In the later weeks of 2008 the more expansive your work opportunities became, the more the stars in your romantic sector, the most playful part of your chart, fought back. In the end it was only Mars, planet of passion, drive and ambition and the warrior planet of the solar system that was left fighting on his own, a fight he only conceded to in the last 4 days of 2008.

It was Mars’ move into your work sector, joining forces with already lucky, expansive and revolutionary stars, that sees you move into 2009 on top of your game, with a world of opportunities at your feet.

This gives you an extreme advantage as you move into the New Year that needs to be seized and may mean that you have to curtail some of your downtime or not spend as much time relaxing and taking time out as you'd like to. The reality is that if you wait too long you'll miss the opportunities for Jupiter, planet of luck, leaves your work sector on the 6th January. Even though the opportunities he’s created will be supported by the Sun until later in the month and Mars and Mercury into February, the extreme advantages you have at the beginning of the month aren’t going to last.

The advantages are moving on, but not the things this sets in motion, with Pluto remaining in your work sector throughout 2009 and right through to the end of 2024. What you won’t have is the sheer ability to bulldoze your way through obstacles and the luck that you have on your side, in the early days of 2009.

However, this is about setting things in motion, with Pluto more than capable of growing and sustaining what’s there. However, he’s got to have something to work with, for more of nothing is still nothing. This isn’t about rushing back to the office on Day 1 of the New Year, but it does mean that your focus needs to be on seizing opportunities and pointing things in the right direction.

It’s these early days and weeks of 2009, through to mid 2009 that you'll find near perfect conditions to launch any health or fitness goals or initiatives, especially if one of your New Years resolutions is a new, sleek and more streamlined look for 2009. While it might be about wanting to look good, it’s really about having the health and vitality to continue to seize opportunities, throughout the coming year.

Once you've got things in motion on the work front, you're able to turn your attention to the main event of 2009, which is taking place in your relationship sector. It is the valiant fight that Mars and the other planets fought in your romantic sector, in the closing weeks of 2008 that has made you so sure of what you want from love, which is now being directed into your relationships, which is where your luck lies in 2009.

2009 is a huge relationship year, beginning on Day 1. It’s on the 1st January that Mercury joins Venus, planet of love in your relationship sector and where over the first 6 weeks of the year he’ll open new doors, open the communication lines and also bring some very significant second chances. However, it’s on the 6th January, just 5 days later and within the first week of the year that Jupiter, planet of luck, moves into your relationship sector, making 2009 one of your luckiest relationship years ever.

What sets 2009 apart from the lucky relationship years you get to experience once every 12 years, is that it’s here that Jupiter and Neptune, the planet of dreams and fantasies will align, working together for the whole year that the planet of luck and expansion is here. To illustrate how extreme this advantage is, over the course of the coming year Jupiter and Neptune will align and come together, throughout the year, in a way that hasn’t happened in your relationship sector since 1863 – a 146 years ago!

This also marks a major turning point, not just within your relationships, but personally as well, for it’s beyond this point that anything that isn’t real, authentic or phenomenal won’t get a look in. Once you realise that you have arrived at a moment when everything you ever dreamed of being and becoming and the kind of relationships you could only imagine before, become possible, nothing less will do.

At first this may create some challenges, especially if you try and hold onto things out of comfort or out of fear of change. Trust that you have fate, luck and the stars on your side.

2009 is going to remain a good year for all work matters, with the things you've put in motion continuing to go from strength to strength. At the same time there are some exciting developments on the financial front, even though it may feel like you're back tracking earlier in the year. Saturn turns retrograde in your income sector on the 1st January and will stay in retrograde motion until mid May. Don’t worry if things stop moving forward or your pay situation levels off, for just as you need to pull back on a bow in order to shoot an arrow, this is giving you a chance to aim for some very big targets.

The advantages continue to grow, professionally, financially and personally throughout the year, but it’s in October that things will take on a life of their own, for it’s then that you begin an epic 8 month Mars return, taking you well into 2010 and beyond.

Business:
It is the push start that you get at the beginning of the year with the Sun, Jupiter, Pluto, Mars and Mercury, the planets of luck, change, passion, drive and ambition and communication all in your work, employment and health sector, that is creating a momentum that will last the rest of the year and beyond. While Jupiter will leave your work sector on the 6th January, he’s opened doors that once open, will continue to create opportunities for years to come. While Jupiter leaves your work sector on the 6th January Mars, planet of passion, drive and ambition won’t leave until mid February, giving you more than enough time to drive any and every opportunity and advantage home. It’s between the 21st January and the 1st February that there is the possibility of second chances, the return to an old job or to get a yes, where before you got a no. It’s in April and again in June and July that you'll find the best career opportunities, with June set to bring some extreme opportunities. However, you'll continue to retain your professional edge throughout the year, with Pluto continuing to bring growth, chance and evolution to your work situation.

Love:
2009 is a huge relationship year and the fact that you've only just come out of an extreme romantic focus, means that you know what you want from love. While 2009 is the year for meeting your true love or making a commitment, the seeds for this powerful year began a decade ago. It was in 1998 that Neptune, planet of dreams and fantasies first moved into your relationship sector, creating what at times must have seemed impossible standards. You may have even had your doubters, you among them, who told you at times that you should settle for less, that there is no such thing as the perfect relationship or the perfect one for you. This then, is the year for proving all your critics wrong and for your faith in love to be vindicated, for not only can it happen, but this is the year when the stars align to play matchmaker. January and February are the months when things begin to move, with a chance for a reconciliation, to bury old ghosts or to retrieve something from the past possible. After that it’s time to move on and embrace what is one of your luckiest relationship years on record.

Money:
After all the financial ups and downs and challenges of 2008, when Uranus and Saturn, moving through your financial and income sectors, were in opposition, in hindsight this has worked to your advantage. You're now a lot more financially savvy, to a point where you are the master of your own destiny. Saturn will turn retrograde in your income sector on the 1st January, giving you a chance to retrace your steps and ensure that no stone is left unturned. It’s once he turns direct in mid May that things should start to move on the income front, especially with the support coming from Pluto and your work sector. Meanwhile Venus, planet of money, desire and the laws of attraction is paying your financial sector a lot of attention. She moves in very early in the year, on the 4th January. Normally here for just under 4 weeks, once a year, she arrives on the 4th January but doesn’t leave until the 3rd February. That’s a sign that she’s slowing down and is therefore a lot more potent. However, it’s when she returns for a rare double dip between the 12th and 24th April, that you have a short window of time when there are some extreme financial advantages, with both second chances and some new opportunities.