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May 16, 2012

The Moon is in Aries all day, and Aries' fiery ruler, Mars, forms a pleasing trine to Pluto midday. This is a powerful aspect that helps us to focus on our goals, to take decisive action, and to go after what we want without stepping on others' toes. We are willing to explore alternatives rather than simply relying on the tried and true. We are not afraid of a challenge and are willing to attempt to overcome obstacles. This is a strong energy for reworking or overhauling a project. However, with Jupiter quincunx Saturn exact this evening, decision making can be compromised as we can have difficulty seeing our alternatives in a realistic light. As well, Mars opposes Chiron early into the day tomorrow, and we can be unclear on which way we want to go.

This Week in Astrology

This Month: Pisces

May 2012

May is likely to begin on a busy note, and end on a more peaceful one, dear Pisces. You are communicative and sociable, reaching out to others and enjoying the connections you're making. The last week of May, however, brings a stronger desire to enjoy the peace and security of family life, and less interest in venturing far from home. Your relationship with a significant other is likely to be animated and at times strained. Perhaps you feel that not enough attention is paid to your own needs and plans. However, the 12-14 can bring opportunities to strengthen your bond with others through team work and communication.

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This Year: Pisces

2012 Yearly Horoscope Overview

Your interests continue to diversify in 2012, dear Pisces. You're filled with ideas, particularly on a professional level. While this is generally a positive thing, by July you are more able to focus on one or two pet projects and ideas, and this contributes to sense of feeling more settled. Fullness is brought to your domestic life from June forward, and until mid-2013. This period is strong for investing in your home and in real estate, with the exception of June itself, when idealism can cloud judgment. You might move to a bigger, more appealing, or convenient residence, or improve your home in significant ways, whether this involves physical redecorating and new possessions, or a stronger focus on improving your living conditions. More joy is experienced with family and in the home environment. Your attitude towards domestic life and family improves. Some of you will be working at home or working in home- or domestic-related industries. In October, Saturn moves into a harmonious angle to your sign, and this brings a stronger feeling of stability into your life. It also helps you focus on practical matters and meet responsibilities promptly. You feel on top of your life at this time, particularly with steady Saturn in harmonious angle to your ruler, Neptune, as well. The last quarter of the year is also strong for work in teams and for cementing friendships. Until October, Saturn continues to bring some structure and possibly restrictions to your intimate world and your shared finances. There can be some concerns about debts, loans, benefits, or a partner's income during this time. Financial ups and downs in general this year ultimately lead you to discover unique and creative ways to make and manage money. Neptune, your ruler, is now solidly in your sign starting in February, and this influence brings your imagination, idealism, and spirituality to the surface. Neptune is in its own terms, and this is a personally powerful position. Partnering can be rocky but also highly stimulating until July. There is work to do in your one-to-one relationships in the first half of 2012. Friendships can be up and down as well, although they tend to straighten out in the last quarter of the year.

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This Year in Love: Pisces

2012 Love Horoscope for Pisces

You have Mars stimulating (and sometimes aggravating!) your partnership sector from the beginning of 2012 until July. Eros is there too until May 23rd, and both bodies are retrograde for part of that time. These influences suggest that there's work to do in your committed partnerships, dear Pisces. Even if you're single, the ways you approach others and how they deal with you need to change in some manner.

These influences can manifest in different ways. You may be attracting aggressive or assertive people into your life. They might be coming on strong, and then pulling back. Conflicts about give and take in an existing partnership can be stimulated. With Saturn in your solar eighth house until October, the possibility that finances and values are heated topics increases. You will be called upon to adjust the way you deal with assertion in your close relationships. If you're stimulating angry situations, you need to consider

Saturn leaving your intimacy sector in October brings greater stability to your life in general, and also relieves some pressure on shared finances and issues of control in a partnership.

Solar eclipses are no longer activating your romance sector, and romantic matters settle as a result - romance is more likely to be status quo in 2012 with no major planetary activity in the romance sector of your chart.

Quick-moving Mercury rules your partnership sector, and travels virtually the entire zodiac in the course of the year 2012, as is common for any year. Mercury's retrograde periods may point to slow downs in relationships, or times when a partner is harder to understand, indecisive, or hesitant. These periods are March 12-April 4, July 14-August 8, and November 6-26.

 

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