2009 Virgo Forecast

Set your path now 

The patterns you establish and the choices you make this year will have an enduring impact on your life. Saturn, the planet of form and structure, remains in efficient Virgo until October 29 -- returning for a brief encore in 2010 before taking up a two-year residence in Libra. The presence of this crystallizing planet in your sign represents constraint, but it's not designed to bind you to your present circumstances. Its purpose is instead to help you recognize the relationship between your current limits and your future potential. While it can be discouraging to face the hard, cold reality of situations that have not lived up to your expectations, seeing exactly where you stand is a powerful position from which to make positive change. Saturn helps you define your goals, solidify plans and apply the discipline and commitment required to make them work. Don't allow self-doubt to deter you from reaching for the stars; you need only advance one careful step at a time to succeed.

Unconventional individuals and impulsive partners bring surprises when revolutionary Uranus in emotional Pisces opposes Saturn on February 5 and September 15. This is part of a long series of destabilizing aspects between the planets of change and resistance that began late last year and ends next summer. Overcome a tendency to try to maintain the status quo, especially in relationships, because rigidity will only increase tension, perhaps leading to an explosion. The unusual ideas you are facing can be just what you need to break down your barriers to a happier and more exciting life. Feed your growing ambitions from a spring of innovation that reveals new ways to solve old problems. Balance stern Saturn's need for control with shocking Uranus's promise of discovery by maintaining flexibility in the face of the unexpected.

Expansive Jupiter in inventive Aquarius highlights your 6th House of Health, Work and Daily Routines this year, broadening your perspective in these important areas. However, a Solar Eclipse on January 26 and a Lunar Eclipse on August 5 in Aquarius fall in the 6th House, indicating that you need to let go of some old ways before filling up on new ones. You're generally careful about making alterations in your life, but the natural effusiveness of Jupiter is increased by its conjunctions to idealistic Neptune on May 27, July 10 and December 21. Their union could float you on clouds of hope that overcome your practical nature, leaving you with inspiration but no ground in which to nurture its growth. You might find yourself swinging between extremes of optimism and despair -- clearly not the best way to go. Don't allow cynicism to darken the essence of your ideals or dissuade you from aspiring to the highest levels of delight. Temper your hopes with just a smidge of realism to ensure that they don't disappear in a puff of smoke but become a long-lasting template for a more fulfilling future.

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