Horoscopes | Weeks of January 7-13, 2013

ARIES (March 21-April 19): What's no longer in vogue for your week ahead, Aries, includes any perpetuation of squabbling and/or strategic positioning within your community, team, or group of associates… which otherwise only threatens to weigh you down, with no personal benefit (other than supposedly saving face by technically 'winning') to be reaped. What's much more fitting for the moment is limiting your involvement in anything that isn't directly relevant to your professional (or other outer-world) ambitions, since you've got a few weeks of blessed favor to exploit in this particular arena-of-life. As per usual these days, gutsy self-directed action is strongly preferred over pandering, brown-nosing, or insincerely deferring—though, on the other hand, I do recommend respectfully relying on the guidance or mentorship of any knowledgeable higher-ups, if you can do so with sincere regard. If you're taking this career opportunity to heart, you'll clearly and immediately see how the other bullshit hardly deserves your time. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A certain public friction or fight for the upper-hand that might've loomed over your prior week appears to be subsiding, Taurus… and, in its place, arrives a palpable enthusiasm for moving cleanly ahead, whatever that might entail. Kudos on correctly embracing such an 'onward ho!' attitude, since your brightest future will surely not be predicated upon belaboring a relatively minor hiccup (or the petty narrow perspective that would insistently overemphasize its significance). The next hiccup is bound to be lurking right around the corner, after all. Some folks might even call it a wonderful surprise, though they'd probably be the types who leave plenty of room in their enthusiastic envisionings to include unexpected developments as part of the plan (knowing full well that 'plan' takes on a different shade of meaning in this context). Strive for this realism: Hatch the broad intentions with specificity, but, to be fair, invite unpredictability in their ultimate expression. Since the 'unexpected' usually comes at the hand of someone else, your approach could make or break the corresponding interpersonal dynamic. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Jonesing to get the next thing already, Gemini? Though the calendar may have flipped to a new number, you aren't magically free of logistical hangings-over from the prior year. But I probably don't have to tell you that, do I? While it's worth acknowledging the existence of a potentially demoralizing dark cloud of 'still dealing with this', I really don't want you to concentrate on that. As of this week, there's a good opportunity opening up in your relations with whichever other people, entities and/or institutions still hold a key power-marker or bargaining-chip in this situation: Whereas before they might've been inflexible, unresponsive or unable to understand your stance, they may now show up to reinitiated negotiations with a different attitude or knowledge-level. It's certainly worth a shot, isn't it? It'll help your case if you're able to adopt a tone of 'this is what other people in similar circumstances have done' or some other such social-widening of the issue, forcing them to respond less personally and more ideologically. If you don't possess the perspective necessary for such a widening move, please reach out to possible allies for insight. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Hindered by the need for a fair degree of restraint in how deeply you involve yourself in someone else's business, Cancer—which I do think is a fair description of your latest circumstance, if you're paying adequate attention—doesn't have to mean that things between you two is a problem. In fact, if there has been an out-and-out conflict, you may now be able to patch it up… though probably not by pushing for a schmaltzy re-airing of the contested issue(s) or weepily begging for forgiveness. Take a couple giant steps back from the magnified scene-at-hand, and just refocus on the simple act of reestablishing mutually agreeable companionship. In other words, don't succumb to the meta-level worrying about the dynamics of your dynamic; simply forefront the elements of the dynamic that are working well, and set aside the heavier stuff for now. While there might be a meatier issue that requires addressing at some point, you'd do the relationship a favor by easing up on your urgency to make it a case right now… at the expense of an otherwise pleasant Venusian influence. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

LEO (July 23-August 22): To begin with, Leo, I want to be clear I'm not taking sides. Now that I've gotten that out of the way, let me continue: If you're still stinging from a not-so-nice exchange with someone you believe has not properly handled your feelings, your best bet for now is to focus on how you might be responding with hypersensitivity and/or taking this supposed 'slight' too personally. Does that mean they're 'innocent'? The question itself already indicates misdirected attention. Their relative right-and-wrong-ness doesn't actually matter; only your own hurt feelings do. And believe it or not, your wisest approach to soothing them should not involve the other person at all. (Perhaps there will be a later time when that's appropriate, or perhaps you'll later decide it's not worth the hassle.) Concentrate instead on goals related to improving your day-to-day workflow… such as organizing your workspace, eliminating unnecessary steps in your processes, or taking healthy steps in your diet and/or exercise routines that'll leave you feeling better in your body. Trust me, this will perk up your mood—without anyone else being responsible for it. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

VIRGO (August 23-September 22): Please leave any residual annoyances from last week in the past, Virgo. Unless you're needlessly fighting the tides, I see you catching a ride on the wave of cheerful self-possession that's due to hit you this week… which means, first and foremost, choosing to fix your attention on the countless items which make you happy instead of the comparatively fewer snags or snafus which don't. Venus entering your solar 5th ought to bring an obvious uptick in pleasure—taking more pleasure in whatever's going on, specifically seeking out the activities that reliably produce more pleasure, and more freely expressing your pleasure so that it helps produce more pleasure in other people's lives. I added that last bit both to (1) accentuate how the choices you make in this context will indeed affect more than just you and (2) encourage those of you who are looking for some lovin' to please take advantage of this romantically promising astro-influence. How best to do so? Once you're in the pleasurable mood, be surprisingly bold about picking a prospective love-match out from the crowd and explicitly inviting 'em to join in. Remember: It's fun to be a little wild! My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

LIBRA (September 23-October 22): You've probably just encountered some party-pooper practicality of a reason to hold yourself back from what could've been super-fun, Libra… which looks to me to have been the right thing to do. Wipe off the dusts of disappointment. (The rewards of 'right' are far longer-lasting, anyhow.) Your latest recommended activities, courtesy of Venus, include: private beautification rituals (alone or with a family member whose company you'll enjoy), home-décor sprucing-up (and specifically, if applicable, procuring an affordable new decorative item or piece of art you'll look at every day), smoothing over any wrinkles from the holiday season (including letting go of unreasonable expectations that a certain someone might ever act some certain way), a new-year's removal of emotionally toxic waste from your immediate environment (quite literal), meaningful house dinners with whoever you live with (how often do you sit down together and eat?), and/or quiet catch-ups with your pleasure reading or TV-watching. Any activity that grants you solitude, familial peace, domestic bliss, and/or inner solace is an easier immediate triumph. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

SCORPIO (October 23-November 21): Spend your week decompressing from any internal stresses caused, Scorpio, by your own relentless replaying of whatever scattered events, conversational fragments, and/or specks of others' momentary emotional spasms stirred an unsettled reaction in you. To a large degree, that feeling of pinched frustration is a result of you telling and retelling stories about someone else's motives or psychological states… which not only (1) aren't so precise, despite what your intuition's reporting, because they assign too much conscious agency to what were likely unconscious (or semi-conscious) actions on their part, but also (2) have been unnecessarily prolonging your angst, due to a fruitless compulsion to 'get to the bottom' of something that, maybe, just isn't that deep. Lay low until after Friday's (Jan 11) new moon in your house of communications (the 3rd). Then, consider readdressing the situation with the relevant party—only, without assuming they're guilty of bad intentions and/or setting traps for them to fall into. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): Your own interests demand you not wait out the first few weeks of the year, Sagittarius, as if you somehow think it's 'safer' (huh?) to watch how the other players' actions reframe the playing-field before joining the game. That's merely irrational fear whispering not-so-sweet nothings in your ear, encouraging you not to enter an imagined fray because, gosh, who knows what could happen?!?... and that just doesn't sound like a voice we associate with the genuine you. With pageant-winner Venus landing in your money house (the 2nd) for the remainder of January, you cannot afford to squander a single lucrative moment on setting aside your pursuit of the desired stake. Proceeding strategically needn't also mean proceeding slowly or self-protectively. It simply requires knowing exactly what your goal is, and committing in advance to evaluating all potentially relevant actions by how they help or hinder your securing that goal before you act. It is not too soon to put such a strategy into motion, especially if finances are concerned. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19): It's cause for celebration whenever Venus returns to one's sign (as she does to yours late on Tue Jan 8), since she usually leaves us looking and feeling our best… and, therefore, enables us to more successfully derive whatever we want from any given situation. Venus remains in your neck-o'-the-woods for the rest of January, Capricorn, bestowing upon you added powers of attraction and persuasion across all zones of your life—though it's fair to warn you, due to the Uranus-Pluto tangles, your relative advantage has the heightened chance of triggering certain other people's envies or insecurities. In such cases, please be magnanimous (minus the smug condescension) about their poor behavior. There's also the annual fresh-start of a new moon in your sign this week (Fri Jan 11), a wonderful moment for specifically articulating just what you hope to get from Venus's few-weeks' visit. If you'd like an appropriate general theme for such intention-setting, might I suggest focusing on whatever will free you up from an emotionally self-imposed obligation to perpetuate ways-of-thinking that don't serve your new level of self-empowerment? Throwing away symbolically relevant items should help. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18): For the time being, Aquarius, it's been push, push, push… along with periodic tightenings of whatever tunnel you've been pushing through, leading to slowdowns or superficial scratches or the odd shooting of sparks from all that circumstantial friction. All the while, though, the fruits of this tireless pushing remain out of your visible sight, a situation that could lead you to falsely believe your efforts are all for naught. Please keep on pushing through the end of this month, knowing the benefits (which are slowly accumulating) may resist showing themselves until February and beyond. You'll have to find your positive-reinforcement motivation elsewhere, then: not from accessible tangibilities, but in the faithful diligence of practice. Persevering with your rightful pushes must come with its own spiritual rewards… and from connecting with that esoteric logic (or another one that works better for you, but locates good purpose in process rather than product), it's a smooth magic-carpet-ride to happy surprises, based in your having properly aligned with the universe. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…

 

PISCES (February 19-March 20): The momentary limbo you're liable to experience, in terms of being able to move your self-selected endeavors along at any observable pace, is nothing to get down about. Your moment for more marked progress in (re)defining and/or (re)asserting your next declaration of self will come, Pisces, though it still remains about a month away. But in the meantime, you have the delightful privilege of welcoming other people's influences over your short-term happenings… so you may make new friends and/or reconnect with old ones, occupy yourself with engaging considerations beyond your ultra-personal concerns, and/or gather additional information or insight that otherwise wouldn't have come your way if not from the mouths of surrounding characters-of-interest. Whatever you do, please don't hide yourself away. If you're invited somewhere by a pal or acquaintance, please go along. If you're asked to contribute a few hours of non-self-serving participation, do it. Your critical time for decisive action comes in February; until then, you're off the hot seat. My latest e-book, ASTROBARRY'S 2013, is now available! Click here to get your year-ahead forecast right away…