The Astrology of Today - All Signs

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.

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This Month: Virgo

February 2012

February brings plenty of work to do, but also your fair share of socializing, dear Virgo. The temptation to push ahead with personal plans is strong, but circumstances could have you feeling stuck. You'll be at your strongest if you tame impatience and work on projects that need fine-tuning or completion rather than adding more to your plate. Your partnering needs are metamorphosing now and in coming months. A stronger desire for a soul mate-type bond is with you. While relationships are strengthening in general, watch for the 15th and 23rd, when others can challenge your opinions and possibly even your character. Correct misunderstandings swiftly, and don't dwell on matters you can't control.

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This Year: Virgo

2012 Yearly Horoscope Overview

You are building your skills set in the first half of 2012, dear Virgo, and you blossom in the second half. The last quarter of 2012 should be especially strong with Jupiter in the foreground of your solar chart and both Saturn and Pluto in favorable aspect to your sign. Nevertheless, watch that you balance your attention when it comes to different areas of your life. Virgos can be so caught up in their career, projects, or outer image this year that order around the home might slide. When it comes to love in 2012, October is excellent for both partnerships and more casual romances. December is a close second. Yes, Neptune is now casting a veil of confusion over partnership matters, but it's also in its own terms - where it belongs - in your partnership sector. Some of you will meet very dreamy, almost surreal partners during its long transit. Money matters in 2012 can be a little tricky at times, as it can be difficult to rely on sources from others, and many of you could feel that you have to work harder on generating an income to compensate for this instability. Two periods that prompt you to review and reassess money matters are January 23-April 13 and May 15-June 27. From January to June, Jupiter smiles on you favorably, dear Virgo, helping you to treat minor inconveniences with a positive attitude and boosting your morale. Fiery, assertive Mars provides you with extra motivation, energy, and power to move forward with personal plans until July. You could surprise those around you who are used to a demure, conciliatory approach to life. You are learning to go after what you want. Take advantage of this time to learn as much as possible so that when Jupiter moves to the very top of your solar chart in June, you'll be able to take advantage of the career opportunities that are likely to come your way. You'll also feel more deserving of the recognition you receive then and through to mid-2013.

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This Year in Love: Virgo

2012 Love Horoscope for Virgo

The year starts out with Mars in your sign, dear Virgo, and you can be more assertive and driven under this influence. Mars, the planet of energy, anger, activity, and sexuality, begins to move "backwards" (retrograde) in your own sign from January 23-April 13. During this cycle, you could find that you are less confident about expressing yourself in adventurous ways. Your outlook on life in terms of the "big picture" could be more cautious, and you might find that you temporarily have less faith, hope, confidence, and optimism. You might find that you are second-guessing yourself, and this is a natural process as you reassess how you have been going about meeting life and reacting/acting. It's a good time for refining these things. You could be a little tired and more accident-prone, so be sure to rest up. It's time to rethink, revise, and reorganize your plans. How you assert yourself and how you go about going after what you want out of life are two things that are up for review now. You are also examining the way anger has helped or impaired your life, and coming up with new ways to manage it. The end result, ideally, is a much-improved you. Slowly but surely, from April 13th forward, and especially from June 19-July 3, you regain your confidence, finding that you believe in yourself for solider reasons than you did before.

While Mars is retrograde, a partner or potential partners could find you preoccupied, withdrawn, or disinterested. Do take the time you need for introspection, but try to avoid alienating others in the process.

Uranus' continues to move through your intimacy sector this year, and can bring change, excitement, and experimentation to your sex life. Your attitude towards intimacy is changing as you open yourself up to new pleasures and experimentation.

Your attitude towards casual love relationships is evolving again this year, as you continue to explore what it is that truly--and deeply--brings you the greatest pleasure. By nature, you are choosy when it comes to lovers, and this does not mean that you require people to meet up to exacting standards. Rather, it's because you do generally take all love relationships, whether they are casual or not, to heart. It takes you time to warm up to people, and to trust them to share yourself intimately with. If you haven't been listening to your inner voice when it comes to casual relationships, this year you are challenged to do so. You may be meeting with intense people or intense emotions within yourself--whatever it takes to get you closer to your own heart's desire. Security and stability from a love partner are strong needs again this year, as well as his or her ability to meet you halfway. From October forward, you're likely to be attracted to a partner who communicates and provides insight into your daily affairs.

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.

Your partnership ruler, Neptune, moves into Pisces, the sign that it rules. While Neptune's position in your partnership sector can bring some level of confusion into your life when it comes to relationship commitments, Neptune is in its own terms and is therefore quite strong here. You may be attracting Piscean "types" as partners more readily. A spiritual connection to a partner is becoming a need and priority when it comes to selecting a mate.

A particularly strong time for love relationships occurs while we are under the influence of a Saturn-Pluto sextile, as both of these bodies are connected to relationships in your chart. This aspect is exact on September 6th, but you're likely to feel its influence earlier and later. Another excellent period involves a Saturn-Neptune trine, also strongly connected to love and partnership in your chart. This aspect is exact on October 10th, but is in effect before and after that date. These influences suggest that you are especially clear about what it is you want from love, and by extension you tend to attract relationships that seem fitting or suitable.

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