You were thinking a lot about finances last month, and it was a good time to organize things, and even ask for a raise. If you didn’t use the new moon in Aquarius last month on January 23 to your advantage, you still have a little time, but you will have to act fast. The light of that new moon is fading fast, so steel your courage and go into your bosses’ office and make your case for more salary. If you are self-employed, it’s time to raise your rates or pitch new business, quickly.
There is something happening this month that will have a monumental and positive affect on your income for years into the future – relief begins February 3. For many years, since January 1998, you’ve hosted Neptune in your second house of earned income and that is not an easy place to host this planet.
First, let’s discuss the best qualities of Neptune. Neptune is a beautiful planet associated with dreams, imagination, creativity, music, and all of the arts. This lovely planet also rules things associated with water, such as the candy cotton fog that wraps around the San Francisco hills that makes the city so majestic. Neptune throws a veil over reality, and sometimes we need and welcome that quality – Neptune certainly can add a romantic, idealized touch. Neptune is a planet associated with compassion and sacrifice too, for as the “higher octave” of Venus, it takes the new love that Venus provides and deepens love through compassion and sacrifice of one’s own pleasures, all so that the beloved can benefit.
Still, there is another side. Hosting Neptune, a planet associated with confusion, in your second house of earned income and financial management can be daunting. If you’ve grappled with financial problems over the past fourteen years, Neptune could have been the culprit. Thankfully this period is ending. Having said that, there was one positive way you may have harnessed Neptune’s energy in your second house of income, and that is you work in the cultural or creative arts, or if you act as support staff to artists. Neptune’s presence would have helped you establish yourself in a way that allowed you to turn your talent into a profitable enterprise. Being a starving artist may have charm, but that can get old fast. If you are in the arts, with Neptune here, you may have found ways to garner a following willing to pay you handsomely for your work.
Now, Neptune leaves, never to return to your financial house in your lifetime. If you did make money from the arts, this does not mean you won’t in the future. You have built your foundation and now you can move into a more established stage. What you won’t miss is the downside of Neptune in your second house. Gone are those foggy days when facts were withheld from you or that you simply didn’t understand. The fog lifts, just in time to take advantage of the new moon of last month.
In all, I feel you will love the change that will begin now. Neptune works in gradual ways, so don’t expect change instantly. You will see the improvement in time, and because Neptune will be in his home base, Pisces, he will emit his best qualities naturally. You are an earth sign that blends famously with water, a very fertile mix. Your coming days and years are bright.
Neptune is now heading into your third house that rules writing, speaking, and other communication arts. If you write for a living, Neptune’s long stay in your third house is a bonus of epic proportions. You may decide to write a novel, rich in imaginative detail, even if you’ve always written factual documentary. If this is a goal for you, set aside time to begin your book or screenplay now, after the new moon February 21 (more about that later). If you design advertising or publicity campaigns, you will have the likelihood of creating award-winning work in the future. Your creativity will bloom fully, especially in terms of the written word. You won’t know what you can do until you sit down and start writing.
The third house also rules contracts and other legal documents. Neptune in this house can be difficult because you are likely to miss important details in clauses. Neptune will remain in your third house for fourteen years, so your first order of business will be to find the very best lawyer you can to represent you. When you find this person, it would be best to work together as a team – flagging and discussing causes either of you find troublesome – rather than leaving everything to your lawyer. By collaborating, you will be able to drill down to the tiny details and together decide on how to negotiate each contract.
The new moon, February 21 in Pisces (3 degrees), will bring up all these matters. This gorgeous new moon will be conjunct Neptune and be in perfect angle to Jupiter in your creativity house and to Mars in your house of publishing, broadcasting, academia, and international relationships, cities, and long-distance travel. You may create a manuscript or body of poetry that displays tender emotion and great beauty in the weeks and months to follow this new moon.
You don’t have to actually finish your work within the two weeks after the new moon (that would be impossible!), but you would have to begin your project in that period. The actions you take in the first two weeks after any new moon has the power to set in motion a whole year of change, until the next new moon arrives a year from now in the same house of your horoscope.
As said, this new moon will receive gifts from Jupiter, suggesting that there will be profits to be made. A new assignment may come up now, or if you are self-employed, you may generate new business that brings you down a new lane – one that offers wide possibilities to develop your creative powers. Pluto will also be drawn into the conversation of this new moon, and because Pluto is in Capricorn, in perfect angle to the new moon, you can enlarge and support your success in the creative realm. If you are not especially creative, you can hire a firm to create an outstandingly creative advertising or publicity campaign. This new moon will allow you to direct others – you don’t have to do the creative work yourself but you would have to describe what you want, and also be open to others’ suggestions. Your desire and willingness to accept breakthrough ways of communicating will grow – this is due to be an exciting ride in years ahead.
If you can travel in the days that come after February 21, do, and you can do so for love and fun, or for your work, and if you go for business, it looks like your trip at month’s end will generate profits. You can do either or both. If you do travel, plan to go to a place near home, within 200 miles of your base, for longer trips won’t have the glow that a shorter one will have (not until March). If you want to go for highly romantic reasons, that’s also a great idea – Neptune, working with Jupiter in your fifth house, will make sure this trip is not only glamorous, but that the accommodations are luxurious.
If your birthday falls within four days of December 24, you will benefit most from this lyrical new moon of February 21. Also, if you have any planet at 3 degrees of Capricorn, Virgo, Taurus, Pisces, Cancer, or Scorpio, you will also love the results of this new moon. Make good use of it!
In terms of your career, this month on February 7 Saturn will retrograde in your tenth house of career honors and reputation. This day falls on a full moon, so something is reaching culmination, but because Saturn is your ruling planet, this turn of Saturn means more for you than most. You may hear about a delay or reversal, because when any planet retrogrades, decisions and actions slow or turn back. You may want to rethink your strategy during the five months that Saturn will retrograde, until June 25. Everyone will be dealing with Saturn retrograde in various ways, so you will not lose your advantage if you choose to tweak something in your career – you will do well.
February 7, as mentioned, is ALSO the full moon in Leo 18 degrees, and this full moon will bring a financial matter to culmination. You may have to pay out a large check, finish off your taxes, or see a deal you had anticipated reach fruition or an important stage. It’s alternatively likely you may be awaiting funds of some sort – venture capital, a mortgage, refinancing plan, investment in your business – and you will get your answer at this time. The full moon will not make any direct signals to other planets, so that makes it harder for me to suggest how things will play out for you. Much will depend on how this full moon fits into the puzzle of your natal horoscope, but you will know soon. Overall, your chart is excellent, and with Pluto in Capricorn, you have authority and weight in all matters this month – I feel the smart money is betting on you as the victor.
It may seem that your home situation is also on hold because Mars is also retrograde, since January 23, and will remain so until April 13. Mars is the natural ruler of your solar fourth house of home, so this may hold up your real estate or home-related plans. It may be that you can’t seem to find the right apartment, sell your house for the right price, or begin that repair or renovation plan for various reasons. These are just a few examples, but you get the idea. Your home-related frustrations may not be related to the delays or reversals in your career; it may simply be a coincidence. Still, Mars will be beautifully oriented to Pluto and Jupiter later in February, forming a golden triangle of harmony (called a “grand trine” – the best aspect possible), so you may be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat if you keep your wits about you. Remember – your luck won’t begin to change until after the new moon February 21, for by then Mars will have help from Pluto and Jupiter.
Venus will move through your fourth house of home from February 8 to March 5, a perfect time to add decorative touches to your home. Venus rules all things beautiful, both large and small, and also includes flowers and gardening. If you’d like to go shopping now or do some professional landscaping this month, be my guest. Next month, Mercury will retrograde from March 12 to April 4. If you want to buy any new things for your home, now would be the best time. If you had hoped to have one or more rooms painted a new color, or the same color to make the room feel fresh and bright, you can do so now.
Thursday, February 9, will be a standout day, when Venus conjoins Uranus, an ideal time to give a party at home. Conversation would bubble up in the most exciting way, and guests would have a fabulous time. You could, alternatively, stage a small and intimate dinner for two, with candles, flowers – the works. On a day this bright, you can’t go wrong, as long as you have your party or dinner at your home (not at a restaurant). This would also be the day to shop for any items that would add to your home’s charm and allure.
Now let’s talk about romance! After all, this is the month that holds Valentine’s Day, the day for lovers. With Jupiter in your fifth house of true love until June, you have one of your best opportunities in recent years to find true love, or if you have found it, to enjoy it! With an advantage like Jupiter, if you are single, be out circulating much as possible – rarely have you held such outstanding favor for meeting your one true love. Jupiter will leave this house in mid-June, not to return until 2023. It’s also the best time possible to conceive a baby.
Valentine’s Day is this month on February 14 (not in Brazil – that will happen June 12, I know – kisses to my Brazilian readers!) and with Mercury about to signal Jupiter February 16 (but felt earlier, on February 14-16), you should have a day to remember and to celebrate your love. I also like that the day before Valentine’s Day, February 13, Mercury and Neptune will combine forces in your communication house – you may get a card, love letter, or text that has your heart beating double time.
Life will get even better by the time you reach the extraordinarily happy weekend of February 25-26. That is when Jupiter will meet with the Sun and you will see how easy it is for you to weave a tapestry of love with golden threads. If you can travel over this weekend to a romantic bed and breakfast, do, as romance and travel to a charming location – possibly near water – will likely be two elements that create the magic. Of course, you don’t have to travel – you can have a gorgeous dinner, if you like, for two in a quiet restaurant with flowers and an attentive staff that allows you the space you need. This day is worthy of four stars. Let ordinary life drop away, dear Capricorn, as you climb a ladder to the stars together.
