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February 9, 2012

The Moon is in reserved, practical Virgo all day, but as conservative as the Virgo Moon can be, Venus aligning with Uranus in assertive Aries tonight brings out our taste for the unusual or avant-garde. We lose our fears of taking risks in love and social situations. Romantic infatuations and unanticipated opportunities socially or financially can be themes now. We have a greater need for self-expression, personal freedom, and social excitement under this influence. The need to express ourselves freely and openly is strong.

This Week in Astrology

This Month: Cancer

February 2012

Finances can receive a nice boost this month, dear Cancer. It's a good time for filing taxes, budgeting, and applying for loans if necessary. You may find the pace of your daily life challenging in February, however. Responsibilities on the home front can be daunting, and finding the time to run errands and handle paperwork may be a challenge. Others might complain that you're not keeping in touch. Disagreements are more likely around the 23-24. Travel is looking more and more appealing these days, and the more exotic or romantic the getaway, the better!

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This Year: Cancer

2012 Yearly Horoscope Overview

Getting serious about relationships figures strongly in 2012, dear Cancer. Some of you will find, or have recently found, a partner close to home. From October forward, commitment becomes a hot topic. Relationships that don't live up to their potential are likely to be questioned. Some of you will be dealing with gossip or outside pressures. In fact, you can feel quite a bit of pressure coming from many angles this year, including from family, career, and partners, and the urge to rebel and go your own way can be exceptionally strong. You may feel pulled in different directions, and it can be hard to find a balance and to fill your own personal needs. However, family pressures and difficulties around the home are likely to decrease in the last quarter of the year. You continue to find joy through group associations and friendships in the first half of 2012. You can make some wonderful friends through your work and health and fitness routines. Alternatively, friends can be instrumental in finding work for you. The pace of your daily life is quick and sometimes hectic at this point in your life. Dealing with the past figures strongly from May forward - some of you could find yourselves stuck there, emotionally speaking! The inner hermit in you can be stimulated at this point, and you could find that you're making some sacrifices (quite willingly) for others. You are not necessarily unsociable at this time, but rather you're quite content to do your own thing. The key to fulfillment is to recognize and honor your spiritual path as well as your need for alone time and reflection, but to avoid neglecting your responsibilities in the process. Increasingly, you're finding the need to bring more creativity and less routine to your career. Past loves can reappear, whether they do so in the flesh or memories fill your mind, in May and June. Love may be complicated because of this, and you will need to decide whether or not they're in your past for good reason.

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This Year in Love: Cancer

2012 Love Horoscope for Cancer

Dear Cancer, your closest relationships continue to evolve this year, as you make important inner changes and discover more and more about what makes you tick.

With Pluto in your partnership sector (a long-term influence), some of you are facing challenges in existing partnerships, probably revolving around issues of control. Some of  you are meeting people, significant others, who are mirroring your own deeply buried issues. You are learning about what partnering really means to you, and superficial or artificial interactions are no longer satisfying you, let alone carrying you. You may be dealing with obsessive behavior, either within yourself or coming from a partner. Fear of loss or betrayal is something you might be facing now and in years to come. Depth of experience will be sought, and many of you will deepen your commitment to a significant other. Over the next few years, this influence will have the effect of ridding your life of superficiality in your close relationships. Lessons learned may not always be easy, but empowering in the end.

From October forward, you have an interesting exchange going on in your solar chart. The ruler of your 7th house is in the 5th and the rule of your 5th house is in the 7th. The 7th is your partnership sector and rules over committed, one-to-one relationships; while the 5th house rules more casual romantic relationships (amongst other things). Not only that, these rulers, Pluto and Saturn, form a harmonious aspect to one another in December. In 2010, these planets were squaring each other, and this may have caused some confusion about commitment in love relationships. Towards the end of 2012, you'll be sorting this out. You may be able to find solutions for combining the positive elements of casual romances and committed partnerships. Things are looking very good for love relationships in this last quarter of the year.

Nevertheless, Pluto squares Uranus this year, and issues of personal freedom become very important. Ultimately, you'll be learning that you (and a lover) cannot control one another's destiny, nor the direction of your relationship.

Some of you will be dealing with challenges concerning outside influences on your romantic relationships this year, largely involving friends or people from your lovers' past.

There is a good connection between travel and love relationships in 2012, whether this means meeting someone through travel, or bonding further with a current love through adventuresome travel.

Venus is retrograde this year from May 15-June 27, which affects all of us in general, mainly in the areas of love and finances. These matters are not straightforward during this period, and it is a time for reviewing our attitudes rather than forging ahead boldly into new love relationships or financial projects. Because this Venus retrograde cycle is not explicitly connected to romantic areas of your chart this time around, it's likely to affect you a little less than it will affect many others. Nevertheless, it's stimulating your privacy sector, and this may point to past loves resurfacing in your life. Past loves can reappear, whether they do so in the flesh or memories fill your mind, in May and June. Love may be complicated because of this, and you will need to decide whether or not they're in your past for good reason.

Key Periods in 2012:

August 7-September 6 finds Venus in your own sign. This is a time when the world seems to be speaking, or at least appreciating, your "love language". It's a period ripe with opportunity for attracting others, for turning on the charm, and for receiving positive feedback from partners or love interests. Love seems to come to you without the need for your pursuing it.

Mars moves through your romance sector from August 23-October 6, and Eros moves through the same affectionate, playful sector from July 20-September 13. Your powers of attraction run very high during these cycles, but more in terms of you going after what you want than waiting for things to come to you. Sexual activity may be more frequent than usual. Others are finding you especially attractive. There can be some fireworks in your romantic life now. You can be more ardent in your pursuit of a person or a relationship.

Venus graces your romance sector from November 22-December 16 and Mars animates your partnership sector November 17-December 26, making this a highly charged and spirited time for love.

 

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