Jupiter, the planet of abundance, graces your solar first house this year. This transit brings noticeable improvements to your environment and self-confidence to your personality. Your personality is more obviously expansive, exuberant, and enthusiastic; and your natural optimism and generosity are highlighted, even heightened. This cycle has the potential for being a relaxed, fortunate, and hopeful time for you! You are greeting life with a fresh, can-do attitude. What happened in the past is not very important to you now–it`s the future you`re eyeing now. Events occur that help you to overcome problems that previously seemed challenging or even insurmountable–you have an altogether different perspective on life this year, and are not inclined much to sweat the small stuff. You want to create a distinct first impression on others, and you tend to do just that. Furthering your personal ambitions and interests comes more easily during this cycle. At times, you may feel like the sky is the limit! You might need to guard against becoming too full of yourself or overly self-interested, however. There is also a risk of overindulgence and other forms of extreme behavior. Be careful that a carefree attitude doesn`t end up a careless one. You feel considerably more free to be yourself, and others tend to accept you more readily. These positive circumstances won`t necessarily fall into your lap, and are unlikely to come all at once, although they are more likely due to Jupiter`s direct influence on your life. You need to keep your eyes open for opportunities in these areas of life.
The most favorable periods for these matters occur while Jupiter is in direct motion in your solar first, from January 5 through June 14, and then from October 14 through December.
Jupiter on your Sun in January and February puts a spring in your step! You are looking for fulfillment in your life now. You could be a tad wrapped up in yourself and your personal goals, however, and this may not go over well with people close to you, particularly on the home front. You could experience some distinct mood swings. One day you`re feeling on top of the world, and the next day you`re wondering what else you can do and feeling downright restless. This is a time to go after your dreams, for certain, but do your best to avoid alienating people or things that you normally hold dear to your heart.
Saturn continues to transit your solar eighth house until the end of October. How do you handle power? Your desire nature? Intimate relationships? What kind of obsessions and addictions do you have? What are your deep-rooted compulsions? What are your unhealthy attachments? When Saturn transits our eighth house, you feel pressure to answer these questions. You are likely to be more sensitive to what seem like outer world pressures that force you to examine some of your deepest desires and attachments. These include your sexual relationships, your finances (especially with regards to debts and shared finances), and your need for control.
Sometimes, Saturn transiting the eighth brings about sexual dysfunctions, whether we encounter these in ourselves or in our partners. You may face some difficulties satisfying your libido and/or encountering problems with intimacy. These pressures are designed to make you more aware of your desire nature, and what exactly it is you want. Dissatisfaction and frustrations getting what you want, especially with regard to relationships with others and with your resources, often characterize the first part of the transit. You may discover that previous methods of controlling your environment and the people in your life simply are not effective any more. You may not even be aware just how you have been employing power and control before this transit. Another realm over which the eighth house reigns is our mortality.
With Saturn here, you become much more aware of your mortality. Saturn transiting the eighth house often brings with it a realization that we do not live forever. Of course, we know this as a fact at the back of our minds, but Saturn reminds us in no uncertain terms. Saturn`s presence here also urges you to organize your finances. On a psychological level, you face some of your fears that are of a compulsive nature those fears that lead you to believe you need certain things in order to survive. Take a small example of a superstition. Perhaps you perform some kind of small ritual that you feel will help protect you or give you good luck. If you do it often enough, it becomes an addiction. You are afraid that if you don`t do this little ritual, you will set yourself up for bad luck. If you get rid of this superstition, you feel strong. It requires courage in order to do it, but it is empowering to do so. Something as simple as a superstition or ritual for good luck can undermine us.
Why? Because we are giving away our power over ourselves to this compulsive behavior! We are denying that we have power over our own lives. The same is true of any form of compulsive behavior and addiction. We attempt to control our lives through these behaviors, but what we are really doing is letting the addictions control us. Towards the end of this transit next year, you will have eliminated some deep-seated habits and attachments that have been keeping you back from feeling emotionally free. You emerge healthier and stronger. When we give in to compulsive behaviors, we give up self-control, and guilt undermines our lives. We are not ourselves. By attempting to control others, we give away our own power over ourselves. By the end of this transit, you will feel considerably more emotionally healthy. You will have nixed some of your addictions, and mastered your superstitions. You will feel more powerful because you have given up attempting to control things you cannot or should not control, and you will have gained a feeling of self-mastery instead.