Weekly Forecast ~ Week of January 15th

Well Hello World! We are off to a kicking start for 2018.  Energies are flowing and we are feeling good!  At least the is the feedback I am getting from my clients and am experiencing for myself.  I hope the new year is treating you just as well!

Here is the weekly rundown of the astrology for the week ahead.  We have some really lovely energy this week so keep reading to see how you can harness that energy to work for you in your own life!

Monday January 15 ~ What’s going on today:  Jupiter trine Pluto is exact on Monday but this gets reactivated again next week when Mercury acts as a trigger by conjoining Pluto and making a trine to Jupiter.

What it means:  This is a signature for power and we have the opportunity in our personal lives to harness our own power.  Ideally this is done with wisdom and generosity although we will probably see examples in other places on the spectrum play out over the next week or so in public both through our jobs and in the media.  Taking a leadership role is supported by this energy so it is time to take charge!  If other people are on a power trip consider that while there is potential for confrontation it is also better to choose your battles wisely.  

Questions to ask yourself:  How can I step into my personal power more strongly?  What areas of my own life do I need to take control of at this time?

Tuesday January 16 ~ What’s going on today:  New Moon 27 degrees Capricorn

What it means:  New moons contain an amazing infusion of positive energy.  Where it falls in your personal chart determines the area in which you feel it most strongly in your own life.  Generally the sign of Capricorn is about setting goals and taking action to make them into reality.  We can use this new moon to reinvigorate our resolutions for the year.  If you did not make any resolutions perhaps it is time to sit down and write out your goals for the week, the month, the year.  If we do not plan we probably will not make it happen.  Take advantage of this energy and use it to give you a positive push toward creating the magical life you truly desire.

Questions to ask yourself:  What are my goals and what am I doing to achieve them?  What area of my life needs structure and direction?  What can I do today to help set myself up for a successful week, month and year ahead?

Wednesday January 17 ~ What’s going on today:  Venus ingress Aquarius

What it means:  Most people who are familiar with astrology have strong feelings about Venus in Aquarius.  Many of them strongly oppose this placement.  I am on the other side of this debate.  I have Venus in Aquarius, many of my friends and family also have Venus in Aquarius, and it can be lovely, but there is a catch.  Venus is Aquarius is not very comfortable showing affection.  In fact, if someone with Venus in Aquarius likes you they will more likely completely ignore you than talk to you.  It’s quirky, I know.  But the truth is that we have the chance to develop relationships based on intellect, conversation, interests and causes instead of on how we feel.  There is a place for feelings but if we can create relationships based on these broader interests then they are more likely to last.  Creating relationships solely on attraction creates a situation where what we are attracted to over time might change, or we might meet someone else who is similarly attractive, and the relationship might falter.  But if we create relationships because we love how someone’s mind works, because we share an interest in playing the ukulele together, because we have enlightening and interesting conversations on many topics, because we both enjoy trying new ethnic recipes, then those shared interests keep the relationship dynamic.

Questions to ask yourself:  How can I explore my relationships from my mind instead of from my feelings?  How can I show someone I care that is unique?  Do I have a wide variety of people in my life or all they all similar … and then is that a good thing for me?

Thursday January 18 ~ What’s going on today:  not a lot

It’s not an active day from an astrological perspective but we can continue working on the themes from earlier this week:  leadership, power, goals, actions, relationship.

Friday January 18 ~ What’s going on today:  Mercury sextile Neptune and sun enters Aquarius

What it means:  With Mercury sextile Neptune there is a dreamy quality to today and it is a wonderful day to do manifestation work.  Creating a vision board or imagining your life with your goals accomplished are great activities for today.  There is also a musical quality to this energy where I imagine the world as musical theater today.  So if you feel like breaking into song go right ahead!  It fits the energy and I doubt anyone will wonder too much about what you are doing!

With the sun entering the sign of Aquarius we start a new zodiacal month.  Aquarius is associated with innovation, inventions, humanitarian causes, revolutions and rebellions, among other things.  People with the sun in Aquarius are often seen as aloof but how I like to explain it is that there is so much going on inside an Aquarians head that they often forget to pay attention to the here and now right in front of them.  Aquarius is also a fixed sign so look expect to see people behaving a little more stubborn than usual with two planets (the sun and Venus) now in Aquarius.

Questions to ask yourself:  How can I renovate my own life so it is more original and more authentically me?  Is there something in my own life that I am rebelling against … and if so how can I finally overcome?  Am I being stubborn because I am right or because I hate being wrong?  

Saturday January 20 and Sunday January 21 ~ What’s going on these days:  not a lot

Both Saturday and Sunday are quiet days astrologically but this gives us the chance to catch up with all this energy!  Things have changed enormously in the past month or so from an energetic perspective so now we can work on harnessing this energy in a positive way in our lives.  Again the themes for week are power, leadership, goals, actions, relationships and originality.

What are you working on this week?  I would love to hear about it!