Gemini Monthly Horoscope January 2018

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

January 2018 Gemini Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

Until January 20th:

The Sun continues to highlight your solar eighth house. Your attention turns inward, as well as to close personal relationships on a deeper level. Personal transformations, personal power, and intimate matters fulfill you most during this cycle. There may be a strong focus on other's money, such as the resources of a partner, inheritance, banking and loans, or taxes.

You are more intense in your mood and disposition, and perhaps even secretive, at this time of year. You are more in touch with the deeper and even primal elements of your own personality, and more able to see these things in others. This can be a determined and personally powerful time of year if you apply the energy of this transit constructively.

From January 20th forward:

This month, with the Sun spotlighting your solar ninth house, your focus turns outward, away from the more personal concerns that have occupied your thoughts in the last months. More than any other time during the year, you are feeling most adventurous and willing to take a leap of faith. This is a cycle in which you seek a higher meaning to your life, and/or seek out new experiences that take you beyond the here and now, and beyond the mundane details of day-to-day life. Anything that broadens your experiences attracts now.

A lack of superficiality finds you straight to the point, interested in the truth of things. It would be wise for you to consider scheduling a vacation, adventure of sorts, or a course that expands your mind. These don't have to happen now, but taking the time to recognize your needs for escaping the daily grind, taking a few risks, and feeding your spirit for self-expression through some form of adventure or higher learning, will help you to feel good about yourself. The only caution with this cycle is that you could lose touch with managing everyday affairs and important details.

Eclipse

A Lunar Eclipse Occurs on January 31st:

A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings.

This Lunar Eclipse stimulates your solar third house. Surprises surrounding your siblings, neighbors, or classmates are in store. Something that has been in hiding or brewing under the surface of things comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. Your sector of communications is involved. This could manifest, for example, as the culmination of a writing project, an event involving a sibling that grabs your complete attention, a sudden opportunity for an adventure or trip, a flurry of activity in your immediate environment or neighborhood that demands attention, a letter or other communication that holds a big surprise, and other such possibilities.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until the 18th: 

Venus continues to move through your solar eighth house during this period. You are attracted to the deeper elements of relationships and social interactions now, rather than what you meet on the surface. Mysteries fascinate you and you could be looking for others' motives for doing and saying what they do. It's a good time to feel supported by others, whether it's financially or emotionally. It's also a strong cycle for discovering your own hidden talents as well as fascinating things about a partner.

From January 18th forward: 

Venus graces your solar ninth house during this period. A taste for the exotic takes hold during this cycle. Routine affairs simply don't seem to satisfy. You receive pleasure from anything that expands your horizons, both physically and mentally. Foreign people and places may particularly appeal now. You tend to be expansive and generous when it comes to love. A love interest who attracts you during this cycle may be somebody who you previously wouldn't consider attractive, or someone whose cultural background is very different than yours. You have a taste for the exotic and the spirit to match. Public relations work, promotion, and other such endeavors are favored now. It is more about how you express yourself than the specifics of what you are saying that helps sway others to your position. There could be especial rapport with foreigners and with women if you are traveling during this period. You are all the more attractive and charming with this position, which increases your popularity. If a romance were to begin now, it is more likely to be with someone of a different background or educational level, or someone you meet through travel. You have a taste for the exotic now that can show up in many areas of your life--who you are attracted to, what you buy, the kind of art or entertainment you enjoy, and so forth.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

Until the 11th:

Mercury continues to transit your solar seventh house. You can be especially aware of your "audience" in your communications now, which tend to be diplomatic and respectful during this cycle. You may be encountering an especially chatty or communicative partner, or meeting youthful, talkative people.

At this time, you love to hear others' opinions and perspectives, and it's an excellent time to do so. Others can spur on your own thinking and decision making processes now, simply by offering another perspective. You are thinking a lot about others, a partner, and relating in general, and in some cases perhaps worrying over these things.

From January 11th to 31st: 

Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.

Research is also highly favored. It's easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.

From January 31st forward: 

Mercury transits your solar ninth house. Not content to focus on mundane, practical affairs just now, your mind turns to bigger visions, thoughts, and ideals. You are open to expanding your knowledge base during this cycle, and communications from or with someone far away may be part of the picture.

You are putting everything into perspective now, rather than compartmentalizing. Instead of simply shooting the breeze, you are more inclined to discuss broader philosophies now. Your inclination during this cycle is to think about the "big picture" rather than the mundane circumstances and details of your life. Missing appointments and other forms of forgetfulness could be part of the picture now.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

Until the 26th:

Mars continues to animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.

From the 26th forward:

Mars energizes and animates your solar seventh house. Partnerships may suffer from ego conflicts, or opposition from others may be challenging. Use the extra energy that Mars brings to this sector of your chart to work cooperatively on relationship problems. You may even find that you seem to need someone's help in order to do what you want to do during this cycle. Relationships are vivacious and dynamic during this period. When a difference arises, you are quick to settle it, and have little patience for sweeping matters under the rug. Your close personal relationships are lively during this cycle--full of conflicts and resolutions or reconciliations.

Overview Horoscope:

January & February 2018: This period of your life is quite relationship-focused, dear Gemini, but is also brilliant for personal discoveries. The New Moon on January 16th sets a tone for the second half of January and the first half of February. For you, it's powerful for matters related to shared resources as well as intimate relationships -- with yourself, and/or with others. There is an unusually strong showing of planets, including heavyweights Saturn and Pluto, in your solar eighth house, suggesting a significant new beginning or emphasis on any (or many) of these themes, including shared money, power dynamics in relationships, debts and support (material or emotional), and personal empowerment. The weeks following this New Moon are important for making changes and tweaks to your intimate relationships and dependencies so that your goals are more realizable and fulfilling in the long run. Think: simplified and organized. This emphasis occurs in the sign of Capricorn, after all -- a sign that has its eye on what matters in the long term -- and to reap its rewards, you pretty much have to think like a Capricorn regarding your intimate life.

This is an important time for sorting out your finances --money owed or due -- and addressing fears, power sharing, and attachments in your closest relationships. You're in a strong position to make a lifestyle change, particularly if it involves quitting a bad habit or dependency. You're in the right place to put adverse situations and self-limiting attitudes behind you. Events occurring now provide you with a more unobstructed view of what you want from yourself and others. Something happening around now can open your eyes to the need to handle debts or manage support and the sharing of responsibilities more efficiently.

Supporting your goals are Mars and Jupiter in your work and health sector. You receive lovely cosmic support for making empowering changes and choices with the services or labor you provide, your efforts to maintain and improve health, and your daily routines and habits. Work or health matters can fuel motivation to renovate and organize your money or intimate life. The desire to live happily alongside a partner or dear friend can also feed your willingness to work harder or smarter or to get fitter and healthier. It can go both ways or either way!

Whenever there is a substantial emphasis on Capricorn in your chart, challenges are coming from your friends and long-term dreams/hopes sector (although this longer-term influence is on its way out this year and will leave permanently next). You may be doing some battle with your desires for independence and freedom, which seem to conflict with efforts to strengthen or deepen your intimate connections. This is often a personal battle that you're to handle within yourself, but sometimes it manifests as a literal conflict between friends and lovers or you experience on-again-off-again feelings through a partner.

The Lunar Eclipse on January 31st is the second Full Moon in January (there are none in February) and occurs in your communications sector. A Lunar Eclipse happened in the same area of your solar chart in February 2017, and another (the final one) will occur in February 2019. Small issues can loom large around the time of this eclipse and in the weeks following it. While you should keep perspective since discoveries made around the time of a Lunar Eclipse are usually exaggerated, these matters are not to be ignored! After the dust settles, you'll be well-equipped to know your next step. You're challenged to prioritize, as it can be a hectic time when it can be tough to focus on the things that inspire and drive you. People are genuinely hearing what you are saying - your communications have a stronger impact than usual. It may be time for a book or website launch or announcement, a studying opportunity, or other turning point related to transportation or communication, but this is about clearing the path for new beginnings first and foremost.

The Solar Eclipse two weeks later, on February 15th, is all about this new beginning or turning over a new leaf. In the weeks and even months ahead of this eclipse, you're in particularly good shape for initiating new projects or activities that expand your mind, feed your spirit for adventure, and stretch your imagination. You may feel renewed by a new perspective on your life, something philosophical or spiritual that you read or learn, or an adventure that takes you away from the mundane routines in your life. It's a good time for sharing, learning, connecting, traveling, and reaching out. Even with this gigantic prompt, the last half of February holds quite a bit of preparatory energy for career, professional, reputation, or public matters in your life, so be sure to divide your time wisely.

From January 26th forward and throughout February, you have Mars stirring the pot in your partnership sector. This can be a time when there is a lot of activity in a partner's life that affects your life. Or, it's when others are pushing or motivating you to recognize your potential, to take action on a matter, or to straighten out your relationship. From January 17 to February 10th, you are a little "hard to get" but especially attractive to others on a personal level, and from February 10th, to people on a professional or public level.

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See also general trends for Gemini in 2018.

Gemini (Born June 1 to 11) and Gemini Ascendant from 10 to 20 degrees Gemini:

January 2018 Gemini Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

All month:

The Sun energizes your sector of transformation, change, sexuality, personal growth, regeneration, others' money and resources, addictions, and taxes. As a result, this is not the most gregarious of months for you. You take a step back, focus on intimacy with a partner, or simply retreat a little from the hectic pace of life. This is an excellent time to create a budget or financial plan, or to rid yourself of bad habits that undermine your sense of personal power and self-mastery.

All that is deeply personal comes into focus now. Intimate matters are especially important to you during this cycle. Just how well you are handling your life comes up for inspection. Your self-mastery skills and psychological predisposition matter to you more than usual. This is the time of year when you are most desirous of change on a deep level. Clearing out psychic "junk" or ridding yourself of bad habits may be part of the picture now. You are more willing than usual to explore life's secrets.

This cycle brings greater in-depth understanding and an inclination to delve beneath the surface of matters to get to the bottom of them. Research uncovers new material that allows you to develop a better overall picture of the year's events. This is an especially introspective cycle during which you have the chance to truly uncover your personal strengths and talents. On a more practical level, you may be dealing with joint finances and shared resources now more than usual.

Eclipse

A Lunar Eclipse Occurs on January 31st:

A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings.

This Lunar Eclipse stimulates your solar third house. Surprises surrounding your siblings, neighbors, or classmates are in store. Something that has been in hiding or brewing under the surface of things comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. Your sector of communications is involved. This could manifest, for example, as the culmination of a writing project, an event involving a sibling that grabs your complete attention, a sudden opportunity for an adventure or trip, a flurry of activity in your immediate environment or neighborhood that demands attention, a letter or other communication that holds a big surprise, and other such possibilities.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

From January 2nd to 26th: 

Venus graces your solar eighth house now. During this cycle, a financial boost is possible, or you may gain financially through your partner. A deep and intimate connection made now could be revitalizing and even healing. You are more inclined to want to smooth over differences in a partnership concerning the sharing of power, intimacy matters, finances, and other emotionally-charged topics. Intimate relationships are intensified now. Either you or your partner want a deeper union.

From January 26th forward: 

Venus graces your solar ninth house during this period. A taste for the exotic takes hold during this cycle. Routine affairs simply don't seem to satisfy. You receive pleasure from anything that expands your horizons, both physically and mentally. Foreign people and places may particularly appeal now. You tend to be expansive and generous when it comes to love. A love interest who attracts you during this cycle may be somebody who you previously wouldn't consider attractive, or someone whose cultural background is very different than yours. You have a taste for the exotic and the spirit to match. Public relations work, promotion, and other such endeavors are favored now. It is more about how you express yourself than the specifics of what you are saying that helps sway others to your position. There could be especial rapport with foreigners and with women if you are traveling during this period. You are all the more attractive and charming with this position, which increases your popularity. If a romance were to begin now, it is more likely to be with someone of a different background or educational level, or someone you meet through travel. You have a taste for the exotic now that can show up in many areas of your life--who you are attracted to, what you buy, the kind of art or entertainment you enjoy, and so forth.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

Until January 18th: 

Mercury continues to transit your solar seventh house. You can be especially aware of your "audience" in your communications now, which tend to be diplomatic and respectful during this cycle. You may be encountering an especially chatty or communicative partner, or meeting youthful, talkative people.

At this time, you love to hear others' opinions and perspectives, and it's an excellent time to do so. Others can spur on your own thinking and decision making processes now, simply by offering another perspective. You are thinking a lot about others, a partner, and relating in general, and in some cases perhaps worrying over these things.

From January 18th forward: 

Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.

Research is also highly favored. It's easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

All month:

Mars continues to animate and energize your solar sixth house. Energy and initiative for work, health, and other daily activities increase. You are self-motivated when it comes to these matters. If there are disagreements and disputes that erupt on the job now, they may be due to a feeling of stress or impatience, or they could come from your desire to get things done independently. It's best to apply energy productively to completing projects that are unfinished or even to get ahead of yourself. It's a strong period for feeling motivated for starting a new health or fitness routine.

Overview Horoscope:

January & February 2018: This period of your life is quite relationship-focused, dear Gemini, but is also brilliant for personal discoveries. The New Moon on January 16th sets a tone for the second half of January and the first half of February. For you, it's powerful for matters related to shared resources as well as intimate relationships -- with yourself, and/or with others. There is an unusually strong showing of planets, including heavyweights Saturn and Pluto, in your solar eighth house, suggesting a significant new beginning or emphasis on any (or many) of these themes, including shared money, power dynamics in relationships, debts and support (material or emotional), and personal empowerment. The weeks following this New Moon are important for making changes and tweaks to your intimate relationships and dependencies so that your goals are more realizable and fulfilling in the long run. Think: simplified and organized. This emphasis occurs in the sign of Capricorn, after all -- a sign that has its eye on what matters in the long term -- and to reap its rewards, you pretty much have to think like a Capricorn regarding your intimate life.

This is an important time for sorting out your finances --money owed or due -- and addressing fears, power sharing, and attachments in your closest relationships. You're in a strong position to make a lifestyle change, particularly if it involves quitting a bad habit or dependency. You're in the right place to put adverse situations and self-limiting attitudes behind you. Events occurring now provide you with a more unobstructed view of what you want from yourself and others. Something happening around now can open your eyes to the need to handle debts or manage support and the sharing of responsibilities more efficiently.

Supporting your goals are Mars and Jupiter in your work and health sector. You receive lovely cosmic support for making empowering changes and choices with the services or labor you provide, your efforts to maintain and improve health, and your daily routines and habits. Work or health matters can fuel motivation to renovate and organize your money or intimate life. The desire to live happily alongside a partner or dear friend can also feed your willingness to work harder or smarter or to get fitter and healthier. It can go both ways or either way!

Whenever there is a substantial emphasis on Capricorn in your chart, challenges are coming from your friends and long-term dreams/hopes sector (although this longer-term influence is on its way out this year and will leave permanently next). You may be doing some battle with your desires for independence and freedom, which seem to conflict with efforts to strengthen or deepen your intimate connections. This is often a personal battle that you're to handle within yourself, but sometimes it manifests as a literal conflict between friends and lovers or you experience on-again-off-again feelings through a partner.

The Lunar Eclipse on January 31st is the second Full Moon in January (there are none in February) and occurs in your communications sector. A Lunar Eclipse happened in the same area of your solar chart in February 2017, and another (the final one) will occur in February 2019. Small issues can loom large around the time of this eclipse and in the weeks following it. While you should keep perspective since discoveries made around the time of a Lunar Eclipse are usually exaggerated, these matters are not to be ignored! After the dust settles, you'll be well-equipped to know your next step. You're challenged to prioritize, as it can be a hectic time when it can be tough to focus on the things that inspire and drive you. People are genuinely hearing what you are saying - your communications have a stronger impact than usual. It may be time for a book or website launch or announcement, a studying opportunity, or other turning point related to transportation or communication, but this is about clearing the path for new beginnings first and foremost.

The Solar Eclipse two weeks later, on February 15th, is all about this new beginning or turning over a new leaf. In the weeks and even months ahead of this eclipse, you're in particularly good shape for initiating new projects or activities that expand your mind, feed your spirit for adventure, and stretch your imagination. You may feel renewed by a new perspective on your life, something philosophical or spiritual that you read or learn, or an adventure that takes you away from the mundane routines in your life. It's a good time for sharing, learning, connecting, traveling, and reaching out. Even with this gigantic prompt, the last half of February holds quite a bit of preparatory energy for career, professional, reputation, or public matters in your life, so be sure to divide your time wisely.

From January 26th forward and throughout February, you have Mars stirring the pot in your partnership sector. This can be a time when there is a lot of activity in a partner's life that affects your life. Or, it's when others are pushing or motivating you to recognize your potential, to take action on a matter, or to straighten out your relationship. From January 17 to February 10th, you are a little "hard to get" but especially attractive to others on a personal level, and from February 10th, to people on a professional or public level.

See our Time Line Forecast report for a personalized forecast for the year ahead.

Get your unique Personalized Horoscope for the year ahead—over 100 pages long—for a detailed guide to your best days and your most challenging days for attracting love, career success, communication, and more.

Know More About Yourself and Others

Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
birth chart reports, relationship reports, future forecasts, and more.

Love & Romance Forecast Report

Love outlook for the year ahead. Try our Love & Romance Forecast report.

Romantic Compatibility Reports

Try Cafe Astrology's in-depth
romantic compatibility reports, including the Synastry and Love Ties reports.

See also general trends for Gemini in 2018.

Gemini (Born June 12 to 21)
AND Gemini Ascendant from 20 to 30 degrees Gemini:

January 2018 Gemini Horoscope: Love, Career, & General Trends

Overview.

The Sun this Month: Central Focus, Consciousness

Until January 10th:

The Sun continues to put a spotlight on your solar seventh house--your partnership sector. This can be a time of much learning through the mirror of close relationships. It's not the time to push your agenda or personal plans forward; rather, it's a cycle in which you are at your best when you recognize the need to form alliances, to give back to a special someone, and to compromise in order to find some balance in your life.

It's a strong period for putting yourself into another person's shoes and to better understand him/her. You may be meeting with someone strong and assertive by nature now, or a partner is more assertive and needy of attention. There may be some competitive feelings between you and a significant other now. Focus is on reconciliation, forming or cementing bonds, diplomacy, consultation, one-on-one interactions, and negotiations. You may feel a little drained physically now, temporarily.

From January 10th forward:

The Sun energizes your sector of transformation, change, sexuality, personal growth, regeneration, others' money and resources, addictions, and taxes. As a result, this is not the most gregarious of months for you. You take a step back, focus on intimacy with a partner, or simply retreat a little from the hectic pace of life. This is an excellent time to create a budget or financial plan, or to rid yourself of bad habits that undermine your sense of personal power and self-mastery.

All that is deeply personal comes into focus now. Intimate matters are especially important to you during this cycle. Just how well you are handling your life comes up for inspection. Your self-mastery skills and psychological predisposition matter to you more than usual. This is the time of year when you are most desirous of change on a deep level. Clearing out psychic "junk" or ridding yourself of bad habits may be part of the picture now. You are more willing than usual to explore life's secrets.

This cycle brings greater in-depth understanding and an inclination to delve beneath the surface of matters to get to the bottom of them. Research uncovers new material that allows you to develop a better overall picture of the year's events. This is an especially introspective cycle during which you have the chance to truly uncover your personal strengths and talents. On a more practical level, you may be dealing with joint finances and shared resources now more than usual.

Eclipse

A Lunar Eclipse Occurs on January 31st:

A general rule of thumb regarding eclipses is to avoid major decision-making in the week before and after an eclipse. This is because new information that could change our perspective often is revealed in the week after the eclipse. There is absolutely no need to suspend projects already in progress. Essentially, it's better to take in right now--to observe and get in touch with feelings.

The Lunar Eclipse stimulates your solar second house. Surprises surrounding your personal finances and possessions are in store. Something that has been "in hiding" or brewing under the surface of things comes to light, or there is a significant fruition or culmination. Your sector of personal finances is involved. This could manifest, for example, as the culmination or fruition of a financial project, an event involving personal possessions that holds your attention, a sudden money-making opportunity, a flurry of activity resulting from a financial matter, and other such possibilities.

Venus this Month: Love, Romance, Social Life, Comfort

Until January 10th: 

Venus continues her trek through your partnership sector. Meaningful and harmonious relationships--both social and romantic--define you during this cycle, affecting your mind, body, and soul. Financial or social success may come to or through your marriage partner at this time. Special attention to and from a partner is in focus, and flattery works to your advantage! Give to a partner exactly what you would like to receive just now. It's not about you right now--it's about someone else close. Smoothing out your close personal relationships is what makes you happy during this cycle. You have a greater need than usual for contact and exchange with an intimate partner. If single, you are more willing than normal to enter into a committed relationship. In general, you are adaptable when it comes to your affections.

From January 10th forward: 

Venus graces your solar eighth house now. During this cycle, a financial boost is possible, or you may gain financially through your partner. A deep and intimate connection made now could be revitalizing and even healing. You are more inclined to want to smooth over differences in a partnership concerning the sharing of power, intimacy matters, finances, and other emotionally-charged topics. Intimate relationships are intensified now. Either you or your partner want a deeper union.

Mercury this Month: Communications, Learning, Connections, Transportation

From January 3rd to 25th: 

Mercury transits your solar seventh house. You tend to weigh the pros and cons of every issue during this cycle, taking into account others' needs as well as your own. Some indecisiveness is possible now, simply because you naturally entertain opposing viewpoints. You have a strong desire to cooperate and communicate with others now. You feel most comfortable spending time with people on a one-to-one level, or with those with whom you share a personal history.

Interestingly, your own thoughts become clearer through dialogue with others during this window. You may be doing public relations work, counseling, negotiating, or arbitration during this cycle. There is a lot of emphasis on communications with partners and best friends at this time. You can use the power of words to advise others or to make peace with people in your life. You are more diplomatic than usual during this transit.

From January 25th forward: 

Mercury transits your solar eighth house. You are more intuitive now than usual, picking up all of the hidden cues from people around you and reading between the lines. This is an excellent cycle in which to do some financial planning and strategizing.

Research is also highly favored. It's easier for you to approach sensitive, intimate, and personal matters with rationality and logic. As such, this is a great time to open up conversations about topics that normally might cause waves, such as those revolving around the sharing of power, intimacy, and finances.

Mars this Month: Energy, Drive, Courage

Until the 10th:

Mars continues to energize your solar fifth house. This brings increased energy and enthusiasm to romance, child-rearing, and creative or recreational endeavors. It can also bring some strife to these areas of your world in some cases. For the most part, however, a romance could pick up pace, you are self-motivated and inspired on creative and expressive levels, and your self-confidence is well-received by others during this cycle. You are more willing to take little risks and you are competitive in a mostly friendly way. In your enthusiasm to take the lead, try to be sensitive to and respectful of others' needs.

From January 10th forward:

Mars animates and energizes your solar sixth house. You have more energy for work and your daily routines tend to speed up during this transit. Perhaps you have a larger workload than usual. It's a great time to take charge of your health. You have much energy at your disposal to pick up (or step up) a health and physical activity program. It might be hard for you to work with others in a harmonious manner during this transit, and disputes with co-workers are possible. If you are feeling especially angry, frustrated, or restless, it would be wise to find little projects and things to do so that you can channel excess energy constructively. If health is affected, fevers or infections are more likely.

Overview Horoscope:

January & February 2018: This period of your life is quite relationship-focused, dear Gemini, but is also brilliant for personal discoveries. The New Moon on January 16th sets a tone for the second half of January and the first half of February. For you, it's powerful for matters related to shared resources as well as intimate relationships -- with yourself, and/or with others. There is an unusually strong showing of planets, including heavyweights Saturn and Pluto, in your solar eighth house, suggesting a significant new beginning or emphasis on any (or many) of these themes, including shared money, power dynamics in relationships, debts and support (material or emotional), and personal empowerment. The weeks following this New Moon are important for making changes and tweaks to your intimate relationships and dependencies so that your goals are more realizable and fulfilling in the long run. Think: simplified and organized. This emphasis occurs in the sign of Capricorn, after all -- a sign that has its eye on what matters in the long term -- and to reap its rewards, you pretty much have to think like a Capricorn regarding your intimate life.

This is an important time for sorting out your finances --money owed or due -- and addressing fears, power sharing, and attachments in your closest relationships. You're in a strong position to make a lifestyle change, particularly if it involves quitting a bad habit or dependency. You're in the right place to put adverse situations and self-limiting attitudes behind you. Events occurring now provide you with a more unobstructed view of what you want from yourself and others. Something happening around now can open your eyes to the need to handle debts or manage support and the sharing of responsibilities more efficiently.

Supporting your goals are Mars and Jupiter in your work and health sector. You receive lovely cosmic support for making empowering changes and choices with the services or labor you provide, your efforts to maintain and improve health, and your daily routines and habits. Work or health matters can fuel motivation to renovate and organize your money or intimate life. The desire to live happily alongside a partner or dear friend can also feed your willingness to work harder or smarter or to get fitter and healthier. It can go both ways or either way!

Whenever there is a substantial emphasis on Capricorn in your chart, challenges are coming from your friends and long-term dreams/hopes sector (although this longer-term influence is on its way out this year and will leave permanently next). You may be doing some battle with your desires for independence and freedom, which seem to conflict with efforts to strengthen or deepen your intimate connections. This is often a personal battle that you're to handle within yourself, but sometimes it manifests as a literal conflict between friends and lovers or you experience on-again-off-again feelings through a partner.

The Lunar Eclipse on January 31st is the second Full Moon in January (there are none in February) and occurs in your communications sector. A Lunar Eclipse happened in the same area of your solar chart in February 2017, and another (the final one) will occur in February 2019. Small issues can loom large around the time of this eclipse and in the weeks following it. While you should keep perspective since discoveries made around the time of a Lunar Eclipse are usually exaggerated, these matters are not to be ignored! After the dust settles, you'll be well-equipped to know your next step. You're challenged to prioritize, as it can be a hectic time when it can be tough to focus on the things that inspire and drive you. People are genuinely hearing what you are saying - your communications have a stronger impact than usual. It may be time for a book or website launch or announcement, a studying opportunity, or other turning point related to transportation or communication, but this is about clearing the path for new beginnings first and foremost.

The Solar Eclipse two weeks later, on February 15th, is all about this new beginning or turning over a new leaf. In the weeks and even months ahead of this eclipse, you're in particularly good shape for initiating new projects or activities that expand your mind, feed your spirit for adventure, and stretch your imagination. You may feel renewed by a new perspective on your life, something philosophical or spiritual that you read or learn, or an adventure that takes you away from the mundane routines in your life. It's a good time for sharing, learning, connecting, traveling, and reaching out. Even with this gigantic prompt, the last half of February holds quite a bit of preparatory energy for career, professional, reputation, or public matters in your life, so be sure to divide your time wisely.

From January 26th forward and throughout February, you have Mars stirring the pot in your partnership sector. This can be a time when there is a lot of activity in a partner's life that affects your life. Or, it's when others are pushing or motivating you to recognize your potential, to take action on a matter, or to straighten out your relationship. From January 17 to February 10th, you are a little "hard to get" but especially attractive to others on a personal level, and from February 10th, to people on a professional or public level.

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