Overview

You’ve lived with the influence of soulful Neptune in your sign since 1998 and as he temporarily leaves your sign this year, from April 5 to August 5, a major new era of life begins. This period brings you a sense of what your future looks like, with different desires and dreams guiding you forward. While you may no longer have the strong compassionate desires you’ve grown accustomed to, you will discover new inner clarity. Without Neptune around, life looks and feels different, so give yourself time to adjust to your new needs and wants.

Neptune leaves your sign for good on February 4, 2012. Many Aquarians will experience the fog lifting (Neptune is known for creating confusion), making it easier to see yourself and others in a new light. Neptune also creates the desire for the perfect ideal, and in the absence of his influence you may notice yourself taking a more grounded approach to life. Ideally, you’ll act on any hugely charitable or overpowering save-the-world instincts you currently have before April or after August, when Neptune in your sign helps you make the personal sacrifices required to support others.

Energy planet Mars also triggers your sign in 2011. From January 16 to February 24 you have extra energy and confidence as Mars helps you put your ideas and needs back on the agenda. Being selfish in a healthy, conscious manner is one of the best ways to use Mars’ energy to your advantage. Mars is an active influence, so this is also a great time to get back on track with exercise routines. Mars spends most of the year “under the horizon” in your solar chart, suggesting that, this year, much of your growth happens at an inner, rather than an outer, level.

Jupiter expands your third house of self-expression, communication and siblings from January 22 to June 5. You’ve got a lot to say then and will want to share your ideas with a wider audience. The third house is one of the learning/teaching zones in the chart and this energy supports you in studying or sharing what you know in a formal context.

Your work life is in focus under the influence of the Sun from October 24 to November 24. You’ll make maximum impact on the job through this time and if you’re looking to impress your boss or a new company, this is a great period in which to do so. The New Moon in your career zone on October 26 kick-starts a new 12-month work cycle. Where you can, align important professional beginnings on or near this date.

Wealth

Shifting energies in your wealth zone lead to major transitions in your thoughts around handling of money. The saying, “As one door closes, another opens”, seems apt as innovative Uranus leaves your cash zone for good on March 13 and spiritual Neptune visits it from April 5 to August 5.

Uranus is about chaos, change and everything unpredictable. His visit through your cash zone (which began in March 2003) has been a time where money has come in and out of your life sporadically. Inventive technologies and emerging industries have been good sources of income, as have alternative healing modalities. As Uranus exits your cash zone, you could expect income, spending and savings to settle into some kind of regular routine.