2018 Aquarius Horoscope Preview

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Aquarius Horoscopes, Year 2018: Summary/preview of the year ahead for the zodiac sign Aquarius.

2018 Aquarius Horoscope Overview

The following is an overview horoscope for the zodiac sign of Aquarius the Water Bearer for the year 2018.

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Aquarius in 2018

Areas of Expansion in 2018 for Aquarius:

Your Aquarius 2018 Horoscope points to areas of life that are destined to expand and grow.

Career
Reputation
Authority
Leadership
Friends
Hopes and Dreams

Until November 8, 2018, Jupiter transits the top of your solar chart. Your ambitions, career, business goals, and reputation continue to grow and develop. Your talents and skills are recognized now like rarely before. All of the hard work you’ve put in begins to pay off and is rewarded – or at the very least, recognized. This influence began in October 2017 and will be with you until November 2018.

You are in the limelight in some way during this cycle. Although it’s a great period for expansion and recognition on a professional level, and you should take advantage of it, choose your projects carefully. Don’t take on more than you can handle. Watch also for gossip or mishandling of information. Be wary of situations that could get blown out of proportion or misunderstood. With attention to the tendency to go overboard, you’re in a great position to excel and advance.

This can be a time of significant progress in the outer world, a fortunate change in status, and increased recognition.

You could find yourself in a position that truly suits you. You can take great pride in the work you do. For some of you, more prestige or a higher social standing may be part of the picture now. You can be quite charismatic in a position of authority or responsibility. Advancement in achieving an important goal can occur now. Your reputation may be enhanced in some significant way. You have more faith in your goals and aspirations during this period of your life.

This is a time when believing in yourself, your competency, and your ability to take the lead opens up opportunities for you.

For the most part, you are likely to take advantage of this period in your life in order to expand your reach. From December 2017 to August 2018 you are in a particularly favorable position for practical matters, business, and financial improvement. You may be joining with people who further your career or personal interests, and through their support, faith in you, or wisdom, you are encouraged to reach your highest potential. There can be almost magical dealings with money and career growth. You’re also in a good position to draw upon experience and wisdom to advance your goals. There can be benefits from doing behind-the-scenes work and rewards for past efforts. Perhaps most importantly, you have more faith, in general, regarding your career and the direction in which you are headed.

From November 8th onward, your connections to others, group associations, and friendships expand and grow. This influence will be with you until December 2019. This is a time for feeling considerably more confident about the future, and about your ability to set plans in motion that will allow you to accomplish some of your most cherished hopes and dreams.

It’s a time when you are filled with ideas about the future. You are planting seeds, so to speak, aiming to get started on projects that will reap rewards in the future. While this can be exciting, try not to take on more than you can handle. Your vision is quite optimistic, and there can be times when you might over-estimate what you are capable of doing down the road! However, one or two projects can be inspiring and also quite innovative.

With more contact with others, whether it’s about an expanded in-person group of connections or online, you are sure to come up with new ideas and to be inspired. Others can point you in new directions. There can be a cause that you work towards enthusiastically. A new communications project can excite you and bring you into contact with interesting, helpful people. Business income should increase, particularly if you’re self-employed.

This can be a time of budding friendships and/or group involvements. New people may come into your life and seek out your friendship, or existing friendships may be refreshed or enhanced. Opportunities to advance or for new learning experiences can come through associates, friendships, and networking.

Potential negatives: Over-emphasis on activities that take you away from your practical responsibilities, too often.

However, for the most part, you are likely to take advantage of this period in your life in order to expand your social life and friends base and to dream up exciting new paths for the future.

Areas of Contraction and Lessons in Simplicity

Your Aquarius 2018 Horoscope points to areas of contraction, restriction, and necessary “slimming down” in order to test for stable foundations. There are always areas of life that require more simplicity. Tests may be part of the picture as you learn that life with only growth and expansion can run away with itself.

These areas include:

Spirituality
Inner World
Privacy

Until 2020, the areas of your life that require a “back to basics” approach are associated with the sector of your solar chart that rules spirituality and retreat. There may be tests of sorts in these areas of life, as if the universe is checking that the foundations are strong. Things built on weak foundations may very well crack under the pressure of these tests. Those that are strong will endure and strengthen.

This influence will be with you until 2020. It can be felt most strongly earlier or later in the cycle, depending on whether you were born earlier or later in the sign of Aquarius. This year, it will influence those born in the first two days of Aquarius and with an Aquarius Ascendant of 0-2 degrees most.

All that lies beneath the surface in your life is now coming up for inspection, and you are forced to do some serious “spring cleaning” of your psyche. Getting rid of outdated attachments, and examining and discarding irrational fears, is not only necessary for further growth and development — it’s ultimately a huge relief. Do your best not to dwell on past failures or guilt for what you haven’t done during this cycle. Detach yourself from these things as much as possible. Put things to rest. This can also be a time when you give of yourself to others, as you are valuing charity more than usual. You could be struggling with issues of self-worth, and this is a fine time to really explore what it is that holds you back from going after what you want and deserve in life.

You could feel that you are dealing with endings more than new beginnings during this transit, as you let go of outdated attachments and unconsciously prepare yourself for Saturn’s transit of Aquarius beginning in March 2020, when you will work diligently on reworking your individuality and personal identity. You are somewhat introspective at this time and you might isolate yourself from others in some manner—a process that tends to come naturally at this point.

There can be a retiring, somewhat withdrawn or private element to your personality. You may need to watch that people in your life don’t feel rejected by your withdrawal. Health issues, generally of a psychosomatic nature, may come to the fore. You may be attracted to alternative ways of living, and to self-study fields, such as psychoanalysis. There can be much to learn and enjoy during this cycle. With Saturn in the background of your chart, you might often feel quite free of constraint. Saturn performs very well in its own sign (Capricorn). The last time Saturn moved through Capricorn was from 1988-1990.

Areas of Excitement, Innovation, Independence, and Speed

Your 2018 Aquarius Horoscope points to areas of your life that seem to speed up so that you can take some risks, innovate, and revolutionize. These areas include the following:

Communications
Transportation
Neighborhood Activities
Daily Life
Studies and Personal Interests
Home & Family

In March 2011, you entered a lengthy period in which communications, learning, and connections may be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. This influence is with you until March 2019. However, this theme is shared by the beginnings of a new seven-year transit that first occurs from May 16th to November 6th. These themes are divided in 2018 as follows:

Until May 15th to November 6th, you continue to open yourself up to expressing your more unique ideas. Your daily life is bound to be very colorful. Regular encounters with neighbors, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as everyday activities and business activities, are all changing quite dramatically. In addition, your basic mental attitudes are evolving. Your interests can become quite eclectic during this cycle. Studies may be erratic or part-time.

In early November and mid-December, there can be some stress experienced with keeping everything going smoothly. An erratic schedule can be hard to control with strong prompts to get out and about, learn, and connect. There can also be competing interests as you’re excited about many projects and pursuits and it can be challenging balancing everything you want to do, with money suffering or a sense of peace or quiet compromised at times. There can also be money challenges or uncertainty about finances or business that nag at you during this periods.

However, for the most part, relationships with acquaintances, neighbors, students, and siblings, and learning endeavors are exciting and engaging. You may become aware of some new and especially useful information, which puts a whole new slant on your life.

From May 15th to November 6th, you enter a lengthy period in which family and home life can be unpredictable and unusual, but also inspiring and exciting. You may decide to move during this cycle, or be in the position to, or you could dramatically change your attitude towards your domestic life. More freedom is sought, and if your current domestic set-up feels confining or limiting, you’ll need to make important changes. Your attitude towards the past and traditions is also transforming quite quickly. Old ties to your past may be severed, and at times this can be unsettling, but ideally, you are taking important steps towards carving out an identity that better suits and represents you.

Note that this influence kicks in more consistently from March 2019 forward (until April 2026).

Areas of Change, Purging, & Transformation: Spirituality, Private life, The Past, Self-Image, Attitude, Partnerships, Work, and Health

Your 2018 Aquarius Horoscope reveals areas of life in which change and transformation take place. It’s a time for “out with the old, in with the new.”

Attitudes towards spirituality and the past continue to transform this year. You’re doing important work concerning the purging of past attitudes and confronting inner demons. You are confronting deeply buried aspects of your psyche, as well as learning unusual things about the hidden side of your nature. With this knowledge, you are also learning to control it. Things that you’ve buried, such as past events that you are ashamed of, emerge and require you to handle them. Facing your ghosts honestly is required of you now and in coming years. Self-improvement efforts can be tremendous.

There may be some challenges, particularly in late November, when friendships or social demands and privacy aren’t mixing well. You may have a hard time dividing your time. Center yourself as much as possible and cut out those activities that are only serving to stress you out. Avoid taking on too much.

However, you receive powerful support these matters in 2018 and you get a lot of work done on an emotional or mental plane, especially.

In 2018, the Moon’s Nodes and eclipse activity continue to involve the evolution of your personality and your partnerships. Your definitions of “me” and “you” are transforming. Issues of personal courage, confidence, and independence come to the fore. Personal appearance, your body, and your image become especially important. For some, marriage or divorce will be an issue. For most, carving out a personal identity that includes a significant other who furthers their own personal growth will come into strong focus. Particularly around the eclipses in January/February and July/August, you’ll be discovering where you stand when it comes to partnerships and independence.

The North Node in your partnership sector until November 6th reinforces this theme. You are called upon to face up to your needs and desires to partner effectively.

You are pushed towards better balancing and understanding of your needs for independence and for partnership this year.

The second half of 2018 brings the beginnings of a new theme that will play out more fully in 2019. An eclipse in mid-July and the the North Node’s transit from November 6th forward both point to the need to take better care of your health, habits, routines, and work. These are areas of life where you’ll find the most joy and comfortable challenge. You can benefit greatly from getting your life organized, and spending more time and energy on caring for your health and body. This is one of the major keys to happiness at this time.

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