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: Sagittarius

February 2012

While family life is mostly strong this month, dear Sagittarius, there are two life "departments" that can stir the pot in February: career and romance. Pressures can mount on the professional front, and you may be experiencing delays and assorted slowdowns. Try to steer clear of differences of opinion and other conflicts. Watch for gossip or misunderstandings especially around the 23rd. Romantic surprises or upsets can occur around the 9-10 and 15th. While your charm is strong this month, some relationships can fall short of expectations.

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This Year: Sagittarius

2012 Yearly Horoscope Overview

Although you'll continue to experience changes in 2012, dear Sagittarius, life in general is a little more stable this year than it has been lately. Those looking for a partner will have more opportunities in the latter half of the year, and into next year. Until June, work continues to take up a lot of your attention, and you're enjoying it for the most part. Your very identity is tied up in the services you provide and the job that you do. Reassessment of your professional goals will do you well from January 23-April 13. Search inside for answers. Mid-year, your focus shifts considerably. Your social life begins to take more precedence. By October, with strict Saturn leaving your friendship sector, this is even more likely. Pleasing others is a theme, but you're also bound to get something back - it's not a one-way street. In fact, you're likely to find that others are supportive and interested in 2012 and 2013. While this is generally a good thing, the North Node in your sign until September suggest that your path to greatest fulfillment is through avoiding becoming too dependent on others, and recognizing your independence and ability to stand alone. Love is a strong theme in your life this year. Dealing with the past is likely from mid-May to the end of June. Partnerships tend to fare better in 2012 than more casual love relationships, which can be temperamental. While you're certainly more companionable in the latter half of the year, dear Sagittarius, freedom is an important theme in any love relationship or partnership you have right now. Alternative relationships hold stronger appeal. There can be plenty of distractions in 2012, and while this is true for everyone to some degree, it's especially the case for you. Although distractions tend to dissipate towards the end of the year, so may your professional and practical ambitions, so do what you can to push your professional agenda in the first three quarters of the year.

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This Year in Love: Sagittarius

2012 Love Horoscope for Sagittarius

While last year love was exciting, it didn't always lead to something more, and at times was unpredictable and possibly even unsettling. The planet responsible for this theme, Uranus, continues to influence your chart in a similar manner in 2012, but you also benefit from a Jupiter transit to your partnership sector starting in June this year, and this brings more joy and pleasure to your love life, dear Sagittarius.

Jupiter's transit to your partnership sector lasts from June 2012 to June 2013, and tends to bring fullness to a partnership, and in some cases, a new partnership into your life. Jupiter is your ruler, and its position in your partnership sector suggests that you find joy in others' company and in pleasing others during this cycle. Yes, at times you will be putting others ahead of yourself, but you're also bound to get something back, and this is, of course, very important to you.

While the transit does begin in June, the month of June itself can be a confusing one in love. Venus is retrograde in your partnership sector, and it can be a slow period for love. People can be a little more cautious with their hearts. You could be turning to your past rather than looking ahead to your future. Past actions come back to visit you, and for some, past lovers reappear in person or in your thoughts to an unusual degree. Karmic circumstances are occurring now. Nevertheless, with Venus in your partnership sector for an extended period this year (from April 3-August 7), you have plenty of warm attention on your close partnerships, and loads of time to work things out.

Until July, there is much work to do. Your love life may be complicated in the first half of 2012. Your romance sector ruler, Mars, is retrograde from January 23-April 13, and finds itself in your career and reputation sector at that time. Be careful about keeping details of your love life quiet during this time. Keep a low profile and try not to mix your personal life with your professional life just for the time being. Understanding a lover or a relationship is not quite as straightforward during this cycle.

From January to July, romantic opportunities are possible through career or business dealings.

In 2012, partnerships tend to fare better than more casual love affairs, which can be temperamental. Chances run high that many of you will enhance or attract a partnership. Certainly others are seeing you in a most favorable light!

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