You’ve got to sneak up on that creativity, Aries. Dirck Jacobsz c1530 {{PD}}

Your creative energy is strong this coming year, dear Aries, but it may be tricky to access; you may have to sneak up on it, draw it out obliquely through acts that you may not at first classify as creative–these will break any kind of impasse that may have recently kept you from making the most of your creative urge. Your empowerment this year comes from your sensitivity, your willingness to recognize that life is a stream made up of changes, and that you must aim for a particular status that is most comfortable and nurturing for you, whether it impresses others or not. Acceptance of the world as it is will be fundamental to you making big leaps forward in how you see and present yourself to the world, and ‘wise action and choice’ is on the agenda–and that’s very good news. Happy Birthday, Aries, and good luck!

‘Spring in Gościeradzu’ by Leon Wyczółkowski 1933 {{PD}}

Is impulse control the issue, dear Aries, and do you tell yourself that may be the only way to take full advantage of opportunities, to learn what you need to? Because you may be right: you care about what you’ll leave behind you, and it almost feels like you have to do everything now, or it just won’t happen–and in a sense, that’s true. You are in prime time to make significant changes to the structure and form of your life, changes that will lead directly to Love or Money–and you know it deep inside. So why hold back? Really, there’s no need to at all–just follow a few simple guidelines: always know the power balance in any situation–you can’t afford to overlook that for even a minute–keep priorities in mind, don’t neglect home and mate, and don’t violate your own highest values–that may bring things crashing down. Opportunities will be arriving for you in surprising ways and in surprising numbers–and if you follow the guidelines, you’ll be ready. Happy Birthday, Aries, and good luck!

Agate La Fontasse, Montredon-Labessonnie, Réalmont Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France Photo by Didier Descouens Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

This coming Solar year, through to your next birthday, may involve you sorting through opportunities of the past in an attempt to understand just how they’ve created your current reality. Dear Aries, this won’t be easy, and in many instances may feel like you’re putting too much attention on what was to be truly healthy–but the need to draw a straight line from past choices to current situations is all in service to continuing that line into the future–and then changing your behavior, choices, and responses so that what you create is more like what you want. If you can figure out where you went wrong, and where you went right in the past, you will have spent your time well, and will be perfectly equipped to create a future that suits the creative and Self-expressive needs of the Soul. Happy Birthday, Aries, and good luck!

“Coin d’atelier” by Claude Monet {{PD}}

You’re at a pinnacle of material achievement, dear Aries, exactly commensurate with your Self-discipline and your efforts; and you’re ready for more, but not sure what to do–part of you ‘knows’ deep inside what the next step should be, but you’re hesitating, and here’s why: you are making an unrealistic demand on the Universe, that your success be guaranteed before you’ll make the effort. Sorry, my dear Ram, but that’s not the way it works. It seems you are rightly proud of your accomplishments, and this has distorted your view: after working so hard to get what you want, you only want to work hard in the future if you know you’ll get what you aim for. Unfortunately the world requires us to risk, to work hard, and to sometimes lose–but, if you will concentrate on two things: change that serves ambitions, and the making of beautiful things (a creative endeavor that may take any form–and remember, beauty is in the eye of the beholder) then you will see the next level open up to you. It might not be precisely what you hoped for, but in one way or another, it will be a dream fulfilled. Happy Birthday, Aries, and good luck!

You are likely to feel like master of your domain this year, Aries. Emperor from the Visconti tarot deck,
by Bonifacio Bembo {{PD}}

You are looking at establishing a stable, real-world empowerment position this coming year, dear Aries, with the status, role, and responsibilities you crave–and it’s already well underway. You’ve been building toward this for a while, a combination of smart values translating into creative choice, especially in relationships and finances–and voila! you have the position that you are sure will heal all those idea and word-born wounds–but that’s only a maybe, as those wounds have grown in your imagination to be much more significant than they ever should’ve been–hence the only way to heal them is to realize you must let them go. The hope of triumphing over some long-ago wrong done you will happen by living well, not be getting that Other to admit they were bad, so look toward the future–for you, it really is bright. Happy Birthday, Aries, and good luck!

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‘Skogsinteriør med bøk’ (1895) by Jahn Ekenæs – {{PD}}

As long as you stick to your highest values and priorities (the real ones) and completely claim (and take responsibility for) your own power and its expression, you can both empower yourself and shape your reality to an unprecedented degree, dear Aries. A willingness to take action is the key, as it will actually be the act of being in motion that will show you what’s smart and practical, and that will widen your horizons and open up the thicket of your belief matrix so that new knowledge, and with it new opportunities, can finally get through. Others may have told you that you’ve been a wee bit difficult to deal with lately, and it’s true, with the reason being that your native Arian defenses have been hardened into place in an attempt to preserve a sense of the Self that is outdated and holding you back; this coming year, if you stay in motion and choose consistently to act rather than pause, new beliefs will penetrate the old, loosen their hold, and allow for more rapid growth than ever before. Happy Birthday, Aries, and good luck!

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Focus your fiery essence, Aries! Photo by Beni Altmüller CC0

You are perfectly poised, dear Aries, to claim real-world empowerment, the status you desire, and a solid position where you can express yourself, especially where you can express what you know. If you’ve done your homework recently, you’ve already laid the groundwork for some significant advancement–but if you haven’t done that, don’t worry, it’s not too late. All you must do now is take your fiery essence and focus it on answering the question, ‘What do I want to be when I grow up?’ You may think this kind of thing is long past, but the truth is we all answer and re-answer this question, over and over again, throughout life. What can you expect, if you are brave enough to approach this question once again? You can count on a lot of cooperation and support, some of it from unexpected quarters, you can expect big, permanent change, some of it unanticipated or surprising in its abruptness or spontaneity, and you can look forward to an expanded world view (and so a new confidence in the Self) if you are open to acquiring new knowledge–because, in the end, that’s what will count most. Happy Birthday, Aries, and good luck!

You’ll have quite a view this year, Aries. Caspar David Friedrich c1825 {{PD}}

Optimism and opportunity are on the horizon for you, dear Aries, but just–it’s going to take some effort, some machinations, alterations, or adjustments to methods in order to get there–but oh, the view when you do! And this coming year, through to your next birthday, you have a powerful ability, and even a mandate, to communicate your creative vision in a way that heals you and heals those who ‘receive’ it. That’s a tall order, I know, and may seem un-doable–but at this point you are endowed in such a way that, as you make your way optimistically toward that opportunity you see/ seek, and share your visions/ ideals/ spiritual insights/ and creations, you will heal, and so will others–you won’t have to make a special efforts to achieve this amazing ‘side-effect’. You’ll also enjoy what for you may be some unusual emotional certainty–use it while you’ve got it! Happy Birthday, Aries, and good luck!

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