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Born 21-22 January, Sun at 01 Aquarius
Your unique, individual nature shines this coming Solar year, dear Aquarius, and you may end up saving the day, becoming leader of the group, inventing or innovating, accomplishing something academically, and whatever it is, it will all be done publicly, broadcast one way or another, for everyone to see. What you achieve will be impressive, and will definitely open up new horizons to you, and these may be very profitable. You could ‘rise to the top’ in the time between now and your next birthday, and, perhaps unfortunately, emotions and the feeling life may take a back seat for awhile; they may crowd up on you, but you will be concentrating on making things happen, and right now, those efforts just won’t center in the emotional life. That doesn’t mean relationships won’t go well–in fact, significant relationships in which you’re involved seem to have gone through big changes just in the past year or so, so now may be settled–that could be why they don’t need too much attending to! In any case, you will be busy stirring up the status quo and trying to bring dreams to reality–and with some effort and courage, you will!
Born 22-23 January, Sun at 02 Aquarius
Is it too corny to say you might feel born anew this coming Solar year, dear Aquarius? Just because your birthday coincides with a New Moon doesn’t mean there won’t be old problems to deal with, but it does mean that you can see them, deal with them, meet them in a new way that gives a fresh perspective and brings new ideas into the mix. The emotions will be in unusual harmony with the Soul’s intents, and the intellect will be one of your strongest assets over the next 12 months; what might present problems is the way communications, both coming from you and received by you, will carry messages and meanings of which the speakers just aren’t aware, and the actions that arise from these interactions will be suffering the same hidden meanings and repercussions. It’s not a lack of awareness of circumstances or intentions, but a problem of partial consciousness in terms of what’s being conveyed–and there’s nothing to be done about it–you’ve been chosen as a conduit for all kinds of messages in all kinds of situations–just accept it and go on. You’ll also enjoy power and authority related to your natural roles in life and in your relationship to nature, and your skill as a negotiator might peak at this time. Matters of both security and creativity may be under real strain and situations involving these could change markedly this year; everything you’ve come to count on could shift, subtly or not so–be prepared, and you may be called upon to be more creative than you ever have before, and perhaps to use creative energies in new and innovative ways.
Born 23-24 January, Sun at 03 Aquarius
You may take one of two extraordinary roads this coming Solar year, dear Aquarius: you might either spend the months inspecting, dissecting, and trying to right or heal or wounds and situations of injury and pain, or you may concentrate on bringing gifts specifically geared to your natal Chiron (and expressed at least in part through the matters of the House where Chiron now transits) to a whole new level, perhaps even a transpersonal one. Please note that developing the gifts is not necessarily a superior pursuit to working out pain–in fact, if the wounds are still raw, the gifts will not come forward as completely and effectively as they could. These are strong urges that have major life effect and may take up most (or all!) of your time; but you may have just enough time to devote to those things you find sacred (and you may wrap this up with the Chiron pursuits), or to dedicate to the home front or the intimate relationship. We might say healing, and bringing energies to an optimum level, is the theme this year. Much sorting and processing will take place in the intellect before you ever make a move, and that’s good, because once you do choose action you will in effect be making some bold and definitive statements–and you want to be sure that before you make those you really mean them.
Born 24-25 January, Sun at 04 Aquarius
Where are you going, where have you been? might be what you’re asking yourself this coming Solar year, dear Aquarius; the emotions are right now surging ahead of the mental perceptions, plans, and material arrangements, and though your feelings are in harmony with your goals, you may have the sense that you’ve fallen behind. That’s not true; and what’s more, if you listen carefully to emotional and intuitive guidance this year, you will receive the wisest assistance possible. The big question is, will you act on it? You may, but caution might be your natural fall-back position right now, despite knowing exactly what to do, and that’s not all bad, as you must acknowledge you’re just not in control of everything in your world. At one point over the next 12 months you may find emotions (or matters of the House in the natal chart with Cancer on the cusp) in direct conflict with an unknown element! that threatens the ambitions and desires, unless you can find a way to accommodate it. Talk about working blindfolded! Don’t worry, though, as that previously mentioned intuition and emotional guidance will truly prove itself to be uncanny–and of course you’ll end up in a whole new spot in life, because of it.
Born 25-26 January, Sun at 05 Aquarius
You have the chance this coming Solar year, dear Aquarius, to do some major healing, to deal with hurt once and for all, and to explore and then elevate gifts to new levels. You’re going to have to dig deep; in the next 12 months, you may take a transformational journey that could be a milestone in your life development–and even if the change in you isn’t quite that sweeping, it will still make for substantial alteration to your Self-concept and to your sense of your own vulnerability and resources. In the process, you may face some unusual demands from the reality scenario: you may be called upon to be the most purely creative you’ve ever been, and to translate your inspirations into the material realm. Even if you don’t think of yourself as an artist, you will access your creative essence and bring it into the world, an exciting process no matter what venue this takes place in (and it may be highly untraditional, in terms of the way we normally define ‘creative’). You will also enjoy a high level of intuitive ability this year, and you can count on the Universe to be sending you numerous messages–in fact, it will be like a series of trumpet blasts! All-that-Is is always communicating with us, but for you this year the messages will be big, blatant, and hard-to-miss–so don’t blow them off, listen
Born 26-27 January, Sun at 06 Aquarius
The emotions may tread on sacred ground for you this coming Solar year, dear Aquarius; no one better dare contradict, nullify, or otherwise criticize your feelings, or it’s off with their heads! Okay that’s exaggerated–a little; you will be very protective of your emotions, though, as they will seem to be about the only thing supporting you and your world view. ‘Seem’ is the important idea here, as you may find yourself in a state of perceptual stress for much of the year. You may not trust what you hear, see, or even what you hold in your hand, for every time you feel assured that you have the situation in correct frame, something will happen that shows you that things are not as they appear, at least not for you, and that will shake your confidence mightily. This sense of unsureness will permeate everything, making you feel isolated and maybe as if the world’s against you; but it’s not. You will have a hard time connecting for two reasons: you need to learn to turn to yourself for the aid you require–you’ve spent too long now relying on others, and too, you must have a hard lesson in learning that emotional reactions are not the same as facts–lately it’s been easy to confuse the two. But it’s not all boo-hoo and want to–the reason you’re in this state is that you’ve been working (or at least trying) very very hard, and a one-pointed attention on your goals has meant you have disconnected yourself from your surroundings and the others who populate your world. For awhile, dealing with others by intuition alone worked well for you–but it’s time to sort real from imagined, and to reclaim the creative and emotional energy you’ve so freely loaned to others, for you need it for your own purposes, now. The sooner you do so, the sooner you will be able to claim your strengths for this year: an enormous sense of integrity, possibly an almost ideal home and/ or intimate relationship situation (at least in terms of these helping you reach your aims), a strong positive urge to express your unique individuality and your natural authority, and the capacity to act wisely. The sooner this emotional quagmire is sorted through, the sooner the Universe will deliver this year’s reward, an abundance of love and/ or money!
Born 27-28 January, Sun at 07 Aquarius
The urge to purge your life of the unnecessary, unneeded, and unwanted is steadily growing stronger, dear Aquarius–it’s just your uncommon luck that right now you are in a good position to judge what should go and what should stay; you have a clear idea of what in life is most sacred to you, and hold high regard for the ideal of home and intimate relationship–now your challenge over the coming Solar year will be to honor these concepts by creating a living situation and energy circumstances that truly reflect them. It’s time to walk your talk–and you can do it successfully, if you always keep in mind and protect the most unique and unusual things about you, because they are your lifeline to being the most original and vital version of yourself you can be. Your one warning is that rebellion will come easy to you, but unless you have a plan to replace current situations with, you’ll just loop around in a circle and end up right where you started–so think carefully before you act to replace what is with what you hope will be. Embrace your creative side, and don’t be afraid to bring it into material form–it just might be the thing that helps you show how really unique you can be.
Born 28-29 January, Sun at 08 Aquarius
This coming Solar year you may find yourself on a journey to the Underworld and (eventually) back, my dear Aquarius; you will undergo transformation in some (or many) forms and at multiple levels, and all so that you can fashion yourself as living, creating, being closer to the Soul’s intentions on incarnating. This does not mean you are in any way inadequate now; it does mean that you must evolve, losing some of the trappings and distractions that keep the personality distorted, in terms of meeting its ideals. It’s all serious and a little scary, as things you’ve become comfortable with (and perhaps grown to rely on) fall away–and not everything will immediately be replaced by something else, giving you a little of the sense that you’re Icarus hovering on softening wings! Don’t worry–this feeling is simply meant to give you the mental and spiritual space you need to allow ‘the new’ to be drawn to you or to rise to the surface within you. The physical and material structure of your life will change now, too, at least some of it through crisis–but again, it’s for the good. Meet upset and crisis with creativity, imagination, and faith, and rely on your own ingenuity at this time. Those who love you genuinely will make themselves known by coming to your aid–let everyone else go–you and they will know where they stand.
Good Luck, and Happy Solar Return!
Knowing the degree of your Sun is the best way to know which day applies to you–sorry, I’m not available to determine that for you, nor do I keep previous posts in a special place only I can see–they’re gone! Not sure which is your day? Read both–you’ll know which one you ‘vibe’ to!
Thanks to Terri O for inspiring ‘Born Today’!