Planets House Positions

Transiting Mars in Ninth house

For the next few weeks with Mars in your 9th house you will be in an unusually vocal mood wanting to shout your opinions from the rooftops. Your mind is extremely active and you are curious to learn more about almost everything. Anyone who disagrees with you will have a fight on their hands as you defend your position with vigour and vehemence. But though you have wonderful abilities as a propagandist and evangelist at this time watch you are not trying to ram your views down other people's throats. Gentle persuasion often works better than brute force. Your mind is struggling with more elevated topics like philosophy and religion as well as general education. You may well be planning more long distance travel as well.

Transiting Jupiter in Sixth house

You are now in a phase of several months with Jupiter in your 6th house when the atmosphere at work becomes a great deal more harmonious. Tensions in working relationships will ease and you should find support and encouragement around you. Although great success is not necessarily forecast you could find improved job conditions include more money and certainly more praise. Your health should blossom as well. Any minor ailments from the past will recover remarkably quickly. Though you may find Jupiter's tendency to expansiveness not wonderfully good for keeping you slim. Over indulgences are a real danger and diets will slide for lack of will power.

Transiting Saturn in Fifth house

Saturn passes through your fifth house for two or three years though it may move out for brief periods at either end of that time span. You are having to learn hard lesson about love now and it may be that you feel life to be chilly and rather gloomy where it was once relaxing and indulgent. Love and your social life will seem more like work than work at times. You may feel loved ones and children to be a heavy responsibility now but out of this testing time for affairs of the heart could come some truly valuable insights which will help to give you strength in the future. Perhaps you need to learn about self-control and setting limits is romance. This is not a time to speculate on the stock market or invest money in high risk ventures.

Transiting Uranus in Second house

Uranus spends more than five years in your second house though it may move out for brief periods at either end of this time span. Now you must tighten your seat belt for a rather roller coaster ride in your financial life though that need not necessarily be bad. Larger lump sums than usual will come in and go out so you must have set up a flexible enough system to cope with an uneven flow of money. You must also seek out ways to diversify - perhaps different sources of income or different ways of handling the money you already possess. You will be inclined to act too impulsively at times and disregard advice. Inspired hunches may also lead you into making large gains. You need to try to discover what other things hold value for you in life apart from money.

Transiting Neptune in Second house

Neptune stays around your second house for over ten years though it may for brief periods at either end move into the house before or after. Finances may be confused, uncertain and rather undermining through this time though it partly depends on how grounded and sensible you are able to be. Your need to be sympathetic or generous may get in the way of common sense and security. Somehow you feel that being materialistic is beneath you. You want to be idealistic and spiritual about money and your possessions which generally means being out of touch with reality. If you are able to hold practical values as well as understanding there are other more intangible treasures in the world you could do well. But you may be forced to lose certain financial securities for a time to learn that you do have values which are nothing to do with money.

Transiting Pluto in Twelfth house

Pluto will stay for many years in your 12th house, which rules psychological and hidden matters. Pluto is the planet of depth, and slow transformation. You will be exploring your past and your inner psychology at this time to find more self- awareness and understanding. At the start you may be wary that you might dig up unpleasant facets of your personality, which have been previously hidden from view. But in reality you will find, through unexpected encounters or situations, that you are a good deal more resourceful, resilient and a richer personality that you had imagined. You will want to spend time on your own or in peaceful places during this long sojourn, since being around too many people will make you feel over loaded. You will need more time to re-centre yourself since other people will make you feel jangled or even depressed. You will be open to the emotional atmosphere around you a good deal more than in the past. This is part of a long clearing out process where you come to terms with the past and let it go.

Month by Month Chronology

November 2000

November 20: Transiting Mars Conjunct Mercury
You want to be involved in heated debates, controversies or arguments and at the very least will be expressing yourself with forthright frankness. Watch you are not stirring up trouble unnecessarily. Your forcefulness could hurt more sensitive souls who like their truth in dilute doses. Try to wrap your comments up in a little cotton wool and do not feel you have to defend every one of your views with total dedication. You are a little like a knight riding into battle on behalf of their favourite cause. However your mind will be sharp, alert and absolutely on the button.

November 25: Transiting Mars Conjunct Jupiter
You will not take no for an answer now as your confidence surges ahead together with a spirit of vibrant exuberance. Life is obviously offering you the perfect opportunity to get moving. The only thing which could slow you down or trip you up is a tendency to get over confident or bite off more than you can chew.But if you keep your feet firmly on the ground and are realistic then there is little you cannot achieve. Just watch that get rich quick schemes do not entice you into less than straightforward agreements. Over enthusiasm is likely.

November 26: Transiting Neptune Trine Uranus
Now you will find your head full of strange and wonderful ideas. You must just watch that you are not flying after obsessions and schemes which later turn out to be not so wonderful after all. Be sure you are staying grounded and practical though it will not be easy. These energies are rather tense, wound up and slightly explosive so you have to calm yourself down when you can. This is a time to find a new vision for your life.

December 2000

December 1: Transiting Saturn Opposite Neptune
You may worry far too much about things which either do not matter or do not even exist. You must watch becoming undermined or panicky because of nebulous fears or letting your neurotic side run riot. Be as down-to-earth and practical as you can manage. Avoid difficult people who could infect you with their anxiety . At best these influences can make you yearn and work for better times. You want to turn your dreams into reality or make a better society to live in. Your idealism should be quite high. Try to be creative where possible and keep your confidence high. It may not be easy but you must try to be self disciplined and hard working.

December 11: Transiting Mars Sextile Ascendant
You will come across to others as active, aggressive and not a little competitive. You could be on a fairly short fuse at times and maybe blow your top too rapidly . Mars is not the most sensitive of energies and can come across as insensitive and rather brash though here it is a little mellower than usual. You can really communicate with vigour and others could be infected by your boisterous exuberance. You want to make decisions, take the initiative and be the one in a leadership role.

December 12: Transiting Jupiter Trine Uranus
These are genuinely lucky influences which should produce sudden breakthroughs or bolts from the blue which allow you to see new vistas ahead. Opportunities to travel may turn up unexpectedly or small bonuses or some kind of fortunate event which makes you see that life is not as narrow or restricted as you had imagined. This is a time to take risks and dare to be a little unconventional. You will gain new insights, be more inventive, and take an independent point of view.

December 18: Transiting Mars Conjunct Midheaven
You are ambitious, competitive, aggressive and very hard working. All your drive, determination and passionate enthusiasm are going into work. You intend to be the one making the decisions and coming out on top. Anyone who gets in your way is likely to be swept aside but do watch that you are not coming across as intimidating or threatening. You can arouse more opposition to your plans by being insensitive. This is a real chance to win if you handle yourself correctly.

December 18: Transiting Mars in Tenth house
For the next few weeks with Mars in your 10th house you will be working hard to achieve your ambitions at work and out in the world. No one will accuse you of lacking courage or being too timid as you push rivals out of the way. You intend to make your mark. Boss figures may find you a little threatening as you obviously intend to take over the decisive role. Be aware that charging ahead in a headstrong way could run you into problems. Try to find a little tact and subtlety as a counter balance, and sweep companions up in your enthusiasm. You should be able to praise yourself for your accomplishments at the end of this time.

December 19: Transiting Pluto Sextile Jupiter
You can expect rather magic things to happen in your life which will bring confidence, success and a great deal of money. Almost anything you want or turn your hand to should produce larger results that you expected. You are willing to put your back into projects and that combined with a rare streak of good luck should make your fortune more secure. You really can turn thoughts into things. You will not take no for an answer nor allow anything or anyone to stand in your way. Social niceties will be swept aside as you fly ahead with great conviction. You could get yourself into trouble if you think you are above the law or do not need to stay this side of regulation.

December 20: Transiting Saturn Trine Pluto
These herald tough times when you feel held back by adverse circumstances. You have little option but to find patience, perseverance and let dogged determination see you through. You have the courage and toughness required to see you through to easier times. You will obviously not be laughing and singing through this phase but it is also important not to get too gloomy. You will almost certainly be held back by things outside your control maybe outer events in society. Be reassured that others are feeling much as you do. You must change now of that there is no doubt though you will feel like resisting. You can get right down into the depths to new levels of understanding and if you do have to push your more sensitive feelings to one side for a while you will still learn a great deal that is beneficial.

December 22: Transiting Jupiter in Fifth house
You are now in a phase of several months with Jupiter in your 5th house when your social self-confidence will soar. You want to be enjoying a livelier lifestyle where you can flirt, have fun and aim for leisure, pleasure and entertainment. If you have children your relationships with them will be easy going and tolerant. They could bring you good fortune in the coming months. Romance is on the cards as well as you learn to like yourself better and feel no need to apologise for your inadequacies.

December 23: Transiting Jupiter Square Venus
You will be indulgent, lazy, sugary sweet and adorably charming. At a social level you will thrive but your smiles may only be surface deep. You want peace at all costs and are pouring oil on troubled water. Watch you are not aiming too much for the superficial pleasures of life and ignoring more serious matters. Though you will undoubtedly take the strain off yourself now. You will not find it easy to motivate yourself to do specialised or meticulous, detailed work. You want the beautiful, luxury or artistic things of life around.

December 28: Transiting Mars Sextile Mars
Watch out for firework displays as your exuberance and temper start to rise. The heat is definitely turned up! Try to channel your energy in constructive directions otherwise you could clash unnecessarily with close companions and waste all that wonderful red hot fuel. It could be a great time to get new projects off the ground or for doing anything sporting or physical. Though you have to watch out for minor accidents or being too headstrong.

December 28: Transiting Mars Sextile Venus
You have a positively passionate enthusiasm for almost everything in life but your romantic life should particularly benefit. You are throwing all your energy and libido into expressing your feelings with force and depth. Pleasuring yourself comes high on your list of priorities so you are seeking out fun companions and wholehearted workmates. Extravagances, indulgences and excesses are likely in all the luxury areas of life.

December 30: Transiting Jupiter Trine Sun
Jupiter is the bringer of health, wealth and good fortune so your confidence should be high. Opportunities are all around for you to expand your life in so many different ways. Luck is on your side but it can always be improved by a little extra thought and hard work. Nothing can dent your enthusiasm but watch that lack of realism does not send you headlong into madcap schemes. You might assume that life is going to be delivered to you on a silver platter so you bite off more than you can chew or promise more than you can deliver. But everything is undoubtedly easier and you feel more tolerant.

January 2001

January 6: Transiting Mars Opposite Saturn
These are tough times when only patience, perseverance and self discipline will see you through. Forget about indulgences, whims or getting your own way. Frustrations, delays and set-backs will have your teeth on edge and your temper bubbling below the surface. You could be accident prone so do watch out especially when your irritations boil over. You will veer between being too passive and being too forceful. Tact will be lacking when you explode. But you can be assured that you will achieve a great deal if you just hang on in there. You may be gloomy but you are being realistic.

January 18: Transiting Mars in Eleventh house
For the next few weeks with Mars in your 11th house you will want to throw your energy wholeheartedly into friendships and team efforts . You have had a time of making decisions on your own and being bossy but now you are happy to submerge your stronger feelings in group situations, though co-operation will not always be easy. This is the time to make long-term plans and see where you are going over the next few weeks and months. Setting your goals is crucial for otherwise you will have no sense of purpose or direction over the next phase of your life.

February 2001

February 5: Transiting Mars Sextile Pluto
Your determination to go your own way could be awesome now. Nothing will be allowed to stand in your way if your blood really gets up. Though you could find yourself on the receiving end of these influences if you are too passive and someone else could try to ride roughshod over you. These are highly ambitious, almost ruthless energies which need to be handled with extreme care. Watch you do not put yourself into high risk situations where you could be frightened . Frustrations are likely and bouts of irritability. It is only through fairly brutal effort that you will achieve what you want. But beware being too dominating, manipulative, or over intense.

February 8: Transiting Mars Conjunct Neptune
This is a time when you could turn your dreams into reality or alternatively find your forward drive undermined by panic and uncertainty. You must try to harness your energy behind your visions and fantasies and make them work out. It is likely that you will disappear into rather romantic or over glamorous daydreams to satisfy your need for a life that is not dull, routine and rather drab. But it would be a mistake to do nothing. Find the courage to make your life more than it is. Romantically and sexually you are likely to be questioning what it is you really want. You could find that your charms come across as mysterious and others are seduced by your attractiveness. You could be involved in events which gain you publicity.

February 12: Transiting Mars Trine Moon
You will find yourself flying into action at home. You are determined to sweep the furniture and the family into shape but do beware a tendency to be a little too sharp at points. You could hurt sensitive feelings. At points you may feel like a mini volcano about to overflow. Mar is not the most sensitive of energies and the Moon really needs nurturing and protecting not railroaded into over hasty action. Whatever happens avoid alcohol since that will tend to make your irritability worse rather than better. If you can channel your over abundance of red hot energy in constructive directions you could achieve a great deal. Try your hand at DIY. You have a lot of energy for improving your surroundings or life situations. You are very motivated to improve. There could be some hard feelings, especially from younger persons, if you become too aggressive.

February 19: Transiting Mars Sextile Sun
You will be dynamic, energetic and downright aggressive because you are determined to follow your own inclinations. Luckily the easier aspect makes it possible for Mars' hot tempered energy to be channelled in sensible directions. You are less likely to sweep aside people who get in your way though your irritation could spill out into the open. Do watch since Mars is never very sensitive. If you can harness the energy properly then you can achieve a great deal because you have courage, confidence and drive. You will, however, have a minor tendency to rush in where angels fear to tread and could leap before you look. Being headstrong and hasty may not be the best answer. You could be accident prone or take too many risks if involved in sport. You are feeling just a little macho. Try to cultivate a little serenity and self control.

February 20: Transiting Jupiter Trine Sun
Please see text for December 30

February 20: Transiting Mars Square Venus
You have a positively passionate enthusiasm for almost everything in life . You are throwing all your energy and libido into expressing your feelings with force and depth. Pleasuring yourself comes high on your list of priorities so you are seeking out fun companions and wholehearted workmates. Extravagances, indulgences and excesses are likely in all the luxury areas of life. But watch you are not being a little insensitive in your love life. You may be expecting what you do not give. Or indeed the reverse may be the case with lovers expecting you to be in tune with their needs while they follow their own inclinations.

February 20: Transiting Mars in Twelfth house
For the next few weeks with Mars in your 12th house you may feel vaguely uneasy and rather held back. You will achieve very little by direction action or confrontation. Indeed the harder you push the less you may succeed so it might be as well to develop patience. You must throw your energy into behind-the- scenes activity or learn to pull strings a little more subtly. Others can be made to dance to your tune if you cannot dance it yourself. Concentrate on finding out why your anger is so trapped and on finding why certain of your actions are self- defeating.

February 23: Transiting Mars Sextile Uranus
These are days when no one is going to interfere with your aims, ambitions and desire. You will do things your way or not at all. You are exuberantly independent , rebellious and downright wayward at times. But you are also gloriously inspired and will find your energy is bubbling over in super abundance. You feel like being different, trying something new and unusual. The more you stick to routine the less you will achieve. This is a perfect time for all out experimentation, new ideas anything that could be a real breakthrough. You may have more courage than sense but it will pay off. You want speed and high excitement, anything with a little risk attached will appeal.

February 27: Transiting Jupiter Square Venus
Please see text for December 23

February 28: Transiting Jupiter in Sixth house
You are now in a phase of several months with Jupiter in your 6th house when the atmosphere at work becomes a great deal more harmonious. Tensions in working relationships will ease and you should find support and encouragement around you. Although great success is not necessarily forecast you could find improved job conditions include more money and certainly more praise. Your health should blossom as well. Any minor ailments from the past will recover remarkably quickly. Though you may find Jupiter's tendency to expansiveness not wonderfully good for keeping you slim. Over indulgences are a real danger and diets will slide for lack of will power.

March 2001

March 1: Transiting Saturn Trine Pluto
Please see text for December 20

March 7: Transiting Mars Sextile Mercury
You want to be involved in heated debates, controversies or arguments and at the very least will be expressing yourself with forthright frankness. Watch you are not stirring up trouble unnecessarily. Your forcefulness could hurt more sensitive souls who like their truth in dilute doses. Try to wrap your comments up in a little cotton wool and do not feel you have to defend every one of your views with total dedication. You are a little like a knight riding into battle on behalf of their favourite cause. However your mind will be sharp, alert and absolutely on the button.

March 10: Transiting Jupiter Trine Uranus
Please see text for December 12

March 14: Transiting Neptune Square Saturn
This could be a rather disorienting time as you lose a true sense of perspective. Your grasp on reality may feel as if it is slipping but whatever happens you must remember that you are undoubtedly looking far too much on the negative side of things. Life is not as black as it seems at present. You just have to understand that you had become a little too solidly stuck in a conventional way of doing things and you must now find a new vision for your life. Though it will not be easy to think things through logically. You are likely to worry about things that do not exist or are never going to happen. Keep your imagination under control.

March 14: Transiting Mars Sextile Jupiter
You will not take no for an answer now as your confidence surges ahead together with a spirit of vibrant exuberance. Life is obviously offering you the perfect opportunity to get moving. The only thing which could slow you down or trip you up is a tendency to get over confident or bite off more than you can chew.But if you keep your feet firmly on the ground and are realistic then there is little you cannot achieve. Just watch that get rich quick schemes do not entice you into less than straightforward agreements. Over enthusiasm is likely.

March 19: Transiting Saturn Opposite Neptune
Please see text for December 1

March 21: Transiting Uranus Sextile Ascendant
No one is going to corral or possess you now. You are making a bid for freedom and independence and you could not care less who knows it. You will be yourself no matter what ripples it creates. Personal relationships may shake a little as you refuse to fit in any longer. Partners need to allow you to go your own way. You will be always honest but not always too tactful.

April 2001

April 7: Transiting Mars Conjunct Ascendant
You will come across to others as active, aggressive and not a little competitive. You will be on a fairly short fuse and could blow your top too rapidly . Mars is not the most sensitive of energies and can come across as insensitive and rather brash. But you can really communicate with vigour and others could be infected by your boisterous exuberance. You want to make decisions, take the initiative and be the one in a leadership role.

April 7: Transiting Mars in First house
For the next few weeks with Mars in your 1st house you will find yourself being more assertive, competitive and downright aggressive at points. Your blood is up and you intend that nothing should be allowed to get in your way. Any obstacles that appear will be swept aside and people who oppose you will get short shrift. Your temper is not likely to be as its smoothest and some diplomacy will be needed. But your blunt approach is what is needed to achieve your aims. Relationships may suffer a little since you are not at your most sensitive and at times your foolhardiness could lead you into trouble. Remember the old saying about fools rushing in where angels fear to tread. But also allow yourself the opportunity to do what caution and timidity has prevented you from doing in the past.

April 9: Transiting Saturn Sextile Moon
You may feel slightly gloomy and cut off from affectionate support especially from the family or a special woman in your life. Saturn always creates work and makes nurturing yourself difficult. Maybe you are having to resolve certain practical or business problems around your home or family which these influences will help. Or you are having to face up to certain realities in your emotional life. Others will sense you as self sufficient or self contained. Maybe you could try to break the ice by expressing your feelings more openly. Maybe you do have to leave part of the past behind now.

April 15: Transiting Jupiter Trine Mercury
Your confidence is overflowing in everything you say. You are tolerant, laid back and good at putting companions at their ease. You are also great at infecting them with your optimism and confidence . Just watch your over enthusiasm does not push you into biting off more than you can chew or promising more than you can deliver. Jupiter always has a prophetic sense of what is coming so trust your intuition. You want to learn more and communicate more especially with people from different backgrounds and countries.

April 15: Transiting Mars Square Pluto
Power struggles are more than likely now. Your determination to go your own way could be awesome now. Nothing will be allowed to stand in your way when your blood really gets up. Though you could find yourself on the receiving end of these influences if you are too passive and someone else could try to ride roughshod over you. These are highly ambitious, almost ruthless energies which need to be handled with extreme care. Watch you do not put yourself into high risk situations where you could be frightened. Frustrations are likely and bouts of irritability. It is only through fairly brutal effort that you will achieve what you want. But beware being too dominating, manipulative or over intense.

April 23: Transiting Mars Sextile Midheaven
You are ambitious, competitive, aggressive and hard working. All your drive, determination and passionate enthusiasm are going into work. You want to be the one making the decisions and coming out on top. Anyone who gets in your way is likely to be pushed aside but do watch that you are not coming across as intimidating or threatening. You can arouse opposition to your plans by being insensitive. This is a real chance to win if you handle yourself correctly.

April 30: Transiting Jupiter Trine Jupiter
This should be a time of good fortune in your life. You will see opportunities all around and life in general will seem a more generous place. Not only financial bonuses should come your way but also better health and a general sense of well being. You can however improve even on your good luck by putting in a little hard work. By being self disciplined you can make your good fortune last longer. Try to avoid being lazy, or over optimistic. You should be able to see your way ahead clearly.

May 2001

May 3: Transiting Mars Square Moon
You may find yourself involved in noisy confrontations with women or family members with angry comments flying through the air. At the least you will find yourself flying into action at home. You could hurt sensitive feelings. You are determined to sweep the furniture and the family into shape but do beware a tendency to be a little too fierce or aggressive. At points you may feel like a volcano about to overflow. Mar is not the most sensitive of energies and the Moon really needs nurturing and protecting not railroaded into over hasty action. Whatever happens avoid alcohol since that will tend to make your irritability worse rather than better. If you can channel your over abundance of red hot energy in constructive directions you could achieve a great deal. Try your hand at DIY but watch that you are not accident prone. Emotional flare-ups, especially with younger people or those you spend time with are ,possible right now. You could push too hard and damage your living situation or means of support.

May 9: Transiting Saturn Trine Sun
Do not worry too much if you feel gloomy or over saddled with responsibility. Saturn always brings hard work and a strong sense of the flaws in life. Do not become too negative or judge yourself too harshly. This is a time for cutting your losses and concentrating on your successes. You will be rewarded for past efforts but it will also become crystal clear what is not working in your life and that must be abandoned. What you lose now will not be of importance for you in the future. This is a time for economy not wastefulness, doing your duty not following your whims. You can be disciplined and self controlled.

May 14: Transiting Saturn Square Venus
Love may seem far away and you sense a distinct chill in the emotional atmosphere. This is a time for hard work and you could match your creativity to a strong streak of practicality, so your dreams could be turned into something tangible. Just do not expect to feel rapturously happy. It may be that a relationship is separating as you face up to the flaws in it or your mate. Saturn sometimes brings a time of mourning. But out of it all you will emerge into a new phase of your love life. Just do not be too critical of yourself or of loved ones.

May 16: Transiting Saturn in Sixth house
Saturn passes through your sixth house for two to three years though it may move out for brief periods at either end of this time span. Now you are learning lessons about your health and your work life. You must become more efficient and better organised. There is seemingly no let up from conscientious toil but you must also understand when to say no. Undoubtedly you will feel over stressed at times and under recognised for your efforts but this is a time of laying solid foundations for the future. You will get your rewards in terms of praise and real success when Saturn crosses into your seventh house. If you do overwork to excess you will find your body complaining. Whenever you feel ill you must ask yourself where you have not been paying proper attention to your body's needs. Hard work may be needed to get your health in optimum shape but you can do it.

May 19: Transiting Mars Square Moon
Please see text for May 3

May 24: Transiting Saturn Trine Uranus
Saturn rules the past and Uranus the future so there will be a some tension in your life as you try to make changes in stuck situations. You will find yourself unwilling to put up with compromises or being crowded any longer. You need to try and mix the best of the old with the best of the new ideas. You could be quite inspired and have a really inventive approach to problems. But you are also likely to find it difficult to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. You will not always practice what you preach. You may be erratic and at times almost dictatorial. You will veer from being critical, conservative and rather staid to being rebellious , independent and distinctly wayward.

May 28: Transiting Mars Sextile Midheaven
Please see text for April 23

June 2001

June 5: Transiting Mars Square Pluto
Please see text for April 15

June 12: Transiting Jupiter in Seventh house
You are now in a phase of several months with Jupiter in your 7th house when close relationships of all varieties improve enormously. Jupiter brings an expansive air of ease, enthusiasm and tolerance to everything it touches and in this case both love and business partnerships prosper. You will be able to settle old differences amicably and see very clearly which relationships in your life have room for development. Those, which have outlived their time and have no potential for further growth, will be quietly dropped with a minimum of fuss. New and better friendships or romances will arrive to take their place. Just be a little wary of taking all the advice offered by certain close companions. They will be remarkably optimistic but may not be entirely realistic.

June 12: Transiting Jupiter Opposite Ascendant
You come across to others as easy, laid back and highly outgoing. All your relationships should improve. Your happy sense of confidence and optimism will rub off on everyone you meet. As you give out so will you get back. This is definitely a time for positive thinking, tolerance and enthusiastic action. You will be happy to give way if necessary but you are more likely to find others following your lead. Just watch that you are not being naive about close mates or taking them too much for granted. Your waistline could expand as your indulgences tend towards excess.

June 13: Transiting Mars in Twelfth house
Please see text for February 20

June 13: Transiting Mars Conjunct Ascendant
Please see text for April 7

June 21: Transiting Jupiter Square Pluto
This is your chance to really go for it but you must watch your step a little. Your confidence is high and your energy bubbling over. You have a wonderful opportunity to turn thoughts into things by exerting your will power. What you wish can happen if you think positively and put in a dollop of hard work. But you are likely to be a law unto yourself and not happy to compromise even for the sake of keeping the peace. Just watch you do not fall foul of authority figures. You will sweep social niceties aside if need be to achieve your aims. You will be pushy but it should succeed.

June 27: Transiting Pluto Sextile Jupiter
Please see text for December 19

June 30: Transiting Jupiter Trine Midheaven
Now is your chance to really shine in the spotlight at work or out in the community. Jupiter brings luck, success and a blossoming reputation. Whatever you turn your hand to should work out well though a little harder work always improves your good fortune. Companions will increasingly look up to you with respect just make sure you are being both practical and a little humble. Your ego could expand out of proportion and cause you to trip up through carelessness or arrogance.

July 2001

July 7: Transiting Jupiter Square Moon
Now you want everything at home and in your emotional life to be wonderful. Jupiter brings sweetness and light to Moon areas which are home, diet, family and the past. So you are likely to over indulge and expand as a result . You will be thoroughly and gloriously lazy but it might be an idea in the peaceful moments to mull over old memories. You can be more settled if you have thought things through more carefully. Just watch you are not too sugary sweet and sentimental. You could be untidy and rather careless.

July 11: Transiting Neptune Square Saturn
Please see text for March 14

July 12: Transiting Saturn Trine Mercury
This is a time for serious thinking, deep research and realistic assessments. Just do not fall into the glooms, judge yourself too harshly or become discouraged if companions appear not to agree with your every word. You may have to work hard to learn and to communicate now. But where you put in effort you will find that something really tangible emerges in the way of respect and achievement. You will not exaggerate or promise more than you can deliver. On the contrary you are likely to be a little pessimistic or cautious. You can get yourself better organised.

July 23: Transiting Jupiter Square Sun
Jupiter is the bringer of health, wealth and good fortune so your confidence should be high, perhaps a little too much so. Opportunities are all around for you to expand your life in so many different ways but laziness may hold you back. Luck is on your side but it can always be improved by a little extra thought and hard work. Nothing can dent your enthusiasm but watch that lack of realism does not send you headlong into madcap schemes. You might assume that life is going to be delivered to you on a silver platter so you bite off more than you can chew or promise more than you can deliver. But everything is undoubtedly easier and you feel more tolerant.

July 25: Transiting Jupiter Opposite Mars
These are expansive energies (maybe too much so) which will push you into taking your courage in both hands. You will not take no for an answer and are determined to exploit opportunities all around. Just watch your over enthusiasm does not trip you up or send you into biting off more than you can chew. Do not be too ready to speculate financially. Your expectations may be pitched a little high especially if you are relying on other people's money or generosity. You will push your own views with great enthusiasm and could sell almost anything now. Try to improve the lucky influences by using common sense and putting in a little additional hard work.

July 26: Transiting Jupiter Sextile Venus
You will be indulgent, lazy, sugary sweet and adorably charming. At a social level you will thrive but your smiles may only be surface deep. You want peace at all costs and are pouring oil on troubled water. Watch you are not aiming too much for the superficial pleasures of life and ignoring more serious matters. Though you will undoubtedly take the strain off yourself now. You will not find it easy to motivate yourself to do specialised or meticulous, detailed work. You want the beautiful, luxury or artistic things of life around.

August 2001

August 1: Transiting Jupiter Square Uranus
These are genuinely lucky influences which should produce sudden breakthroughs or bolts from the blue which allow you to see new vistas ahead. Opportunities to travel may turn up unexpectedly or small bonuses or some kind of fortunate event which makes you see that life is not as narrow or restricted as you had imagined. But you are likely to be wanting too much excitement and will find it almost impossible to settle down to routine tasks. Your judgement may not be very sound as you err on the over hopeful side. You want take risks and to be a little unconventional. You could gain new insights but you will have to stay practical. You certainly want to be taking an independent point of view.

August 12: Transiting Uranus Sextile Ascendant
Please see text for March 21

August 14: Transiting Saturn Trine Jupiter
These are slightly strange influences which will make you feel both optimistic and pessimistic. Your mood rises and falls . On the whole you will sense a slowing down of progress or expansion. What you want to achieve will take more work than before. It is crucially important that you find some way of fulfilling your dreams and being practical at the same time. There could be delays and some tension in the atmosphere but you are likely with effort to find stability. Just be prepared to move at a snail's pace and not to leap after hunches, which will almost certainly prove to be wrong. You may be forced to cutback expenditure after a period of extravagance. Your financial judgement is not as good as it sometimes is.

August 20: Transiting Jupiter Sextile Saturn
You feel pushed and pulled by your moods. One moment you feel optimistic , the next pessimistic. Your judgement especially on financial matters is not terribly sound. You could have hunches which do not work out at all so beware. At work you could feel discontented and indeed be about to change direction suddenly. If you can use the energies properly you could very cautiously expand areas of your life which need a more firm base. But you are just as likely to do the opposite and feel held back by circumstances beyond your control. If you can get it right you will achieve a rare sense of balance.

August 24: Transiting Mars Conjunct Ascendant
Please see text for April 7

August 24: Transiting Mars in First house
Please see text for April 7

August 29: Transiting Mars Square Pluto
Please see text for April 15

September 2001

September 2: Transiting Jupiter Square Mercury
Your confidence is overflowing in everything you say, maybe too much so. You are tolerant, laid back and good at putting companions at their ease. You are also great at infecting them with your optimism and confidence . Just watch your over enthusiasm does not push you into biting off more than you can chew or promising more than you can deliver. Jupiter always has a prophetic sense of what is coming but be wary about trusting everything your intuition tells you . You want to learn more and communicate more especially with people from different backgrounds and countries.

September 3: Transiting Mars Sextile Midheaven
Please see text for April 23

September 6: Transiting Mars Square Moon
Please see text for May 3

September 13: Transiting Mars Square Sun
You are likely to be clashing head on especially with people who try to boss you around. You will be inclined to rush in where angels fear to tread and could leap before you look. Anyone or anything that gets in your way will be swept aside, and your irritation is likely to spill out into the open. Do watch since Mars is never very sensitive. Being headstrong and hasty may not be the best answer. You may rub others up the wrong way and they could put yet more obstacles in your way. You could be accident prone or take too many risks if involved in sport. Try to cultivate a little serenity and self control. If you can harness the energy properly you can be dynamic and energetic because you are determined to follow your own inclinations. You could achieve a great deal because you have courage, confidence and drive. Emotions may flare up or arguments occur that work against your own best interests. Be prepared, and walk softly.

September 13: Transiting Mars Conjunct Mars
Watch out for firework displays as your exuberance and temper start to rise. The heat is definitely turned up! Try to channel your energy in constructive directions otherwise you will clash unnecessarily with close companions and waste all that wonderful red hot fuel. It could be a great time to get new projects off the ground or for doing anything sporting or physical. Though you have to watch out for minor accidents or being too headstrong.

September 14: Transiting Mars Trine Venus
Please see text for December 28 (Trines and Sextiles have the same influence)

September 16: Transiting Mars Square Uranus
Explosive arguments could happen if you as much as smell an order coming your way. These are days when no one is going to interfere with your aims, ambitions and desire. You will do things your way or not at all. You are likely to have more courage than sense so watch out for accidents . You want speed and high excitement, anything with a little risk attached will appeal. You will be boisterously independent , rebellious and downright wayward. But you could with care also be gloriously inspired and you will certainly find your energy is bubbling over in super abundance. You want to be different, to try anything new and unusual. The more you stick to routine the less you will achieve. This is a perfect time for all out experimentation, new ideas anything that could be a real breakthrough.

September 23: Transiting Mars Trine Saturn
These are tough times when only patience, perseverance and self discipline will see you through. Forget about indulgences, whims or getting your own way. Frustrations, delays and set-backs will have your teeth on edge and your temper bubbling below the surface. You could be accident prone so do watch out especially when your irritations boil over. You will veer between being too passive and being too forceful. Tact will be lacking when you explode. But you can be assured that you will achieve a great deal if you just hang on in there. You may be gloomy but you are being realistic.

September 24: Transiting Jupiter Square Jupiter
This is a time of confidence, maybe too much so. You will see opportunities all around and life in general will seem a more generous place. Financial bonuses could come your way and better health and a general sense of well being. You will have to put some energy in to make the influences benefit you as they can. By being self disciplined you can make your good fortune last longer, though it will not be easy since you feel lazy, and are slightly over optimistic. You should be able to see your way ahead clearly but keep common sense in hand.

September 27: Transiting Mars Square Mercury
Outright confrontations are likely as you want to be involved in heated debates, controversies or arguments . At the very least you will be expressing yourself with forthright frankness. Watch you are not stirring up trouble unnecessarily. Your forcefulness could hurt more sensitive souls who like their truth in dilute doses. Try to wrap your comments up in a little cotton wool and do not feel you have to defend every one of your views with total dedication. You are a little like a knight riding into battle on behalf of their favourite cause. However your mind will be sharp, alert and absolutely on the button.

October 2001

October 2: Transiting Mars Square Jupiter
You will not take no for an answer now as your confidence surges ahead together with a spirit of vibrant exuberance. Life you feel is offering you the perfect opportunity to get ahead. But you could be taking your good luck or someone else's generosity too much for granted. The things which could slow you down or trip you up are a tendency to get over confident or bite off more than you can chew. You must try to keep your feet firmly on the ground and be realistic which will not be easy. Then there is a real chance that you can achieve a great deal. Just watch that get rich quick schemes do not entice you into less than straightforward agreements. Over enthusiasm is likely.

October 9: Transiting Mars in Second house
The next few weeks with Mars in your second house will see you more obsessed with money than usual. It is important to realize that your long-term security is crucially important to you so you have to take steps to acquire more money and possessions. If necessary you will fight to defend your property and rights, ensuring that you get your due rewards. A rather flamboyant lifestyle will appeal to you so you will want to indulge yourself in the short term. Mars here can make you unusually intense and rather sensual, so pleasure comes high on your priority list. Just do not be too impulsive or reckless about taking on new commitments just to impress other people.

October 16: Transiting Pluto Sextile Jupiter
Please see text for December 19

October 20: Transiting Mars Trine Pluto
Please see text for February 5 (Trines and Sextiles have the same influence)

October 22: Transiting Mars Sextile Neptune
This is a time when you could turn your dreams into reality or alternatively find your forward drive undermined by panic and uncertainty. You must try to harness your energy behind your visions and fantasies and make them work out. It is likely that you will disappear into rather romantic or over glamorous daydreams to satisfy your need for a life that is not dull, routine and rather drab. But it would be a mistake to do nothing. Find the courage to make your life more than it is. Romantically and sexually you are likely to be questioning what it is you really want. You could find that your charms come across as mysterious and others are seduced by your attractiveness. You could be involved in events which gain you publicity.

October 23: Transiting Mars Square Midheaven
Home may appear a little like a battlefield as your temper is on far too short a fuse. You are irritable for reasons which are not entirely clear to you. Really it is old anger from the past which is surfacing. You must try to throw your energy in constructive directions. Tidy up your home or turn your hand to DIY. Frustrations will pile up because work is slow and your feel career plans have met a complete block. All you can do is have patience. It will work out but not quite yet.

October 25: Transiting Mars Sextile Moon
Please see text for February 12 (Trines and Sextiles have the same influence)

October 31: Transiting Mars Trine Sun
Please see text for February 19 (Trines and Sextiles have the same influence)

November 2001

November 2: Transiting Mars Trine Uranus
Please see text for February 23 (Trines and Sextiles have the same influence)

November 8: Transiting Mars Square Saturn
These are tough times when only patience, perseverance and self discipline will see you through. Forget about indulgences, whims or getting your own way. Frustrations, delays and set-backs will have your teeth on edge and your temper bubbling below the surface. You could be accident prone so do watch out especially when your irritations boil over. You will veer between being too passive and being too forceful. Tact will be lacking when you explode. But you can be assured that you will achieve a great deal if you just hang on in there. You may be gloomy but you are being realistic.

November 9: Transiting Saturn Trine Jupiter
Please see text for August 14

November 11: Transiting Mars Trine Mercury
Please see text for March 7 (Trines and Sextiles have the same influence)

November 15: Transiting Mars Trine Jupiter
Please see text for March 14 (Trines and Sextiles have the same influence)