Planetary Transits for Jan. 25-31

January 24, 2007

Planetary Transits for January 25 – January 31

Sun transits Capricorn, from 10:55 to 18:01°, outside of the orb of other planets. Leaders should plan for the long-term, helping the elderly, the poor and needy, and the manufacturing industries.

Moon is waxing and transits Aries, Taurus, Gemini and into Cancer. Moon, in Aries, is under the aspect of Ketu and Saturn, Jan. 26. Moon, in Taurus, is exalted Jan. 27-28, and under the aspect of Jupiter, Jan. 28. Moon, in Gemini, is under the aspect of Mars, Jan. 30.

Mercury transits out of Capricorn and into Aquarius, Jan. 29, and is under the aspect of Saturn. Cancer, Virgo, and Pisces rising signs should take extra care and patience.

Mars transits Sagittarius from 12:13 to 17:24°, outside of the orb of other planets. Mars is ruled by a strong Jupiter.

This is good for property, construction, engineering and executive organizing capability.

Venus transits Aquarius, from 02:25 to 11:08°. This is good for unconventional creativity, imagination, and humanitarian efforts.

Jupiter transits Scorpio, from 18:53 to 20:04°, outside the orb of other planets. This is a strong position for Jupiter and is especially favorable for Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius, and Pisces rising signs.

Saturn transits Cancer from 28:59 to 28:27°, under the aspect of Mercury, and is retrograde until April 19. Those with Cancer rising sign in the 28° range should exercise a lot of patience to manage setbacks and to avoid accidents.

Rahu and Ketu transit Aquarius and Leo, respectively, from 22:59 to 22:31°, and will remain in the 22° range until April 4. Those with odd rising signs, or planets in odd signs, around 22°, should take extra care and do remedies for their charts.

TRANSITS FOR EACH “RISING SIGN”:

Aries: Continue to focus on your dharma and spirituality. Connect your career with education, investments and children, but avoid debts and conflict with friends, older siblings, and parents or over income and property. Gain through partners.

Taurus: Focus on your dharma and spirituality. Be patient with expenses, setbacks, marriage, and partners. Connect your career, children, education, investments and independence. Be careful to avoid disputes or conflict in the workplace.

Gemini: Take care of your health and be careful to avoid accidents. There may be some delays or miscommunications.

Gain through your parents, partners, education, and investments, but avoid debt and conflict. Write, teach or publish.

Cancer: Focus on marriage and partnerships. Be patient with setbacks in business activities. Be careful with your communications, avoid debts and disputes in your career, and accidents at home or while traveling. Delay investments.

Leo: Exercise a lot of patience through mid-Feb. Take care of your health and manage your debts. Avoid verbal disputes and conflict in general. Focus on your children, home life, writing, and education. Consider new partnerships.

Virgo: Take extra care this week. Be patient to avoid debts, disputes, fire, and theft connected with your status, family, and investments. Manage your health, property and home life. Focus on publishing, teaching, and advisory roles.

Libra: Take extra care to avoid losses, expenses, and separations connected with your children, education, career, and investments. Focus on entrepreneurial partnerships. Gain through parents and property. Teach, publish and advise.

Scorpio: Gain through entrepreneurial activities, but be careful to avoid losses and expenses connected with your parents and property. Exercise patience before speaking to avoid conflict. Focus on teaching, publishing, and advisory roles.

Sagittarius: Invest in yourself, property, and executive activities, but be careful to manage losses and expenses. There are gains through your own efforts, research and mystical knowledge. Speak with authority and enjoy your family life.

Capricorn: There is a boost in your career, marriage, partners and general good fortune. Manage losses and expenses with your parents, property, and home life. Protect your friends, older siblings and income. Gain through foreign ventures.

Aquarius: Good fortune shines on you, but manage debts, conflict, and your health. Gain through your own efforts, property, friendships, teaching, publishing, and advisory roles. Protect your partnerships from losses and separations.

Pisces: Continue to take care. There may be losses and expenses with marriage, partnerships, windfalls and investments. Avoid income disputes or with friends and siblings. Focus on your career, property and executive capability.

These transits are based on your "rising sign", and not on your "Sun sign". If you do not know what your rising sign is, or to to this column by email, contact: david.

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