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 7, 8, 14, 15, 27, 28

Best Days for Love: 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 23, 24

Best Days for Money: 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28

Best Days for Career: 1, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 27, 28

Health has been reasonable the past few months, but on June 21 you need to start paying more attention here. Your energy levels are not up to their usual standard. Things that you have always done with no problem might not be that easy during this period. You should do your best to maintain high energy levels. You can enhance your health by paying more attention to the diet until the 18th, and to the lungs, arms, shoulders and respiratory system after then. Regular shoulder massage is always good for you but especially after the 18th. Emotional harmony is especially important until the 18th, and women should give more attention to the breasts until then too.

Your health planet, Mercury, goes retrograde on the 7th, so avoid making major health decisions or changes then. This is a time for study and review. The health of family members seems a concern until the 18th.

This month and next month, the lower half of your Horoscope will be at its maximum strength for the year. Thus, as we mentioned, give more attention now to the family and to your emotional well-being. The two planets involved with your career – Saturn and Pluto – are both retrograde this month, which is another reason to shift attention away from the career.

Retrograde activity is increased this month – 40 per cent of the planets are moving backwards from the 9th onwards. This is the maximum limit for the year – we never go above 40 per cent this year. The pace of life slows down. Though you like a fast-paced lifestyle, this is perhaps good. You need to slow down – especially after the 21st.

On May 29, Venus moved into your money house, which is a good signal for wealth. She will be there until the 23rd. Venus in Taurus – in her own sign and house – is stronger than usual. This indicates that your earning power is strong, and your financial judgement is sound and practical. This tends to prosperity. Venus will activate an eclipse point (the Solar Eclipse of April 29) on the 5th and 6th. This brings some financial disturbance and change – perhaps an unexpected expense. But this is short lived. Make the changes that need to be made. You know what they are. When the dust settles, prosperity resumes. Be more patient with the beloved on the 5th and 6th as well. He or she needs to stay out of harm’s way and to avoid risky kinds of activities.

Love is very practical this month, especially until the 23rd. Wealth is a turn on and singles are attracted to ‘money people’ – the good provider – the one who can help attain financial goals. Material gifts are alluring. This is how you show love and this is how you feel loved. When Venus moves into Gemini on the 23rd the attitude will change. Mental compatibility – ease of communication – becomes important, and money becomes less important.

July

Best Days Overall: 1, 9, 10, 17, 18, 27, 28

Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 24, 25

Best Days for Love: 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 24

Best Days for Money: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27

Best Days for Career: 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 24, 25

There has been a Grand Square in the heavens (at varying degrees of exactness) all year thus far, and it is still strong for most of this month. You have been working hard. You have been involved in some major project – very delicate and very complicated. It will be finalized by the end of the month and you will be able to breathe easier.

Jupiter makes a major move out of your 4th house and into your 5th house of fun and creativity on the 17th, and will be there for the rest of the year ahead. You’ve worked hard, now it is time for some R&R, time to have some fun. On the 22nd the Sun will move into your 5th house as well and you enter a powerful yearly personal pleasure peak.

In the meantime continue to watch your health. Don’t shirk your duties or responsibilities but schedule more rest periods into your day. Make sure you distinguish between real duties and false ones. Much of what we consider ‘responsibility’ is not real; it is merely things foisted on us.

You can enhance your health by giving more attention to the lungs, arms, shoulders and respiratory system until the 13th and to the stomach after that. (Women should pay more attention to the breasts after the 13th.) Emotional harmony is important these days as most of the planets are below the horizon, but this month it is a health issue. Depression, anger and discord are the first symptoms of disease. These things can happen – they seem unavoidable on the human level – but don’t stay in these states. Get back into harmony as quickly as you can.

By the 22nd you should see a remarkable increase in health and energy. Mars, Jupiter and the Sun will have moved away from their stressful aspects and should be starting to make harmonious ones. You feel like a load of lead has been lifted off your shoulders.

Mars’s move into Scorpio and your 8th house of regeneration increases the libido. Whatever your age or stage in life, your libido is stronger than usual, and July is a more sexually active kind of month from the 18th onwards.

Finances are good this month, but not as important as they have been in previous months. Venus, your financial planet is in your 3rd house until the 18th, which indicates that financial opportunity can be found in your neighbourhood and with neighbours and siblings (or sibling figures). It shows earning through retailing, trading, buying and selling. Good marketing – good PR – is important in earnings. On the 18th your financial planet will move into Cancer, your 4th house. This indicates good family support. (Indeed, family support seems good for the past year.) Family connections also seem important in finance. You are spending more on the home and family but can earn from there as well.

August

Best Days Overall: 5, 6, 13, 14, 23, 24

Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 2, 8, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29

Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 3, 4, 12, 13, 23, 24, 28, 29

Best Days for Money: 3, 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 23, 24

Best Days for Career: 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 20, 21, 22, 30, 31

Though this is a basically happy month – your 5th house of fun is full of planets and you are still in the midst of a yearly personal pleasure peak – there are a few bumps on the road. Technically there are no eclipses this month. But because many planets are reactivating the eclipse points of April, it is ‘as if’ the month is filled with ‘mini-eclipses’. Things not dealt with at the time of the actual eclipses are being dealt with now. Happily, with much fire in the Horoscope and mostly harmonious aspects, you have the energy to deal with these things.

The Sun transits an eclipse point (in Square aspect) on the 1st and 2nd of the month. Thus children can be more temperamental. They should avoid risky kinds of activities. Sometimes this transit brings power blackouts. You are basically lucky in speculations this month, but it’s probably wise to avoid them on the 1st and 2nd.

Mercury transits this same eclipse point (the Solar Eclipse of April 29) on the 5th and 6th. Be more careful driving. Communications can be unpredictable and equipment is more prone to malfunction. There can be disturbances at the job. Sometimes there are health scares – but health is basically good.

Mars transits this point from the 10th to the 14th, affecting you more personally. Avoid risk taking, confrontations, rush and haste. Spend more quiet time near home.

Venus transits this point from the 18th to the 20th. This can bring short-term financial upheavals and testing times in love. Be more patient with the beloved during this period. Finances and love are actually very good this period but they are more stressful than usual – and good things can be just as stressful as bad things. Finally, Jupiter transits this point from the 24th to the 31st. Avoid gratuitous foreign travel. Many of you will be travelling this month, but try to schedule your trips around this time.

Aries loves adventure, and risk is fundamental to every adventure. Thus this month, with all its ups and downs, is probably exciting and enjoyable for you. There’s never a dull moment.