Your Personal Horoscope 2018

Spirituality is still important this month, until the 20th. Spiritual breakthroughs that happen will change both the financial and career situation for the better. Even the family situation will improve because of this. If parents or parent figures haven’t been getting along, there is more togetherness from the 17th to the 19th. There is happy career success in that period too.

Venus spends most of the month in your sign, until the 24th. This brings beauty and glamour to the image. It is one of the best times to buy clothing or personal accessories as your taste will be excellent. Happy job opportunities are coming too: there is no need for any Taurus to be unemployed now.

The Sun moves into your sign on the 20th. This, too, improves the personal appearance. You have ‘star quality’ now. Charisma. A twinkle in your eye, a spring in your step. It is no surprise that the love life is vastly improved. The only complication is the retrograde of your love planet Pluto on the 22nd, which will go on for many months. This doesn’t stop love, but it does slow things down a bit. And it should be slowed down – let love develop as it will.

May

Best Days Overall: 4, 5, 14, 15, 22, 23, 31

Most Stressful Days Overall: 7, 8, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28

Best Days for Love: 4, 5, 7, 8, 14, 15, 17, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28

Best Days for Money: 2, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 26, 27, 31

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

Another happy and successful month, with just a few challenges to keep things interesting. (Too much happiness can get boring after a while.)

Last month, on the 20th, as the Sun entered your 1st house, you began one of your yearly personal pleasure peaks. This is a great time to pamper the body and to enjoy all the pleasures of the five senses. It’s also good for getting your body and image in right shape. The cosmos supports these activities.

Mercury, now moving forward, crosses your Ascendant and enters your 1st house on the 13th, bringing financial windfalls to you. You start to dress more expensively and present an image of wealth. Financial opportunities seek you out. You have the financial favour of the money people in your life.

The big news – and we mentioned this in the yearly report – is Uranus’s move into your sign on the 16th. Taureans have a tendency to get stuck in their ways. But those days are over (especially for those of you born early in the sign). Now change can happen at any time, in any place – sudden and dramatic change. During this period it seems to involve the career. Happy career opportunities come that can upend your whole status quo.

On the 21st the Sun enters your money house and you begin a yearly financial peak. Venus is in the money house until the 19th – also good for finances – and your money planet Mercury will enter on the 30th. So the month ahead is prosperous – Taurus heaven!

Mars crosses the Mid-heaven on the 16th and enters your 10th house of career. This indicates a lot of frenetic career activity. Perhaps there are some unpleasant revelations about your company or industry and much work has to be done. Perhaps you have to fend off competitors. It will keep you on your toes.

Money comes through your personal effort, your job, family and family connections and from good sales and marketing. A speedy Mercury (he moves through three signs and houses this month) shows financial confidence and fast, forward progress.

Family support is very good now. They seem devoted to you. Love is happy but Pluto is still retrograde, so no need to rush into anything. (Jupiter in your 7th house of love is also retrograde, just to reinforce what we’re saying here.)

June

Best Days Overall: 1, 2, 10, 11, 18, 19, 28, 29

Most Stressful Days Overall: 3, 4, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30

Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 28, 29

Best Days for Money: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 23, 24

Best Days for Career: 1, 3, 4, 10, 18, 28, 30

Planetary retrograde activity increases this month. By the 26th half the planets will be moving backwards – almost the maximum number for 2018. The pace of life slows down considerably. There are many delays and glitches in the world. On a psychological level it is useful to understand what’s going on. Also, as an added bonus, we learn patience.

You’re still very much into one of your yearly financial peaks. Things might be slower in the world, but your earnings are coming in as they should. By the 21st your short-term financial goals are more or less achieved and you can focus on other things – such as intellectual development. This is a great period to take courses in subjects that interest you. If you have expertise in a given field it’s also a good time to teach others, to communicate what you know. Sales and marketing are always important on a financial level, but especially until the 29th.

Venus makes beautiful aspects to Neptune on the 1st and 2nd. This brings someone spiritual into your life. Your intuition is keen and the dream life is very active. From the 4th to the 6th, as Venus opposes Pluto, there are short-term conflicts with the beloved. These will pass. You’re just seeing things from opposite perspectives.

Health and energy are basically good this month. Be careful of overworking though – Mars is still in your 10th house and career is frenetic. You can enhance the health through right diet and emotional tranquillity until the 14th. After that date, give more attention to the heart. Heat-oriented therapies (and plain old sunshine) are healing from the 14th onwards.

Finances, as we mentioned, are basically good this month, but on the 15th and 16th there is some challenge or delay. On the 22nd or 23rd there can be a financial disagreement with the beloved.

Venus, the ruler of your Horoscope, is ‘out of bounds’ from the 1st to the 7th. So you’re outside your normal sphere then. This might be because of your job.

Uranus is still in your 1st house this month and very near your Ascendant. So change and excitement is happening for many of you. Many of you are changing your image – experimenting with it. You keep upgrading your image the way some people update their software. It is an ongoing, continuous process.

July

Best Days Overall: 7, 8, 16, 17, 25, 26

Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 14, 15, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29

Best Days for Love: 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26

Best Days for Money: 1, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29

Best Days for Career: 1, 7, 16, 25, 27, 28, 29

Persistence – some might call it stubbornness – is one of the important virtues of Taureans. You have this innate ability to create success when others have long since given up. But this virtue is sometimes a vice. Sometimes you get too stuck in your ways and need a course correction. Uranus in your 1st house, and two very strong eclipses, are taking you out of your rut this month. Many of you saw the beginnings of this – the harbinger – last month.

Both eclipses – the Solar Eclipse of the 13th and the Lunar Eclipse of the 27th – affect you strongly, so take it nice and easy then. The Solar Eclipse not only impacts on your home and family planet, the Sun, but also occurs in the sign of Cancer, which generically rules family. So more family dramas are happening. Memories can arise about explosive past events. A parent or parent figure has to make a life-changing decision. Hidden flaws in the home can come to light so that you can deal with them. The family situation is not as it seemed to be, and the eclipse reveals this. The Solar Eclipse occurs in your 3rd house and so siblings and sibling figures in your life are affected here. They are experiencing personal and financial dramas. Cars and communication equipment will get tested, and will often need repair or replacement. Students below college level can change schools, or otherwise change their educational plans. There are disruptions in their school. Pluto, your love planet, is impacted too, so a current relationship gets tested. Repressed grievances tend to come up and need to be dealt with. Be more patient with the beloved at this time.

The Lunar Eclipse of the 27th also impacts on the home and family, as the Moon, the eclipsed planet, is the generic ruler of this area of the Horoscope. Siblings and sibling figures are once again affected, forcing important personal changes. Cars and communication equipment get tested once again. This eclipse occurs in your 10th house of career, so there are course corrections in your career. The rules of the game are changing. This eclipse impacts on the other parent figure in your life. Often there are dramas with bosses, elders and people involved in your career. This eclipse affects Mars, the ruler of your spiritual 12th house. Thus there are shakeups in a charitable or spiritual organization that you’re involved with. There are dramas in the lives of guru figures. The dream life is likely to be hyperactive, but not very reliable. Don’t put too much stock in your dreams for the moment.

August

Best Days Overall: 4, 5, 12, 13, 21, 22, 31

Most Stressful Days Overall: 10, 11, 16, 17, 24, 25

Best Days for Love: 4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 31

Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, 19, 20, 26, 27, 29, 30

Best Days for Career: 4, 12, 21, 24, 25, 31

The turbulence of the past month is not yet over with. We have another Solar Eclipse – the third one of the year – on the 11th. This is more or less a replay of last month’s eclipses (things never repeat in the same exact way, but the themes of the eclipses are similar). It occurs in your 4th house of home and family and the eclipsed planet, the Sun, is the ruler of your 4th house. So there are yet more family dramas, and perhaps more work needed on the physical home. (The hidden flaws there were more numerous than you thought.)

You should reduce your schedule this month, until the 22nd anyway – it’s not your best health month – and especially around the eclipse period.

It is midnight in your year (allegorically speaking) and yet you seem wide awake. The outer world calls to you. You would like to sleep, but you need to focus on the activities of the day. It’s a curious situation, and one that perhaps leaves you feeling sleep deprived.

Enhance the health by making sure you get enough rest. But also give more attention to the diet and the small intestine until the 7th, and to the kidneys and hips afterwards. Regular hip massage will not only strengthen the kidneys, but the lower back as well. Your health planet, Venus, spends most of the month in Libra – her own sign – which is a good health omen. She is strong in that sign. It also indicates a need for good social health, and good marital health. If there are problems there, resolve them as quickly as you can.

Your financial planet, Mercury, is retrograde until the 19th, so avoid major purchases and investments during this time. After the 19th there will be more clarity and it is safer to act. Mercury spends the month in your 4th house. So (no surprise), you’re spending more on the home and family. Perhaps you’re earning from there as well. Some of you will be earning money at home. Family and family connections are playing a huge role in the financial life this month.

Mars, your spiritual planet, is ‘out of bounds’ all month (an aspect that began last month). So in your spiritual life you’re outside your normal sphere. This is the kind of aspect of someone who travels to some distant land on a spiritual pilgrimage. But it can also indicate exploring new and different types of spirituality from where you are.

September

Best Days Overall: 1, 9, 17, 18, 19, 27, 28

Most Stressful Days Overall: 7, 13, 14, 20, 21

Best Days for Love: 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28

Best Days for Money: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 14, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30

Best Days for Career: 1, 8, 9, 17, 20, 21, 27

Now that the excitement of the eclipses is over you can enjoy your life more. Your 5th house of creativity and fun is still very strong until the 22nd, so you’re in another one of your personal pleasure peaks for the year. A good time to schedule more leisure and fun activities into your life.

Health and energy are much improved over last month. If there have been health problems you should hear good news about them this month. Continue to pay particular attention to the kidneys and hips until the 9th. After the 9th give more focus to the colon, bladder and sexual organs. Detox regimes are powerful after this date, and a herbal colon cleanse might be a good idea if you feel under the weather.

Finances are also good this month. Mercury is moving fast and financial progress happens quickly. You cover a lot of territory. The period between the 6th and the 22nd is particularly good. Mercury will be in your 5th house, showing that money is earned in happy ways. The act of making money is enjoyable (and we can’t always say that). There is luck in speculations. Most importantly you’re enjoying the wealth that you have. You’re spending your money on fun activities. Children and children figures in your life seem important financially. Sometimes, especially if they are young, they motivate you to earn more. Sometimes they have ideas or insights that are profitable. If the children are older, they can be financially supportive in a more tangible way.

Your 6th house of health and work becomes strong from the 22nd onwards. This signals a good work ethic – something you need right now with Mars moving back into your 10th house of career. The demands of career are very strong, but you seem up to it. Those of you looking for work should have success during this period (and next month too).

On July 22 the planetary power started to shift from the East to the West, from the sector of the self to the sector of others. Now, it is approaching its maximum Western position. This means that the planetary power is more focused on others, flowing towards others, away from yourself. And, this is how you should be. Venus, the ruler of your Horoscope, moves into your 7th house on the 9th and stays there for the rest of the month ahead. You’re taking a vacation from yourself (a much-needed one), and you’re more concerned for others now. You put the interests of others ahead of your own. You feel good when you can do things for others. This tends to popularity, so love is going well too.

October

Best Days Overall: 6, 7, 15, 16, 25, 26

Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 5, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 31

Best Days for Love: 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 15, 16, 20, 21, 25, 26, 29, 30

Best Days for Money: 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 30

Best Days for Career: 6, 15, 17, 18, 24, 25

Love is the main headline in the coming month, but it is still a bit complicated. On the one hand, Pluto, your love planet, is finally moving forward again after many months of retrograde motion (this happens on the 20th). Jupiter in your 7th house is also moving forward, and on the 23rd the Sun will enter your 7th house, initiating a yearly love and social peak. So love is in the air for singles these days. There is only one problem. Venus, the planet of love and the ruler of your Horoscope, starts to go backwards on the 5th. So, love is happening, but you seem to be backing away from it. Perhaps you’re taking a wait-and-see attitude. Perhaps you’re being more cautious. But the love opportunities are there, and the social judgement is getting better.

Health is good this month and you’re on the case – your 6th house of health is still very strong until the 23rd. After then, however, your health will need more attention being paid. We don’t see any major disasters, just energy not up to its usual standards. So make sure, as always, to get enough rest. Enhance the health in the ways mentioned in the yearly report, and in the ways mentioned last month. Detox regimes are excellent. A herbal colon cleanse might be a good idea. Safe sex and sexual moderation are important.

The career has been important all year, but now, from the 23rd onwards, it becomes even more of a focus. After the 23rd 90 per cent of the planets will be above the horizon. Mars is still in your career house, however, and the career is frenetic. You need to be more aggressive here.

Finances looks good this month, but stronger after the 10th than before. The month will wind up being prosperous. Until the 10th money comes through your work – the old-fashioned way. On the 10th your money planet Mercury moves into Scorpio, your 7th house, and travels with the Sun. This signals good support from family and friends. Mercury will travel with Jupiter from the 28th to the 30th – indicating a nice payday. It also shows good financial cooperation with the spouse, partner or current love. Debts are easily paid. This is a good period to contact outside investors if you have good ideas for projects. A business partnership or joint venture could happen – the opportunity will come. Social connections are important all month.

November

Best Days Overall: 2, 3, 11, 12, 21, 22, 29, 30

Most Stressful Days Overall: 1, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15, 27, 28

Best Days for Love: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30

Best Days for Money: 1, 8, 9, 10, 19, 20, 23, 24, 27, 28

Best Days for Career: 2, 10, 14, 15, 20, 28

The spouse, partner or current love has had a good financial year, but this month it gets even better. On the 8th Jupiter will move into their money house, a classic signal of prosperity, and on the 22nd the Sun also moves into this house and they enter a yearly financial peak. You seem personally very involved with this.

Jupiter’s move into your 8th house of regeneration shows the importance of tax efficiency. Good tax planning will play an important role in your bottom line. It is also excellent for paying debts, refinancing debt on more favourable terms, or for taking out loans – all depending on your need. Often this transit indicates inheritance, but hopefully no one has to die. You can profit from estates or be appointed to some administrative position in an estate.

You’re still very much in the midst of a yearly love and social peak until the 22nd. However, Venus is still retrograde until the 16th, so while the love opportunities are still there you seem hesitant. This will start to change after the 16th. The New Moon of the 7th is going to clarify love issues as the month progresses. All the information you need will come to you effortlessly as the month progresses. You’ll have all the information you need to make a correct decision.

Mercury, your financial planet, spends the month in Sagittarius, your 8th house. This shows involvement with the income of the spouse, partner or current love. It also shows the need for good tax and insurance planning. For those of you of appropriate age it is a good aspect for estate planning. Mercury is ‘out of bounds’ from the 4th to the 20th, showing that you’re moving outside your normal sphere in pursuit of earnings. Sometimes it shows that there is a need to do this – that you can’t attain your goals unless you think ‘outside the box’. Mercury will go retrograde on the 17th, so try to wrap up important purchases and investment decisions before then. The Sun travels with Jupiter from the 24th to the 28th. This indicates a nice payday for you and for a parent or parent figure. He or she is likely to be more generous with you over that period.

Career is still important but it is a bit less frantic this month. Mars will leave your 10th house on the 16th.

Uranus’s foray into your sign finishes on the 6th. He moves back into Aries for the next couple of months. But he did his job, he delivered his message; major changes will be happening from next year onwards.

December

Best Days Overall: 9, 10, 18, 19, 27, 28

Most Stressful Days Overall: 4, 5, 11, 12, 25, 26, 31

Best Days for Love: 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 23, 24, 27, 28, 31

Best Days for Money: 4, 5, 6, 13, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26

Best Days for Career: 7, 11, 12, 17, 26

Though you’re not in a yearly love and social peak, the love life seems active and positive this month. Venus is now moving forward and will spend almost all month in your 7th house of love. Pluto, your love planet, is going forward too. So the social confidence and judgement is good. Venus in your 7th house signals much social popularity. You’re there for your friends and the beloved. You put their interests ahead of your own. You’re very devoted to your existing relationship. This tends to popularity. Good social skills (and you have them now) are not only important in love but in finance as well. Mercury is also in your 7th house until the 13th.

Mercury resumes forward motion on the 6th, so your naturally sound financial judgement returns. This is a positive for finance. On the 13th Mercury moves into your 8th house again. This, as we have mentioned, is good for tax and estate planning (for those of you of appropriate age), for paying down or making debt (according to your need), and for focusing on the financial well-being of others. It is good for attracting outside money to your projects – in the form of either investors or credit.

Taureans tend to be hoarders. They take in, take in, take in. This a good month to detox your possessions – to get rid of the things that you don’t need or use. Use should be the criterion. The things you use, keep. What you don’t use, either sell or give to charity. Too many things clog up the internal system. You need to make room for the new and better things that want to come in.

On the 21st the Sun enters your 9th house and starts to travel with the ruler of that house. This signals foreign travel, foreign lands call to you. Spending the holidays with the family in some foreign spot seems a good idea. This is also a good aspect for college students. They seem more disciplined and more focused on their studies.

Mars, your spiritual planet, travels with Neptune from the 5th to the 7th. Pay attention to your dreams during this period as they seem significant. You could feel the effects of this aspect even before the 5th. It will bring spiritual breakthroughs. More spiritually minded friends will come into the picture.

Personality Profile

GEMINI AT A GLANCE

Element – Air

Ruling Planet – Mercury

Career Planet – Neptune

Love Planet – Jupiter

Money Planet – Moon

Planet of Health and Work – Pluto

Planet of Home and Family Life – Mercury

Colours – blue, yellow, yellow-orange

Colour that promotes love, romance and social harmony – sky blue

Colours that promote earning power – grey, silver

Gems – agate, aquamarine

Metal – quicksilver

Scents – lavender, lilac, lily of the valley, storax

Quality – mutable (= flexibility)

Quality most needed for balance – thought that is deep rather than superficial

Strongest virtues – great communication skills, quickness and agility of thought, ability to learn quickly

Deepest need – communication