2011 Horoscope Aquarius

Aquarius (Born January 21 to 30) – 0 to 10 degrees Aquarius: 

2011: Aquarius Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

2011 Overview for all Aquarians. Your life is becoming clearer and your personality more independent in 2011, dear Aquarius. There are two strong astrological indications for you becoming more assertive and active this year. For one, dreamy Neptune is exiting your sign (although it won’t do so permanently until 2012). This points to the closing chapters on a spiritual quest for meaning – on a period in which you tended to go with the flow. With the exception of the last 2-3 days/degrees of Aquarius, you have passed the Neptune conjunction that acted to soften your disposition – that had you absorbing the moods of those around you to the point that your own temperament was rather changeable. The second indication is your ruler, Uranus, entering the more aggressive, active, and independent sign of Aries in March where it will stay for many years to come. From January to June, excellent opportunities in communications are in your forecast. It’s a strong period for studies, writing, and other mental pursuits. More joy can be found in these pursuits, although you can have a tendency to take on more than you can manage at this time, so watch for this! More daily contact with friends is likely now as well. You’ll thoroughly enjoy sharing your knowledge and ideas with others, and learning from others as well. You’re likely to increase contact with people now, and find it quite pleasant to do so. In June, Jupiter, the planet of abundance, begins its year-long journey through your home and family sector. During this period, you’ll be paying more attention to the pleasures and comforts of home. You might be bringing friends to your home more often (entertaining). Some of you will literally expand your residence or property ownership by moving to a new, more spacious residence or acquiring new real estate. Others might find there are new additions to the family. It’s a good time for setting right any problems you may have had with family in recent years. You are unlikely to be especially adventurous during this period of your life. Travel for pleasure may not occur at all or may be reduced this year. There is a tendency to stick closer to home in 2011. Many of you will be doing more behind-the-scenes work in your career. 2011 is not a year for big promotions or special interest in career matters (2012 will be!).

2011 Details.

Jupiter entering Aries on January 22nd puts this planet of growth and expansion in your solar third house. From January 22nd until June 4th, educational and communication opportunities present themselves. You may increase your knowledge and skills set, and find much enjoyment in so doing. During this long-term trend, neighbors or relatives could be especially helpful in your life. You express your ideas with more enthusiasm and positivity, and they are received well. You are able to comprehend more complicated subjects and problems, and you are able to explain them in such a way that others can readily understand; thus, teaching, authoring, or otherwise delivering information may be prosperous now. Higher level studies, courses, and perhaps some travel opportunities might arise during this cycle. Many of you will benefit from taking courses if you aren’t already doing so, and those already involved in studies will benefit more than usual during this period. You may decide to buy a new car, or transportation opportunities present themselves, making it much easier for you to get from point A to point B. Gifts, benefits, or other opportunities may come through visits, short trips, messages, emails, or they could come through contacts with siblings, classmates, and neighbors. Some sort of positive news or announcement is likely to be part of the picture. If you’re an author, teacher, or other position in communications, you will find more opportunities to advance your trade as your creative juices flow nicely. If you’re a student, school is especially favored. If you’re in business, you are likely to find sales are especially strong. In general, you find much joy in communicating, learning, and socializing. There is likely to be much more communication with friends and groups. These positive circumstances won’t necessarily fall into your lap, and are unlikely to come all at once. You need to keep your eyes open for opportunities in these areas of life.

From June 4th forward, Jupiter is moving through your solar fourth house, and you are likely to see benefits to home, family, property, and domestic comfort matters. Much joy and pleasure can be found in your family connections and experiences and/or your home life during this cycle. An increased sense of security and safety may be derived from your domestic life. Improvements to your home life, family, and basic psychological foundation are in focus. You might find that inner and personal experiences are more important to you during this cycle than more worldly ones. Opportunities to buy or sell real estate for financial gain may present themselves. Home improvements and renovations are favored, as is moving to a new dwelling (more spacious or larger homes are likely now). Some of you may buy or sell a house, and others may welcome a new addition to the family. You may move to a larger or more comfortable home; or you might enhance your existing home in such a way that makes you feel happier, perhaps by de-cluttering your space. Long-standing family problems may be ironed out. Relationships with parents and other family members go well. You may find special enjoyment through getting in touch with, or researching, your roots or family traditions. There could be a family reunion, vacation, or other event that gives you a stronger sense of connection to your family. Family may help you financially or an inheritance is possible for some of you. You take more pleasure in nurturing others. A stronger sense of psychological well-being may come now, as you take less interest in more worldly ambitions and activities. You might be bringing more friends and acquaintances home for entertaining. These positive circumstances won’t necessarily fall into your lap, and are unlikely to come all at once. You need to keep your eyes open for opportunities in these areas of life.

The most favorable periods for these matters occur while Jupiter is in direct motion in your solar fourth house, from June 4th to August 30th, and then from December 25th forward. (This transit lasts until June 2012).

Jupiter transits sextile your Sun from January 22nd to March 12th. This is a feel-good transit that offers you opportunities to rise above petty concerns and to achieve a more balanced approach to your life. Relationships with others tend to be easygoing, friendly, and positive. It’s natural for you to cooperate with others, and others find it easy to cooperate with you! This is a time when you really enjoy life, appreciating the good things and rarely harping on the more inconvenient or annoying elements of life.

However, in February and March, do what you can to avoid overloading your plate, or daily life can become very hectic. It’s great to have new interests and more contact with others, but if you overdo it, you might find little time for other activities and for peace with yourself. You might also be focusing so much on rote learning that you fail to get in touch with broader perspectives.

Saturn transits your solar ninth house again this year. This period in your life is generally dedicated to self-improvement. You are developing your ideals and your commitments. Ideals and spiritual goals that you may have taken for granted or worked with for many years seem superficial or not particularly useful to you now. You come face to face with your self-defeating attitudes during this period of time. Higher learning and travel might be areas of constriction or you might find you’re attracted to especially practical studies and that you travel for business more than for pleasure. You are taking a closer look at, and re-assessing, your attitude and confidence. The blind faith or optimism that may have carried you to date comes up for inspection. Are your belief systems sound? What do you stand for? What kind of future are you working towards, and why? These are some of the questions this transit stimulates. The spirit that drives you and motivates you to move out and beyond the everyday grind comes up for inspection. By the end of the transit, you will have a better understanding of what it is that offers you hope and optimism as well as that which fuels your drive. You will be one step closer to knowing where you are headed, and you will have re-built faith in yourself. Ideally, you adopt a more mature attitude towards adventure and facing the unknown. You let go of self-defeating attitudes that have been holding you back, you recognize exactly where you have been overdoing your expectations, and you find new ways to nurture faith, hope, and vision. This is truly a period of self-discovery.

Uranus, your ruling planet, enters Aries in March. Uranus was in Aries for part of last year before it returned to Pisces. Now that it’s solidly in the sign of Aries, you are likely to be bolder, more assertive, and more independent.

For those of you born January 21-26, and those with an Aquarius Ascendant of 0-5 degrees, Uranus harmonizes your Sun and transits your solar third house from March, 2011, forward. New opportunities to express yourself, particularly through speaking and writing, can suddenly enter your life. You are likely to make changes in your life that break you out of your usual routines. These changes are unlikely to be jarring or dramatic–quite the contrary! It feels good to break out of your shell a little and to take a few healthy risks. Acquaintances, siblings, or casual friends and communications may be catalysts for this new self-expression. You may make little changes to your personal appearance or to your mannerisms that reflect the changes going on inside. A desire to live in a more free-spirited manner is with you this year. Your life is livelier than usual in 2010, but not hectic, and this allows you to enjoy yourself. Uranus in your solar third house indicates that you may be easily bored or distracted when it comes to traditional mental pursuits. You may pick up a brand new study this year. Exposure to new ideas open up new worlds to you.

The influence of Neptune is similar to last year for most of you. Neptune continues to transit your first house, as it has been doing for a number of years. You are increasingly less focused on your own self-centered needs, more universal in your concerns, and more open to the intangible realms of inspiration and beauty. However, for those born January 21-22, Neptune moves out of your first house and into your solar second house. Neptune’s influence in the second house has the effect of changing your value system. You may be careless with your money during this long-term cycle. Some financial insecurity may be part of the picture. Watching out for scams or risky speculative investments is necessary. Ideally, you will be learning to detach yourself in some way from your material possessions. This doesn’t mean that you have to lose income or give up all your possessions by all means, because true detachment leads to the kind of attitude that attracts exactly what you need.

Eclipses in 2011 fall in your solar sixth and twelfth houses and fifth and eleventh houses. Issues of work, service, and health (both mental/spiritual, and physical), come into focus. Circumstances are such that you need to develop some healthy habits, routines, and schedules. Recognizing your personal limitations in terms of just how much you can give to others and just how much compassion and understanding you can show is essential now. It’s time to structure your life. You are learning to rid yourself of guilt about under-performing. Issues of guilt, worry, and anxiety need to be managed this year. As well, social activity, romance, and friendships are areas of transformation. The need to be appreciated by others, and the need for togetherness with others, comes into play. A love affair may begin or end under this influence. New contacts with others may also occur. You are learning to develop the courage to strike out on your own individual and creative path without fear. While you are learning how to give more of yourself creatively and romantically when appropriate, you are also learning about letting go of the attachment to the drama of personal relationships and the ego in order to learn the true value of the team when appropriate. You are learning to cultivate true friendships.

A positive connection between your fourth and twelfth houses this year suggests this is an excellent year to get in touch with the past conditioning that makes you what you are today. Periods when you completely relax and retreat, removing yourself from everyday affairs, will be especially beneficial. You are likely to learn that privacy and more down time are good for your soul, and some of you will be learning to get over your fears of being alone.

Jupiter trines Pluto in July and then again in October. This transit generally favors business, the law, and commerce. We might enjoy increased influence, faith, and insight now. The desire for more personal significance can lead us to give of ourselves or motivate us to more ambitiously pursue personal or professional goals. The ability to sway or persuade can be enhanced now. One of the most positive uses of this transit involves taking steps to better ourselves. We might solve a problem that has been in existence for some time, or capitalize upon a resource that was previously hidden or unacknowledged. Jupiter also forms favorable aspects to Neptune and Chiron from June forward. For you, there is more determination to realize your business goals and to improve your income from business. There is also likely to be some level of transformation in your social life – you might form alliances that further your professional goals or you might make friends through professional interests and contacts. You may also be looking for more authenticity in your associations in general, weeding out those connections that feel too superficial, for example. Career matters are improved and fortunate in general with these transits.

Aquarius (Born January 31 to February 9) – 10 to 20 degrees Aquarius:

2011: Aquarius Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

2011 Overview for all Aquarians. Your life is becoming clearer and your personality more independent in 2011, dear Aquarius. There are two strong astrological indications for you becoming more assertive and active this year. For one, dreamy Neptune is exiting your sign (although it won’t do so permanently until 2012). This points to the closing chapters on a spiritual quest for meaning – on a period in which you tended to go with the flow. With the exception of the last 2-3 days/degrees of Aquarius, you have passed the Neptune conjunction that acted to soften your disposition – that had you absorbing the moods of those around you to the point that your own temperament was rather changeable. The second indication is your ruler, Uranus, entering the more aggressive, active, and independent sign of Aries in March where it will stay for many years to come. From January to June, excellent opportunities in communications are in your forecast. It’s a strong period for studies, writing, and other mental pursuits. More joy can be found in these pursuits, although you can have a tendency to take on more than you can manage at this time, so watch for this! More daily contact with friends is likely now as well. You’ll thoroughly enjoy sharing your knowledge and ideas with others, and learning from others as well. You’re likely to increase contact with people now, and find it quite pleasant to do so. In June, Jupiter, the planet of abundance, begins its year-long journey through your home and family sector. During this period, you’ll be paying more attention to the pleasures and comforts of home. You might be bringing friends to your home more often (entertaining). Some of you will literally expand your residence or property ownership by moving to a new, more spacious residence or acquiring new real estate. Others might find there are new additions to the family. It’s a good time for setting right any problems you may have had with family in recent years. You are unlikely to be especially adventurous during this period of your life. Travel for pleasure may not occur at all or may be reduced this year. There is a tendency to stick closer to home in 2011. Many of you will be doing more behind-the-scenes work in your career. 2011 is not a year for big promotions or special interest in career matters (2012 will be!).

2011 Details.

From March 12th forward, Jupiter, the planet of growth and expansion, transits your solar third house, and educational and communication opportunities present themselves. You may increase your knowledge and skills set, and find much enjoyment in so doing. During this long-term trend, neighbors or relatives could be especially helpful in your life. You express your ideas with more enthusiasm and positivity, and they are received well. You are able to comprehend more complicated subjects and problems, and you are able to explain them in such a way that others can readily understand; thus, teaching, authoring, or otherwise delivering information may be prosperous now. Higher level studies, courses, and perhaps some travel opportunities might arise during this cycle. Many of you will benefit from taking courses if you aren’t already doing so, and those already involved in studies will benefit more than usual during this period. You may decide to buy a new car, or transportation opportunities present themselves, making it much easier for you to get from point A to point B. Gifts, benefits, or other opportunities may come through visits, short trips, messages, emails, or they could come through contacts with siblings, classmates, and neighbors. Some sort of positive news or announcement is likely to be part of the picture. If you’re an author, teacher, or other position in communications, you will find more opportunities to advance your trade as your creative juices flow nicely. If you’re a student, school is especially favored. If you’re in business, you are likely to find sales are especially strong. In general, you find much joy in communicating, learning, and socializing. There is likely to be much more communication with friends and groups. These positive circumstances won’t necessarily fall into your lap, and are unlikely to come all at once. You need to keep your eyes open for opportunities in these areas of life.

The most favorable periods for these matters occur while Jupiter is in direct motion in your solar fourth house, from March 12th to August 30th, and then from December 25th forward.

Jupiter transits sextile your Sun from March 12th to April 21st. This is a feel-good transit that offers you opportunities to rise above petty concerns and to achieve a more balanced approach to your life. Relationships with others tend to be easygoing, friendly, and positive. It’s natural for you to cooperate with others, and others find it easy to cooperate with you! This is a time when you really enjoy life, appreciating the good things and rarely harping on the more inconvenient or annoying elements of life.

Saturn transits your solar ninth house again this year. This period in your life is generally dedicated to self-improvement. You are developing your ideals and your commitments. Ideals and spiritual goals that you may have taken for granted or worked with for many years seem superficial or not particularly useful to you now. You come face to face with your self-defeating attitudes during this period of time. Higher learning and travel might be areas of constriction or you might find you’re attracted to especially practical studies and that you travel for business more than for pleasure. You are taking a closer look at, and re-assessing, your attitude and confidence. The blind faith or optimism that may have carried you to date comes up for inspection. Are your belief systems sound? What do you stand for? What kind of future are you working towards, and why? These are some of the questions this transit stimulates. The spirit that drives you and motivates you to move out and beyond the everyday grind comes up for inspection. By the end of the transit, you will have a better understanding of what it is that offers you hope and optimism as well as that which fuels your drive. You will be one step closer to knowing where you are headed, and you will have re-built faith in yourself. Ideally, you adopt a more mature attitude towards adventure and facing the unknown. You let go of self-defeating attitudes that have been holding you back, you recognize exactly where you have been overdoing your expectations, and you find new ways to nurture faith, hope, and vision. This is truly a period of self-discovery.

Saturn trines your Sun until October, and this helps you to focus on your goals. This transit is a stabilizing one–others know they can rely on you, and you on them. Your vision is all the more realistic now, and pleasingly so. You work steadily and determinedly towards your goals. Authority figures and elders tend to look favorably upon you. You’ll be ending the year on solid footing and feeling strong.

Uranus, your ruling planet, enters Aries in March. Uranus was in Aries for part of last year before it returned to Pisces. Now that it’s solidly in the sign of Aries, you are likely to be bolder, more assertive, and more independent.

The influences of Uranus and Neptune this year are similar to last year and represent long-term trends. Uranus in your second house brings about subtle changes to your value system. Some of you are moving towards a less materialistic value system, and others may be encountering unexpected circumstances that bring about a fluctuating or uncertain income. There may be a trend towards Uranus-ruled areas as the major source of income in your life, such as through new technologies, science, computers, the Internet, or metaphysics. You are also inclined to take a few more risks with your finances, or unusual ways of making money could be in place during this cycle. The best advice for increasing your earning power now is to nurture your latent inventive or progressive, future-oriented talents. Neptune continues to transit your solar first house as it has for many years. You are increasingly less focused on your own me-centered needs, more universal in your concerns, and more open to the intangible things in life. Others may have a harder time understanding you during this long-term cycle as you may not be establishing clear boundaries. A higher purpose to your life is what you seek, and you rely more heavily upon your intuition in order to achieve it.

Eclipses in 2011 fall in your solar sixth and twelfth houses and fifth and eleventh houses. Issues of work, service, and health (both mental/spiritual, and physical), come into focus. Circumstances are such that you need to develop some healthy habits, routines, and schedules. Recognizing your personal limitations in terms of just how much you can give to others and just how much compassion and understanding you can show is essential now. It’s time to structure your life. You are learning to rid yourself of guilt about under-performing. Issues of guilt, worry, and anxiety need to be managed this year. As well, social activity, romance, and friendships are areas of transformation. The need to be appreciated by others, and the need for togetherness with others, comes into play. A love affair may begin or end under this influence. New contacts with others may also occur. You are learning to develop the courage to strike out on your own individual and creative path without fear. While you are learning how to give more of yourself creatively and romantically when appropriate, you are also learning about letting go of the attachment to the drama of personal relationships and the ego in order to learn the true value of the team when appropriate. You are learning to cultivate true friendships.

A positive connection between your third and eleventh houses this year suggests that a friendship is likely to bring some joy into your life. Chances are excellent that you will find a lovely confidante this year–someone to share your daily activities and thoughts with–even if this is an online friend or other casual connection. A sibling may introduce you to a new group or friend this year. Whatever the case may be, grab the chance to share your thoughts with someone who is not too close to you. You are likely to be brimming with ideas about how to go about manifesting your innermost desires and dreams. Networking is strong for you in 2011, and opens you up to many new possibilities and ideas.

Jupiter trines Pluto in July and then again in October. This transit generally favors business, the law, and commerce. We might enjoy increased influence, faith, and insight now. The desire for more personal significance can lead us to give of ourselves or motivate us to more ambitiously pursue personal or professional goals. The ability to sway or persuade can be enhanced now. One of the most positive uses of this transit involves taking steps to better ourselves. We might solve a problem that has been in existence for some time, or capitalize upon a resource that was previously hidden or unacknowledged. Jupiter also forms favorable aspects to Neptune and Chiron from June forward. For you, there is more determination to realize your business goals and to improve your income from business. There is also likely to be some level of transformation in your social life – you might form alliances that further your professional goals or you might make friends through professional interests and contacts. You may also be looking for more authenticity in your associations in general, weeding out those connections that feel too superficial, for example. Career matters are improved and fortunate in general with these influences.

Aquarius (Born February 10 to 19) – 20 to 30 degrees Aquarius:

2011: Aquarius Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

2011 Overview for all Aquarians. Your life is becoming clearer and your personality more independent in 2011, dear Aquarius. There are two strong astrological indications for you becoming more assertive and active this year. For one, dreamy Neptune is exiting your sign (although it won’t do so permanently until 2012). This points to the closing chapters on a spiritual quest for meaning – on a period in which you tended to go with the flow. With the exception of the last 2-3 days/degrees of Aquarius, you have passed the Neptune conjunction that acted to soften your disposition – that had you absorbing the moods of those around you to the point that your own temperament was rather changeable. The second indication is your ruler, Uranus, entering the more aggressive, active, and independent sign of Aries in March where it will stay for many years to come. From January to June, excellent opportunities in communications are in your forecast. It’s a strong period for studies, writing, and other mental pursuits. More joy can be found in these pursuits, although you can have a tendency to take on more than you can manage at this time, so watch for this! More daily contact with friends is likely now as well. You’ll thoroughly enjoy sharing your knowledge and ideas with others, and learning from others as well. You’re likely to increase contact with people now, and find it quite pleasant to do so. In June, Jupiter, the planet of abundance, begins its year-long journey through your home and family sector. During this period, you’ll be paying more attention to the pleasures and comforts of home. You might be bringing friends to your home more often (entertaining). Some of you will literally expand your residence or property ownership by moving to a new, more spacious residence or acquiring new real estate. Others might find there are new additions to the family. It’s a good time for setting right any problems you may have had with family in recent years. You are unlikely to be especially adventurous during this period of your life. Travel for pleasure may not occur at all or may be reduced this year. There is a tendency to stick closer to home in 2011. Many of you will be doing more behind-the-scenes work in your career. 2011 is not a year for big promotions or special interest in career matters (2012 will be!).

2011 Details.

Until April 21st, Jupiter continues to transit your solar second house. During this cycle, you are likely to see and enjoy benefits to your earning power and value system. Jupiter in this part of your chart could very well bring a profitable and productive year. You are likely to feel more confident and enthusiastic about your ability to earn a living, and this can help you to attract more income, as long as you are realistic in both your approach and expectations. You might decide to develop your talents during this Jupiter cycle, which in turn boosts your earning power. Your income might increase, and there may be an opportunity to improve your future financial situation. However, you may also be just as inclined to splurge on yourself, opting to plump up your nest or your store of personal possessions in order to feel more secure. Money problems from the past may clear up during this period if you use it appropriately, developing budgets and working out ways to better manage your resources. You may be adding to your possessions, the recipient of some large item or gift, or a major purchase or sale might occur now. A significant gift or bonus may come your way. This is a good time to work with financial institutions, go for a raise, or apply for a loan. You may need to curb an inclination to overspend–feeling good could bring you to the stores as you temporarily forget about the future! The positive circumstances listed here won’t necessarily fall into your lap, and are unlikely to come all at once. You need to keep your eyes open for opportunities in these areas of life.

From April 21st forward, Jupiter, the planet of growth and expansion, transits your solar third house, and educational and communication opportunities present themselves. You may increase your knowledge and skills set, and find much enjoyment in so doing. During this long-term trend, neighbors or relatives could be especially helpful in your life. You express your ideas with more enthusiasm and positivity, and they are received well. You are able to comprehend more complicated subjects and problems, and you are able to explain them in such a way that others can readily understand; thus, teaching, authoring, or otherwise delivering information may be prosperous now. Higher level studies, courses, and perhaps some travel opportunities might arise during this cycle. Many of you will benefit from taking courses if you aren’t already doing so, and those already involved in studies will benefit more than usual during this period. You may decide to buy a new car, or transportation opportunities present themselves, making it much easier for you to get from point A to point B. Gifts, benefits, or other opportunities may come through visits, short trips, messages, emails, or they could come through contacts with siblings, classmates, and neighbors. Some sort of positive news or announcement is likely to be part of the picture. If you’re an author, teacher, or other position in communications, you will find more opportunities to advance your trade as your creative juices flow nicely. If you’re a student, school is especially favored. If you’re in business, you are likely to find sales are especially strong. In general, you find much joy in communicating, learning, and socializing. There is likely to be much more communication with friends and groups. These positive circumstances won’t necessarily fall into your lap, and are unlikely to come all at once. You need to keep your eyes open for opportunities in these areas of life.

The most favorable periods for these matters occur while Jupiter is in direct motion in your solar fourth house, from April 21st to August 30th, and then from December 25th forward.

Jupiter transits sextile your Sun from April 21st to June 6th. This is a feel-good transit that offers you opportunities to rise above petty concerns and to achieve a more balanced approach to your life. Relationships with others tend to be easygoing, friendly, and positive. It’s natural for you to cooperate with others, and others find it easy to cooperate with you! This is a time when you really enjoy life, appreciating the good things and rarely harping on the more inconvenient or annoying elements of life.

Saturn completes its transit of your solar eighth house by October. Pressures that have forced you to examine some of your deepest desires and attachments have been part of your life for the last while. These include your sexual relationships, your finances (especially with regards to debts and shared finances), and your need for control. You may have faced some difficulties satisfying your libido and/or encountering problems with intimacy. These pressures are “designed” to make you more aware of your desire nature, and what exactly it is you want. Dissatisfaction and frustrations getting what you want, especially with regard to relationships with others and with your resources, may have been part of your life recently. You may have discovered that previous methods of controlling your environment and the people in your life simply were not effective any more. Now is the time for eliminating some deep-seated habits and attachments that have been keeping you back from feeling emotionally free. You now emerge healthier and stronger. When we give in to compulsive behaviors, we give up self-control, and guilt undermines our lives. We are not ourselves. By attempting to control others, we give away our own power over ourselves. By the end of this transit in October, you will feel considerably more emotionally healthy. You will have nixed some of your addictions, and mastered your superstitions. You will feel more powerful because you have given up attempting to control things you cannot or should not control, and you will have gained a feeling of self-mastery instead.

Saturn transits your solar ninth house this year from October forward. This period in your life is generally dedicated to self-improvement. You are developing your ideals and your commitments. Ideals and spiritual goals that you may have taken for granted or worked with for many years seem superficial or not particularly useful to you now. You come face to face with your self-defeating attitudes during this period of time. Higher learning and travel might be areas of constriction or you might find you’re attracted to especially practical studies and that you travel for business more than for pleasure. You are taking a closer look at, and re-assessing, your attitude and confidence. The blind faith or optimism that may have carried you to date comes up for inspection. Are your belief systems sound? What do you stand for? What kind of future are you working towards, and why? These are some of the questions this transit stimulates. The spirit that drives you and motivates you to move out and beyond the everyday grind comes up for inspection. By the end of the transit, you will have a better understanding of what it is that offers you hope and optimism as well as that which fuels your drive. You will be one step closer to knowing where you are headed, and you will have re-built faith in yourself. Ideally, you adopt a more mature attitude towards adventure and facing the unknown. You let go of self-defeating attitudes that have been holding you back, you recognize exactly where you have been overdoing your expectations, and you find new ways to nurture faith, hope, and vision. This is truly a period of self-discovery.

Saturn trines your Sun from October forward, and this helps you to better focus on your goals. This transit is a stabilizing one–others know they can rely on you, and you on them. Your vision is all the more realistic now, and pleasingly so. You work steadily and determinedly towards your goals. Authority figures and elders tend to look favorably upon you. You’ll be ending the year on solid footing and feeling strong.

Uranus, your ruling planet, enters Aries in March. Uranus was in Aries for part of last year before it returned to Pisces. Now that it’s solidly in the sign of Aries, you are likely to be bolder, more assertive, and more independent.

The influences of Uranus and Neptune this year are similar to last year and represent long-term trends. Uranus in your second house brings about subtle changes to your value system. Some of you are moving towards a less materialistic value system, and others may be encountering unexpected circumstances that bring about a fluctuating or uncertain income. There may be a trend towards Uranus-ruled areas as the major source of income in your life, such as through new technologies, science, computers, the Internet, or metaphysics. You are also inclined to take a few more risks with your finances, or unusual ways of making money could be in place during this cycle. The best advice for increasing your earning power now is to nurture your latent inventive or progressive, future-oriented talents. Neptune continues to transit your solar first house as it has for many years. You are increasingly less focused on your own me-centered needs, more universal in your concerns, and more open to the intangible things in life. Others may have a harder time understanding you during this long-term cycle as you may not be establishing clear boundaries. A higher purpose to your life is what you seek, and you rely more heavily upon your intuition in order to achieve it.

Eclipses in 2011 fall in your fifth and eleventh houses. Social activity, romance, and friendships are areas of transformation. The need to be appreciated by others, and the need for togetherness with others, comes into play. A love affair may begin or end under this influence. New contacts with others may also occur. You are learning to develop the courage to strike out on your own individual and creative path without fear. While you are learning how to give more of yourself creatively and romantically when appropriate, you are also learning about letting go of the attachment to the drama of personal relationships and the ego in order to learn the true value of the team when appropriate. You are learning to cultivate true friendships.

A positive connection between your third and eleventh houses this year suggests that a friendship is likely to bring some joy into your life. Chances are excellent that you will find a lovely confidante this year–someone to share your daily activities and thoughts with–even if this is an online friend or other casual connection. A sibling may introduce you to a new group or friend this year. Whatever the case may be, grab the chance to share your thoughts with someone who is not too close to you. You are likely to be brimming with ideas about how to go about manifesting your innermost desires and dreams. Networking is strong for you in 2011, and opens you up to many new possibilities and ideas.

Jupiter trines Pluto in July and then again in October. This transit generally favors business, the law, and commerce. We might enjoy increased influence, faith, and insight now. The desire for more personal significance can lead us to give of ourselves or motivate us to more ambitiously pursue personal or professional goals. The ability to sway or persuade can be enhanced now. One of the most positive uses of this transit involves taking steps to better ourselves. We might solve a problem that has been in existence for some time, or capitalize upon a resource that was previously hidden or unacknowledged. Jupiter also forms favorable aspects to Neptune and Chiron from June forward. For you, there is more determination to realize your business goals and to improve your income from business. There is also likely to be some level of transformation in your social life – you might form alliances that further your professional goals or you might make friends through professional interests and contacts. You may also be looking for more authenticity in your associations in general, weeding out those connections that feel too superficial, for example. Career matters are improved and fortunate in general with these influences.