The month starts with a full moon which emphasizes the importance of family as the year starts. Intense processes and changes are taking place in parental structures and as regards authority and this has a powerful effect on you both in terms of your personal life and your professional goals. There are matters to think about, and it is difficult to know how to act.

In fact, with your sign ruler Mars now moving retrograde (which means that it is being “overtaken” on the inside by Earth), you are entering a demanding period that means reassessing the direction you are going in and the actions you take until March. This especially applies to relations with children, creative projects and also your identity as a lover. You have to find a way of balancing your need for autonomy and authenticity with the demands of a responsible relationship. It will work out fine.

There is a lot of focus on your career as the year starts, and unfinished issues from last month demand some sort of resolution. There are no easy solutions, but basically this is not a time for expansion, but rather a time for working with what you have and accepting limitations. There are a lot of influential and ambitious people at work, and the indications are that sensible new initiatives will create success in the long term.

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With your sign ruler Mars still going retrograde for the whole of February there is still a lot of backpedaling to do, as you seek to resolve challenges issues that are connected with children or loved ones, or with a creative project that is dragging out.

Business initiatives and partnerships look promising if you make an extra effort to harmonize your creativity with the specifications that other people need. It seems that the leadership at work is undergoing a process of reconstruction, and there may be a lot of pressure to handle. But basically this is a healthy process that sorts out the weak from the strong. You can safely commit to someone who makes reasonable demands on you, just as long as they have a good character.

Resolving your love life this month is a little bit more challenging, as potential partners may be in a bit of a dream world, and trying to get any kind of commitment is not easy. Love affairs tend to be full of promise but short on delivery, but when it comes to children, this is an excellent time for solid plans and new arrangements. This month is also an interesting time for new group allegiances, especially if you have spiritual or artistic interests. Becoming affiliated with an idealistic international group or organization might be a good idea.

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The year starts with your ruler Mars in Capricorn and conjoining Pluto, suggesting both a crisis and a breakthrough in your career. With Pluto in the career area of your solar chart until 2023, you can expect a number of upheavals, but in this early stage these is liable to be an acute confrontation with autocratic leaders. A career transformation brings you much more power and control. April is a time when the old makes way for the new in relation to work and colleagues, but it is also a time when you have a strong desire to experiment with your life and find deeper spiritual meaning. A new intense relationship, or even a love affair, may take place at this time. Certainly, when Venus conjoins Mars in your sign as May begins, squaring Pluto, there will be a crisis and transformation in your personal life... the passion is red hot. Life gets very interesting towards the end of the year when Mars enters Leo, where it will be from October 16th 2009 to June 7th 2010. As this relates to children and love, as well as creative projects where you put your identity on the line, you can expect to have a happy and romantic period at this time, and if you are looking for children, they will surely come along.

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The main issue for Aries in 2010 is the placement of Saturn on the solar Descendant up until April and then again from July onwards. This shows a series of challenges in relationships that require hard work and commitment, but the likelihood is that the demands of other people are reasonable, and because Mars in Leo repeatedly sextiles Saturn in early 2010, the wise Aries knows how to live up to responsibilities. In fact this position of Mars is excellent both for love and children... also in the long term. With Pluto positioned on the Aries Midheaven, where is has been for a year or more, the effect of the Saturn square will be to evoke major professional power struggles. Autocratic leaders can try and impose their will on you, and this can lead to important restructuring at work. And with Jupiter and Uranus affecting the IC from June to August, there are also likely to be radical changes in your domestic life. This could show a long and exotic summer holiday, but the summer break can very well result in radical career change or a move, which may take effect immediately, or may manifest at the end of the year when Mars conjoins Pluto just before Christmas.

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