Year Aries 2015

 Year Aries 2015

The year ahead is strong for both work and play, dear Aries, even if there are times when you're inclined to overdo either of these things! While all Aries are feeling the need to assert their independence and live life on their own terms this year, those Aries born April 2-11, or with an Ascendant from 12 to 21 Aries, are feeling this energy most directly and acutely. Pluto continues to transform your attitudes towards career and reputation, and has the most direct effect on Aries born April 3-6 (13 to 15-1/2 degrees Aries Ascendants as well). You'll be dealing with anger issues and attitudes towards authority, peaking in March.

The first half of the year encourages you to open up, enjoy yourself, share yourself, and forgive yourself! It's a strong period for discovering or rediscovering hobbies or channels for entertainment and recreation. For some, this is a time of experimenting with and enjoying casual dating and romantic relationships. From April 9-June13 is a better period for these things. Review new creative plans January 21-February 11, and see them take off from mid-June. You'll have more courage to express your ideas and share your projects then, as well as a boost from a Jupiter-Uranus connection. The strongest period for romance, creative expression, hobbies, recreation, entertainment, and relationships with children is April 9 to July 25th, peaking around July 1st. There can be a second chance or connection to the past in the first week of August, but perhaps some difficulties making choices as well.

Take time to reassess these areas from July 25-September 6 while Jupiter finishes up its transit of your romance and creativity sector and Venus retrogrades here as well. At this time, you're transitioning to a stage that emphasizes growth in work, while recreational and romantic activities begin to take a back seat. Although this may not sound exciting now, the good news is that you're truly enjoying work and service, finding more joy and happiness in doing what you love, in the second half of 2015. As such, this is a happy, willing shift of focus, not a dutiful one. From mid-August forward is a strong time for work matters, although also a busy period, and sometimes overwhelmingly so, for supporting and helping out others or doing a lot of detail work. From October, however, there is more recognition, purpose, determination, and strength in what you're doing, as well as increased clout in your career. Many of you could be specializing and doing especially well with this narrower focus. You're in high demand for your work and talents this Fall and Winter!

This can also be a strong period for new health regimes, methods, and plans. This can be a time for learning about new ways to improve your health and daily life. At the very least, there can be more optimism here and an improved attitude towards health and wellness. Rediscovering the joys of work and service can also help to improve health. You may be an authority on a topic and your work/business can involve teaching and sharing your knowledge, which requires more dedication to learning. There may be a wider audience for your products or services.

On the more challenging side in 2015, there could be issues to deal with that limit independence and freedom, legal matters, matters of confinement or hiatus, or the need to tend to the care of others. From mid-June to mid-September, many of you will be returning to financial or intimate challenges that were left undone in 2014 for resolution.

Continuing until October-November, you are reassessing your relationship needs, and particularly concerning committed partnerships - an area of your life that has been strained in recent years. You're learning what it is you need in this area of life in order to be happy. This can range from making a commitment to deciding that it's not for you, but whatever the choice, it's a more definite one. The Lunar Eclipses this year, first in April and then in September, will help push the matter. In November and December, you begin a cycle in which work, health, and wellness are both challenging and joyous. You're getting a cosmic push to find your joy through improving your attitude towards work and daily routines. Lifestyle changes can be big ones with long-term benefits.

There can be the beginnings of a nice period of focus on education, whether this is formal or you're going the self-taught or online route. You can be putting more effort and responsibility into learning. From now and until 2017, it's important for you to learn a lot about your trade as that is when your professional peak occurs. February 20-March 31 is powerful for making money, and is probably the best period of the year in this regard. Out of the box ideas for making money can come from April 18-June 1st. While this is a great time for generating ideas, be sure you don't go overboard with spending. In the summer, tend to debts owed and do this as responsibly as possible. You can no longer turn a blind eye to problems in this area. Personal appeal is strong during the same money window mentioned above, but mainly from February 21-March 16, as well as June 28-July 10.