The Astrology of Today - All Signs

February 3, 2012

The Moon is in changeable, sociable Gemini all day, and our basic instinct is to communicate, think, and learn. The Moon in Gemini is light-hearted, breezy, and curious, but it can also be restless and fickle. Today, Neptune enters Pisces, the sign that it rules, where it will transit until 2025. Neptune is in its own terms, and this is a strong position. This long-term influence can bring spirituality, compassion, and universal love into strong focus. Mercury parallel Pluto today can help channel and focus our thoughts, although if this overdone, obsessive thinking may be experienced.

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This Month: Leo

February 2012

A partner and friends have important and practical feedback for you this month, dear Leo. February brings partnering into strong focus. While you may not feel in charge, it's a good time for learning more about the people in your life. You are growing towards a more romantic or spiritual approach to your intimate life. Watch for struggles with money or values, particularly with a partner, around the 23rd. It can also be a time of confusion or misunderstandings occur regarding finances and ownership matters. In fact, all month, it will be important to watch spending and pay attention to fine print when making purchases or commitments. Avoid lending unless you're certain you'll get it back.

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This Year: Leo

2012 Yearly Horoscope Overview

In 2012, you continue to find joy in your professional life, dear Leo. Good things come your way, including recognition, whether monetary or "pats on the back". Your reputation, in general, improves this year. Jupiter transiting your career and reputation sector until June is responsible for these things. From June forward, Jupiter highlights a different sector of your chart - your sector of dreams, hopes, ideals, friendships and groups - and these areas of your life expand. If you own a business, this sector also rules income from that business, which should improve in 2012 and 2013. You are likely to make new contacts that bring you joy. You'll take pleasure in reaching out to others, and while Leos do enjoy popularity in general, Saturn's transit of your third house in recent years (and until October of this year) has limited your responsiveness to social contact. Gradually, you'll be more motivated to branch out and network as the year progresses. From October forward, home and family life may become a little burdened or pressured, as the cosmos are giving you the message that it's time to take greater responsibility with family, and to better organize your home life. Uranus travelling in harmony to your sign all year is an uplifting and energizing influence. You're open to experience and adventure beyond the usual routine. Partnered Leos will find that their relationships are evolving. They'll need to avoid suspicion or trying to get others to follow their "script". A long-term influence that cast quite a veil of confusion over your partnership sector ends early this year, and this brings more clarity to your world of committed partnerships. Romance is especially well-starred in March. Some of you could reach new social heights or could experience an enhanced reputation through a romantic association. Old friends can reappear in May and June, possibly complicating life a little! For some Leos, in the second half of the year, friends can introduce you to a romantic partner, or a friendship might even turn into a romance. Making money in 2012 is a stronger ambition than usual, particularly in the first half of the year. It's complicated, but ultimately you're able to improve your lot in life.

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This Year in Love: Leo

2012 Love Horoscope for Leo

This year, love opportunities tend to be strongest while traveling or pursuing higher education, through business connections, and through friends and groups, dear Leo. 

From June forward, romance and friendships or group associations can be tied together. Some of you may find more romantic opportunities through friends, groups, and associates. Some might bring creative energy or skills to a group setting.

Still, you may be paying more attention to your friendships than romantic relationships this year. The North Node moving through your solar fifth house until September suggests a cosmic push towards more individualized focus romantically speaking. Rewards can come through this more balanced approach.

Neptune is finally out of your partnership sector for good in this lifetime, from the beginning of February. This was a very long-term influence that may have cast a veil over your closest partnerships or marriages. Going forward, you are less likely to over-idealize a partner, and less likely to attract co-dependent or victim/savior relationships. This is good news for many! Neptune moves into Pisces, the sign that it rules, in February, and your intimacy sector. Neptune is in a good position in its own sign. More spirituality, romance, or fantasy is now brought to your intimate life. You will still need to watch for financial dependencies with a partner, however.

Your partnership sector is ruled by Uranus, and Uranus is in good relation to your Sun sign again this year. While this points to a more open-minded, adventurous attitude towards relationships, Uranus also squares Pluto twice this year (and more times after 2012). This suggests some challenges with power and control in your closest partnerships. You may be dealing with issues of possessiveness, jealousy, and the desire to control a mate, whether these are your issues or a partner's challenges. Ultimately you'll discover that nobody can control the direction of a partnership or a partner for that matter, and even if they could, the results will not be satisfying or healthy.

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.

 

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