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Horoscope for the week beginning February 16
By Michael O’Connor
The first solar eclipse of 2018 occurred on February 15. It was packed with a lot of power potential. Yet, there stands to be a pull to the past tugging against a push for the future. It is generally past to move forward, but some are destined to slow an otherwise excessively fast pace. Humanity is turning a sharp corner this year and, as usual, the results will likely be mixed.
The big news is the steadily emerging realization that an economic revolution that has already been underway since 2009 in the form of crypto-currencies will likely become much bigger in the news. Interestingly, 2009 was the first 11-year since 1910, which was the second of two last century. But there will be one every nine years in this new century and millennium for centuries to come! Eleven is the number of metaphysics and this suggests a continual process of changes that will prove revolutionary and paradoxical all the way.
Chinese New Year always begins with the New Moon in Aquarius. The Chinese may not have consciously intended it to work that way, but it does and it is quite apropos given the unique fact that the New Year always begins on a different day from year to year, somewhere between January 20 to February 18. This is the Year of the Earth Dog ~ Gung Hey Fat Choy! This is one of the many dialects in China that says: Happy New Year!
Feb. 16 – 22
Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20)
When it comes to friends, it is important to be your own best one. This is true for all of us. Then, all your outer best friends will become sparkling clear: those who support you to be your own. Doing so is not selfish; it is authentic. When you do it with love, you operate from your heart center and generosity and sharing naturally flow. The time is right to meditate on the meaning of true love.
Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21)
The surf is up, but it may not be literal waves that you are riding. They could manifest as waves of ambition and determination combined with inspiration and love, for example. Like big blue-green surges under a clear blue ‘chem-trail-less’ sky, as nature intended it, and as the golden rays penetrate warmth down to your bones. Big times for you!
Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)
Sweet dreams are flowing through your consciousness. Like a blissful reverie, you can linger there all day. Yet, you are also feeling the push to make those dreams so, to manifest them in the material. A healthy dose of creative discipline is at least one cornerstone of this process. The good news is that it will flow naturally as soon as you begin.
Cancer (Jun 22 – Jul 22)
Visions of possibility have held you captivated for some weeks now, maybe even months. To this end, you have recently felt the urge to purge and replace the old with the new. Is it possessions or relationships, or thoughts or attitudes or… that you have been recycling. Anyway, that cycle is giving way now to a fuller spectrum of that envisioning process.
Leo (Jul 23 – Aug 23)
Fantasies have their place and, invited or not, they have made their way into the deepest reaches of your mind. This is where your imagination likes to engage and play, as well. This process will not only continue, it will deepen over the coming weeks. It will have an impact on your relationship life as well. All the while, it is good to discern between what is fantasy and what is reality.
Virgo (Aug 24 – Sep 22)
The need to balancing your daily realities with your dreams of possibility has been extra important of late. Dreams have a way of pushing through when their timing of destiny has arrived. As well, if you are experiencing repressions and hungers, they will push their way into consciousness even more strongly. If necessary, they will also push you to dig deeply to excavate the truth of your desires.
Libra (Sep 23 – Oct 22)
A process of stretching your mind to embrace new possibilities continues. In addition to inspiration, necessity may also be playing a role. You have come this far and now it is time to push through to a whole new level of success. Yet, you have to be willing to do the work and pay the price. This includes confronting possible fears. Don’t proudly defend, honestly identify.
Scorpio (Oct 23 – Nov 21)
Laying claim to the full measure of your sense of individuality is extra important to you now. Creative inspirations of possibility have been taunting you to go the extra distance. You, more than most, know that doing so requires even more access to who you are and why you are here. But, if you don’t know this as fully as you might benefit from doing so, here is your invitation.
Sagittarius (Nov 22 – Dec 21)
Your mind has been racing with thoughts and ideas. A growing sense of determination to explore new territory is featured. Yet your focus may be at least as much to venture into the deeper reaches of your own mind than even to explore foreign and exotic lands somewhere remote on the planet. At least if you can’t get away literally, you have a fluid backup plan.
Capricorn (Dec 22 – Jan 19)
Somehow over the past few months, you have likely taken a definite turn. Old commitments no longer have the grip they once did and you find yourself needing to decipher your next best direction. A top priority is to increase your luck and opportunity by reaching out to friends new and old. Contacts, connections, reconnections; sounds like a social media party.
Aquarius (Jan 20 – Feb 19)
Balancing focus with flexibility and replacing fear with faith is an important Current theme. Acceptance of what it combined with a spirit of adventure will activate your inner reserves of confidence. A core theme has and continues to surround opening your mind to new modes of perception and self-concepts.
Pisces (Feb 20 – Mar 20)
The Sun entering your sign this week will activate new initiatives. With the energies of the Solar Eclipse close enough to your sign, you will feel its impact, even if you are born later in March, actually. It will activate you to make connections and will also stimulate the flow of earned rewards and karmic returns. Network!
– Michael O’Connor is a professional astrologer with an international clientele. He has 30 years of study in Astrology, Numerology and related metaphysical and spiritual modalities, over 20 years of full-time practice, is an entertaining and inspirational speaker, and writes a popular New Moon Newsletter and Horoscope Column. To learn more about Booking an Appointment, attending one of Michael’s Workshops or Webinars or one of his inspiring Visual Presentations, please visit his website or contact Michael directly. www.sunstarastrology.com or (250) 352-6871 or [email protected]
