with the New Year simply being a technicality. It all began last September, when Saturn moved into your sign and a powerful new 30 year Saturn cycle began. This temporarily put him at odds with Jupiter, planet of luck and expansion, which resulted in some tense months between September and December, until Jupiter finally moved into a more supportive position.

That move took place on the 19th December 2007 and since then, there has been nothing but red carpets and open doors and it’s going to stay that way, throughout 2008. It is Jupiter’s move into fellow Earth sign Capricorn, ruler of your sector of love, romance and creativity, that is setting the scene for a year that as well as being your luckiest year in a decade, for love, is also a year which is destined to be happy, full of good things to celebrate and the promise of new life. This is a very fertile year, with desires born in the heart finding an easy and speedy transition into reality.

It’s the things that have been denied you in the past or you’ve had to contend with simply window shopping, looking but not able to touch, that now meet nothing but open doors. Every year has its ups and downs, but 2008 is a year that is destined to have a lot more ups than downs.

At the same time that a more playful and creative mood takes the focus off all work and no play, there are surprising new developments on the professional front, some already under way before the year begun, others literally beginning with a bang, on New Year’s Day.

It is a shift in focus around your work sector that not only leads to a powerful new sense of direction, especially when it comes to your dream job that sets the scene for some powerful eclipses in 2008. A total solar eclipse on the 6th February could mean a new job or change in direction, with a lunar eclipse on the 17th August bringing things to a conclusion or fruition.

It is throughout January and February that both old and new doors will open, with Mars returning for a double dip visit to your career sector on the 1st January. Staying until the beginning of March, this is giving you a chance to reconsider a career path, do a U turn or branch out in a new direction. It is while Mars is still retrograde motion in your career sector that Mercury, planet of communication and your ruling planet, turns retrograde in your work sector, from the 29th January to the 19th February. This coincides with Mars’ direct move on the 31st January. It’s during this period that you’re likely to reach a professional crossroad, with opportunities stretching out in all directions, both into the past and towards new opportunities. Your only problem is that you’ll be spoiled for choice.

Once settled, your professional situation will stay stable for the rest of the year, giving you the opportunity to focus on doing a job you love, in a way that suits the rest of your personal needs. This year it’s all about you, doing the things you want to do, when and how you want to do them.