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(Rebecca's Note: My forecasts for the signs for the coming year are based on what is called a "Solar Return." This is a chart cast at the moment each year when the Sun returns – hence the name – to the exact spot in the sky it occupied at the moment you were born, thus also the exact spot where the Sun is found in your natal chart. Because of this, an "astrological year" encompasses the time from birthday to birthday, NOT January 1 to January 1. Thus when I speak of "this year" in the following article, please be aware of the distinction. I am speaking of the "year" between your upcoming birthday in 1999 to your next birthday in 2000, not the calendar year 1999 only.)Happy Birthday, Cancer!! You are the birthday child this month – and if you're in the mood, we could talk a while about your upcoming year. So, I guess the question is . . . are you in the mood? Moods, after all, are such a part of your character, that even if you're not in the mood at the moment . . . in a little while you will be. That's a major fact of life with you . . . you're, well, changeable. You've got a mood for every occasion . . . and given enough time, you'll find the right one for this moment, too.
Actually, your moods represent quite a symphony of emotions . . . and they are not only one of your most significant characteristics, they are one of your greatest gifts. Feelings count with you. You understand all their hues and shadings . . . and the positive side of all this variety is an ability to sympathize compassionately with others – whatever their mood . . . because at one time or another, you've been in exactly their same spot yourself.
Your ability to operate on this deeply emotional level isn't one that's well-recognized, let alone, encouraged by our culture, but your friends and family may find you a godsend for your skills at offering sympathy and consolation when those are needed most. And, ok, sometimes, you can be a real pain in the ass for this same reason, too . . . because there are moments when the person you most want to sympathize with is yourself and the only sad song you seem to hear is your own. (Let's call a spade a spade here, ok. This habit is known as "self-pity" by those who have to put up with it from you. And you're known for indulging in it as well.)
You're the most family oriented of all the signs . . . with a deep need for a rich and fulfilling private life and strong ideas about how things should be conducted in your home – which is the center of your personal world. You also have unusually strong connections to your family background, your sense of heritage and traditions and "the past" in general. No one can dwell on "the good old days" like a Cancer in full "reminisce mode" . . . and make it sound like times then really were better than now . . . regardless of what the history books have to say on the subject.
So, I'll let you dwell on the year just past at your leisure and concentrate my energies on detailing your year ahead. As I started off saying . . . you may be in the mood to listen now. But if not, you'll get there . . . eventually.
It's been an interesting and active time recently for Cancers . . . and there are some interesting moments ahead . . . for slightly different reasons depending on when in the sign you were born.
For those born early in the sign (the late June birthdays), your communications skills, expressing your ideas, gathering information, and sharing opinions and viewpoints with others are going to be some of the hallmarks of this year. You may also be giving a lot of thought to your financial situation . . . and how to increase the income you presently have.
There are some real "pipe dreams" regarding money happening for you this year – but for those born in the last five days of June and the first five days of July, the possibility of being lead seriously astray by someone who promises a scheme that's "too good to be true" is very high indeed. Be very wary of entangling your finances with someone or some situation that promises "great returns on investment" . . . because the ones making the promises are truly deluding themselves (and you) on what they will be able to deliver. The temptation to believe in this is VERY strong, but be aware: It's not to be trusted.
You are also likely to experience loss, disappointment or deception in some matter regarding community property, assets held in partnership with someone else, mutual money and investments, the resources of other people's talents, abilities and possessions, matters involving money or an investment connected with some personal relationship. Money matters of all sorts are just very, very vague and "ify" and prone to problems for you this year.
Those of you born in late June may also find yourselves involved in serious shake-ups and instability in your personal relationships this year. There are potentials for intense attractions . . . that flame out just as quickly as they ignite. You may find yourself attracted to charismatic, sparkling, unusual – and intensely volatile people this year – exactly the kind that make for short-term whirlwind, self-destructing relationships. Plus, you are interested in circulating and "maintaining your independence" also. None of this has "permanence" as part of the mixture. And the possibility of some serious financial disruption because of this situation is high and incendiary as well.
My best advice? Try to hang on to your common sense as well as your wallet in the twelve months to come. You may find, sadly, those simple things are a whole lot more easily said than done.
You will be feeling "seriously unloved" throughout much of this year, blocked by both a lack of sympathetic understanding from the partners in your life and by a lack of opportunities and outlets in which to pursue the genuine affection you may, in fact, crave. You may also be feeling very restricted by some "ultimate goal" . . . when it comes to having the kind of personal freedom, independence and "latitude for individual expression" you would like to exercise during this admittedly difficult year.
The feeling of restriction and restraint may, indeed, become quite serious . . . and even being "forewarned" of this condition, may not make it much easier to endure. This is, in fact, a rather burdened and lonely time for those of you born in this part of the sign – which may make that infamous "moodiness" of yours all the more prominent a feature in your life and relationships this year.
The late June birthdays are also going through a peak time in the area of career and profession. Expansion here has been considerable over the last month . . . and the rebuilding that will start in August and continue well into the next calendar year will inflate things even further . . . into more opportunity and prestige than you probably realize at the moment. But even this silver lining has a cloud. (I said it was going to be an interesting year. I didn't use the words "pleasant" or "fun." Do keep that in mind.)
Another major issue for those of you with late June birthdays this year has to do with the continuing expansion in your career and professional area – which may be causing chronic conflicts with some activity or in some situation in your all-important personal life and family setting. Right now you feel like you need to be in two places at once – and clearly trying to serve both "full time jobs" . . . isn't working well. You feel pulled in too many places at once, over-extended, unable to satisfy either situation fully, and the stress this seems to cause in your home and family circumstances really disturbs you.
You'll find yourself having to choose which commitments you honor in both these important areas of life – which also upsets you, because you don't like making promises you later can't keep. But the fact is . . . you have too much going on right now to handle as well as you'd like. There may not be much help for it, because everything you're responsible for needs to be done – and you're the only one who really can do the necessary work. Just think twice (or three or four times) before taking on more, because you'll find more "stuff" coming up throughout the year that also can't be postponed – and having to juggle all this is a big part of the "work" you'll be doing in the short term future.
For those of you born in the middle of the sign (the early July birthdays), the conflict I just described in the three paragraphs above between public and private life, career and family, is even more intense and problematic. Moreover, the nature of the conflicts themselves (the circumstances over which the conflicts form) are maddeningly resistant to any kind of compromise.
The conditions in your professional expansion seem to have a set and deliberate path, an almost "predetermined course" they need to follow in order to unfold properly, one which you have carefully thought out and put in place – and you are extremely reluctant to deviate from those well-laid plans. Indeed, one of the "aggravating factors" in the impasse – and that's what it will feel like, especially as the year wears on – is your own hardheaded determination to make things happen on your terms. You are not in much of a mood to compromise on these matters in your life this year . . . and believe me, that attitude is going to be "part of the problem."
Additionally, there are some very "necessary changes" taking place in your home situation, family life and private world this year, things that require your input, energy and physical work to accomplish. And, if you can imagine such a thing, you are even more intransigent and self-willed in this area of operations right now than in your career and professional expansion. This is going to provoke a lot of problems with the "other people" who are involved here.
Deep, bitter and serious conflicts are apt to grow out of your insistence on "doing things you own way" here . . . because these "others" are just as determined and unyielding as you are You both may talk about the need for compromise, but the truth is . . . each of those involved has his or her own agenda going . . . and is resolute on having that way prevail. Frankly, the fighting that results now could get pretty deep down and dirty if you're not careful, so unless you're willing to endure some lengthy and grim resentments as a result of your behavior and choices over the events of this year, I'd suggest you consider carefully all the options you choose when the impasses start showing up.
Another factor to consider this year is the discovery that you've been dealing recently with some very unrealistic expectations regarding a relationship or close personal partnership in your life. Both parties involved – you and this other person have been "saying one thing while intending something else." This ranges from "fudging the truth" in order to avoid conflicts or hurt feelings . . . to outright and intentional deception for more sinister reasons.
This year, that sad pattern continues – whether you're willing to look at it honestly even in your private heart or not, whether you're even willing to admit that it's happening or not. More importantly, the consequences of this dishonesty – deliberate or otherwise – also continue to accumulate, and you will have to deal with that as well . . . eventually.
For you also the feeling of restriction and limitation may be quite pronounced this year, because of both a need for long-term structures and a desire for more independence and freedom which are working at cross-purposes in your world presently. The "long-term structures" part of this problem is located in your area of long-term goals and eventual career objectives. You are trying to build something solid for your professional future . . . and are quite intent on cementing this asset dependably in place over the next year or two (or three, depending on the scope of what you are constructing.)
However, the resources you need – which "other people" control (or are at least able to "impact") are not dependable for you this year. Unexpected changes and willful manipulations from both you and "someone else" in the areas of community property, jointly held assets and possessions, mutual money and investments, etc., can (and probably will) interfere seriously with the construction you're trying to implement. Expect a chronic feeling of being both "limited personally" and "subjected to someone else's willfulness and self-interested choices to be a substantial part of this year's experience.
And finally (yes, we are coming to the light at the end of the tunnel here), for those of you born specifically in the June 29 – July 2 range, you will begin to work with and feel the effects of a major overhaul and restructuring of your work situation during this time. By that I mean everything connected with the "work" you do is starting to undergo massive transformation and rebuilding . . . with the events of this year launching what will eventually be a very lengthy process – a decade or more – of reorienting the conditions, the arrangements, the motivations, the focus, the purpose, the "other players," and even your own basic attitude regarding the "work" you do in the world.
The reason I'm putting "work" in quotation marks here . . . is that often the "work" we do in the world is not entirely located in just the "job" we do for money. A person's "work" in the world has to do also with the contributions s/he makes to the common good, the chores and favors performed for someone else's benefit, the details attended to, the often thankless – even unnoticed tasks performed as a way of helping both "other people" and "society as a whole" evolve and progress.
"Work" on this scale, then is what I'm describing, when I talk about what is undergoing major revamping and change – beginning with the events of this year. What you will eventually want to achieve with the energy you put forth . . . will be quite different in the end than where you were heading (and intended to go) in the time leading up to this point.
It may take a very long time (this being a very long process) for you to see the new vision that is taking shape in this area of your life . . . but knowing that this is part of what's happening, may let you recognize the hints that will start steadily arriving now and for quite some time to come. Helping the process along whenever possible . . . will save you a lot of grief in the long run.
That last piece of advice is actually worth a lot if you're willing to take it. Chances are you won't, because the transformation is both so massive and so disruptive. But it is also inevitable – which is why personal flexibility could be one of your best assets in dealing with this impending change.
At the risk of sounding like a bad sci-fi movie . . . resistance is futile – because this part of your life is going to change no matter what you do now to try to preserve what presently exists. For some of you, this process may start off with a totally new vision of what you want to do with your life over the next 10 – 12 years. For others, it may start off with some emergency or crisis or "destruction" in the area of your present work and job circumstances.
For still others, it may announce itself with the arrival of some major health crisis (and the resulting need to "work differently" from now on . . . which is one of the reasons I point to this change as being "inevitable" . . . as in "you have no other choice if you want to survive!!") And some of you may experience all three of these "options" rolled into one dynamic "turning point in life."
So, when I tell you to "help the process along" if you can . . . and chances are you really will NOT want to cooperate . . . I'm really just offering the very best advice I can to help you make this "change in direction" easy on yourself . . . or as easy as possible under the circumstances you'll face. (In a way, "easy" is not really a word to realistically apply here. Just take all of this into account when making your choices.) What can I say? These years happen.
For those of you born late in the sign (the mid-July birthdays), if you've stayed with me here and are still feeling brave (I can almost feel you cringing at this point!!) life is not quite as problematic for you as for your middle-of-the-sign star siblings, although some of the same problems are present.
You will eventually meet all the challenges I just described for them in the areas of "transforming work circumstances" and the "undependability" of joint property issues and mutually held assets. It just won't be this year. So things are easier for you in that you don't have as much going on right away . . . which is a kind of "back-handed blessing," I guess. But these challenges and "opportunities" will eventually arrive.
For those of you born after July 11, Mercury will be Rx in your Solar Return this year . . . making it a time of rethinking and re-deciding some important things about the way you present yourself, your ideas, your viewpoints, your information and your opinions to the world – especially through the your communications skills of writing and speaking. (There are two articles available on the site describing the phenomenon of Mercury Rx in greater detail. One is "Planets in Retrograde – an Explanation." The other is "Mercury Rx – Rethinking Your Present Direction." You may click on the highlighted titles here to access those articles.)
This experience can (and probably will) range from "re-thinking" how you "come across" to other people in presenting your ideas and opinions and making some more effective adjustments to "re-focusing" on some personally important information or accumulated wisdom you might want to incorporate into an article, a diary, an essay, a speech, an extended discussion with others, or something else that makes "permanent" this segment of your personal philosophy of life.
The writers among you will certainly find these themes presenting themselves in your written text produced this year. Those not involved with formal literary production may instead notice a tendency to "preach a bit" . . . whenever you have a chance, to rattle on in casual conversations about what you have learned through living, to climb up on the figurative soapbox and really speak your mind – more than usual, to talk in a more rambling way from time to time – discovering for yourself through this process "what you really think."
None of this is a problem. It may not be all that noticeable – except now you've had it pointed out. You do have wisdom to share, and you can use the process of ordinary conversation to both transmit this knowledge to others and to communicate with yourself. (In fact, "self-communication" is a fine metaphor for Mercury Rx, if you consider it.) But this is a year devoted to rethinking your personal direction, personal presentation, individual thoughts and viewpoints. And the moments when you can consciously notice and help the process – adds value to the whole experience.
You are also involved this year in the career expansion / home reorganization dilemma I mentioned way, way above in those critically informative and important paragraphs for those early born in the sign. (To make things easier for you, I'm reproducing that text in edited form here in the italicized paragraphs that follow.)
You are going through a peak time in the area of career and profession. Expansion here has been progressing mostly behind the scenes and out of sight for the past year or so . . . and the rebuilding that will start in August and continue well into the next calendar year will inflate things even further . . . into more opportunity and prestige than you probably realize at the moment. But realize this silver lining has a cloud. (I said it was going to be an interesting year. I didn't use the words "pleasant" or "fun." Do keep that in mind, too.)
Another major issue for you this year involves this continuing expansion in your career and professional area – which will likely start causing chronic conflicts with some activity or in some situation in your all-important personal life and family setting. Right now you feel like you need to be in two places at once – and clearly trying to serve both "full time jobs" . . . isn't possible.
You feel pulled in too many places at once, over-extended, unable to satisfy either situation fully, and the stress this seems to cause in your home and family circumstances really disturbs you. You also need a considerable amount of "downtime" just for your own well-being and peace of mind . . . and that's NOT going to be as available this year as you'd like, BECAUSE of these outside public and professional demands.
You'll find yourself having to choose which commitments you honor in both these important areas of life – which may also upset you, because you don't like making promises you later can't keep. But the fact is . . . you'll have too much going on REAL SOON to handle as well as you'd like. There may not be much help for it, because everything you're working on needs to be done – and you're the only one who really can do the necessary work.
Just think twice (or three or four times) before taking on more, because you'll find more "stuff" coming up throughout the year that also can't be postponed – and having to juggle all this is a big part of the "work" you'll be doing this year. Also, this process is just getting underway for you – believe it or not. So, realize you'll need to pace yourself – like a marathon runner – in the coming twelve months in order to go the distance.
Also, for you, the solidification of your career goals and positions and the building of your professional reputation into what it has become has taken extensive time, effort, planning, dedication and energy. You may, in fact, have created something really fine here, so do be proud of your achievements. But part of the price has been paid with limitations on your personal freedom and the constricted opportunities for independence that exist now – and that will become more problematic this year as your restlessness and desires to "break loose" increase.
Those of you born between the 10th and the 15th of the July are likely to notice this through "reflected energy." By that I mean, "someone else" – most probably a partner, spouse, or member of some important relationship – will start showing the restlessness for you.
They may not be as "available" as you might like – and you'll have to accommodate their more footloose and fancy-free ways in spite of the problems this may cause in your professional area. OR . . . all this time and energy you're putting into your career aggravates a partner into causing you professional and career problems in order to get your attention -- or in order to gain more freedom in the relationship itself, which may be lacking.
Those of you born between the July 16th and 22nd are more likely to experience this conflict as occurring in erratic or undependable circumstances involving joint assets, community property, mutual money and possessions – or perhaps in some cases, matters of insurance, investments or inheritance. You need resources over which you do not have exclusive control in order to move ahead with your public evolution – and the "other person" who does have impact here, the person who shares these funds, possessions, assets, etc., with you – may very well have another agenda going that you'll have to contend with.
Metaphorically . . . your need for greater personal independence is undergoing radical and extensive transformation – a process that will last a the better part of the next seven years. The later born you are in the sign, the longer your "sojourn" in this seven year period will last. So, consider during this year that the need for independence will remain throughout this period, but the problems, tension and "unexpected events" will diminish. (Not until next year, however.) It does help to know these things won't last forever.
Personal money looks really, really good for your part of the sign, however. All this new career growth and private life reorganization will pay off quite well in terms of your being able to provide more income for yourself. And . . . ironically, the added income, and some investment you may make to "accommodate the stress" between career and home . . . can truly help ease the tension here. That's a little cosmic gift your star siblings don't have available to them. Do make the most of it.
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