Sagittarius

November 22 – December 20

Although you rarely think of this, one of your greatest gifts is your enthusiasm and your zest for life. There are new things you’d like to pursue while, often, others seem to regard the changes you embrace enthusiastically as an irritation.

While this enthusiasm makes you good company, and also means you lead an interesting life, it can sometimes mean you neglect certain practical matters. It’s not until something happens that reminds you about them or, events corner you into dealing with them that you’ll tackle these. However with your ruler Jupiter actually positioned in your sign until December of 2019, and bringing even more of your usual fiery enthusiasm to life, this will all change. You will both want to, and need to, keep track of what’s going on.

Some of this has to do with close relationships. Those closest long ago learnt that you’re sometimes so involved in what you’re doing that you’ll be late or, on some occasions, forget to show up for an occasion or event. However, a shift in your thinking, focus or new and perhaps unexpected passion will make you realise how this carelessness about timing, dates and ‘being there’ for others can upset them, and undermine exciting, strong relationships and, even more, new ones.

But also, with several of the major heavenly bodies in the practical earth signs, you’ll find that you need to balance the two – what excites you and what you must do or deal with.

Because Pluto moved into the portion of your chart that has to do with the use of your resources, and even your ideas in 2008, this won’t be anything new. But, still, you’ll have avoided most of the tedious elements of these matters. However, with tough Saturn having moved there in late 2017 and remaining there until 2020, that emphasis on this area of your life has been growing, and will grow even more this year.

However, with Uranus, which is itself about innovation, having moved into the earth sign of Taurus, and to accent the way you organise your life and your day, and various obligations, for six months during 2018, and with it moving there to stay, on March 6, and remaining there for a long time, until 2025, you’ll find that here again this is very much about a balance between your natural zest for life, and the need to focus on here and now obligations but, especially, to look after your resources, especially the numbers. This isn’t just about finances, it’s also balancing what, and who, is worth your time. This won’t necessarily be easy to achieve. But by mid June, on June 17th, the Full Moon in your sign brings certain matters to a head, you’ll acknowledge what you’ve already learnt but, also, will realise that you still need to think certain matters through in greater depth

Consequently, the collection of planets that move into the practical earth sign of Virgo, and to accent the structure of your life in late August, and remain there for the first half of September, will be crucial. With the New Moon introducing a fresh perspective, on August 30, and with the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars all positioned there during the first half of September, issues that have been a source of concern suddenly begin to come together. And if you can’t sort them out right away, you’ll still sense what needs to be done.

You may still resist this for a while. But when the Sun moves in your sign, on November 22nd, and importantly when the New Moon in your sign – the Sagittarius New Moon – takes place on November 26th, you’ll be much clearer about how to make the best of these developments.

It’s interesting to note that a few days after that on December 2nd, your ruler Jupiter also moves into the practical earth sign of Capricorn, which suggests that the efforts you make during 2019 will pay off handsomely during 2020. If ever there was a year for you to not only understand, but to deal with and embrace the practical side of your nature, it’s the year of 2019.

You’ll find that here again this is very much about a balance between your natural zest for life, and the need to focus on here and now obligations