Well, it looks like a better year, doesn't it??? No heavy duty Saturn, Pluto, Uranus transits. ....Saturn opposite Uranus at the end of the year seems to be the only fly in the ointment. Yet there are planets that are close. Uranus has had the asteroid, Pallas, close, most of 2007. It's still there til March. Uranus is the higher octave of Mercury, indicating a genius mentality when aspected positively, and Pallas is all mental - the goddess was born of Zeus' head, so she's not in touch with emotion - this conjunction will see children born at this time genius in the field of computers and math.....Uranus rules computers and Pallas rules the ability to think in patterns and put things together others wouldn't see.

At the same time, Chiron is keeping close on the heels of Neptune....in fact it will do so til 2014! Chiron is the wounding and Neptune is illusion/delusion....even sabotage sometimes. How are these two going to work? They are in Aquarius - and will move to Pisces before they split up an opportunity to move beyond our limitations. The last time Chiron and Neptune met up, it was 1945. I've heard from people who were children in that time that they were fed some propaganda of sorts from their parents, which, since they were their parents, they believed, and built their life on. It behooves nurturing parents of children born in these years to watch for negative programming by someone. It would depend on which house it's in, who the probably culprit might be.

When Saturn opposes Uranus in November, it will also oppose Pallas, of course, as well. Those who think within the box are not going to cotton to people who think outside the box....and so far outside the box most of us can't comprehend the genius (sort of like "Charlie (David Krumholtz) " on "Numb3rs"). What you've been getting away with with Uranus is going to have Saturn looking askance.

During the first few months of the year, Mars flits back and forth opposing Pluto before it moves on. Mars is the god of war, and the previous ruler of Scorpio before Pluto was discovered. It's usually a time of dark forces. Mars also represents cars, and Pluto is anything with an RE before it, so REpair works here. Keep your car repaired. ...there are 3 types of policemen. #1 is the Virgo type who wants to serve and protect, #2 is the Saturn type where they want you to follow the rules and stay within the box, and #3 are the Pluto types that want dominion and control.....the latter is more likely to be behind the bush just waiting for you to make a mistake.....so watch your p's and q's (literally! that's shorthand for pints and quarts!!) and don't give them anything they can complain about.

Pluto enters Capricorn in January, with Jupiter nearby, and then Jupiter takes off, staying in Cap for the year, to make the ingress a bit more easy. Saturn starts off the year aspectinig a number of planets, and close to opposing Uranus, so we can feel a little of its non-appreciation of Uranus' hippie qualities at that time. In June, Saturn gets close to trining Pluto again, as it did in August of 2007. In July, Saturn and Pluto are still in a pretty close trine, but Mars joins them, conjuncting Saturn. As we saw with the bridge collapse, even a trine isn't good with Mars in the picture.

As we start into the summer months, Uranus is starting to move in to square Pluto, which it won't do til June of 2012, but it'll be hanging in close proximity the whole time. When Uranus conjuncted Pluto in 1966, it started the whole hippie, free love, uncommitted relationships, and being more open in sexual expression.....which brought in Roe v. wade, in 1973. In the coming years, culminating in 2012, we'll probably see more individualism again, and the people standing up to power.

For you Sagittarius:

Jupiter trines Saturn from the 2nd of your money to the 10th of your career. Jupiter can cause you to see a hefty raise if you put your shoulder to the wheel and do your job well....no trying to get away with anything.....Saturn will be watching.

Jupiter sextiles Uranus from the 2nd house to the 4th house of home, family and mother. Some added monetary funds can provide better care for your mom or your home.

Jupiter sesquiquadrates Saturn from the 2nd to the 10th. As the faster planet moves away from the trine at 120 degrees, it creates a sesqui at 135 degrees....a little blip on the radar screen to see if you handled the positive energy right.

Saturn Opposes Uranus/Pallas, from the 10th of career to the 4th of home and family. Uranus has ben shaking up the home front, usually for the better, and now Saturn comes in to cast a judgemental eye. You won't get away withy anything during this time.

Jupiter inconjuncts Neptune from the 2nd to the 3rd. Your money can help a sibling or a school project.

THE OUTLYING PLANETS

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are called the 'major' planets because they move slowly. They are the 'directors' of our play of life, and dictate the set and the scenery and outline the major direction of the play.....they would be the ones who write the 'bible' for soap operas - the long range direction of the stories. Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars, on the other hand, are the "personal" planets: they are the actors who trigger the events, and can also be looked at as the 'daily writers' of our individual soap opera who write the daily events. So, in astrology, we look to the outlying planets and see what they are doing to get a sense where the action is going to take place.

For you Sag, Sagittarians have spent the last 12 years with Pluto going thru the first house of self, mom's dad, dad's mom. It's an ancestor house; genetic stuff from past generations recycle themselves for healing. With Pluto in the 1st you had the opportunity to come into real power and a place of prestige....but you had to walk thru the coals of fire engaging in a power struggle or two to gain your status.

Now you can take a big sign of relief as Pluto leaves the first and enters the 2nd of money. Money can be had now - some times BIG money, but as it is with Pluto, there's usually a break down period at the outset, and then a steady climb, so watch your pennies for the first year or so of the ingress and then make the moves you need to to build up that nest egg. When my daughter experienced this, she was going away to college and worked it out with her job to work at a store near the campus. Only to find out a month later the store was being closed, so she had to go on unemployment for a few weeks til she could return to her former store, some 40 miles away and commute and work weekends......eventually she went on to a good job and made mucho bucks for awhile. So, it doesn't have to be a dramatic intrigue; it's a time to understand money and how it works in your life.....see what it does for you and what it doesn't.

Pluto goes retrograde on April 2nd and goes direct on September 8th.

Neptune is now in Aquarius. Combined with Uranus, it's been a bumpy ride the last 8-15 years. There have been upsets and jobs lost, as you've been encouraged to get out of the rat race and pursue more personal goals. The nebulousness of Neptune, has found carving a niche for yourself rather difficult. Now that it has followed Uranus into Aquarius (as Uranus moves into Pisces), the ride should be a little easier, as the energy is more to Nep's liking....Aquarius is a transcendant sign of higher vision much as its own sign, Pisces.

For you, Sag, Neptune is now in your 3rd house of communication, siblings (and the one after you in particular). This sibling is really in another zone, and with Pluto in your 1st, you may be looking with a disapproving eye. You may decide to write now, and you would be drawn to conveying new insights and maybe writing poetry or fiction. Don't be taken in by flattery.

Neptune goes retrograde on May 26th, and goes direct on November 2nd.

Uranus- On March 11, 2003, Uranus moved into Pisces after 8 years in Aquarius. It then retro'ed back to Aquarius on Sept. 16th,2003, and then back to Pisces by Dec. 31st to continue on it's way thru Pisces for the next 7+ years. Uranus rules Aquarius, which is an air sign, and Pisces, of course, is water. Water and air don't work too well together. Just as Uranus got 'stuck' in Capricorn, it dives into the unknown areas of emotion, and gets confused....that objective, logical air quality doesn't understand emotion, ala "Mr. Spock" and "Data" of Star Trek. Triggering emotional buttons can have Uranus moving into uncharted areas, and acting inappropriately, even for itself. As a friend of mine, the late actress June Ellis (herself an Aquarian) once said, "How can you predict Uranus, when it is unpredictable?" When Uranus enters a new house (new room, more specifically) it throws on the lights, and exposes all that is in that 'room' to be be cleaned out, pulling the rug out from under as it goes, forcing you to move forward in new directions.

Sags will find Uranus shaking up the 4th house of home and family. It's at the bottom of your chart; it's your roots and foundation. You may feel like your life is an earthquake for awhile, but in a way you like change and being on the go, so wherever you hang your hat is home. It'll open you to new directions and dimensions of who you are and what you want to do.

Uranus goes retrograde on June 26th and goes direct on November 27th.

After a rough 2 1/2 years in Leo, Saturn left the lofty sign and moved into Virgo on September 6, 2007. Leos in particular, breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't a good time for Leos. Michael Richards (Kramer on Seinfeld) had his meltdown, Isaiah Washington of "Grey's Anatomy" had a long drawn out meltdown (just quit while you're ahead, Isaiah! He must have Snake energy in his chart somewhere - has to be right, can't be wrong and has to have the last word! - Let it go, for heaven's sakes!). Barry Bonds proceeded towards the home run title under spurious circumstances....if Saturn hadn't been in Leo, the last two and a half years would have gone better, but as Saturn made travel plans to move on to the state of Virgo, the energy lightened up and he got his tying home runs and went on to add to the total. For others, like Steve Carell, his career took off. For Leos, who like to live large, found Saturn more onerous than most planets traversing it. They started to part-eeeeeeeeeee when it left. they felt a sense of relief and 'let out of jail'. That ponderous cloud over their head moved on and the sun came out to shine a bit...yet it went into their money house, so hope you didn't part-eeeeeeee too much, Leo, the bills will come due at some point, and Saturn will wonder why you didn't put something aside in the savings account.

The Baby Boomers of the 40's found that Saturn was going over the same territory (Leo) it did in 1946-48. The problem there being that Saturn caught up with Pluto in 1947, and in 1948, Chiron squared them as they broke up. There was lots of angst during those years, and now, as Saturn moved thru it again - their second Saturn return, and revisiting the S/P conjunct, those in and around their 60's were feeling the aches and pains and emotional blocks of the traumas of those days.

Saturn went thru Leo again from 1976-78, so Baby Boomers had a fresh look at the wound again, and those born later, experienced it for the first time. Those born in the late 60s and early 70's experienced the recycling of the energy as they went thru their first Saturn return, and found the body manifesting the emotional blocks which occurred in their early years. In the 70's, Saturn was squaring Uranus - the 'cop' knocking heads with the "hippie" of the zodiac, but at least not causing the angst of the Pluto connection. For all signs born after the late 70's, this was the first time they felt it going thru Leo, the sign of ego and self worth, so they all felt some ego denying in relation to the house position it was in. Leos particuarly, those born in the early 80's are now in their mid 20's and they had never experienced Saturn riding rough shod on their need to shine.

Now, Saturn is in Virgo. In modern times, it went thru Virgo from 1948-51, and 1978-81. Virgo energy works better with Saturn, for it rules Capricorn and is part of the earth trine. Doesn't mean there aren't lessons to learn and karma to address, but it's a cadent sign and thus, lighter energy. Those who are recycling the energies from the late 40's and late 70's, will find issues coming up again to heal. Emotional blocks which were created during those times can manifest as illness. This is where we can thank Saturn instead of cursing him, because it brings into manifestation what we have been harboring in our souls for all this time, in a tangible expression which, if we detect it right, leads us to the answer.

Taurus and Capricorn will benefit most from this transit, as it will trine their sun sign during this juncture, and they'll find that the 'gods' are approving and bringing rewards for work well done. Virgos will be tested, but they are such workaholics that they probably won't know the difference. Sagittarians, Pisces and Geminis will feel the square energy, and find they have to stand up to authority figures who would like to mold them to their will. Leos, Aquarians, Aries and Libra will find themselves making 'adjustments' as Saturn quincunx (30 degrees) and inconjuncts (150 degrees), their signs. That leaves Cancer, Scorpio in a sextile position to Virgo, which will create a YOD pointing to Aquarius and Aries, respectively; when Saturn tests, your "answers" are in those houses, Moon baby and Scorp....it's up to you to figure it out. *

For you, Sag, you love to travel, and Saturn going thru your 9th house the past couple of years, may have manifested a trip, but it might have been so onerous to bring together, that it didn't happen. Always more responsibilities, always one more thing to do before you can go. There may have been some dealings with the law, and/or an authority figure at church or a coach in sports.

Now, Saturn in Virgo moves into your 10th house of career/dad. It's the top of the chart, and it's Saturn's own house, so it feels like it's come home for a spell after a long trip around the zodiac. This is a karmic house; issues which have come down genetically from the ancestors reside here. You can be working on your own issues, or recycling something that hadn't been resolved by an ancestor. You can have issues with dad or the boss, and find you have to stand up for yourself. If these two are too critical and demand too much of you, it's time to take an inventory of how much is truth and how much is control, and toss the latter off. You know whether it is on the level or not.

Chinese astrology - When Saturn went thru the Boar area of your chart, you were feeling low, maybe more depressed than usual. Life seemed hard, and you wondered at times whether it was worth it. Saturn is Reality with a Capital R, and you felt it more keenly during this time.

Now, with Saturn in your Rat area, you get a spark, you get mad...yes, maybe even defiant, and you start to come out of it. Yes, some authority figure may be raining on your parade, but you aren't going to take it any more, and are more in the mood to stand up for yourself than you were before. Saturn is a cold energy so it can cool off the anger in your gall bladder.

Saturn is retrograde at 8 degrees of Virgo at the beginning of the year, and goes direct on May 3rd, goes retro on December 31, 08, goes direct on May 17, 2009, moves into Libra on Oct 30, 2009, retrogrades on January 10, 2010, rx back into Virgo on April 8, 2010, goes direct on May 30, 2010 at 27 degrees of Virgo, and then goes back into Libra on July 22, 2010.

JUPITER in Capricorn - December 19, 2007 - January 6, 2009

For you, Sag, Jupiter is in your 2nd house of money and talents. Jupiter in the 1st and 2nd as it has been for you lately, gives you the opportunity of a two year period to establish a good financial base, with events occuring to help your monetary security. Pluto just entered Cap too, tho, which usually triggers a a momentary monetary breakdown - before building back up - maybe Jupiter here will be enough to shore it up.

Jupiter goes retrograde on May 9th at 22 degrees and goes direct on September 8th at 12 degrees.

---

Baby Boomers - You have an extra aspect going on in your chart that is affecting you most dramatically Click Here

HEALTH ISSUES

(if one or more of these health areas don't seem to be right on, go to the next sign following yours. Because some houses are longer or shorter than others, it could move the planet into the next Chinese animals' emotions/organ of the body. Also, if you're born in the last half of the sign, look at the next sign following yours; that will probably be more specifically for you.)This is for sun signs only; it doesn't work for rising sign as well, as other systems do. This interpretation is for education only. If you are having symptoms, consult your medical professional.

With Pluto in Capricorn, now, sees the emphasis shifting to your 2nd house of money, and the Dragon/Stomach area on the Chinese overlay. You're a larger than life personality most times, anyway, and now your appetite for money and success looms large. There may be a temporary setback at the outset, before you start building your portfolio again, and that only whets your whistle to have enough money to supply all your needs. You have the compulsion to want things just to want them....to have them....using them is something else. Don't let your Dragon get too voracious. Stomach issues could result.

With Neptune in Aquarius, it's in your Snake/Spleen area of your Chinese overlay. It calls you to recognize your worth. You have good self esteem anyway, Sag, but now you can see it meltdown. You want to be liked, which is a strange feeling for you. You don't want to be rejected. It's the 3rd house of your siblings, so they can be having substance problems, or in other ways dealing with sugar/spleen issues. Keep tabs on your own spleen.

With Uranus in Pisces, its in the Horse/Heart area of your Chinese overlay. It calls you to think positively. Feel 'heart felt', act like you have 'the heart for it'. You wear your heart on your sleeve now, so don't shut down your heart when things aren't perfect. Uranus likes to shake things up, and it rules electricity. So you could feel some flippity-flops, but realize that it's an electrical blip. See your physician, but it can feel comforting to know what it is. Doesn't have to happen. Caps are feeling the same thing, because at the end of the year, the energy shifts for a bit, where Sag and Caps feel the same energy.

With Saturn in Virgo the energy shifts to your Rat/Gall Bladder energy. This is where you feel abandoned and/or betrayed, and need to be loved from father. Saturn here can bring to mind less than happy memories. It's a good time to let them come up and release them. Realize it was not your fault. Saturn recycles events from 30 and 60 years ago, the late 40's and 70's. What was happening then, that is still infuriating you now. That may be why your gall bladder isn't processing fats as well as it should.

This information is based on my "Chinese Power Animals" book. This interprertation is for the sun sign and not for the rising sign.

By Pamela Leigh Powers, © 1999-2007 all rights reserved

---