Your work may not be easy or glamorous, but most of it will be very practical. Karel Dujardin – ‘Woman Milking a Red Cow’ 1650s {{PD}}

Others turn to you this coming Solar year, dear Virgo, through to your next birthday, but is it because you’re wise, or connected to Nature, or creative and imaginative, or is it your practicality that draws them in? You may be seen as having all the answers, but the reality is that you’re just better at knowing what’s important, at sorting out possibilities, and at extrapolating consequences–and you’ll help many many people in the time between now and your birthday in 2015. You’re not entirely selfless, though your diplomatic nature appears so; what you’ll gain is your pick of partners, collaborators, supporters, and even romantic interests–lonely is one thing you won’t be, within just a few months. Happy Birthday, Virgo, and good luck!

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Make it a good performance–everyone will be watching! Toulouse-Lautrec 1895 {{PD}}

Dear Virgo, this Solar year, through to your next birthday, it appears you’ll connect to your natural talents and powers more completely than ever before. Your gifts and natural authority will wisely combine to create a presence, a level of practical skills, and a kind of life performance unprecedented for you. You’ll profit most by careful action that uses an equal mix of instinct and courage (as in having the bravery to deal with things you’d normally turn away from); this will take you far, most especially if you make effective communication in everything you do your aim. Happy Birthday, Virgo, and good luck!

Don’t just sit on the sidelines, Virgo–this is your year! Photo by Amy Vaughters, Smithsonian American Art Museum http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

You are in prime creative time, dear Virgo, and receive a mandate, this Solar year through to your next birthday, to translate your dreams and creative ideas into some sort of material manifestation. You have a personal sense of power and authority during this period that will allow you to carry off projects that at other times would intimidate you, and your effect on others will be to impress them with your inspired potential. Too, you’ll find a receptive audience, and all the cooperation and support you could ask for, with every creative project you bring into being. The biggest friction for you this coming year could be found in dealings with your opposite number, whether that’s the mate, a rival creator, or those supportive others–they’ll offer aid, but at a price, and it may be up to you to decide whether what they demand is worth what they can give. Happy Birthday, Virgo, and good luck!

Modesty and Vanity in this painting look like twins–and those who bother to advertise their modesty are absolutely showing their vanity. ‘Modesty and Vanity’ Leonardo da Vinci c1500 {{PD}}

Dear Virgo, it’s time for you to take an inventory of your assets, talents, and abilities, because for the coming Solar year, through to your next birthday, you will be dealing with various facets of Self-expression and finances–and the better you know yourself, the more likely you will be to make a string of successes, rather than near misses. You need to embrace your own power, your own authority to create the environment you want–you seem to be hesitating, especially when it comes to relationships or spending–who convinced you that modesty and only taking a dab and oh no more that’s enough for me was not just a virtue, but the only way to be liked in life? Believe me, the same people will like you who liked you before, but now, if you manage to assert yourself without restrictions, you will be able to share some wonderful times with them, will attract a whole new set of admirers, and what’s more, you’ll have the luxury of asking yourself, do I like them? Excluding those who are unkind to you is the prerogative of those who are both Self-sufficient and confident in who they are–and it’s your chance this year to be both, Virgo. Happy Birthday, and good luck!

That could be you by your next birthday, Virgo, with a totally clean plate. Carl von Bergen ‘Mädchen mit Teller’ (Girl with Plate) 1904 {{PD}}

This coming Solar year, dear Virgo, through to your next birthday, you may feel a strong need to address ambitions and desires, and to face wounds and heal them, specifically so that you can access those Chirotic skills (the skill set related to your natal Chiron placement) and put them to work making your ambitions and desires a reality. That’s a full plate! And that agenda may keep you intensely focused and very busy–but, don’t miss the chance to materialize Love or Money; this is very possible, if you’ll only express who you are so that others can see it, and make it a practice to always, no matter how painful, tell the Truth–because that’s what will attract others, assets, or both to you this year. Happy Birthday, Virgo, and good luck!

‘The Invention of Simplicity’ Johann Erdmann Hummel c1820 {{PD}}

This coming Solar year, through to your next birthday, dear Virgo, you’ve got a new opportunity to express your most unique ideas, to be innovative or inventive, to exercise your critical faculties, your powers of discernment, and your ability to lead others in original efforts–in other words, you’ve got a new way to be in the world, and a new role that makes the most of your mind and offers you a chance to heal some long-standing wounds. The high points will likely involve creativity and expression of personal power; the low points, which you can avoid, may be expecting too much of or counting too much on others, and being distracted by looking back at the past. Being as Self-sufficient as possible will allow you to go as far and as fast as you want–and lets you gather the rewards and the credit for yourself–you’ll deserve them. Happy Birthday, Virgo, and good luck!

‘Market at Jaffa’ Gustav Bauernfeind 1887 {{PD}}

Oh Virgo, are you ready for that new emotional start? Because it’s almost here–but until it arrives, you’ve got some work to do to put yourself in the right situation, the right state of mind and heart, to accept that new start. Now through to your next birthday, one Solar year from now, you’ll need to face a lot of things you’ve been avoiding, and you’ll need to be very clear about your talents, your ‘worth’ (what you can demand for your skills in the marketplace), and you’ll need to establish a social role that supports these. Then, in maybe nine months or so, when Love, or satisfaction, or happiness, or a new level of intuition, walks in your door, you’ll be oh-so-ready to make the most of it. Happy birthday, dear Virgo, and good luck!

It could be a basket of kittens, Virgo. Ernest J. Rowley ‘The Globe Kittens’ 1902 {{PD}}

Dear Virgo, you may be enjoying an enormous sense of freedom and a massive feeling of Self-confidence right now–and why not, you deserve it–and you’ll need it, when all that you’ve been ignoring catches up with you. That sounds harsh, but the reality is that you’ve got some things that aren’t yet showing in your rear-view mirror that will soon be right in front of you–and only you know if what’s destined to come forward will be rewards for past good deeds or the need to confront and deal with a lot of baggage you’d rather ignore. With your unique ideas of who you are, and your admirable sense of conscience, I’d bet that what catches up with you will be, if not wads of cash and baskets of kittens, at least something that will make your life much better than it is today–and you’ve got only yourself to thank for it. Happy Birthday, Virgo, and good luck!

‘In the Jungle, Florida’ Winslow Homer 1904 {{PD}}

Dear Leo, have you been feeling lately like you’re the last of your kind, a King among peasants, a clever big cat among house pets? That’s an overreaction, really, to some recent hurt feelings after you presented something innovative, unique, original–and it wasn’t well received. This coming Solar year, through to your next birthday, Leo, you’ve got a chance to go back to the drawing board; your influences will be unusual, and the result will be more clever, and more sophisticated, than your recent effort, meaning that the next time you float your idea or creation, it will be better and more completely developed, and your audience will too, and so can appreciate your generosity and genius, just as they are. Happy Birthday, and good luck!