aries year horoscope forecast 2012

General Year Theme

. . . a blanket approach, assuming that what you see from the get go is what you'll get. However, in saying that there are some major themes running through the year and if you had to sum it up you'd say that 2012 is an important year for money, relationships, professional matters and communication. Jupiter, planet of luck and expansion will remain in your income sector until the 12th June, creating the potential for income growth and opportunities. It's in the second half of the year that the focus will shift to your financial situation as a whole, where it will be less about creating growth and opportunities and more about cementing and managing what you already have.

The more you can balance financial responsibility with income growth in the first half of the year, the more potential for growth there'll be on both fronts. Relationships continue to be a major theme in 2012, as they have been for several years now but it's Venus, planet of love's extraordinary 4 month visit to your communication sector, from the 4th April to the 8th August that sets the scene for a real breakthrough. If love and communication are the lifeblood of any good relationship, then having Venus in your communication sector gives you a double whammy.

As the year progresses and especially from June onwards, communication in general becomes both easier and more important. Communication, the ability to express yourself and to think on your feet become such major themes as the year progresses, that in the second half of the year this is where your best opportunities lie. The only real challenges you'll face this year are the same challenges you've become familiar with over recent years, of maintaining a balance between personal and relationship authenticity.

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Career and Business:

This might not be the biggest, the luckiest or the most important of professional years, but it is one of the best. Usually you look for a planet like Jupiter or one of the outer planets, who can stay around long enough to get things done to give your professional year the kind of ranking that sets it apart from the norm, but in this case the planet responsible is Mars, planet of passion, drive and ambition, the warrior planet of the cosmos and your ruling planet. Normally in your work sector for just 6 weeks, but during that time giving you the drive, passion and fighting spirit to move mountains and the motivation to put everything you have into everything you do, doing whatever it takes for as long as it takes, this isn't normally enough to define a whole year. But that's exactly what Mars will achieve this year, giving him the kind of status that will go straight to his head. For rather than stay for just 6 weeks, Mars returned to your work sector on the 11th November 2011 and won't leave until the 4th July 2012, with this 8 month visit his longest in 47 years.

However, it's not just the length of Mars' stay that will define your professional year but the support that he has, both from Pluto in your career sector and Jupiter in your income sector. During Mars' 8 months in your work sector there'll be no other planetary activity, but with the Sun moving through your work sector from the 23rd August to the 23rd September, Mercury from the 1st to the 17th September and Venus from the 3rd to the 29th October, whatever Mars gets moving in the first half of the year will have plenty of resources and follow up to keep in motion for the rest of the year.

Meanwhile Pluto, who is in your career sector from 2008 to 2024, is fast becoming an institution, working to ensure that there is no stagnation and that you're not resting on your laurels. While Pluto will largely work in the background, leading a long term rebellion and revolution, with the Sun in your career sector until the 21st January and Mercury here from the 8th to the 28th January, the early weeks of the year will provide a lot of momentum, with things picking up again later in the year, from the 17th November onwards. This means that Mars will be the powerhouse of your professional year, with his retrograde phase from the 24th January to the 14th April giving you a chance to work behind the scenes, but also strengthen the bonds with powerful forces on the income and career fronts. Click to find out more.

Love and Relationship:

Relationships continue to be a major theme for the majority of 2012, with Saturn remaining in your relationship sector until the 6th October. Since as far back as October 2009 Saturn has been on a mission to create more relationship authenticity, forcing you to raise the bar and take more responsibility. Since then you've been through ups and downs, highs and lows as Saturn took you on a bit of a roller coaster ride. As you move into 2012 the majority of your cards are on the table, everything is out in the open and you know what you're dealing with. Even if your relationships aren't where you want them to be or you're not in the relationship you want to be in, then at least you know how to make it happen, making it more about taking things one step at a time.

Saturn will spend from the 8th February to the 25th June in retrograde motion, giving you a chance to make your peace with the past or seize any second chances. It's Mars' return to your relationship sector on the 4th July that will really get things moving on the relationship front and here until the 24th August he'll be urging you to give your relationships your all. Mercury's visit between the 17th September and the 5th October, the Sun's between the 23rd September and the 23rd October and Venus' from the 29th October to the 22nd November, will give you the resources to put your relationships on the track they'll continue on for years if not decades to come.

A New Moon on the 16th October will be a day for making a commitment to the future. While it's your relationships that will dominate this year, the middle months of the year are going to be the most romantic months, in particular from the 26th June to the 1st September, with a New Moon in your romantic sector on the 18th August bringing the promise of new beginnings. The most romantic weeks of the year however lie between the 7th September to the 3rd October, which is also a particularly powerful and defining time for your relationships.. Click to find out more . .

Money and Finance:

While 2012 is a big year for money matters, on both the income front and on the financial front as a whole, to start with the focus is on your income situation, as it has been since June 2011. It was on the 5th June 2011 that Jupiter, planet of luck returned to your income sector and after spending from the 30th August to the 26th December 2011 in retrograde motion, as you move into 2012 he's ready to get things moving. With support from Mars in your work sector and from Pluto in your career sector, no matter how things played out in 2011 you're ready to move into the New Year with confidence. With Jupiter not leaving your income sector until the 12th June and some very active months on the income front between now and then, this is when you're able to pull things together and make a serious assault on any glass ceilings. While Jupiter will be working towards income growth until he leaves, you're most likely to get action when the faster moving planets move through, triggering things.

The most lucrative weeks of the year are likely to be when Venus moves through your income sector from the 5th March to the 4th April, the Sun from the 20th April to the 21st May and Mercury from the 9th to the 24th May. A New Moon on the 21st April is the only New Moon in your income sector during Jupiter's 12 months here, so will be an auspicious day for new beginnings and opportunities. Even after Jupiter leaves your income sector on the 12th June this won't be the end of the story, with the need to continue to stand your ground and defend your bottom lines continuing for many years. While the focus will always shift to your overall financial situation in the second half of the year, this year the shift is likely to be extreme.

That's because as well as Mars moving through your financial sector from the 24th August to the 7th October, Mercury from the 5th October to the 29th October and again from the 14th November to the 11th December, the Sun from the 23rd October to the 22nd November and Venus from the 22nd November to the 16th December, with the North Node shifting here on the 30th August and Saturn returning on the 6th October, for the first time in nearly 3 decades, the heavens are coming together to make this a major financial review period, one that won't run its course until 2015. With Saturn calling for accountability, the North Node bringing opportunity and a total solar eclipse on the 14th November likely to be a catalyst for change, expect income growth in the first half of the year and major financial developments in the second half. Click to find out more

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