Joseph Polansky - Your Personal Horoscope 2009 - Month-by-month Forecasts for Every Sign

Reflexology Try to massage the whole foot on a regular basis, but pay extra attention to the points highlighted on the chart. When you massage, be aware of ‘sore spots’, as these need special attention. It’s also a good idea to massage the ankles and top side (as well as the soles) of the feet .

The good news is that until October 29 health and health issues are important for Aries, and you give them the attention they deserve. Also you seem more into healthy lifestyles, disciplined health regimes and diets this year (this has been a trend for some years now). And these good habits will now stand you in good stead in coming years. (The cosmos in its love and mercy tends to give us the answer before the problem develops.)

Still, the most important thing will be to maintain high energy levels. Rest when tired, work with a rhythm and take frequent breaks, plan your activities so that more gets done with less energy, avoid arguments, worry and emotional negativity (easier said than done!) as these can deplete a person more (and faster) than hours on a chain gang.

Your health planet, Mercury, goes Retrograde four times this year (this is also highly unusual; normally he travels backwards only three times in a year). These will be times to review your health, health regime and health attitudes to see where improvements can be made. However, these are not times to make drastic changes to your regime, or to make important health decisions, only to review it. This year, these periods are from January 11 to 31; May 7 to 30; September 7 to 29 and December 26 to 31.

Your 4th House of Home and Family is not a House of Power this year, thus there is not as much interest here as usual. Generally this shows that the cosmos is not pushing you one way or another and you have more freedom and latitude in this department. Generally it denotes a status quo kind of year.

However, this year I’m not so sure about this. There are, as was mentioned, FOUR Lunar eclipses this year, and the Moon is your home and family planet. In addition, there is a Solar Eclipse on July 22 in your 4th House. Perhaps by temperament you would prefer the status quo, but it’s not going to happen.

These eclipses show either moves (sudden and disruptive), repairs in the home (unexpected), dramatic events in the lives of family members and parent figures, and major changes in the family and domestic pattern.

Eclipses are never punitive, but they can feel that way, especially if a person is making plans, or is attached to things that are not part of his or her plan in life. Then, the function of the eclipse is to ‘blow it to smithereens’ and bring the person back to his or her path. If the person is already following the cosmic plan for the life, the eclipse will only reveal hidden flaws and allow corrections to be made.

Are family relationships ties that are holding you back? Are family attachments unhealthy and uncosmic? Is family preventing you from fulfilling your divine destiny (or perhaps the reverse is true)? Are you supposed to be living in another place? The eclipses will expose all this and lead to life changes.

The challenge now (as was mentioned earlier) is to keep the emotions in harmony. This is not easy but it can be done. Those of you who are worldly will probably medicate, although this is a stop-gap solution. A spiritual discipline, an awareness of your feelings without judgement, prayer and meditation will be longer-lasting solutions, solutions that will cure the very root causes of the problems.

Parents or parent figures in your life are undergoing deep and profound transformations. This seems on a very personal level. Some are having surgery (both cosmetic and more serious types). Some are getting involved in serious detox regimes. Some are having near death experiences. Some are getting involved in spiritual disciplines that involve transformation. The process of transformation is seldom pleasant—and you will need patience with your parents—but the end result is beautiful.

The parents or parent figures (in a man’s chart what we see refers to the father or father figures; in a woman’s chart it refers to the mother or mother figures) are confronting the ‘dark angel’ in various ways. He is letting them know that he is around, that life is short (compared to Eternity) and fragile and it’s time to get down to the essentials of life. The ‘dark angel’ is only reminding them of what is really important in life.

If you are planning heavy construction work or renovations in the home, June 21 to July 22 and August 25 to October 16 are good times. If you are looking to beautify the home in a cosmetic sort of way (repainting or buying furniture or art objects) August 1 to 26 is a good time.

Your 2nd House of Finance is not a House of Power this year, thus you seem satisfied with the status quo and have no need to make major financial changes. It is true that you have more freedom in this area—the planetary powers neither push you one way nor another—but there is a lack of interest and this tends to the status quo. (Career is another matter and we’ll discuss it later.)

Your financial planet is Venus. She is a very fast moving planet and will move through all the Signs and Houses of your Horoscope in any given year. Thus financial opportunity will come to you in many ways and through many people as the year unfolds. It all depends on where Venus is at any given time and these issues are best discussed in the monthly reports.

Venus serves double duty in your Horoscope. She is BOTH the financial planet AND the love planet. Thus there is a very strong connection between love and money. When love is going well, there tends to be prosperity. When prosperity is strong, love tends to go well. So if you want to improve your bottom line, work on maintaining harmony with your spouse, current love or friends.

Venus rules the beauty industry—cosmetics, fashion, perfumes, jewellery, antiques, art and the like. Thus all these industries are interesting to you, both as investments or as ways to earn a living. People involved in these industries also tend to be important in your financial life.

Professional investors should look at copper (the commodity) and real estate for profit opportunities.

The job situation seems stressful for many of you. You don’t seem to be enjoying it as much as you should. The spiritual lesson here is to transcend how you feel and just do the right thing—do a good job—regardless of how you feel. There is a need to develop some discipline in this area.

Those of you who hire others seem to be cutting back on employees and doing a major re-structuring in this area. This doesn’t mean failure. Downsizing, especially when done with skill, can actually increase profits. The object here is to eliminate waste and bring a cosmic order into the employee situation.

Last year you worked hard, and you saw the results of that hard work. You gained promotions, honours and raises. Yes, you had luck in your career, but it was your hard work that created the luck. This year you are still working hard and succeeding in this way.

With Pluto now in your 10th House of Career for many years to come, there is a sense that you are re-evaluating your career, purifying it, detoxing it of effete attitudes, motives and emotions. This purification often leads to near-death experiences in the career. Sometimes it leads to actual death and then a resurrection. The good news here is that there is an intense focus—a drive for success—and a single-minded concentration on the career goals. Attainment of these goals is very likely now (and for years to come) but you have to be willing to undergo the transformation—the detox.