Virgo

Year-Ahead Outlook For year commencing Jan 2008

Overview
With both confident, expansive Jupiter and influential Pluto in your chart area of self expression, romance and entertainment, you'll be coming across as quite a commanding presence socially and at work. Because your old self doubts have been pushed to one side you'll step out boldly and meet with favourable responses. OK so you'll have your serious moments as well since you know you've got major decisions to make about what to abandon from your life and what to focus on. Certain close relationships at work and at home may be tense since you'll insist on going your own way. The odd one which is past its sell-by date may part company. Heavy demands will be made on you so it's vital to stay on top form physically.

Romance
There's a real chance of more passion coming into your emotional relationships with Pluto gliding into Capricorn from the end of January to June and again late in the year. You'll be intensely involved in certain close relationships with loved ones, which can mean some jealousy, possessiveness or even power struggles about who holds the reins of control. But in other one-to-one relationships you'll want to go your own way and insist on more freedom. If they are flaky this could mean a parting of the ways. So clearly your needs will be contradictory. At other times you'll withdraw slightly to give yourself space but don't shut out those who really matter. Tensions at home will be around in January and in the second half of the year so you'll need to read softly and be adaptable.

Money
You may be tempted to speculate, gamble or over extend yourself especially since you'll want to impress everyone around. But a touch of caution might be wise. Jupiter brings confidence which is good in small doses, but it can go over the top. Luckily Saturn will be on hand to pull you back from any extreme decisions. Late March and April may see a deadlock over cash which you'll need all your wits and ingenuity to slide out of in good order. Force yourself to move slowly, insisting on fair agreements. From late August your finances will improver with more money flowing in, partly due to your determined efforts. No one will short change or under value you. By early October you'll be pleased you stood your ground and insisted on getting your own way.

Work
An ambitious start to the year will find you working extra hard though distracted at times by emotional challenges. You're aware that these are changing times and you must focus on your successes and cut your losses, or those areas of past ambition which no longer spark your interest. Your rising self confidence will push you along faster and the significant people will respond well to your positive and at times robust approach. No one will miss your more upbeat personality since you've clearly decided it's time you were taken as a person of substance to be reckoned with. Close relationships at work may be unpredictable so co-operation won't always be easy to achieve. From mid May you'll be in demand for your ideas, your charming way of putting yourself across and there should be more recognition for your talents into June. OK so there will be setbacks and a few problems since nothing will move as smoothly as you'd like. Your birthday will find you in a position to make a few waves and see the rewards rolling in.

Health
The early Aquarius Solar Eclipse in February hints that additional demands will be made on you at a time when you may be feeling low energy. So you'll need to protect yourself by paying attention to diet, rest, relaxation and exercise, as well as not over stretching yourself unnecessarily in the months until July. Luckily your energy should be lifted by Jupiter all year which not only boosts your morale, it has a physical effect as well. If you pace yourself from late May onwards, not draining yourself by swimming against the tide, then you'll keep yourself in good shape. The August Eclipse in the sign before yours hints that time to yourself for re-centring will also be restorative.

Symbol - The Goddess of the Harvest
Earth + Mutable sign. Practical, adaptable, communicative, self contained, conscientious. Perfectionist but can be chaotic. Hygiene and diet conscious, hypochondriac. Likes quality, understated, nothing flashy.

Birth Stone Your birth stone is peridot, sometimes green jasper. Peridot helps insomnia, and the digestion. Green jasper improves the sense of smell, brings stillness to the troubled mind. Your metal is mercury, sometimes nickel.