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Ok, so Capricorn Ascendants, what does 2018 hold in store for you? Well it's natural to starting with the outer planets and how they are affecting you in general and this is a summary of where they are moving before I move on to a more detailed chronological look at the year ahead.
Pluto in the ascendant house of your chart is in 2018 allowing you to understand yourself more as a person, what you want out of life and what you don't. This is a time when you are going to get in touch with your inner self and you as a person, and it stands to reason that if you understand yourself more and thus are more confident in the manner in which you promote yourself to those around you, then your relationships will be better and thus they will thrive. Now there is a danger to this transit and you may find now and in the next few years that issues of control will be very important to you, in particular you will want to have control of your destiny and have control over other, however if you do this too forcefully then this will make any relationships very difficult to hold down or keep going.
Neptune moving in the house of the mind may promote misunderstandings with people, especially with neighbours and relatives including brothers and sisters and you should try to be as crystal clear in your communications as you can. This is a transit that could cause you trouble in the long run if you try to put your ideas and intentions across in a deliberately ambiguous way, so try to be honest in the manner that you put things across. In a more positive light, this transit will open your mind to new spiritual possibilities, it increases your imaginative abilities and your intuition; it expands your consciousness and makes your think in a far less rigid way, opening your mind up to new ideas and beliefs.
Uranus the planet of disruption is moving in your house of the family and domestic matters so there may be dramatic change in your home life and your relationship with your family in 2018, especially in regards to your parents. Traditional ties can be broken and during this transit you may decide that you have to break completely free of the bonds that have help your family together, so that you can set out on a brand new path, create new traditions and in effect start afresh. Within this relationships may come under stress if your partner is unwilling to go along with your plans. You may change you place of residence, plus change the look and feel of it too Between 16th May and 6th November Uranus will temporarily shift just into Taurus however this change of sign is highly unlikely to invoke a change of house for you too too, however it's change of sign may just allow us to see a noticeable and generational shift in all our value systems.
Saturn changed signs just before the start of 2018 and it begins it's progression through the first half of the sign of Capricorn, connected with your Ascendant. I'll warn you now, this year and the next couple of years are going to be tough ones. It's influence on you will be directed is turned to your personal image and the physical body. You may find rather worn out at times as Saturn drains your energy, especially if it makes any aspects to personal planets or your ascendant ruler during this journey though this part of your chart. You are restructuring your life during this next 2 year period, rebuilding who you really are. Often, you will stay out of the spotlight and public gaze for amounts of time, as this will be a rather introspective time in your life. As you are concentrating on your own interests, work and other activities that you previously enjoyed doing and going to may have to be sacrificed. Success in one's profession is also often hard to achieve under Saturn in the first house, so it is best not to worry if you are not attaining the heights that you once used to. You'll especially notice these matters coming to the fore in mid April and the first week of September, times when Saturn grinds to a halt before turning direction, and thus increasing in influence and power.
Jupiter in Scorpio for most of the year is in a part of the chart where your hopes and dreams can be fulfilled. The thing is that these are unlikely to be achieved on your own. The help of groups, friends and associations now can propel you to the heights you desire. This is a place of learning about cooperation and there will be a wealth of people around you who will be willing to aid and assist when you need them most. In the help that you are receiving you may have a chance to expand and widen your circle of friends and acquaintances greatly. This sector of the astrology wheel shows motivation in social or political affairs and you may be interested in helping others too. Expect these issues to come to the fore especially in the 2nd weeks of March and July around the time when Jupiter slows, stops and changes direction.
Right let's get into the real details of what awaits you in 2018.
Mars defines our actions and as we begin the year in your house of friends and groups alongside Jupiter. These two planets will dictate cooperation with friends, your social life, group activities and team events, community activism and your hope and dreams. All these sectors of you life will be enlivened in January and there is a chance to make a big impression in group situations, especially in sports, games and competitions. There is a change to network far and wide, and this adventurous link up will get you in contact with new people. Your social life may be very lively, and you will out often connecting with friends.
You'll be willing to take a chance on and around 8th of the month, and take more control of events around 16th January. On the 17th January there is a quincunx between Mars and Uranus, and this aspect could see a conflict brewing between your growing need to spend time in group activities and your friendships, and spending time at home with family, loved ones and your commitments there. Something may break or crack in these relationships, in where you will have to choose which one of these parts of your life is most important to you. You may initially fight against being told what to do, however ultimately, a choice will be needed to be made, or you'll have to try and adjust things to accommodate both.
Mars moves into Sagittarius on the 26th and your house of undoing and sacrifice. This isn't one of the easiest of places for Mars to move through because this house more than any other works on a very unconscious level. Mars of course is all about open expression and action, and here Mars' dynamic presence doesn't marry very readily with the subliminal and sacrificial nature of this part of your chart. This might be a time of self-undoing, a time when you will find that even your best efforts will seem to be frustrated and you might become irritable as a result. Situations and people could undermine your efforts, so try and protect your efforts by relying just on your own abilities.
On the 31st January we have the first of five eclipses this year, a lunar eclipse in Leo to start things off. The eclipses this year will have a decidedly financial angle and this one will will centre on money and possessions of other people, owed finances to institutions, debts, investments, plus sex and intimacy and anything shared, the unexplained and secrets, power issues, control and inevitable endings including death and rebirths. These areas of life will be prominent until the summertime eclipse season starts.
The next eclipse for you to experience is a Solar one on 15th February this time in the sign of the water barer, Aquarius. This eclipse will start affect anything that you share with others, matters of other people's money and possessions, anything owed, borrowed or loaned to others, secrets, your intimate and sex life, the unexplained, power and control issues plus enforced changes including death and rebirth. You should expect to see challenges and changes in these areas of life as we move forward through 2018.
The 17th February sees Mars square to Neptune operating out of the difficult house of undoing. I sense though this connection confusion and a sense of sacrifice that you'll have to make; now may be a time that you have to give up on a course of action. What you say may be in conflict with what you actually do, and as such you may be accused of hypocrisy. You might have to deal with medical emergencies that arise out of the blue, and you might fall victim to the actions of someone who said or did something detrimental behind your back. Try and be crystal clear of your intentions so that they aren't misinterpreted.
As we move into the month of March, Mars and Uranus make an easy trine that allows us to move forward at pace. This aspect suggests that your actions at this point can achieve fast and easy change in a situation and Mars in your house suggests a sacrifice or work behind the scenes is necessary to move things forward. Uranus as you'll know is affecting your domestic sphere and family ties and here you might see a situation beginning to progress forward quite quickly. If you are decorating, doing DIY and the like, this is a good time to do preparation work in advance of the fun bit of painting, creating and putting up wallpaper etc...
On the 17th of the month Mars enters the sign of Capricorn, your Ascendant house and the emphasis moves onto your own priorities. Now you can come out of the shadows as the red planet is at home here as this is it's natural domain. Now you will start to feel more enthusiastic, active, assertive and will be noticed far more by others around you. You will tend to stand up for yourself and your views much more readily, and if you are challenged then you will not hold back in defending yourself. Mars boosts your energy and you will be able to get much more done than normal during this transit. Fast to act and react, you may be hasty and if you are not careful you may hurt or injure yourself, Mars acts first and thinks later in this part of your chart.
On the 24th March Mercury moving in your house of the family and the foundation of your life stops and turns retrograde. This change in direction will affect matters to do with your loved ones and family life, your home, your domestic situation, relations with women and issues to do with things that are concerned with the past. Maybe your family members or women from your past will re-enter your life, maybe you will review your home situation and work out what you need to do to make your living space a better place, might you need to redecorate or rearrange things? Confusion and misunderstandings between you and the people you live with could occur.
Overview - The inner solar bodies now separate, as Venus races ahead through Taurus focusing you on your individual talents, children's matters. your love life and how you express your creative side. Mercury stays in Aries all month as it is moving retrograde making you think more carefully what you say to family members and those you live with. You'll be a bit more insular now too minding your own business. The Sun moves into Taurus on the 20th just before Venus moves into mutable Gemini on the 24th April, starting to activate your work life, matters of service, health and daily routine.
It is now April and Mars conjuncts with Saturn on and around the 2nd day of the month in your ascendant sign. Personally you may be feel blocked, inadequate, inundated by extra demands on you or confronted by people criticising you. This is a moment of shyness and you may feel more introverted than normal, unappreciated and unwilling to face up to the world around you, and unable to carry out the simplest of tasks. Don't hide away as you are just as capable as anyone else. This aspect will pass through soon and then you'll be back to your normal down to earth hard-working self.
On the 14th April Jupiter and Pluto make an opportunistic sextile and situations linked to events triggered by the first contact of these planets on 16th January may resurface. There is a chance to reassess joint plans and group activities, you may be able to use the expertise of others to forward a collective goal. Friends can help you completely redesign your hopes and dreams and you may also be connecting with people you know who either live in a different country or who have a different cultural background than you do. It's time to widen the net, network and spread the reach of your group or team, and if you do this it can lead to a personal transformation within you too. There is one more connection of these planets when Jupiter is moving direct, active on and around 12th September. Mercury retrograde finishes a day later your personal reinvention should be completed.
On the 26th April Mars and Pluto combine in Capricorn so obsession and increased ambition can be your enemy if you let it overtake you, or you may be caught up as a victim in a power battle. This potentially difficult set of circumstances will take place either in public as somebody shames you in some way in front of others, at work with a boss or work colleagues, or with your parents in particular your father or somebody senior or in authority in your life. Something secret, hidden underground or concealed may be the subject of much of the tension. This is a demanding connection and you may also be making fundamental plans to change your career direction. Try and keep busy to take your mind off things if you can. If you have any mentally taxing or physical work or plans to get on with, then this may be a way of lessening any tension.
Into May and on the 16th of this month Mars crosses into the sign of Aquarius. The red planet is getting close to going retrograde and he is now slowing down and building in intensity. For you with a Capricorn Ascendant it's transit in Aquarius will themes connected to money and finances, your values and self worth. This isn't the easiest transit, and it will make you much more materialistic, ego-centric around what you own and earn and possibly a bit insufferable to others. Modesty won't be your greatest asset and your impulsive nature may be good for an entrepreneurial spirit, but your haste may lead to you making mistakes in business, in what you buy or sell. You can get a good deal, if you consider your options and not rush into decisions. Temper your ambitions and take your time to make the right calls, and you will be successful.
On the same day Mars will square Uranus itself just on the cusp of a sign in Taurus. This is an important fixed square, and for you this is likely to see personal upsets from women, your mother or from people in your family. These are likely to cut deep, and if you are on the receiving end of demands or ultimatums, you'll reject them out of hands and respond back with all guns blazing. You may crave more independence in your home life, a change or a fresh look about your house or garden. Changes are coming and you will rush to implement them. Be wary of minor accidents at home. The other two dates where this aspect will be in operation will be around 2nd August and also 18th September 2018.
On 25th May Jupiter still in Scorpio makes a trine to Neptune in Pisces, the second of three aspects (the first of these occurred on 3rd December 2017). This lovely trine connects friends and group and your expanding ambitions to ideas, thoughts, documents and communications. Have you got a community plan, a political aim, a personal goal that is not quite cutting the mustard? Now through thinking openly and creatively you can push your plans forward. A moment of inspiration could get things moving, a friend may assist you, networking may be the answer through putting an inspirational message out, by connecting with your local community or with young people. Creative solutions can be found through using visual art or pictures, photography and colour. The downside is that there is also a temptation to avoid reality. Neptune in the house of your mind makes you dream instead of acting positively, and you may drift and not achieve anything. This is a potentially tricky aspect if you have mental problems or issues, as they may increase or confuse you more. Be careful in social situations that friends don't drag you into bad habits, into drinking too much and partying too hard, wasting the opportunities that this aspect affords you. There is one more connection of these planets after Jupiter turns direct on and around 19th August.
As we reach June Mars begins to slow, spending longer on each degree point and strengthening in influence. On the 8th June it links up with the South Node of the Moon, a position of what we already know, the past and of detriment. You may fall back on actions that you know and old values that you had. You may make a financial error, or make a bad business decision, not looking forward and being more conservative than you should be. You judgement in purchasing things may be impaired, and money could be wasted. You may have mechanical problems with things you own, or something you value may break. This, because of the impending retrograde motion of Mars is another one of these connections that will occur three times, the other two dates being on 20th July and 26th September.
Later in the month on 27th June Mars finally reaches a stop stationing retrograde. The time around this date sees Mars at it's most powerful, and you will realise that you do need to change your attitude to your financial situation. Things won't be able to continue as they are going, your habits may be unsustainable and changes may have to be changed as you reign in your financial and business life, your values and materialistic tendencies. As Mars moves back into your 1st house in August you may get some criticism of your overly selfish attitudes. It'll be time to consider others more, look how you relate to others and be more modest in general. Don't stop doing things, but be more considerate, that's the message coming from Mars retrograde.
July
Overview - With Mercury and Venus in Leo you'll be focused on your sex and intimate life, matters dealing with who has power and control, things shared with others and you'll focus on their values too. You may have dealings with big business and large companies. Venus enter Virgo on 10th July and it's time to learn something new, look at your beliefs and your attitudes to culture. Mercury is slowing again before going retro late in the month. The Sun enters Leo and we will be more drawn to the darker side of life, to secrets and the unknown and like a detective you will examine every situation to get to the heart of any matter.
Into July and there is a Solar Eclipse on 13th in the sign of Cancer. This eclipse in the opposite sign to your ascendant is going to place a big emphasis on relationships and partnerships. Any eclipse is likely to effect changes, either good or bad and existing relationships may see new pressures placed upon them, new tensions and varied needs between yourself and your loved one, or alternatively the union may be solidified through a marriage proposal. If you are single, then an eclipse here may indicate that a new relationship is on the horizon in the months ahead. Your relationship with people who advise you such as counsellors, solicitors or accountants will likely change, and you'll potentially have new issues with people who openly dislike you, such as a rival or an enemy.
On the 27th July Mercury now in the sign Leo grinds to a halt and stations retrograde for three weeks. Now a review period will start up, looking in particularly at owed finances to other people and how you are managing any debt. You may looking at investments, stocks and shares and any joint finances too. There is a sense of investigating things to see the root causes of anything going on so that you can improve them in the future. This is a great time period for personal psycho-analysis as well and working out how and why you think and act as you do. You may end sexual relations with a partner or ask more of them, and you may harbour a secret now that you will keep close to your chest.
On the same day there is a Lunar Eclipse in Aquarius that will reinforce the changes and issues brought to the forefront by the Solar Eclipse of 15th February in a more emotional way through relationship situations rather than through outside changes, although as this Eclipse is in the early degrees of Aquarius, many of you will feel some change in how you feel about yourself and how you present yourself to others. This is another eclipse that may focus in on your relationships and how you relate in an emotional way to the one you love
As we move into August we get the second of the Mars square Uranus aspects on the 2nd (see May) and following on from that event, Uranus stations retrograde on the 8th August. This will be a disruptive and chaotic period just before a Solar Eclipse where literally anything unusual could occur around us. There could be sudden disruptions at home, you may feel that changes need to be made to the place where you live, either cosmetically or even through a move of house or apartment. Matters surrounding your mother or women in your life could be of importance. All this occurs before Mars regresses back into Capricorn on 13th August. During it's regression into this sign you may reassess personal actions that you made in the past and whether they were warranted and how you neglected others in pursuit of your own interests. This is an assessment of how you act in relation to others.
As I mentioned, there is a second Solar Eclipse within a month again in the sign Leo on the 11th August. Once again the issues on the table in the next six months will be connected to what is shared and jointly owned. All kinds of owed finances and payment agreements you entered into will be highlighted, indeed you may need to borrow money from a lender in the months to come. You may be engrossed in your sexual life and making sure it satisfies your needs, you could be involved with the darker side of life, dealing with powerful or sinister characters, the unexplained may hold interest for you or secrets. Issues of death and rebirth may be ones that you have to encounter.
The 19th August finds Jupiter making it's third and final trine to Neptune and I refer you back to May when this aspect first surfaced. The 27th August sees Mars stationing direct and we may redouble our efforts to get back on track and moving forward once again. The way should be clear now for you to progress ahead with more confidence in your plans ambitions.
After this testing August, we move into September and Mars re-enters the sign of Aquarius on the 11th of the month. Now many of the upsets, cancellations and delays in late June, July and August will start to make sense and finally you will realise that they were actually for the best, so that you could reach this point. A day later on the 12th Jupiter forms it's third and final sextile to Pluto, and aspect that we last saw on 14th April. Please refer back to this date for more information on how this will affect you. Mars makes it's final square to Uranus on the 18th September (first seen on 16th May) and powering forward now it connects with the South Node of the Moon for a final time on 21st September - please look back to 8th June when this aspect first appeared.
October
Overview - Venus remains in Scorpio as she slows down and Mercury adds to the sceptical and more inquiring nature as it enters this sign too on the 10th October. You'll be more involved with friends, groups and collective activities during this month and adding to this the Sun joins up in the sign of the Scorpion on 23rd October. There could be a desire within you to see some kind of social or political transformation and you'll also be looking at your long term hopes and dreams. Venus moves back into Libra on 31st October.
The month of October unusually sees no major planetary aspects at all but there is one major event as on 6th October Venus slows to a halt now in the sign of Scorpio and begins a 42 day period of retrograde motion. As you will have gathered from earlier on in this guide, Scorpio covers the part of your life linked to your friends and social life with them, groups, clubs, teams, associations and companies, matters of cooperation, community and social ideals and your political aims, your hopes and ambitions as well as the love you receive from others. You'll be assessing these parts of your life, and it may be that some associations may end now if you suspect that they have outlasted their worth to you. You may decide to visit different bars, restaurants and have a change of scenery to see what they are life. You may be reviewing group goals and how you feel about social policies that affect you. You may also be considering your longer term goals and it they are right for you. One rule of thumb during Venus retrograde. It is unwise to start brand new relationships or make important decisions over finances. Try and resist the urge until Venus moves direct again, even if the situations on offer look too good to be true.
As we move into November, so Venus changes signs back into Libra and makes you look at your work position. How can you improve your work relationships and your standing with those in charge of you? What do you need to do to improve your work prospects? You may be going back over projects that were left from a while ago, or using what you learnt in the past to help you now. This part of the chart links in to how you deal with the general public and you may be assessing how to improve your performance and attitudes in regards to them. You relationship with your parents, in particular your father may need some work, and now is a time to smooth things over if things haven't been as good as they could have been.
Indeed situations at home and with family members may need some adjusting and the 150 degree quincunx between Jupiter and Uranus on 8th of the month, so being a bit more open to their needs may help solve a difficult issue. There is a potential to let something slip in regards to your friendships too, be too complacent or misjudge a situation. Maybe too stubborn an attitude will play against you now?
The 8th of November is a significant day as Jupiter changes signs moving into it's home sign of Sagittarius. This is very beneficial position and time for sorting out any psychological problems that you may have been suffering from. You will be able, either by yourself or with the aid of others to step back, find some direction & work out why you have arrived at this point in your life. I suspect that issues to do with the things you learned from your parents when you were young may have a bearing on what you are feeling now. This is a place of spiritual development and awareness and you may be drawn to assist or aid people who may be less fortunate or suffering in some manner. The generosity of Jupiter may see you investing your time in charity affairs or just interested in doing your little bit to help in the next year ahead. If you are the one in trouble or require assistance, then wise and caring people may arrive just in time to help you in your time of need.
At the same time Uranus still moving retrograde dips back into the sign of Aries for one last time and a week later on the 15th November Mars makes a positive sextile to it. Here you may be impelled to buy something you need for your house or home, or spend to make your life more up to date and efficient. There might be a technological link to what you are looking to get or you may spend impulsively now - watch out for wasting money. You may see working from home as a possibility now.
On the 15th November Mars changes signs into elusive Pisces. This region of your chart rules the mind and the way you communicate, so you will be assertive but there is a fine line between putting forward your views in too much of a pushy way; be strong but be careful not to cross the line into being disparaging. This is a time when you will be confident in any debate and forthright in defending your ideas, and you'll be good at advertising and marketing your views. Life in general will progress at a fast pace, with letters, invitations, phone calls, emails and short trips all taking up much more of your time. You may also get involved with local people, with schools or educational facilities, brothers and sisters too and while you are driving and travelling about, you may get irritated if others are going too slowly or if you are delayed in some way. You may be able to join up and with others who live near to you in community projects and plans.
Be especially careful on the 16th November with Mars square to Jupiter as any action that you take may see you taking one step further than you should. There is no lack of confidence surrounding you at this time, but in regards to group matters, dealings with friends, business deals, financial transactions and the way you handle money you should realise that there will be a tendency to go over the top, gamble on something that maybe you shouldn't and overstep your reach. Also on this day Venus stations direct in your house of work and career. Matters may reach a crescendo or make or break point now, as you finish some work, reach an agreement with someone in authority, make some kind of public recognition or make a decision on your future direction.
There are a lot of changes of planetary direction and signs, and things may be a little confusing. Adding into the mix, Mercury is slowing to a halt in Sagittarius exactly square to elusive and confusing Neptune before turning retrograde two days later on the 18th November. At this point you may have to make a decision to sacrifice an idea or help someone else take the lead in a situation or maybe things you put down in writing or say to someone else may either be taken out of context or worse still used against you. It is best to stay quiet and in the background now and be careful not to deliberately deceive or hide the truth. You won't be thinking straight and you might be overly influenced by others. There's an element of confusion in where you will actually be heading. In regards to the next three weeks of retrograde it's best to try not to make firm decisions on things as they may be undermined or wrong in some manner. This is a good time to do background research on anything you are interested in and to do preparation work too. Get the details right and then when you do move forward and present your ideas they will be well received. You may need time to think, meditation and any spiritual techniques to allow relaxation of the mind will definitely help you. Now is a moment to consider your options but also to bide your time.
On the 27th November Mars making a constructive sextile to Saturn helps build your confidence and allows you to make some good progress. This is another aspect linked to things written, said or agreed to and now you may have the backing of someone you respect in doing so. You can sign contracts with confidence now, act to build on something that you agreed to before, have good relations with people in your community or neighbours, those in education and in schools and also with young people too. If you are advertising or marketing anything any campaign will have steady and long lasting results.
We enter December and Mercury moves back briefly into Scorpio for 4 days on 2nd December before stationing direct on the 6th of this month, ending it's last retrograde of the year. Mercury at a station in Scorpio will make you think about the role your friends and groups you are part of are playing in your life, and how they can best serve you in the future. You should be able soon to put joint efforts, ideas and future plans into motion. You may speak out with others over an issue now too.
Mars connects in a conjunction with Neptune just one day later on the 7th of the month. This aspect is one of acting in a very imaginative and possibly elusive way, and in your house of the mind this could lead to you having very creative ideas, use your intuition as it will be strong and you can act on what you feel. This is also a brilliant time for advertising campaigns, and for sending out a message in a visual way. You may though confuse words with actions, and this conjunction can bring a level of chaos to a situation. You might get lost on a journey, or their might be a hidden problem with a vehicle.
There is one last aspect to concentrate our minds this year and this occurs on 17th December with Mars forming a sextile to Pluto. I have a feeling that though actions and words you'll be able to very subtly control someone to get them to come around to your way of thinking. You can make a sizable impression on young people and use the power and control you have to guide them as you would like. This aspect also suggests getting the upper hand on neighbours, those who live close by. You may make a conscious decision to change a personal habit, or transform your mind set over something.
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