ARIES This is a critical year for Ariens and much depends on your frame of mind and tactics in the months ahead. Your ruler Mars makes early 2010 a time for focusing on more creative goals as well as the people you love. But with both expansive Jupiter and provocative Uranus then entering your sign there will be major changes – in your attitudes as well as your way of life. Difficulties in a close relationship will come to a head in late July, and August's Jupiter-Saturn-Pluto triangle will test your patience and force you to think more seriously about your priorities in terms of your career and loved ones.
TAURUS Your specialist skills are not in question: What matters now is how well you adapt them to a different kind of goal. With so much of 2010's cosmic activity affecting the less material angles of your chart, you must find new ways to use your talents, even if it means cutbacks in other areas. January's eclipse will plant the seed of an idea which should blossom by late June, while the flames of an early summer romance will be fanned by passionate Mars with a possible happy-ever-after ending in early October. Avoid speculation in December and keep business plans and financial arrangements to yourself.
GEMINI Changes on the work front have left you uncertain as to your next move but with success planet Jupiter focusing on your career until June you can now be more pro-active; but the planets warn that you still need a more disciplined approach to your goals. Someone older who enters your life in January when Venus energizes Saturn will seem less exciting in the spring when your thoughts turn to other interests. With obsessive Pluto under pressure in July and August you will need to put a business or financial arrangement on to a different footing and start planning for the better times that lie ahead.
CANCER You have weathered some difficult times in recent months but with Jupiter, planet of good fortune, focusing on changes of direction for the first half of 2010 you now have the chance to do something more satisfying. Meanwhile, Mars's dynamic influence on your finances in April will help you to find ways to improve your cash-flow situation. Challenging aspects to obsessive Pluto throughout the summer will put increasing pressure on a close relationship and a decision will need to be made before the year is over. Autumn will bring some light relief, a romantic interlude and a chance to shine in a more creative environment.
LEO Although you have the benefit of can-do Mars transiting your sign for the first half of 2010 and lucky Jupiter focusing on your finances and business arrangements, you still need to find permanent solutions to long, drawn-out financial problems. April's Saturn-Uranus opposition heralds a period of harsh words, hard bargaining and the chance to make constructive changes. Someone you meet in early May could turn out to be more than a friend, but with independent Uranus embarking on a seven-year transit of the most freewheeling sector of your chart you must be prepared to go it alone. If your ideas fail to win over certain people, your actions will.
VIRGO You are still feeling the after-effects of the past 12 months and although January's solar eclipse will herald a respite, you may have to wait until late June for definite signs of progress. Because expansive Jupiter and restrictive Saturn are both focusing on your finances for much of the year, you will need to find a balancing point between parsimony and profligacy. With a friend or loved one relying on you for practical, emotional or moral support, your resources will be sorely stretched, especially around the time of April's Saturn-Uranus opposition. The year will end on a higher note than it began but just how high depends on you.
LIBRA Your strength of character and resourcefulness have shone through in recent weeks but now you must draw a line under the past and move on. Saturn's current transit of your sign urges a more structured approach, and although growth planet Jupiter in Pisces until June will increase your workload it will also help you to succeed where you have failed in the past. A close relationship will flourish in the latter part of 2010 despite a sticky patch in August. A summer encounter will encourage you to see yourself in a different light, while November's mid-heaven solar eclipse will herald an unexpected opening on the work front. It could be liberating.
