The Yearly 2009 Horoscope for Cancer

(Written December 2008)

The Big Picture
Some important philosophical and psychological shifts are taking place in the Cancer criteria of 2009. Pluto is opposing your sign, and Pluto is will to power. Among the questions it poses are ‘are you self-empowering, or disempowering – master or slave?’ It may be time to step out of somebody’s shadow, including your own. All year the Saturn Uranus opposition works well for you in areas of learning and travel. A change of scene can accompany a change of mind, and sudden trips have a liberating effect. Jupiter brings new financial supporters in the growth areas of your life. It is necessary to get in there early this year and not sit back and wait for opportunity to come. You are on a journey of body and/or soul. You are the disseminator of information. And while recognition is appreciated, greater support via resources and financial reward is the real icing on the cake. This is the year of valuing yourself, your skills and products. It is the year that a skill can become an income, and a talent can be capitalized on. To do this it is vital to network and ‘self-empower’ early in the year.  

Romance and Relationships
Relationships have a touch of the fated and ‘profound’ about them with Pluto pulling the strings. Nothing by half-measures here. The year kicks off in dynamic fashion with the sizzling synergy of Mars and Pluto in your partnership zone. This is a duo of ‘dangerous liaisons’ and someone may be very energetic, or extremely competitive, around you during January. If you’re early June born those entering your life are probably offering a major makeover. They will tend to act as the catalyst for your own mutations. Long-term partners may also be going through their own personal metamorphosis. It’s important to avoid the master/slave mentalities, and viewpoints taken to extremes. You can also be stepping up a rung when it comes to mixing with the rich and powerful. A closer bonding with partners, also suggests pooling resources. While this can be a marriage year, it can also spell divorce if your emerging values are drifting further from a partner’s.

Career and Finance
During the first quarter of the year it’s vital to establish the support and co-operation of others early, as your planets are on the rise. Jupiter, the ancient significator of growth and abundance, suggests that you derive benefits through union and connection and mid-February looks powerful here. You may also utilise this period for a financial rethink, acquiring necessary resources and offloading surplus. Increased activities around shared assets, or legacies will dominate this early period. But the union of Jupiter with imaginative Neptune between May and August says get real, or pay the price here, as wishful thinking may be an expensive luxury. Look for proof rather than promise. However, travel may be a necessary expense. Venus, the planet of attraction and popularity spends a longer time than normal in your career zone – from early February to mid-April and re-appearing from the end of April through to early June. The return visit can be a time of real achievement.

Self Improvement
Knowing how to manage finances, and developing practical business savvy is one strong area that you can grow through. Being willing to share for mutual benefit rather than see things on a ‘me-mine’ basis is essential. Understanding that two heads, providing they’re looking in the same direction, are better than one. In this year of polarities, people are either with you or against you, and it really pays to separate the two.

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