Birthday Horoscopes, Updated Monthly
Horoscopes by John Maerz, Staff Writer

Happy Birthday Sagittarius - Your home environment is in the focus or, should I say, haze at this point in your life. This last April through August you home, your family and your roots have been, literally, dissolving. For you, this might seem a bit off in the periphery to you since you’re always looking way ahead toward the distant mountain or ideal. It’s important that you take heed to what’s happening right under your nose. Whatever tradition or background you’ve drawn your stability from is going through a very large shift in terms of where its stable points anchor you to your foundations. Your family may be slipping out from under you or you may find that the people you consider family are growing in number. You seem to be either accumulating responsibilities or ignoring the ones you already have. There also may be dependencies exhibited in your environment or, perhaps, you have been developing one yourself. Whatever the case, it’s important that you address these new issues. Whatever changed during that period and has withdrawn into the sidelines will be returning in February. Much of it has to do with how you or those dependent on you use or draw on resources; yours and theirs. It’s forcing you to look at the higher values you say you ascribe to and making you put your money where your mouth is. Just remember, all actions have their consequences regardless of where you say your intentions emanate from. You know where the road with good intentions is paved toward. There may also be an issue of choosing which group of friends or types of relationships you lean toward. You cannot play both sides of the fence anymore. DO NOT look at yourself as the victim. It will only make the feeling of responsibility feel like a tighter noose around your neck. Those without solid values are the most easily coerced or manipulated.

In a different vein, if you are in any way artistically inclined, there is growing a tremendously creative aspect to your expression. Whether it be in painting, music, sculpture, acting, writing or whatever, this is one place where you can really afford to let go and go with the flow. This is the most intense now but will continue and slowly diminish over the next six years. Ride the wave while it is cresting. This chance with this intensity will be a long time coming again.

Astrology Forecast for this month:

We start this month off on the heels of a solar eclipse in Sagittarius. For those who are mutable signs, Sagittarius, Gemini, Pisces and Virgo, this will be a trying time. For everyone, including those four, this will be a low energy time. Traditionally, eclipses herald the beginning of the new focus’ for the next six months. The lunar eclipse will occur in Gemini on December 10th. The tendency for everyone will be to be much more reactive will prevail. On the same day, Uranus will go direct in Aries. This will make all the attending circumstances occur without warning and seemingly from left field. They will also be an answer to past generated issues and will confuse many people as to their circumstantial origins. You might say that we will feel like we’re dealing with issues “on the fly.” The more ungrounded we feel, the more they feel like they came from left field. As Mercury turns direct on the 14th, the clearer the origins will become as we will be able to see why the changes have been needed and why they had to occur in these, seemingly, obscure beginnings. This implies purpose, so those with religious leanings will feel a lot more confident in their choices.

On the 20th, Venus moves into Aquarius and our reservoir of friends will begin to overflow. Additionally, any wages that are in arrears from work completed and not paid for will have the opportunity for being caught up.

On the 22nd, the Sun moves into Capricorn. This is, astrologically, the New Year and with the new moon occurring in Capricorn on the 24th, it will be easier to see physical evidence of all the new beginnings put into place by the eclipses. If you believe in resolutions, they should be in place by that time. If not, this is just a very good practical time to put your projects into motion. In both cases, evidence of their “rightness” and effectiveness should be visible.

On the 25th, Jupiter goes direct in Taurus and any non-believers of the coming changes will be hard pressed to push the evidence out of their awareness. It will also produce added support in our accessible resources. If anything, this holiday season will be a “tangible” one. Happy holidays!