2011 Horoscope Gemini

Gemini (Born May 22 to 31) – 0 to 10 degrees Gemini: 

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

2011 Overview for all Geminis. Your social life picks up its pace from January to June this year, dear Gemini. It’s a time of interesting connections, and for some of you, partnering opportunities can be made through or with friends and group associations. You particularly enjoy sharing your expertise with your associates and networking. From June forward, you can experience a greater love of solitude. It’s not that you’re unsociable during this period – it’s more about feeling quite comfortable when alone, and there’s an important difference between the two states of mind. As well, you will find that putting others’ interests ahead of yours tends to bring you the most rewards. You may be doing a lot for others, but you’ll be enjoying doing it! For some of you, in the second half of 2011, partnering opportunities may be made through the Internet or other channels that allow you to connect anonymously at first before meeting. Again this year, those of you who are dating or involved in a more casual romance will find that you’re a little more serious and selective. For all of you, in the second half of the year especially, you tend to go with the flow in romance rather than rush in. Parents might invest more money and time into their children’s hobbies, or find themselves creating more structure for their kids. Creative pursuits that most attract you now are those that generate tangible rewards, and you may be putting more energy and work into your own hobbies. A long-term cycle that’s influenced your career for many years is coming to an end in March, 2011. With this cycle’s end, dramatic ups and downs in your career path tend to subside, although you are still required to adapt to more subtle shifts. Your aspirations begin to change. The cycle that begins with this one’s end is bound to shake up your social circle. Some friendships may be left behind, and new ones are made, although they may not be quite as reliable as the ones you had in the past. July through October can be a strong period for finances – both material and emotional support is more readily available to you. June is an important month for taking charge of your life and beginning new long-term projects. The second half of the year can bring more emotional energy to a partnership, and for singles, the possibility of a new partnership altogether. Overall, Saturn’s influence this year is good for feeling on track, stable, and strong enough to meet life’s challenges. You are less inclined to rebel or react in 2011, and more inclined to live in a more authentic manner – true to yourself.

2011 Details.

Jupiter entering Aries on January 22nd puts this planet of growth and expansion in your solar eleventh house. From January 22nd until June 4th, this transit brings benefits and fresh energy to networking activities, the formulation of broad, long-term goals, acquaintances, clubs, and organizations in your life. You can rely on your friends for their help and support, and your circle of friends could most certainly increase during this fruitful transit. Your long-term goals and wishes tend to be broad and perhaps unusual or ahead of the times just now. You may particularly enjoy dreaming up ideas for the future. Achieving your goals tends to come more easily now. Others especially value your advice and often turn to you for help. You could become more active with friends or in your community. You may have opportunities to join or lead clubs or groups. Group activities and associations could be avenues for fulfilling your own goals. You may take special joy in sharing a common cause or ideals with others. You are especially hopeful and more inclined to believe that if you wish it, it will be! Income from your business or career is likely to increase. You might find yourself more tolerant of others in general, and of differences in values. Reaching out beyond your personal circle can certainly open doors to you and bring joy into your life during this cycle. 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. Also, Jupiter can bring too much of a good thing at times, and you might find that your social agenda is crammed or that you have taken on more friends or goals than you can reasonably handle.

From June 4th forward, Jupiter is moving through your solar twelfth house. This transit brings benefits to activities that take place “behind the scenes” or otherwise privately, as well as in the soul. This is a cycle in which you become more compassionate, empathetic, and sensitive, or get in deeper touch with these traits. Jupiter in the twelfth house is said to offer one spiritual protection. This is a time when you can rid yourself of self-destructive tendencies, deep-seated fears, and deeply-ingrained tendencies towards guilty feelings. You are more able to get in touch with your subconscious mind, and in fact, confronting your fears can be quite pleasurable during this period. Charity, giving/donating anonymously, volunteering, and helping others without expectation of reward will be most fulfilling during this cycle. Helping others actually helps you. Work that involves serving others may begin now and bring you much joy. Your dreaming world may be especially rich, lighter, helpful, and more intuitive. Meditation and retreats may be particularly helpful to you now, as they regenerate and invigorate your spirit. Much pleasure and growth might be found in solitude and contemplation. You may pick up New Age studies, spirituality, dream interpretation, or research during this cycle. Some people enter into a private romance during this cycle. In general, help seems to be there when you need it. You are building or rebuilding your inner faith now. 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 twelfth 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, making it an excellent time to start new long-term projects. You might find that you feel subtly more vital, confident, and optimistic about the future at this time. It’s a good time to resolve conflicts, as you are not as easily angered by trivial matters.

Saturn transits your solar fifth house again this year.  Saturn’s influence is rather somber and serious. You are getting serious about fifth house matters: romance, relationships with children, your creativity, and pleasure. Serious about pleasure? Yes, indeed. While you may not spend a whole lot of time living it up at parties, bars, or entertainment venues, you are likely to take your hobbies more seriously. In fact, this is an excellent year for monetizing any personal hobby–turning it into a business, even if it’s on the side. If you have children, they may need more discipline or structure than they previously did. Some Geminis will be welcoming children into their lives and discovering all of the responsibilities that come with it. Others who already have children may find that they’re at an age that requires more attention and discipline, or structure. In the romance department, Saturn’s influence can go either way. For some, romance may be somewhat lacking or a romantic relationship could be more practical than fun. Tests or pressures on an existing romance could figure now. For others, a romantic relationship stabilizes and becomes more serious. Some of you will meet a new romantic interest who is perhaps older or mature, thus meeting Saturn through a partner.

For those of you born May 22-30 and those with a Gemini Ascendant of 0-8 degrees, Pluto is in your solar eighth house this year, which has the effect of gradually deepening your interest in the hidden, mysterious, or taboo side of life, as well as your own nature.

For those of you born May 22-27, and those with a Gemini Ascendant of 0-5 degrees, Uranus begins or continues its lengthy transit of your solar eleventh house, affecting your friendships and enlivening your social circle. This movement ends a previous cycle in which career matters have been changing sometimes quite radically. At this time, changes in your social circle occur as you meet new and unusual people. You may join a group that is devoted to metaphysics or some non-mainstream topic. You are drawn to people who are free-spirited at this point in your life. Friendships that are stodgy or limiting may very well be left behind. You have a strong ability to see each person for who they are as unique individuals, and this helps endear you to others. However, friendships may come and go during this cycle.  For those of you born May 28-31, Uranus continues to transit your solar tenth house. Over recent years, your career direction has been changing and your relationships with authority figures may have been tense. You certainly don’t like to follow orders these days! Do your best to avoid impulsive decision-making that is built upon your desire to be a free spirit. You may recognize talents that you never knew you had, and this can be a sudden, exciting discovery.

The influence of Neptune is similar to last year for most of you. Neptune continues to transit your solar ninth house, as it has been doing for a number of years. Your overall perspective on life has been expanding, and you are more willing to embrace unusual, mystical, or spiritual philosophies. However, for those born May 22-23 ( or 0-1 degrees Gemini Ascendant), Neptune begins its transit of your solar tenth house and squares your Sun/Ascendant this year. Neptune through your career and reputation sector may put a cloud over your goals and mystery surrounding your reputation. Your worldly goals may be watered down during this cycle, as you focus more on personal affairs. Others may not be seeing you for who you are, but rather what they’d like you to be. Try not to encourage this behavior, as tempting as it might be to do so. Some of you might be leaning towards a more spiritual, creative, or artistic career. Neptune clouding your vision of where it is you are headed in life can cause some inner restlessness and confusion. A master plan may be elusive during this period of your life. Unusual circumstances, coincidences, or some level of secrecy and mystery surround your career this year. Neptune is encouraging you to get in touch with your more spiritual side, but the circumstances that propel you in that direction may be confusing at first.

Eclipses in 2011 fall in your solar second and eighth houses and your solar first and seventh houses. You are learning about the comfort levels of important others in your life. Essentially, you are learning to share and to surrender yourself (in a balanced manner!) to intimacy. Personal finances come into strong focus. How well have you taken care of your finances? More importantly, have you taken charge of your personal sense of security? Take charge of your life by taking the necessary steps to make yourself feel comfortable and secure. You are called upon to make a stand and to tend to your comfort levels. If you do so, the positive effects will ricochet back into your intimate life. It’s possible that some drama occurs with regards to a spouse’s income, or your taxes and investments. It may be time to settle some of your debts, financial or otherwise. What makes you feel comfortable and secure needs to be balanced with attention to other people’s needs and comfort levels. Additionally, issues of personal courage, confidence, and independence come to the fore this year as well. You may, for example, receive a cosmic push towards expressing yourself more creatively and experience an increased drive to take charge of your life. Issues surrounding personal appearance, the body, and your image become especially important and, in some cases, critical. Basically, you will be learning to stand on your own two feet! Partnerships may be tested, but there is nothing to fear if the relationship is strong. The seventh house represents an important one-to-one relationship–a marriage partner, significant other, business partner, or an adversary. It’s time to strike a balance between your own needs and those of another. It’s time to compromise and negotiate.

A positive connection between your twelfth and eighth houses this year suggests that you are likely to discover resources that you never knew you had. Help seems to be magically there when you need it, and your own awesome strength and faith is always there to draw upon. Imaginative undertakings could boost your income this year. You could be working on a project in solitude or behind the scenes, and when you do come out with it, it could be quite profitable. This year, you are learning that too much emphasis on the importance of material possessions can work against you. You are learning to put more value in the intangibles in life.

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, close relationships become more focused, intense and rich. Purely superficial elements of partnering are no longer tolerated, and a relationship can deepen, perhaps due to resolution of a long-standing problem. Some of you may enter a business partnership during this cycle. Your ability to persuade others runs very high now.  Job opportunities emerge during this cycle as well. It’s a strong time for health, and more determination and motivation will aid any new fitness or nutrition program started now.

Gemini (Born June 1 to 11) – 10 to 20 degrees Gemini:

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

2011 Overview for all Geminis. Your social life picks up its pace from January to June this year, dear Gemini. It’s a time of interesting connections, and for some of you, partnering opportunities can be made through or with friends and group associations. You particularly enjoy sharing your expertise with your associates and networking. From June forward, you can experience a greater love of solitude. It’s not that you’re unsociable during this period – it’s more about feeling quite comfortable when alone, and there’s an important difference between the two states of mind. As well, you will find that putting others’ interests ahead of yours tends to bring you the most rewards. You may be doing a lot for others, but you’ll be enjoying doing it! For some of you, in the second half of 2011, partnering opportunities may be made through the Internet or other channels that allow you to connect anonymously at first before meeting. Again this year, those of you who are dating or involved in a more casual romance will find that you’re a little more serious and selective. For all of you, in the second half of the year especially, you tend to go with the flow in romance rather than rush in. Parents might invest more money and time into their children’s hobbies, or find themselves creating more structure for their kids. Creative pursuits that most attract you now are those that generate tangible rewards, and you may be putting more energy and work into your own hobbies. A long-term cycle that’s influenced your career for many years is coming to an end in March, 2011. With this cycle’s end, dramatic ups and downs in your career path tend to subside, although you are still required to adapt to more subtle shifts. Your aspirations begin to change. The cycle that begins with this one’s end is bound to shake up your social circle. Some friendships may be left behind, and new ones are made, although they may not be quite as reliable as the ones you had in the past. July through October can be a strong period for finances – both material and emotional support is more readily available to you. June is an important month for taking charge of your life and beginning new long-term projects. The second half of the year can bring more emotional energy to a partnership, and for singles, the possibility of a new partnership altogether. Overall, Saturn’s influence this year is good for feeling on track, stable, and strong enough to meet life’s challenges. You are less inclined to rebel or react in 2011, and more inclined to live in a more authentic manner – true to yourself.

2011 Details.

From March 12th forward, the planet of growth and expansion, Jupiter, transits your solar eleventh house. This influence brings benefits and fresh energy to networking activities, the formulation of broad, long-term goals, acquaintances, clubs, and organizations in your life. You can rely on your friends for their help and support, and your circle of friends could most certainly increase during this fruitful transit. Your long-term goals and wishes tend to be broad and perhaps unusual or ahead of the times just now. You may particularly enjoy dreaming up ideas for the future. Achieving your goals tends to come more easily now. Others especially value your advice and often turn to you for help. You could become more active with friends or in your community. You may have opportunities to join or lead clubs or groups. Group activities and associations could be avenues for fulfilling your own goals. You may take special joy in sharing a common cause or ideals with others. You are especially hopeful and more inclined to believe that if you wish it, it will be! Income from your business or career is likely to increase. You might find yourself more tolerant of others in general, and of differences in values. Reaching out beyond your personal circle can certainly open doors to you and bring joy into your life during this cycle. 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. Also, Jupiter can bring too much of a good thing at times, and you might find that your social agenda is crammed or that you have taken on more friends or goals than you can reasonably handle.

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

Jupiter transits sextile your Sun from March 12th to April 21st, 2011, making it an excellent time to start new long-term projects. You might find that you feel subtly more vital, confident, and optimistic about the future at this time. It’s a good time to resolve conflicts, as you are not as easily angered by trivial matters.

Saturn transits your solar fifth house again this year.  Saturn’s influence is rather somber and serious. You are getting serious about fifth house matters: romance, relationships with children, your creativity, and pleasure. Serious about pleasure? Yes, indeed. While you may not spend a whole lot of time living it up at parties, bars, or entertainment venues, you are likely to take your hobbies more seriously. In fact, this is an excellent year for monetizing any personal hobby–turning it into a business, even if it’s on the side. If you have children, they may need more discipline or structure than they previously did. Some Geminis will be welcoming children into their lives and discovering all of the responsibilities that come with it. Others who already have children may find that they’re at an age that requires more attention and discipline, or structure. In the romance department, Saturn’s influence can go either way. For some, romance may be somewhat lacking or a romantic relationship could be more practical than fun. Tests or pressures on an existing romance could figure now. For others, a romantic relationship stabilizes and becomes more serious. Some of you will meet a new romantic interest who is perhaps older or mature, thus meeting Saturn through a partner.

Uranus continues to transit your solar tenth house. Over recent years, your career direction has been changing and your relationships with authority figures may have been tense. You certainly don’t like to follow orders these days! Do your best to avoid impulsive decision-making that is built upon your desire to be a free spirit. You may recognize talents that you never knew you had, and this can be a sudden, exciting discovery. The influence of Neptune is similar to last year. Neptune continues to transit your solar ninth house, as it has been doing for a number of years. Your overall perspective on life has been expanding, and you are more willing to embrace unusual, mystical, or spiritual philosophies.

Eclipses in 2011 fall in your solar second and eighth houses and your solar first and seventh houses. You are learning about the comfort levels of important others in your life. Essentially, you are learning to share and to surrender yourself (in a balanced manner!) to intimacy. Personal finances come into strong focus. How well have you taken care of your finances? More importantly, have you taken charge of your personal sense of security? Take charge of your life by taking the necessary steps to make yourself feel comfortable and secure. You are called upon to make a stand and to tend to your comfort levels. If you do so, the positive effects will ricochet back into your intimate life. It’s possible that some drama occurs with regards to a spouse’s income, or your taxes and investments. It may be time to settle some of your debts, financial or otherwise. What makes you feel comfortable and secure needs to be balanced with attention to other people’s needs and comfort levels. Additionally, issues of personal courage, confidence, and independence come to the fore this year as well. You may, for example, receive a cosmic push towards expressing yourself more creatively and experience an increased drive to take charge of your life. Issues surrounding personal appearance, the body, and your image become especially important and, in some cases, critical. Basically, you will be learning to stand on your own two feet! Partnerships may be tested, but there is nothing to fear if the relationship is strong. The seventh house represents an important one-to-one relationship–a marriage partner, significant other, business partner, or an adversary. It’s time to strike a balance between your own needs and those of another. It’s time to compromise and negotiate.

A positive connection between your eleventh and seventh houses this year suggests that friendships can be especially supportive this year. A friend could be integral in achieving your goals, and partnering with a friend in some tangible way can be part of the picture this year. You might also enjoy a more goal-oriented, free-spirited, and tolerant relationship with an existing partner in the latter half of 2011–you tend to be “on the same page”. Some of you may take a friendship into unexplored romantic territory, or meet a significant person through a friend or group association.

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, close relationships become more focused, intense and rich. Purely superficial elements of partnering are no longer tolerated, and a relationship can deepen, perhaps due to resolution of a long-standing problem. Some of you may enter a business partnership during this cycle. Your ability to persuade others runs very high now.  Job opportunities emerge during this cycle as well. It’s a strong time for health, and more determination and motivation will aid any new fitness or nutrition program started now.

Gemini (Born June 12 to 21) – 20 to 30 degrees Gemini:

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

2011 Overview for all Geminis. Your social life picks up its pace from January to June this year, dear Gemini. It’s a time of interesting connections, and for some of you, partnering opportunities can be made through or with friends and group associations. You particularly enjoy sharing your expertise with your associates and networking. From June forward, you can experience a greater love of solitude. It’s not that you’re unsociable during this period – it’s more about feeling quite comfortable when alone, and there’s an important difference between the two states of mind. As well, you will find that putting others’ interests ahead of yours tends to bring you the most rewards. You may be doing a lot for others, but you’ll be enjoying doing it! For some of you, in the second half of 2011, partnering opportunities may be made through the Internet or other channels that allow you to connect anonymously at first before meeting. Again this year, those of you who are dating or involved in a more casual romance will find that you’re a little more serious and selective. For all of you, in the second half of the year especially, you tend to go with the flow in romance rather than rush in. Parents might invest more money and time into their children’s hobbies, or find themselves creating more structure for their kids. Creative pursuits that most attract you now are those that generate tangible rewards, and you may be putting more energy and work into your own hobbies. A long-term cycle that’s influenced your career for many years is coming to an end in March, 2011. With this cycle’s end, dramatic ups and downs in your career path tend to subside, although you are still required to adapt to more subtle shifts. Your aspirations begin to change. The cycle that begins with this one’s end is bound to shake up your social circle. Some friendships may be left behind, and new ones are made, although they may not be quite as reliable as the ones you had in the past. July through October can be a strong period for finances – both material and emotional support is more readily available to you. June is an important month for taking charge of your life and beginning new long-term projects. The second half of the year can bring more emotional energy to a partnership, and for singles, the possibility of a new partnership altogether. Overall, Saturn’s influence this year is good for feeling on track, stable, and strong enough to meet life’s challenges. You are less inclined to rebel or react in 2011, and more inclined to live in a more authentic manner – true to yourself.

2011 Details.

Until April 21st, Jupiter continues to transit your solar tenth house. Increased public recognition and professional success might be had during this influence. This can be a time of achievement, career advancement, and success in business. Business-related travel or the reaching of a wider audience is possible during this cycle. Your worldly or public status may change for the better. There could be a promotion, new job opportunities, a diploma, an important award, or a marriage. You may come into the limelight. Authority figures or other influential people tend to look upon you favorably, see more potential in you, and readily help you along, so work it! Something might happen now, or circumstances are such, that your career (or professional interests in general) expands, and you find more joy and pleasure from your work. You could enjoy more freedom, or possibly even responsibilities, in your career. Integrity, directness, and honesty will get you everywhere now. The more willing you are to put yourself in the limelight, the more positive the rewards–this is not the time to be a shrinking violet! 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. As well, be wary of overloading your plate with new responsibilities, as much as you feel you can take them on.

From April 21st forward, the planet of growth and expansion, Jupiter, transits your solar eleventh house. This influence brings benefits and fresh energy to networking activities, the formulation of broad, long-term goals, acquaintances, clubs, and organizations in your life. You can rely on your friends for their help and support, and your circle of friends could most certainly increase during this fruitful transit. Your long-term goals and wishes tend to be broad and perhaps unusual or ahead of the times just now. You may particularly enjoy dreaming up ideas for the future. Achieving your goals tends to come more easily now. Others especially value your advice and often turn to you for help. You could become more active with friends or in your community. You may have opportunities to join or lead clubs or groups. Group activities and associations could be avenues for fulfilling your own goals. You may take special joy in sharing a common cause or ideals with others. You are especially hopeful and more inclined to believe that if you wish it, it will be! Income from your business or career is likely to increase. You might find yourself more tolerant of others in general, and of differences in values. Reaching out beyond your personal circle can certainly open doors to you and bring joy into your life during this cycle. 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. Also, Jupiter can bring too much of a good thing at times, and you might find that your social agenda is crammed or that you have taken on more friends or goals than you can reasonably handle.

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

Jupiter transits sextile your Sun from April 21st to June 4th, 2011, making it an excellent time to start new long-term projects. You might find that you feel subtly more vital, confident, and optimistic about the future at this time. It’s a good time to resolve conflicts, as you are not as easily angered by trivial matters.

Saturn continues to transit your solar fourth house until October 12th. Responsibilities to your family have increased in recent years, even to the point of feeling burdensome at times. You have been taking steps towards building a solid foundation and a feeling of inner security and stability. Downsizing, restructuring, or repairing the home may have been part of all of this for some of you, and taking care of  unfinished business in general or even on a psychological level has occurred for others. Things that you have neglected have had to be dealt with. Ideally, you are coming out of this phase of your life stronger and more grounded than ever. Hard work on the home front pays off this  year. You are on more solid footing in 2011, and this helps you to enjoy the Jupiter transits mentioned above more fully, allowing you to turn more of your attention to your career and social life knowing that family matters are now more stable and secure.

Saturn transits your solar fifth house from October 12th forward.  Saturn’s influence is rather somber and serious. You are getting serious about fifth house matters: romance, relationships with children, your creativity, and pleasure. Serious about pleasure? Yes, indeed. While you may not spend a whole lot of time living it up at parties, bars, or entertainment venues, you are likely to take your hobbies more seriously. In fact, this is an excellent year for monetizing any personal hobby–turning it into a business, even if it’s on the side. If you have children, they may need more discipline or structure than they previously did. Some Geminis will be welcoming children into their lives and discovering all of the responsibilities that come with it. Others who already have children may find that they’re at an age that requires more attention and discipline, or structure. In the romance department, Saturn’s influence can go either way. For some, romance may be somewhat lacking or a romantic relationship could be more practical than fun. Tests or pressures on an existing romance could figure now. For others, a romantic relationship stabilizes and becomes more serious. Some of you will meet a new romantic interest who is perhaps older or mature, thus meeting Saturn through a partner.

Uranus continues to transit your solar tenth house. Over recent years, your career direction has been changing and your relationships with authority figures may have been tense. You certainly don’t like to follow orders these days! Do your best to avoid impulsive decision-making that is built upon your desire to be a free spirit. You may recognize talents that you never knew you had, and this can be a sudden, exciting discovery. The influence of Neptune is similar to last year. Neptune continues to transit your solar ninth house, as it has been doing for a number of years. Your overall perspective on life has been expanding, and you are more willing to embrace unusual, mystical, or spiritual philosophies.

Eclipses in 2011 fall in your solar first and seventh houses and your solar sixth and twelfth houses. Issues of personal courage, confidence, and independence come to the fore this year as well. You may, for example, receive a cosmic push towards expressing yourself more creatively and experience an increased drive to take charge of your life. Issues surrounding personal appearance, the body, and your image become especially important and, in some cases, critical. Basically, you will be learning to stand on your own two feet! Partnerships may be tested, but there is nothing to fear if the relationship is strong. The seventh house represents an important one-to-one relationship–a marriage partner, significant other, business partner, or an adversary. It’s time to strike a balance between your own needs and those of another. It’s time to compromise and negotiate. Additionally, circumstances urge you to rid yourself of guilt about under-performing, and to develop faith and trust in a larger more spiritual plan. It’s time to let go of some of your fears that you are not doing enough, to develop more compassion and understanding of others, and to be humble, feeling safe in the knowledge that you (and others) are not perfect. It’s time to let go of some of your obsessions with rules, details, and fears of not doing things perfectly. There could be changes necessary in your job or health routines. You can use this surge of emotional energy to make positive changes to your routines. Do something to improve your work conditions if they are annoying you. Get going on your exercise or nutrition program that you know you have to do in order to feel more balanced.

A positive connection between your eleventh and seventh houses this year suggests that friendships can be especially supportive this year. A friend could be integral in achieving your goals, and partnering with a friend in some tangible way can be part of the picture this year. You might also enjoy a more goal-oriented, free-spirited, and tolerant relationship with an existing partner in the latter half of 2011–you tend to be “on the same page”. Some of you may take a friendship into unexplored romantic territory, or meet a significant person through a friend or group association.

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, close relationships become more focused, intense and rich. Purely superficial elements of partnering are no longer tolerated, and a relationship can deepen, perhaps due to resolution of a long-standing problem. Some of you may enter a business partnership during this cycle. Your ability to persuade others runs very high now.  Job opportunities emerge during this cycle as well. It’s a strong time for health, and more determination and motivation will aid any new fitness or nutrition program started now.