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Your Personal Horoscope 2009: Month-by-month Forecasts for Every Sign
Your Personal
HOROSCOPE
2009
The only one-volume horoscope
you’ll ever need
Joseph Polansky
The author is grateful to the people of STAR
Contents
Introduction
Aries
Personality Profile
Understanding an Aries
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Taurus
Personality Profile
Understanding a Taurus
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Gemini
Personality Profile
Understanding a Gemini
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Cancer
Personality Profile
Understanding a Cancer
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Leo
Personality Profile
Understanding a Leo
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Virgo
Personality Profile
Understanding a Virgo
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Libra
Personality Profile
Understanding a Libra
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Scorpio
Personality Profile
Understanding a Scorpio
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Sagittarius
Personality Profile
Understanding a Sagittarius
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Capricorn
Personality Profile
Understanding a Capricorn
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Aquarius
Personality Profile
Understanding an Aquarius
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts 385
Pisces
Personality Profile
Understanding a Pisces
Horoscope for 2009
Month-by-month Forecasts
Glossary of Astrological Terms
Copyright
About the Publisher
Introduction
Welcome to the fascinating and intricate world of astrology!
For thousands of years the movements of the planets and other heavenly bodies have intrigued the best minds of every generation. Life holds no greater challenge or joy than this: knowledge of ourselves and the universe we live in. Astrology is one of the keys to this knowledge.
Your Personal Horoscope 2009 gives you the fruits of astrological wisdom. In addition to general guidance on your character and the basic trends of your life, it shows you how to take advantage of planetary influences so you can make the most of the year ahead.
The section on each Sign includes a Personality Profile, a look at general trends for 2009, and in-depth month-by-month forecasts. The Glossary (page 3) explains some of the astrological terms you may be unfamiliar with.
One of the many helpful features of this book is the ‘Best’ and ‘Most Stressful’ days listed at the beginning of each monthly forecast. Read these sections to learn which days in each month will be good overall, good for money, and good for love. Mark them on your calendar—these will be your best days. Similarly, make a note of the days that will be most stressful for you. It is best to avoid taking important meetings or major decisions on these days, as well as on those days when important planets in your Horoscope are retrograde (moving backwards through the Zodiac).
The Major Trends section for your Sign lists those days when your vitality is strong or weak, or when relationships with your co-workers or loved ones may need a bit more effort on your part. If you are going through a difficult time, take a look at the colour, metal, gem and scent listed in the ‘At a Glance’ section of your Personality Profile. Wearing a piece of jewellery that contains your metal and/or gem will strengthen your vitality; just as wearing clothes or decorating your room or office in the colour ruled by your Sign, drinking teas made from the herbs ruled by your Sign, or wearing the scents associated with your Sign will sustain you.
Another important virtue of this book is that it will help you to know not only yourself but those around you: your friends, co-workers, partners and/or children. Reading the Personality Profile and forecasts for their Signs will provide you with an insight into their behaviour that you won’t get anywhere else. You will know when to be more tolerant of them and when they are liable to be difficult or irritable.
In this edition we have included foot reflexology charts as part of the health section. So many health problems could perhaps be avoided or alleviated if we understood which organs were most vulnerable and what we could do to protect them. Though there are many natural and drug-free ways to strengthen vulnerable organs, these charts show a valid way to proceed. The vulnerable organs for the year ahead are clearly marked in the chart. It’s very good to massage the whole foot on a regular basis, as the feet contain reflexes to the entire body. Try to pay special attention to the specific areas marked in the chart. If this is done diligently, health problems can be avoided. And even if they can’t be completely avoided, their impact can be softened considerably.
I consider you—the reader—my personal client. By studying your Solar Horoscope I gain an awareness of what is going on in your life—what you are feeling and striving for and the challenges you face. I then do my best to address these concerns. Consider this book the next best thing to having your own personal astrologer!
It is my sincere hope that Your Personal Horoscope 2009 will enhance the quality of your life, make things easier, illuminate the way forward, banish obscurities and make you more aware of your personal connection to the universe. Understood properly and used wisely, astrology is a great guide to knowing yourself, the people around you and the events in your life—but remember that what you do with these insights—the final result—is up to you.
Aries
THE RAM
Birthdays from 21st March to 20th April
Personality Profile
ARIES AT A GLANCE
Element—Fire
Ruling Planet—Mars Career Planet—Saturn Love Planet—Venus Money Planet—Venus Planet of Fun, Entertainment, Creativity and Speculations—Sun Planet of Health and Work—Mercury Planet of Home and Family Life—Moon Planet of Spirituality—Neptune Planet of Travel, Education, Religion and Philosophy—Jupiter
Colours—carmine, red, scarlet
Colours that promote love, romance and social harmony—green, jade green
Colour that promotes earning power—green
Gem—amethyst
Metals—iron, steel
Scent—honeysuckle
Quality—cardinal (= activity)
Quality most needed for balance—caution
Strongest virtues—abundant physical energy, courage, honesty, independence, self-reliance
Deepest need—action
Characteristics to avoid—haste, impetuousness, over-aggression, rashness
Signs of greatest overall compatibility—Leo, Sagittarius
Signs of greatest overall incompatibility—Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Sign most helpful to career—Capricorn
Sign most helpful for emotional support—Cancer
Sign most helpful financially—Taurus
Sign best for marriage and/or partnerships—Libra
Sign most helpful for creative projects—Leo
Best Sign to have fun with—Leo
Signs most helpful in spiritual matters—Sagittarius, Pisces
Best day of the week—Tuesday
Understanding an Aries
Aries is the activist par excellence of the Zodiac. The Aries need for action is almost an addiction, and those who do not really understand the Aries personality would probably use this hard word to describe it. In reality ‘action’ is the essence of the Aries psychology—the more direct, blunt and to-the-point the action, the better. When you think about it, this is the ideal psychological makeup for the warrior, the pioneer, the athlete or the manager.
Aries likes to get things done, and in their passion and zeal often lose sight of the consequences for themselves and others. Yes, they often try to be diplomatic and tactful, but it is hard for them. When they do so they feel that they are being dishonest and phony. It is hard for them even to understand the mindset of the diplomat, the consensus builder, the front office executive. These people are involved in endless meetings, discussions, talks and negotiations—all of which seem a great waste of time when there is so much work to be done, so many real achievements to be gained. An Aries can understand, once it is explained, that talks and negotiations—the social graces—lead ultimately to better, more effective actions. The interesting thing is that an Aries is rarely malicious or spiteful—even when waging war. Aries people fight without hate for their opponents. To them it is all good-natured fun, a grand adventure, a game.
When confronted with a problem many people will say ‘Well, let’s think about it, let’s analyse the situation.’ But not an Aries. An Aries will think ‘Something must be done. Let’s get on with it.’ Of course neither response is the total answer. Sometimes action is called for, sometimes cool thought. But an Aries tends to err on the side of action.
Action and thought are radically different principles. Physical activity is the use of brute force. Thinking and deliberating require one not to use force—to be still. It is not good for the athlete to be deliberating the next move; this will only slow down his or her reaction time. The athlete must act instinctively and instantly. This is how Aries people tend to behave in life. They are quick, instinctive decision-makers and their decisions tend to be translated into action almost immediately. When their intuition is sharp and well tuned, their actions are powerful and successful. When their intuition is off, their actions can be disastrous.
Do not think this will scare an Aries. Just as a good warrior knows that in the course of combat he or she might acquire a few wounds, so too does an Aries realize—somewhere deep down—that in the course of being true to yourself you might get embroiled in a disaster or two. It is all part of the game. An Aries feels strong enough to weather any storm.
There are many Aries people who are intellectual. They make powerful and creative thinkers. But even in this realm they tend to be pioneers—outspoken and blunt. These types of Aries tend to elevate (or sublimate) their desire for physical combat in favour of intellectual, mental combat. And they are indeed powerful.
In general, Aries people have a faith in themselves that others could learn from. This basic, rock-bottom faith carries them through the most tumultuous situations of life. Their courage and self-confidence make them natural leaders. Their leadership is more by way of example than by actually controlling others.
Finance
Aries people often excel as builders or estate agents. Money in and of itself is not as important as are other things—action, adventure, sport, etc. They are motivated by the need to support and be well-thought-of by their partners. Money as a way of attaining pleasure is another important motivation. An Aries functions best in their own businesses or as manager of their own departments within a large business or corporation. The fewer orders they have to take from higher up, the better. They also function better out in the field rather than behind a desk.
Aries people are hard workers with a lot of endurance; they can earn large sums of money due to the strength of their sheer physical energy.
Venus is their money planet, which means that Aries need to develop more of the social graces in order to realize their full earning potential. Just getting the job done—which is what an Aries excels at—is not enough to create financial success. The co-operation of others needs to be attained. Customers, clients and co-workers need to be made to feel comfortable; many people need to be treated properly in order for success to happen. When Aries people develop these abilities—or hire someone to do this for them—their financial potential is unlimited.
Career and Public Image
One would think that a pioneering type would want to break with the social and political conventions of society. But this is not so with the Aries-born. They are pioneers within conventional limits, in the sense that they like to start their own businesses within an established industry.
Capricorn is on the 10th House (Career) cusp of Aries’ Solar Horoscope. Saturn is the planet that rules their life’s work and professional aspirations. This tells us some interesting things about the Aries character. First off, it shows that, in order for Aries people to reach their full career potential, they need to develop some qualities that are a bit alien to their basic nature: They need to become better administrators and organizers; they need to be able to handle details better and to take a long-range view of their projects and their careers in general. No one can beat an Aries when it comes to achieving short-range objectives, but a career is long term, built over time. You cannot take a ‘quickie’ approach to it.
Some Aries people find it difficult to stick with a project until the end. Since they get bored quickly and are in constant pursuit of new adventures, they prefer to pass an old project or task on to somebody else in order to start something new. Those Aries who learn how to put off the search for something new until the old is completed will achieve great success in their careers and professional lives.
In general, Aries people like society to judge them on their own merits, on their real and actual achievements. A reputation acquired by ‘hype’ feels false to them.
Love and Relationships
In marriage and partnerships Aries like those who are more passive, gentle, tactful and diplomatic—people who have the social grace and skills they sometimes lack. Our partners always represent a hidden part of ourselves—a self that we cannot express personally.
An Aries tends to go after what he or she likes aggressively. The tendency is to jump into relationships and marriages. This is especially true if Venus is in Aries as well as the Sun. If an Aries likes you, he or she will have a hard time taking no for an answer; many attempts will be made to sweep you off your feet.
Though Aries can be exasperating in relationships—especially if they are not understood by their partners—they are never consciously or wilfully cruel or malicious. It is just that they are so independent and sure of themselves that they find it almost impossible to see somebody else’s viewpoint or position. This is why an Aries needs as a partner someone with lots of social grace.
On the plus side, an Aries is honest, someone you can lean on, someone with whom you will always know where you stand. What he or she lacks in diplomacy is made up for in integrity.
Home and Domestic Life
An Aries is of course the ruler at home—the Boss. The male will tend to delegate domestic matters to the female. The female Aries will want to rule the roost. Both tend to be handy round the house. Both like large families and both believe in the sanctity and importance of the family. An Aries is a good family person, although he or she does not especially like being at home a lot, preferring instead to be roaming about.
Considering that they are by nature so combative and wilful, Aries people can be surprisingly soft, gentle and even vulnerable with their children and partners. The Sign of Cancer, ruled by the Moon, is on the cusp of their Solar 4th House (Home and Family). When the Moon is well aspected—under favourable influences—in the birth chart an Aries will be tender towards the family and want a family life that is nurturing and supportive. Aries likes to come home after a hard day on the battlefield of life to the understanding arms of their partner and the unconditional love and support of their family. An Aries feels that there is enough ‘war’ out in the world—and he or she enjoys participating in that. But when Aries comes home, comfort and nurturing are what’s needed.
Horoscope for 2009
Major Trends
Last year was a banner career year for most of you. In many cases, you attained lifetime highs—peak career experiences. Whatever your age or stage in life, you advanced career-wise. There were promotions, raises, honours and recognition. Your career horizons were widened. In many cases (especially among those who are retired), there were no promotions, but just more honour and recognition for who you are and for past achievements. In the cases of younger Aries, important and fortunate career paths opened up—if only in your mind—for the future. This year, the trend will shift. Career goals have been attained and your focus will be more on friendships, group activities and networking. Many of you will manifest your fondest hopes and wishes this year.
Health and health issues were very important last year and the trend continues in the year ahead (especially until October 29). In fact we could say that good health has been (and will continue to be) your mission in life until October 29. (More on your health later.)
Saturn’s move into your 7th House of Love and Marriage from October 29 onwards marks a whole new trend in love. In general we can say that relationships—especially relationships of the heart—will get tested. Many will go down in flames. The good relationships (and this includes marriage and business partnerships) will thrive and survive through this testing, but the inherently flawed ones will most probably dissolve. You are in a year (from October 29 onwards) for reducing your social activities. A cosmic re-organization is taking place. The whole area of love is being put into right order; a cosmic order. You will need to focus on quality relationships rather than quantity. While your heart relationships will get tested, your casual relationships—your circle of friends—is being greatly expanded. This is generally a very happy area this year.
This year, 2009, is unique in that we will have six eclipses (two Solar Eclipses and four Lunar ones). Generally we get only four eclipses in a given year. But what is noteworthy for you is that four Lunar eclipses show much change and turmoil in the family situation. There will be dramatic events in the lives of family members and there will be a need to learn calmness amidst the changes and disruptions.
Your most important areas of life this year will be spirituality, friendships and group activities, career, health (until October 29) and love (after October 29).
Your paths of greatest fulfilment in the year ahead are friendships, group activities (all year) and career (after July 27).
Health
(Please note that this is an astrological perspective on health and not a medical one. In days of yore there was no difference, both of these perspectives were identical. But in these times there could be quite a difference. For the medical perspective, please consult your doctor or health professional.)
Health for those born under Aries has been basically reasonable for the past few years, but the dynamics in the cosmos are changing. Last year Pluto began to make a stressful aspect to you, but he was not consistent. Sometimes he was in stressful aspect and sometimes not (he was moving in and out of Capricorn last year). This year he moves into a stressful aspect to you for many years to come.
Saturn was leaving you alone last year. This year, on October 29 he too starts to make a stressful aspect to you (and this will last for two and a half years).
These are not things to panic about, only to understand. Your normal super-abundant vitality will not be up to its usual standards. Sure, you will have plenty of energy to do what you need to do but not for the frivolous things. So you need to be like a businessman with your energy, investing it only in worthwhile things.
My experience has been that when energy levels are normal, people get away with many sins. But when energy gets lowered, they tend to get hit in their vulnerable organs—the organs that were vulnerable by birth. (Those things can only be known by casting a personal Horoscope for your exact time and date of birth and then doing a specialized analysis from a health perspective.) In general, though, the lungs, small intestine, heart, arms and shoulders tend to be most important for Aries and this is a year to pay special attention to those parts (see our chart below).
Simple things will help you get through the next few years. Your arms and shoulders should be regularly massaged. There are hosts of natural, drugless therapies that can strengthen the lungs, heart and the small intestine—foot and hand reflexology, acupuncture, acupressure, shiatsu, chi gong, yoga, kinesiology and massage just to name a few. Giving extra attention to these organs this year will prevent many a problem from developing. And, even if a problem develops it will be much milder than if nothing were done. What could have been a devastating knock out blow will be just a minor love tap.
Reflexology Try to massage the whole foot on a regular basis, but pay extra attention to the points highlighted on the chart. When you massage, be aware of ‘sore spots’, as these need special attention. It’s also a good idea to massage the ankles and top side (as well as the soles) of the feet.
The good news is that until October 29 health and health issues are important for Aries, and you give them the attention they deserve. Also you seem more into healthy lifestyles, disciplined health regimes and diets this year (this has been a trend for some years now). And these good habits will now stand you in good stead in coming years. (The cosmos in its love and mercy tends to give us the answer before the problem develops.)
