Sagittarius

Nov 23-Dec 21

Big picture Your boss planet Jupiter’s calling card in Scorpio marks this as a year of intense self-awareness. Startling revelations about the way you play the game of life (shock horror! It’s not others, it’s your own beliefs that limit you) instil the necessary clarity for weathering this year’s challenges. Balancing your natural attraction to risky adventure and instant results with patience and restraint mightn’t be easy, but it will be rewarding. Money matters Saturn doing a three-year stint in your money zone could make happy-go-lucky Sagittarians more serious about stability and security. Actually getting down to the nitty-gritty basics of economic realities: pinpointing where you fritter funds on unnecessary spending, reshaping investments which aren’t paying their way, making the positive changes needed to set up a firmer financial future. Connections This year behaves like the Indian deity Kali, doing a pruning job on friends and associates no longer in synch with who you’re becoming. Naturally you’re expected to pull your weight by weeding out hangers-on who pick your brains, drain your resources or exhaust your generosity; the pay-off will be more authentic connections with members of your true tribe. In intimate encounters, rather than cutting straight to the chase, you might want to consider a slower, more scenic, conversational route. The inner you With your sector of rest and retreat being strongly accented, this year turns your curious, questing thirst for learning to exploring your inner world. The most rewarding times will be in serene settings which feel like personal sacred sites – alone. So start accepting fewer invitations and paying more attention to your internal GPS to prep for Jupiter’s late 2018 move into Sagittarius for your once-every-12-years merry-go-whirl. Food for thought “Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness.” James Thurber, Sagittarian, cartoonist.