of shaping 2008 are Jupiter, planet of luck and Saturn, the planet that is asking you to raise your game and the bar, expecting more from yourself and life. As fate should have it, both Saturn and Jupiter are moving through Earth signs throughout 2008, actively supporting each other. With Jupiter, planet of luck, in your work and employment sector and Saturn in your income sector, this makes 2008 a powerful and lucky year, when it comes to your job and your pay.

Had one of these areas been cosmically supported and not the other, it would still be a good year, but to have both so well supported, at the same time, creates a year when your job and income opportunities are likely to be off the scale.

Move into 2008 aware that there is a lot more on offer, but also aware that when there is a lot on offer, a lot more is also expected of you. Coming from a year when you were able to cruise a little, this may bring a sense of urgency to the early weeks of the year that may make it feel like you’ve hit the snooze button one too many times.

When Pluto, planet of change and revolution, joins Jupiter in your work sector at the end of January and with Saturn in your sector of income and self value, there will be a real unwillingness to settle in a job or situation where you’re not getting paid what you’re worth or getting the respect and appreciation you deserve. It’s at the end of January that Venus will become a lot more involved in this process as well, pointing your heart in the right direction, helping you define your job desires for 2008 and attracting opportunities.

With none of the heavy loads to carry, that you may have had to carry in the past, you’re a lot more able to take a few leaps of faith, with your confidence a lot higher. Many of the things that you’ll accomplish over the course of the year, will be as a result of the things that you believe you are capable of achieving. Many of the things you’ll attempt and achieve this year, you could probably have achieved in the past, but lacked the confidence that you now have in yourself.

This is also an important year for your relationships, as you transition away from a very romantic focus, onto one where you’re taking your relationships into the future. The North Node moved into your relationship sector at the end of 2007 and along with Neptune, planet of dreams and fantasies, will oversee a series of eclipses in 2008, which are destined to see fate play a major role in bringing you together with your soul mate or helping to cement and connect a current relationship. Key dates for important relationship milestones are the 7th February and the 17th August, with a whole lot of opportunities in between.