Cancer (23rd Jun - 23rd Jul)
Your forecast for February 2012
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Over recent months the forecast has had a consistency about it suggestive of being on the receiving end of a constant pressure and tension that actually belongs to other people, that you are in effect managing for them. And it's not that things are getting any lighter - but neither are they getting any worse, and slowly but steadily you're learning how to cope with the ongoing challenges. And as you plateau, so you start to see that one of the side effects of recent difficulties is that you've learnt not only to endure and persevere, but also to become more solid, grounded and practical - by need, if not choice. Your shell and your shields have become a lot stronger in recent times, and now you're in a good position to deflect and deter any further challenges. There's even the potential for some of you to begin to come out of yourselves more, although this is primarily those of you born in June as opposed to July. But all of you are in a better space than at any time since August at least, and this should become steadily more apparent as the month goes on. If you wish to make it more proactive, use February to refine and hone some of the physical elements of your lifestyle, thus making yourself feel more effective and efficient that normal. Be aware, however, that it's not a great month for pushing yourself out into or onto the outside world, you'll encounter thick treacle if you do. Consolidation and redefinition seem to be the watchwords of the month.
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Sorry folks! Speaking as a Cancerian, I have to tell you that it's not an easy year ahead for most of us. Some of us are getting really clobbered by a combination of Uranus and Pluto, although this is primarily limited to those people born towards the end of June. At the other end of Cancer, Saturn is having a field day bringing in a number of different restrictions and challenges right the way through to the end of September. You're on the receiving end of a number of different pressures from many different directions, and your famed thick shell will come firmly into use in 2012. Having said that it's not all bad news, as in the second half of the year a new energy emerges, one that brings with it a greater degree of sensitivity, intuition and empathy as well as art and spirituality in a way that hasn't happened for at least fourteen years. But the underlying message of 2012 is that of having to be strong in yourself, and not to take the effects of other people on you too personally. It may well be that the reason other people are ‘dumping' on you is because they see you as a safe port in a storm, someone with strong shoulders who is not going to buckle under pressure. So continue to be selective about who you let into your inner circle, and be aware that it is better to have a few quality people than lots of quantity. It's practically certain that many of you will go through periods of loss and hardship this year, whilst others will have to change things or run the risk of calcification. At the same time, by persevering and maintaining a steady and tenacious attitude, you can real add some flesh to your existing bone structure and firm yourself up.
PLUTO is going to be directly challenging those of you born from the 27th-30th June to eliminate and release old and redundant patterns and fears that have outlived their usefulness, and transform and regenerate them into something phoenix like.
NEPTUNE is going to bring a degree of greater empathy, imagination and compassion in a favourable way from the start of February onwards, especially if you're born before June 25th.
URANUS is directly challenging some of you to revolutionise your lives, especially those of you born from June26-30, and there's a pressing need as the year evolves to take a few chances and to know the difference between chance and risk.
SATURN will bring a degree of examination and testing to the lives of those of you born after July 13, at least until the start of October. After this time, Saturn starts to bring more structure into the lives of those born before July 1.
JUPITER will bring an energy of opportunity and growth potential into every one of your lives somewhere between the start of January and the end of May, and the later you are born in Cancer the later in 2012 this influence will benefit you.
MARS won't touch you in 2012
VENUS is in your sign from 7 August to 6 September
MERCURY flits through your sign from the 7th to the 26th June
Cancer new Moon is on July 19, and full Moon is on both January 9 and December 28