The Yearly 2008 Horoscope for Cancer

(Written December 2007)

The Big Picture
Last year I used the example of Sir Edmund Hillary’s conqueror of Everest, and Nelson Mandela’s conqueror of apartheid both being Cancers who shared something in common with your planets. Therefore 2007 was all about consolidating the hard yards you’ve already put in, and standing on a platform you’ve already structured. It would have resulted in expanded work opportunities and you’re due for a pay off now.

Major life pattern developments are taking place in your 2008 Cancer horoscope. You should find greater recognition, and support coming through more influential people, whose positive input opens your eyes to greater opportunity. Your spirit of competition is humming at a level that it hasn’t been for many years now – possibly a lifetime. That’s why it’s important to be open and honest about your desires and go direct for your goals. Suppressing your desires, rather than acting directly on them can lead to feelings of anger and resentment. Turn your extra energy outward. People who’ve taken you for granted are in for a rude awakening. A stronger and tougher Cancer has been building since late October. You realize that the only person who can really satisfy your aims and objectives is you. And once you make the effort, others will tend to come more on board.  

Romance and Relationships
This can be a landmark year in your relationship life. Virtually from the start of the year you have the potential to met new people whose worldviews can vastly broaden your own horizons. It’s important to take their knowledge and philosophies on board, even through there may be some initial resistance at trying new approaches. There is an old adage that when you meet Buddha on the road, kill him. It’s virtually saying that you have all the answers within and once you place people on pedestals they’re bound to fall because you’re displacing your own sense of responsibility in the process. Don’t believe it at the moment as you could use another’s input, skills or expertise. There are also positive growth potential surrounding existing partnerships, and perhaps some modicum of success, or greater recognition, for a partner here. Look to the January, February period and notably November to place an added focus on relationships.

Career and Finance
Last year you may have been on work overload, which can see you organizing your time to accommodate these demands. You can be a victim of your own success and other people are coming to expect more of you. Until mid-May you look fairly busy but should have the energy to accommodate. You excel in the heat of competition. There can be a tendency to act more impulsively than usual, and so you may regret that one-ounce of forethought could have replaced a ton of energy. Sometimes this is unavoidable as your level of motivation is driving the instantaneous decisions early in the year. You succeed in areas where you can advise others, or in the communication and media fields, and there can be breakthroughs here late January, and also September through to November inclusive. The eclipse cycle in your money house suggests new financial opportunities becoming available as another source dries up.

Self Improvement
Last year your lesson was love what you do, and do what you love. But you probably learnt along the way that you can also have too much of a good thing. This year your relationship life can be a major source of pleasure and personal evolvement as Jupiter moves through your house of associates. It can tag in with meeting people of a different learning, heritage and culture and acts as a real eye-opener. Your challenge is to remain open to this and to have the discretion to select the genuine articles from those who inflate their own, or your, importance.

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