Aries: Your life's work is heading for transformation. January is for activities involving revisions and repairs. From mid-March through April 22, it will be best if you do not initiate new starts or anything that could be construed as an "attack" on another. From late April to early June do not follow impulses concerning money. July is restful and a favorable month to travel. August is low cycle: Accidents or health issues could become prominent in the days surrounding the 10th and the 26th. Take care with travel in August. Activities related to home, hearth and family will be prominent from September through mid-October. Issues concerning partnership or relationship to superiors may require your attention through the last quarter. Do what you can to prevent an explosion in these areas at the end of October and through November. Kick back and go with the flow through December.
Taurus: You yearn for freedom in your relationship(s), but the rules or customs get in the way. This factor is especially noticeable in January, July and again in October. Make an effort to find the unique and novel within a permanent relationship. Former relationships may re-enter your life during February, March, April and again in September and October. Mercury retrogrades in your sign in May. Do not force any decisions at that time. In the big picture, your life will be encouraging you to expand through travel, the Internet and education. You likely will hear good things about yourself via life's work connections throughout the year. You could be among the fortunate whose career remains fairly stable, in spite of the global situation. During the last quarter career circumstances become less challenging.
Gemini: You are ruled by the planet Mercury, whose path retrogrades three times per year. During each of those times you will backtrack, rethink your situation, and gather information for the future. January through February, May through June and September through October have these features. Don't make decisions during these periods unless everything feels "just right." A financial concern that explodes in August will require nearly two months of attention before it is resolved. Following that reorganization, you will choose to tighten your wallet. Those with children will expect more responsible behavior by the end of the year. Throughout 2008 you may have a stronger need to connect with your spiritual beliefs. Activities on the Internet will probably expand. Beware of what is offered May through August. Anything too good to be true is too good to be true.
Cancer: The theme of probing deeply, searching for truth in relation to your spirit, and thinking about the other side of life continues through the first half of 2009. The first quarter includes reorganizing shared financial and property issues. March is busy, with frequent shifts and changes of daily plans. During April you will be in a physical low, and your temper may be short. May is quiet and good for a vacation. June through July is a time for an important closure. You may leave a job, move or close a relationship. During the second half of the year the theme gradually shifts to your partner(s) and your closest inner circle of friends and family. It is possible that you will move toward developing a new partner-like relationship during the next two years, even if with the same person. You are more sensitive and emotional during eclipse seasons. Check your moon calendar. The first eclipse series occurs in late January to mid-February.
Leo: The year begins laden with projects throughout January. February will allow you time to play catch-up. In March you may polarize in favor of the new, unique and rebellious. Oddly, on the other side of the year, in September, you will be on the opposite pole. In April though June there could be changes concerning your career or workplace. Your partner will be receiving good news that improves life for both of you through the summer. In late October the action picks up considerably around the areas of home, hearth and family. Repairs are needed. Finish important projects before November, as Mars turns retrograde in your sign from November through January 2010. This generally decelerates all forward motion.
Virgo: This is the third year of your identity makeover. Now is the time to pull yourself beyond that to a bigger vision of how you will interact with athe world around you. Things have changed by necessity since 2006 and will never be the same. Allow your world view to grow. By the 4th quarter you will be putting all your personal resources to use in service of the "new" in your life. You are ruled by the planet Mercury, whose path retrogrades three times per year. During each of those times you will backtrack, rethink your situation and gather information for the future. January through February, May through June, and September through October have these features. Don't make decisions during these periods unless everything feels "just right." Good fortune and positive developments concerning your employment, employees and renters will follow all year.
Libra: You have been pinned down by circumstances for a couple of years. During February, March and April you may fall into outdated habit patterns in relationships. You know better, but occasionally the cosmos just wants to remind you about what not to do. During this period former loves may reappear. Tread lightly and beware the disappointment in March or May. The first three quarters will remain fairly quiet, but take a deep breath and prepare for the major changes rumbling in September. Take excellent care of yourself throughout this year. You're on tap to create a new personal identity as you head into 2010. "Home" is soon to become an issue. Some may discover literal problems within or below the foundation of the dwelling place that require repair. For the whole year life will be expanding in the areas of creativity, children and maybe a new lover.
Scorpio: Pluto, your planetary ruler, has moved into Capricorn. This represents your need to adopt new patterns of thought and change daily habit patterns. Practicality is to become your byword. Circumstances involving these matters will be prominent through January, followed by the need to attend to home, hearth and family through March 15 and then throughout 2009. April is a month in which an explosion between you and a lover or a child will clear the air. April 22 through May 31 will be devoted to work that soothes the soul. From here to July 11, your energies will be applied to a partnership. Do your best to enter August with your financial nose clean. A move or change of jobs may be necessary in the early fall. In October. there will be challenges concerning lovers and/or children. In the last quarter you may choose to seek solitude. Take good care of your health during this highly emotional year.
Sagittarius: For all of 2008 your planetary ruler is in the sign of Aquarius. This highlights the areas of neighborhoods, roommates, siblings, organizations, nearby friends and groups gathered for a purpose. You are especially drawn to projects that will help many and those which are spiritually satisfying for yourself. The idealism will be very strong with you from June to the end of the year. Punctuation points will occur the end of May, July and December. Travel is accented. Extroverted Sagittarians are likely to be in a leadership role in more than one activity this year. The introverted Sagittarians will be knee deep in the arts, music or other studies that feed the soul. Some will be studying a skill. The summer may slow you down, but activity picks up again in the fall. Your work status will change for the better in the last quarter. Beware of any deals that seem too good to be true.
Capricorn: On Dec. 27 Mars entered your sun sign, which promises rapid activity for two months. However, your forward motion will have interference from mid-January through mid-February while Mercury retrogrades through your sign. During March and April you will have tests and accomplishments to prove, which may be either formal or informal. Throughout most of the year you will be making realistic changes related to your work, your health, and your self-expectations. In late October your planetary ruler, Saturn, enters the sign of Libra, suggesting major change related to your work in the world. Those who do not love their work will be ready to escape, while those who are happy in their careers likely will be given more responsibility position or title. Pluto, now in your sign for the next 15 years, will be turning over the topsoil of your life, to find the truth underneath.
Aquarius: The year begins with Mercury retrograding in your sign. You will be rethinking or redoing previous projects and laying the groundwork for the future. You will be concentrating upon a fair balance between your own and another's resources. The "other" in your life may be feeling that you are spending too freely. Perhaps it is you arguing with yourself. Money owed to you could be lagging. An episode in the first quarter may clear this issue. Throughout the year you will have Jupiter floating through your sign. Jupiter represents a lighter attitude, belief in hope and positive expectations. You likely will travel more than normal through the year. This is a time to take the reins and step forward to manage a pet project. Your humanitarian idealism will be fired all year, but in particular during May, June and July, and then again in December.
Pisces: The Fish will be taking a deep water swim through much of 2009. You will be giving far more attention to quiet time, to things contemplative, meditative or spiritual. The summer season will be notable for dream work, psychic perceptions and intuitive flashes. The artistic Pisces will find a wealth of material in the deep water. Something new is bubbling beneath the surface of your mind. It is your next cosmic "assignment." The trick here is to find ways to develop this new gift that can be acceptable to regular folks. Create a bridge from the old to the new. It is not beyond you. If you see genuine value in projects asking for your time, you will give. But you may become thoroughly fatigued with long-term friends or groups that no longer serve a meaningful purpose.
See Vivian's Web site www.horoscopesbyvivian.com for a more complete version of the 2009 Annual Horoscope.