Everything improves with age in Capricorn land, and over the next two and a half years you will have opportunities to reveal your talents and abilities. Whether you take on the mantle of power career-wise or acquire greater personal, familial and financial responsibilities you can make your mark. You should think of this January as the beginning of a two-year programme in which you can plant seeds which will yield a rich harvest in 2020.
While Pluto will continue to eliminate the dead wood from life, especially for the 9-13 January birthdays, Uranus will be in an harmonious position from mid-May, helping December Goats in particular to break new ground and change the pattern of the last seven years.
The eclipse of 13 July is a signal for one of your ships to come in, although July-August could also bring a long-standing difficulty to a tipping point. Late March, late June, and late September are other periods that take you to a crossroads, and certainly set you on the right track.
Saturn in your sign brings with it responsibilities and the desire for stability, constancy and consistency. And to this end, many Capricorns will find a life partner in 2018 while others will put a long-term love affair on a legal footing. The problem is that if you make a decision with your head rather than your heart, the short-term gains you acquire from stability and security will soon fade.
Without love and passion, by 2020 the relationship could be in trouble. May and June are the best months to find love and resolve romantic uncertainties, and the mid-July eclipse is another point at which relationships are made or broken.
Always classy, this year you are more likely to attract a partner of high standing and in high places; and if you are planning a wedding, you’ll want to impress.
No one can say these past seven years have been easy, and some of you have been knocked off your perch, which is why Saturn’s passage through your sign is so important. This planet should give you a new resolve and a strong belief in your value. It is time to branch out, to diversify and accept fresh challenges. It may take two years to put a new business on firm tracks, but you will have moments of sheer good luck and at least one person will open doors for you.
Other Capricorns will rise up the ranks, in some cases after an opportunity to take over an unexpectedly vacant position. From August, Venus will spend long periods in the career zone of your solar chart, shining a favourable light on your talents.
The majority of 2018’s eclipses fall on the axis of finances so there will be unexpected gains – an inheritance or redundancy package, possibly a property sale – but if a job comes to an end it will be sudden and surprising. It’s time for a change…
Don’t overthink everything. Your first instinct is right. And this applies in all aspects of life. Trust your gut. Saturn’s transit of your sign is not about laughs and leisure; it’s about effort and will.
This winning combination will get results, no matter how many times you appear to have fallen at the fence. Yes, there will be fun moments in 2018 – Easter is a case in point – but you want to look back on the year without feeling that didn’t give it – whatever it may be – your best shot.
There’s no need to oversell yourself or pester people: simply believe in your abilities.
Now you no longer have Saturn cramping your style you will feel lighter and freer and more your optimistic self. Much of your renewed confidence will be reflected in your career, and 2018 is the year to make a name for yourself. It is also a year that could take you far in terms of travel and your life-direction – the late January-early February period is full of surprises.
Neptune continues to be a major force, especially for the 6-10 June birthdays, and the moment you feel truly blessed by the gods of good fortune or at a loss as to why a situation has turned pear-shaped, point a finger at this planet of dreams and delusions; 2 March, 6 June and 7 December could prove particularly relevant in this regard.
In early November, Jupiter enters the zone of relating, bringing good people into your life and setting the stage for an important merger or two.
Saturn’s transit of the relationship zone inspired some Geminis to marry and others to divorce, but over the past couple of years all of you faced a test of your love and commitment. Now you can build on those lessons, growing stronger as a couple and, most important, starting to enjoy each other again.
If you’re single, you are more likely to find love in a foreign place or while travelling and some Geminis will fall for someone in the workplace. It’s the Neptune group (6-10 June) who are most at risk of disappointment, on the one hand, and falling madly, deeply and truly in love, on the other.
Just get on the love bus, Gemini, and keep going until it reaches the terminus or takes you to infinity. Late April through 18 May is a premium period for key romantic developments.
Work there should be aplenty in 2018, and if you’re jobless or looking to upgrade/diversify, double your efforts because you can be successful. May is one of the most promising months for career progress, and some Geminis will get an offer from abroad or with an international company.
Widen your net, go where you’ve never gone before. Raising finance could be more challenging this year, and you are better assuming you’ll have to rely on your own reserves.
Likewise, property sales could be slow and disappointing. You’ll learn a lot, whether you take short or long courses to add to your skills-set or through what happens to you in the pursuit of building your empire. Dream big; invest in reality.
Persistence pays off. If you receive a rejection, reboot, remodel and try again. You’re proving you have what it takes to stay the course, whether for love, money or your dreams. Hard times breed inner strength but they can make you a little gun-shy.
Put those bad experiences behind you and reach into your core: when you exude positivity, you draw good things and good people toward you.
Late November is one of the happiest periods of 2018, so before that time if something falls apart remind yourself that the pieces are coming together, albeit in a different form.