Your Personal Horoscope 2019. Joseph Polansky

erratic planet (it is no accident that the word ‘mercurial’ has this meaning). Sometimes he races through the heavens, sometimes his pace is leisurely. Sometimes he stands still (makes a station) and sometimes he goes backward. This is a good description of your family and emotional life. It is full of twists and turns. Because of this, there are many short-term trends that affect the family life, depending on where Mercury is and the aspects he receives. These trends are best dealt with in the monthly reports.

      Finance and Career

      The money house is empty this year. This tends to the status quo and I see it as a good thing. There is more or less contentment with things as they are and you have no need to pay too much attention here.

      But with two lunar eclipses in the year ahead – one on January 21 and the other on July 16 – there will be financial changes, disruptions and course corrections. It is always a good thing to make periodic course corrections and the eclipses provide that opportunity. The changes will be good, but generally not so pleasant while they’re happening.

      The lack of power in the money house can indicate lack of attention and focus. Thus, if financial problems arise, they are probably due to this. The solution is to pay more attention to your finances.

      Having said all of that, I feel the year ahead will be prosperous. The North Node of the Moon (this is not a planet, but an important abstract point) spends the year in your money house. The North Node denotes excess. So your problem (and it’s a good one to have) could be an excess of money – not a lack.

      Saturn and Pluto will spend the year in your 8th house. This shows various things. The spouse, partner or current love seems to be having financial difficulties. He or she has taken on (or it was forced on him or her) extra financial burdens. So there is a feeling of lack there. There is a need to rearrange the finances, to shift things around and reorganize them. And, if this is done, he or she will find that all the resources needed are there. His or her financial situation will improve greatly after December 3, as Jupiter moves into the money house.

      If you are involved in estates or insurance issues, they seem very complicated, with many delays involved. Tax issues can be burdensome too. Borrowing and accessing outside capital also seems more complicated this year. There are many delays. It’s probably best not to borrow money – unless it’s an emergency. Accessing outside capital will get much easier after December 3. If you’re looking for outside investors for your projects, this will also be easier after December 3.

      The Moon is your financial planet and is the fastest-moving of all the planets. Whereas the other fast-moving planets (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) will move through all the houses in your Horoscope in a year, the Moon does this every month. Thus there are many short-term trends in finance that are best dealt with in the monthly reports.

      In general we can say that earning power will be strongest on the new and full moons and when the Moon is waxing (growing in strength).

      Career has been important for many years now, and remains so this year. Many of the career trends that we’ve written about in past years are still very much in effect. Neptune, the most spiritual of all the planets, is your career planet and he occupies your 10th house of career. Thus he is in his own sign and house. He is powerful here and this tends to success, but there are complications.

      Neptune in the 10th house signals a need for more idealism in the career path. It favours working for charities, spiritual organizations, or organizations involved in altruistic kinds of activities. In many cases this has already happened, but if not it can still happen. You need to feel that your career is ‘blessed from on high’, that it is ‘divinely ordained’ and is your real mission in life. Just being successful for the sake of being successful – for ego-gratification purposes – will not satisfy you. You need to feel that you are ‘saving the planet’ or ‘saving the world’ – that you are improving conditions for all people.

      It also shows that your bosses are like this too. They seem more altruistic and idealistic (or they portray themselves this way).

      On a more mundane level, this indicates a lot of hidden things – hidden machinations – going on in the career. There can be some unpleasant revelations here. It would also show a need to do more homework on career matters, for what seems obvious is not the reality.

      Love and Social Life

      Here we have one of the main headlines of the year ahead. Jupiter, your love planet, moved into your 7th house of love last year on November 9 and will be there for almost the whole year ahead – until December 3. This is a classic signal for love, romance and serious relationship.

      But this Jupiter transit is stronger than usual. Jupiter is in his own sign and house where he is most comfortable and powerful. He is basically well aspected. And, as he is also your love planet, social grace and magnetism are unusually powerful right now. For singles this indicates serious romance – a serious kind of relationship. It might not mean a literal marriage (though this is likely) but a relationship that is ‘like’ a marriage.

      After two years of having Saturn in your 7th house of love, when relationships were severely tested and the social life in general was restricted, this is a welcome change. Love is doubly happy these days. You deserve it.

      For those who are married, for those whose marriages have survived the past two years, this transit shows more romance in the marriage and more socializing in general. As a couple you’re meeting new and significant people. You’re attending more weddings and parties. Your social sphere is enlarged.

      Singles will also experience some of this. Aside from romance, the general social sphere will be enlarged.

      Jupiter moving through the 7th house can also indicate business kinds of partnerships – these too are ‘like a marriage’.

      Many a marriage dissolved in the past two and a half years, and this year the prospects for a second marriage are excellent. For those of you working on a third marriage, the prospects improve after March 7. But even if marriage doesn’t happen you will have a happy social life.

      With Jupiter in his own sign and house this year (until December 3), many of your natural love tendencies are greatly magnified. You’re attracted to foreign partners, and highly educated and refined kinds of people. You always have a tendency to fall in love with the professor, minister or mentor, and this year even more so. You like people you can learn from.

      Religious and philosophical compatibility is even more important than usual. Even if everything else is good, if there are problems here the relationship will be in trouble. You don’t need to agree philosophically on every little detail, but you need to be on the same page – to agree the basics.

      Love and social opportunities happen in foreign lands, at your place of worship, at religious functions or at educational-type functions (college or university functions). A trip to an exotic place can not only lead to romance, but will enhance an already existing one.

      Children and children figures in your life have had unstable love lives for many years. There have probably been divorces. After March 7 their love lives start to stabilize. Siblings or sibling figures are having a good social period until March 7.

      Self-improvement

      Neptune, the most spiritual of all the planets and your career planet, in his own sign and house is more powerful than usual. This has been the case for many years now and will be so for many more. We have discussed the mundane ramifications of this, but the real message here is ‘get right spiritually and your career will fall into place’ – it will be something satisfying and harmonious. It might not be easy – it seldom is – but it will give you fulfilment and be something you’re capable of doing. The best thing you can do for your career is to get into right alignment with the Divine within you (under whatever name or concept you have). We could say that your spiritual practice, your spiritual path, is the real career these days – everything will flow from that.

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