Cancer Summary

You were looking forward to the New Year, but suddenly a lunar eclipse in Cancer barrels your way, and so the year may begin on a very surprising - possibly jarring - note. Lunar eclipses are highly emotional because they are full moons and this one falls in your sign, Cancer. Those readers born on July 1, plus or minus five days, will be most affected by this eclipse.
Lunar eclipses have the power of three full moons packed into one and bring up hopes, dreams, and memories. That could be why the news lunar eclipses stir us deeply. The job of a lunar eclipse is to bring information and closure. They provide us with the motivation to make a decision and stick to it. You often like to look back to decide if you made the right decision, but eclipses don't work that way - they keep you moving forward, ready or not.
The eclipse will arrive on either December 31 or January 1, depending on your specific time zone. For example, those in Tokyo will feel the eclipse on January 1, but those in New York or Los Angeles will see the eclipse arrive on December 31.
How you will respond to developments depends on how things have been going in your life until now. Eclipses do not operate in a vacuum, but rather work within the context of events of past months or years. This particular eclipse will focus on your needs as well as on your attitude toward a close relationship.
If your relationship has been shaky, then this eclipse will bring a glaring truth that will require you to take action, either to leave the relationship suddenly and quickly, or to attempt to fix things by getting counseling or by talking things out. With many planets piling up in earthy Capricorn, the eclipse will force you to acknowledge certain practical realities. As you examine things, you will look to the very foundation that has formed your relationship for some time.
If you should break up as a result of what you learn over the eclipse, know that the universe was not on a mission to cause you pain, but rather to guard and protect you. Knowing this may not make the agony of a breakup any easier, but you will see that there was probably no way to avoid this result. Eclipses are very non-negotiable, so if you do leave (or your partner does), finding a way back is unlikely.
As a kind and nurturing Cancer, you have a propensity to stay in difficult relationships too long. Your most precious resource is your time, for it is something you can never get more of it once it is spent and gone. Your other precious resource is your capacity for love. The eclipses this month will help you clarify your priorities and devote your affection and time those who deserve it most.
If you are in a strong relationship, the results of the December 31 and January 1 eclipse, as well as the solar eclipse of January 15, have the power to be quite positive. For example, you may get engaged or at the very least, hear a confession of love.
As you see, very opposite results - very good or very bad - are possible when an eclipse appears, for their job is to reveal truths. In your case, you may even get engaged, perhaps much sooner than you had anticipated. This would happen mainly because outside events are shifting rapidly and you may conclude as a result that it would be wise to act sooner rather than later.
Even if you have a good, strong relationship, your chart suggests that your partner may be in the throes of enormous change right now and will soon have big news. In this case, your partner would appreciate your help, or at the very least, a display of sympathetic support. If this does not apply to your personal relationship, then there is a good chance it will apply to a business alliance.
Astrologers deal with bell curves, so it is possible that you already had an "experience" with a partner last month, as sometimes eclipses deliver news one month early. For others, the eclipse will deliver news one month later, most likely at the end of February or in early March.
At month's end, the full moon will bring a financial affair to conclusion. You seem to have been subject to high expenses lately, and at this point you may have to find a way to pay the piper. Mars will be aligned with this full moon, so it seems you will have to decide on some sort of action.
Neptune is still in your house of other people's money, fortunately far from the full moon but still in the neighborhood.
Make sure you look at all aspects of any deal you may be entering into. You tend to be sharp when it comes to financial deals - just take things slow and listen to your instinct. If you see a clause that seems to favor the other side in an unfair way, speak up. With Saturn in hard angle to Pluto, the other side seems to hold the main advantage and have something you want. Still, take care of your own needs - if you don't, no one else will do so.
The move of Jupiter to Pisces is a ray of solid hope for 2010. You've not had Jupiter, the great benefic planet, in such a strong position to help you in years, so the coming year should be quite a change for the better from past years. You will have a chance to travel far and wide, and you will have luck from foreign-based people and organizations.
Also, luck from publishing, broadcasting, and academia (including the college market) will grow very large and be quite obvious as the year unfolds, with February and March big winners for you. While things may be rapidly changing this month, soon you'll see you are moving to a far better place, dear Cancer. It's time to make yourself new and improved. You have been in the process of doing so (perhaps unconsciously), but now the rest of the world will see this in you, too!
Cancer Dates to Note
A major lunar eclipse - a full moon - in Cancer will occur December 31 / January 1. If you were born on or within five days of July 1, you will feel this eclipse and your entire life will change in the coming year.
Spending remains high. Be conservative.
Romance will bring extreme outcomes depending on which side of the spectrum your relationship has been on - either confession or undying love (and a possible engagement) or a complete breakup.
Single Cancers who are not dating may not feel this energy as much as others, but could easily see a development in the realm of a business partnership.
Romance will be best: January 8, 9, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27, and 28.
Make no firm plans until a few days after Mercury turns direct January 15.
Jupiter will move into Pisces for the better part of a year on January 17, making the international arena grow like Jack in the beanstalk's beans. Also due for growth: opportunities in publishing, broadcasting, and academia.
A financial matter will reach fullness on January 30, plus or minus four days.

Capricorn Summary

Every once in a while the universe is in perfect sync with our goals, and things begin to slip into place almost effortlessly. Obviously, this will be your outlook once you get to the solar eclipse, January 15 and the days and weeks to come. No matter what has been going on in your life, you are about to get powerful help now. Some of the breakthroughs you experience will come out of the blue, quite unexpectedly. Keep your calendar open in the second half of January because that's when you need to roll, and you'll have to respond quickly to offers and events as they occur. If your birthday falls within five days of January 15, this month could mark a major turning point. All Capricorns, however, will have some very special news to enjoy.
If you could only see the planetary pattern in the sky in mid-January! Venus, Pluto, Mercury, the Sun, and new moon will all be in your sign. You now find yourself in a transition period, moving from one way of life to a new one. This happens whenever the eclipses travel back to Capricorn and Cancer, which happens once every nine years.
On January 1 (or December 31, depending on where you live in the world and the time zone you are in), you will experience an important lunar eclipse in Cancer, so you may see a major development in regard to a steady partner at that time. If you were born on or near December 31, that eclipse would have been doubly powerful. The eclipse made that decision time in your relationship, to stay and make more of the relationship or to leave.
Be satisfied with whatever decision you made about your love life. If you are in love, then enjoy your closeness and make plans to solidify your relationship. If you broke up, have faith that better things are on the way. The universe is impatient to get you to a more stable place, and to that end, your life is now in a major transformation for the better. If you are single, having Venus in Capricorn until January 18 will be just what you need to help you get noticed - and later, adored.
Mars is still in a strongly financial house, so it appears you are spending a lot of money these days. Mars will remain retrograde until March 10, so try to hold the line as best you can until March. You will have better support from bankers and other financial types at that time too, so you may want to wait to finalize financial deals at that time.
The full moon on January 30 may become a financial watershed moment when you need to decide to settle a monetary matter or make a key decision about one. It appears a large amount of cash will go out of your checking account then. Fortunately the Sun and Saturn, the latter being your ruling planet, will be beautifully oriented to one another, suggesting that you may be buying or leasing a house or apartment, making repairs, renovating, or acquiring furniture in an effort to stabilize your living situation. This could account for the large outgo.
Travel to nearby cities will soon emerge as a major theme, thanks to the arrival of Jupiter to Pisces on January 17 for months to come. If you work in sales, your best clients will be out of town, within 100 to 300 miles from where you live.
In the coming year you will learn to communicate effectively in a new way - you may redo your website, create a blog, get your own radio or TV show, or be asked to write a book or column. It's an exciting trend, and one you'll love!
Capricorn Dates to Note
December 31 or January 1 (depending on your time zone) will bring the emotional eclipse in Cancer. It could be a very trying day, for something will end.
January 15 brings a solar eclipse in Capricorn, your time to state new plans and to make surprising announcements. You will have quite a bit of control on these dates.
Venus in Capricorn January 1- 18 will help you find soothing words, if you need them. This will be a perfect time to see about adding a special touch to your appearance.
Your ruling planet will retrograde beginning January 13 until June 12. From then on, spend time on the projects you have already started, rather than initiate new ones.
Mercury will stop retrograding January 15. Do not sign any papers prior to that date.
Money owed to others or that you anticipate collecting will be your whole focus at the full moon January 30, plus or minus four days.
Depending on what happens with the eclipses, romance may be very special or dreadful, and of course, that depends on what's been happening over a very long period of time.
If love has been good, then these dates will be your best for love: January 6, 7, 9, 12-15, 18-19, and 22-24.

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