Your Daily Horoscopes for Monday, January 4th

Aries

There is good energy with you today for strategy, planning, and determination, dear Aries. However, later tonight and into tomorrow, with Mercury turning retrograde and challenged by Mars, there can be some temptation to rush through something, or to lash out with angry comments, and to otherwise be impatient and impulsive. Resist the temptation to be impulsively extravagant, as it’s only a temporary fix to restlessness. If insecurity arises today, consider that it might relate to money or dependency issues. Look for positive solutions and aim to keep your mind peaceful, as it’s the only way to truly learn and gain insights into your problems. Mercury will retrograde from the 5-25, and in the next few days, there can be a review of an old friendship or possibly the return of an old friend for some of you.

Taurus

There is some easygoing energy available to tap into today, dear Taurus, largely involving connections with a partner and family. However, there is some building tension that requires self-control, as disagreements are quite possible, particularly with authority figures or about long-term goals. Rushing and impatience are likely at the root of problems now. Try not to over-think things. Stick to the simple today and tomorrow. It’s important to wait for important statements or conversations, as Mercury is about to turn retrograde, and is in tense aspect with assertive Mars. Don’t take what others are saying now to heart, either.

Gemini

While there is good energy for research, work, and organization today, dear Gemini, there can be some roadblocks to face as the day advances and tomorrow as well. This is because Mercury is about to turn retrograde and is challenged by assertive, impulsive Mars. You may be your own worst enemy now if you say the first thing that comes to mind, for example. People around you can be disagreeable. Aim to quickly forgive slights, as they are likely due to unexplained tension or impatience and restlessness. You may believe you’re making sense, and you might even feel that something has to be expressed urgently, but it’s better to think things through before jumping to conclusions and action today.

Cancer

You can be feeling quite free to be yourself, dear Cancer, and to move at your own pace much of the day. However, there is somewhat difficult energy with us as the day advances and into tomorrow. Mercury is turning retrograde and is challenged by Mars, and this can stimulate quick assessments and conclusions, and rudeness or impatience with others, particularly if they are not agreeing with us. There is a tendency to be a little too controlling or on edge. Your communications may be quite passionate today, but watch for what you are saying, which may end up being a little regrettable later on!

Leo

Be careful how you communicate today and tomorrow, dear Leo, as there can be some arrogance to your tone whether it’s intentional or not. Conversely, you may be picking up the same kind of tone in others’ communications. Allow for the possibility that words can be too easily misinterpreted. Also prepare for the possibility of adjusting your plans, as wires can get crossed today and plans can turn around. A significant other may grate on your nerves, perhaps due to aggressiveness or impatience, and the tendency is to react defensively. Mercury is approaching a retrograde station in your partnership zone and is challenged by Mars. The best strategy now is to slow yourself down and wait to make important statements.

Virgo

There is good energy available today for working rather passionately on a personal or professional interest, dear Virgo. Misunderstandings are all too likely later today, however, so try to focus on the positive things, including the extra energy you have to apply to work, studies, and hobbies now. Try to remember that people may not be meaning what they say, or saying what they mean! Your ruler, Mercury, is about to turn retrograde, and at the same time is challenged by impulsive Mars. The tendency is to jump to action prematurely, or to speak about something too soon or too sharply. We can all benefit from avoiding pushing things now.

Libra

Good energy is with you in the first half of the day for practical matters, taking things easy, and appreciating a slower pace, dear Libra. However, later today and into tomorrow, there is somewhat chaotic and volatile energy with us. Impulses are quick and sharp, but possibly too hasty and based on poor judgment just for now. This is a time when you could speak too brusquely or prematurely about something that leads to regrets later, or you could just as well be on the receiving end. Try to wait things out. You can feel especially defensive if your plans or methods are challenged now.

Scorpio

There is natural and flowing energy with you much of the day, dear Scorpio, for creative expression. However, some restlessness can be stimulated now, and there can be a real feeling of frustration or boredom with your routines. Be careful not to make too much mischief as a result, as it is all too easy for conflict and needless irritation to be stirred later today and into tomorrow. Don’t be afraid to stand up for yourself, but do it without defensiveness, if possible, for best results. Watch for hasty actions and communications, as both can trip you up now.

Sagittarius

While the energies of the first half of the day can be mild and possibly healing, dear Sagittarius, later today, there can be something nagging at you – a frustrating problem from the past that hasn’t been resolved, for example. Be especially attentive and aware, and above all, avoid pushing too hard. People can be rather contrary, and this can follow you into tomorrow. This may not be intentional at all, and in fact, we may be quite certain that we know what we are talking about, but the chances of seeing something the wrong way are high right now. Relationships that have fallen into ruts can be difficult to take today. Look for creative solutions to problems with restlessness.

Capricorn

The first half of the day can be quite fine for communicating with others sensitively, dear Capricorn, and for tuning into your own intuition. However, things change quite drastically later. An issue surrounding values, money, or questions of ownership can frustrate. You can be quite temperamental about whether others value you, as you have a stronger need these days for being treated with respect, and this can be agitated today. Watch today and tomorrow for a tendency to jump to conclusions, to speech, and to action, when a more careful approach would be best. It’s easy to misunderstand others and situations right now. Identify the root problem and start there, but if you notice unresponsiveness or defensiveness, wait for a better day to tackle major issues, as blockages are very likely to be felt right now.

Aquarius

There can be wisdom in your words and actions this morning, dear Aquarius, but as the day moves forward, we move closer to a Mercury station and a Mercury-Mars square that can stir the pot. Responsibilities and demands from others may seem to be flying at you from all directions today. You may be provocative or brusque in your communications, perhaps without even knowing it, or because others seem to be pushing you. Conflicts with authority figures may arise now. Impatience is probably your worst enemy tonight and tomorrow morning. A chaotic atmosphere can wear you down, so it may be wise to take breaks in order to center yourself, frequently if needed and possible!

Pisces

Impatience with others should be watched later today and into tomorrow with Mercury stationing and challenged by Mars. Try not to say or do things that invite negative reactions, or that lead to mistakes or tripping up. You might instead be meeting with temperamental and impulsive behavior from others. You or someone close to you may feel they need to fight for what they believe in or to defend their own methods. If things get competitive when you’d much prefer life to be more peaceful, then try to back out if you feel pulled in to an unnecessary argument now. Tensions may be the result of a need for both stability and emotional excitement, and a temporary inability to find a middle ground between the two.

Your Love Horoscopes for the Week of January 4th

• General Horoscope

  Love is not easy this week. On Tuesday, Venus will square Neptune, tempting you to overlook a critical wrinkle in your relationship or character flaws in your lover. On the same day, Mercury stations retrograde, blurring your ability to think logically. This may only add to your frustration and disappointment once you realize that there actually is a problem to sort out. Then, on Friday, Venus and Saturn will be conjunct, forcing you to keep it real no matter how much you’d prefer to feed into the fantasy. Fortunately, if you’re willing to take a responsible approach in sorting things out in your love life, you could reap long term rewards that will benefit your heart.

• Aries Horoscope Mar 21 – Apr 19

  A disappointing realization that you and your partner don’t necessarily share core beliefs and values might nag at you. While it’s true that you respect your mate’s differences, at the same time there are certain areas you’re not willing to compromise on. This week, it’s possible that one of those key hot buttons of yours will be pushed. You’ll need to decide whether it’s possible to agree to disagree or, if it’s a deal breaker.

• Taurus Horoscope Apr 20 – May 20

  By wanting to see only the best possible outcome with finances between you and your mate, you’ll realize this week that you’ve only been avoiding reality. The disenchantment you may feel in knowing that you can’t count on your partner for monetary support in the way you’d hoped, will only be overshadowed by the disappointment you’ll feel in yourself for craving that kind of situation in the first place. Take control of your own destiny — stop waiting for your partner to rescue you.

• Gemini Horoscope May 21 – Jun 20

  Expect a time of reckoning in the relationship department. If you’re trying to fool yourself into thinking there isn’t something to work out between you and your mate, this week you’re in for a sobering reality check. By Friday, it’ll be clear that if you and your partner aren’t willing to roll up your sleeves and work together to resolve an area of restriction and conflict in your partnership, there might be serious trouble ahead.

• Cancer Horoscope Jun 21 – Jul 22

  An office romance might go from a dream come true to a major problem this week. You might hear disheartening news this week from your HR department about a policy that prohibits you from dating coworkers. If you are truly in a happy place with your new love one of you might need to choose between continuing at your current company or leaving your job in order to salvage the relationship. A difficult decision for sure.

• Leo Horoscope Jul 23 – Aug 22

  This will be a defining week. Although you might want to avoid a weighty decision concerning the current state of your love life, by the end of the week, you’ll realize it’s just not an option. If you’re casually dating someone who you know isn’t the right fit, you’ll need to be responsible enough to end things before one of you gets hurt. Don’t stay with someone just because the alternative would make you lonely. That’s not love.

• Virgo Horoscope Aug 23 – Sep 22

  A sense of discontent is possible this week — especially if you and your partner live together or are experiencing a rough patch domestically. You might feel as if your mate isn’t being supportive while you’re struggling to help out one of your relatives. Or, it’s possible that the two of you can’t agree on a decision that will affect your family. This might be a stalemate. The question is, can you be okay with that?

• Libra Horoscope Sep 23 – Oct 22

  A conversation you might have tried hard to avoid with your partner might now be inevitable. Although you’ll feel as if you’re constantly rehashing the past, realize that it’ll be necessary to engage in a dialogue that unsettles whatever you thought was conveniently swept under the rug. The good news is that once you have everything out in the open you can begin resolving the trouble. Even so, it will require work and commitment. Are you ready?

• Scorpio Horoscope Oct 23 – Nov 21

  Ready or not, it’s time to have a talk with your sweetheart about money. If you’re dating someone and feel as if he or she isn’t pulling their share of the weight with discretionary expenses, this week you’ll realize that you can’t keep shelling out all the dough. Your bank account is suffering but so is your ego. In fact, you might start to wonder if your love is really all that into you — or if it’s more about what you can buy him or her. Ouch!

• Sagittarius Horoscope Nov 22 – Dec 21

  If there’s one thing you’ll be serious about this week, it is love. Venus and Saturn will connect in Sagittarius by Friday, forcing you to wake up and smell the coffee — no matter how bitter it is. Although you might hear nothing but glowing remarks from your family about your lover, you’ll know deep inside that they are not seeing the entire picture. You know what’s really bothering you about the current state of your relationship. Stop ignoring it!

• Capricorn Horoscope Dec 22 – Jan 19

  If you’ve been keeping a painful secret about your love life or have unresolved hurts buried inside, this week you’ll have an opportunity to face your insecurities. Although it won’t be easy, consider talking to a trusted counselor or friend who can help you untangle the knots that prevent you from experiencing true, happy and real love. You can conquer your fears if your heart is fragile from a past betrayal. And yes, you can also learn to trust again.

• Aquarius Horoscope Jan 20 – Feb 18

  If you and a friend recently decided to explore any mutual chemistry you share, this week you might regret that decision. It’s possible that once you went from friends to lovers, you suddenly were no longer feeling it. Or, it’s possible that the two of you are just too awkward together as a couple and would have been much better off keeping it platonic. Don’t avoid an honest conversation with your pal about this. It has to happen.

• Pisces Horoscope Feb 19 – Mar 20

  If you’ve been offered a major opportunity professionally, you might feel excited about the potential but also torn about how it will affect your personal life. There might be a major trade-off to climbing up that ladder of success. Perhaps you’ll need to travel much more than you used to, or will have to work longer hours and sacrifice a few evenings and weekends. While you’ll feel ready for the challenge, your love life might suffer. Are you prepared for that?

   

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2016 Predictions

a message from Jennifer Hoffman

To view more of Jennifer’s insight, please visit her website, Enlightening Life

 

Every year, since 2005, I have been writing annual predictions and every year I say the same thing, “I write predictions even though I don’t like writing them”. I hesitate to make predictions, especially about world events, because I do not want to influence anyone’s thinking or skew the energy in any particular direction.

Now, more than ever, there is enormous power in the shared collective awareness because the collective family of humanity is far more aware of itself, its power, and its place in the Universe than it has ever been before. This makes us more powerful and stronger manifestors. If thoughts were powerful before, they are exponentially so now. Since my predictions are read by millions of people from dozens of countries, who can translate and interpret what they read in many different ways, sharing these predictions is a mission that I take very seriously and I write them with a great deal of care. And I have found that they are very accurate, when I review them during the course of the year, which I encourage you to do too.

The details of exactly ‘what will happen’ are not always part of the information I share with you, as it is more focused on what has the potential to happen or what is energetically aligned to allow certain events to unfold in particular ways. Because we have evolved so much since the beginning of this century, knowing the availability of different potentials serves as a decision making guide, rather than a dire warning of the upcoming year’s events.

As you read these predictions (the highlights are below, the full content is available in the .pdf file), avoid looking for confirmation of ‘things to come’ and don’t look for the ‘doom and gloom’ scenarios, as I refuse to consider them as a possibility. Rather, use this information as a tool to manage your own life and energy as you embark on a new year filled with potential, power, and possibilities. I deliberately avoid the ‘doom and gloom’ or ‘pie in the sky’ predictions that others make, partly because I believe it serves no useful purpose to predict bad events since I  know that we have control over our individual and collective realities.

And I don’t believe that spouting sweetness and light, the belief that the Universe will make everything better and that we will be taken care of (without our active participation) is simply unrealistic. It is not consistent with our roles as co-creators in the Universe and is therefore also misinformation, designed to foster the belief that are lives unfold in a pre-destined way that we are powerless to stop, alter, or control.

Are you ready to hold your light for another year? I know that the journey has been extremely long and challenging at times, we have been at this for several decades. But the evolving spiral of ascension isn’t achieved in a day and we can’t measure a journey of lifetimes by what happens in a single lifetime. This year requires bright lights, strong intentions, bold action, and empowered thinking and it can be the year you achieve all of your dreams and become ‘rich, happy, and successful’ if you hold that as your intention. We are closer to the ‘end’ of this journey than we have ever been before and, as you will read here, while there really is no ‘end’, there is definitely a crossroads and we are there now.

Where do we go from here? It’s a new adventure and we can go anywhere we want to.

I wish you the abundant blessings, peace, joy and love that a benevolent, loving and supportive Universe is waiting to co-create with you. And a richly abundant, prosperous, joyful and joy-filled new year in which you create your ‘rich, happy, and successful’ life.

Many Blessings from my heart to yours,

Jennifer Hoffman
December 31, 2015

The Theme of 2016 is Congruence:  Every time I write an annual prediction, one word stands out as the predominant energy for that year and in 2016 it is ‘congruence’, which means all of the parts fitting together exactly and working together in harmony. Congruence is the third leg of our healing journey, which has taken us from healing to wholeness and then using the full, unlimited expression of our energy to create new realities.

Good-bye 2015:  2015 was a real roller coaster ride with strong energy downloads and clearings, a lot of movement in every direction, strong solar flare activity that gave us the support we needed for transformation, which was often too much, too fast. At times we felt like we were drowning in the energy and the toll on our physical bodies was hard to bear. I don’t think I have ever taken so many naps, had so many sleepless nights, or felt as exhausted as I did this past year. But these effects should become less difficult as we become more experienced with and become more adept at working with higher frequencies.

We lost a lot of friends in 2015, as many people decided that their roles in this journey were no longer needed. Some of them were early pioneers in this journey and their names are synonymous with ascension. Everyone’s life serves a purpose and when that purpose is fulfilled they move on, and so must we. Remember them with love, gratitude, and appreciation but don’t feel like you have been abandoned because as we move farther into multi-dimensionality, 5D paradigms, and energetic awareness, the lines begin to increasingly blur between spiritual and physical. A loved one is still a thought away, even when their physical presence is not available.

The New Era of Congruent Potential:  2016 is a year of great potential which means it has a lot of power. While every year has power, this year combines power with an increased awareness of our own power and abilities. We are in the 17th year of this century (2000 was year 1) so we’re in an 8 vibration, added to the 9 of 2016 we get another 8, infinite potential, balance, the joining of the two sides of the coin into a unified whole while maintaining the integrity of the individual parts. That fits in with the theme of 2016, congruence, all parts working together in harmony, without sacrificing or compromising their individual aspects.

It’s all happening now:   New beginnings arise from the foundation we set with the tools we learned from our past experiences. We don’t get a clean slate this year, we use what we have learned until this moment to chart the next course. Old cycles end and new ones begin simultaneously, it’s like the handover of the baton in a relay race. If we’re waiting for the next race to start to take our mark we may miss our moment. Everything happens in ‘this’ moment and all we have to do is use our intention to get the energy moving.

New Energy Cycles:  In September 2015 we saw the end of a 33, 66, and 99 year Saturn cycle and started us on a new path. In March through June of 2016 that cycle comes back up for review as Mars retrogrades over those same Saturn degrees. This is another level of action, on a more personal level. Mars is the planet of action, force, power, and movement. The past will always tempt us as we consider new horizons. This year we will have a foot in both worlds as our multi-dimensional duality paradigms start to solidify and we make adjustments to our new energetic body suit. This is a multi-part process, which also includes learning to navigate in lighter, more free flowing dimensional realities where energy moves faster and we create with less effort. Are we ready to take on the blessings and responsibility of instant manifestation? That’s a possibility in our new congruent realities.

The New Spiritual Awakening Cycle:  A new 12 year spiritual awakening cycle began in September 2015, as Jupiter entered Virgo, echoing the previous cycle that began in 2003. If you don’t understand the astrology, look at the energetic symbolism reflected in the transformation, evolution, and awakening that have happened since 2003. Words like resonate, spiritual, evolution, ascension, and energy are now part of our everyday language.  We are part of a global awakening that is taking place all around us, which was set in motion in 2003. That’s the year the internet went mainstream, Facebook was born, and the concept of a fully connected world began to take shape. Can you imagine, in 2016, a world without the internet, cell phones, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and other social media connection points? How many people do you have deep and meaningful relationships with on social media that you have never met in person?

Moving from 3D to 5D:  The journey from 3D to 5D gains momentum this year and it’s not all sweetness and light. Those who thought that spaceships would come down from the sky to take the awakened ones away are going to be disappointed yet again, as are those who believe that it’s Jesus’ second coming which will solve the world’s problems.  We access 5D realities once we cross the 4D bridge, which is the space where we decide whether we are ready to leave 3D behind us.

Congruent Living in 2016:  Will we view 2016 as just another year where we did not achieve our goals once again? I don’t think so. While we feared nuclear annihilation in years past, we now have a much bigger barbarian at the gate, forces who aim to control, manipulate, and dominate us at the soul level, controlling the very source of our energy which gives us life, enables our creative power, and makes us divine.

Imminent Disclosure this year? While many people suspect the presence of alien life on the planet, the secret government space programs, the colonies on Mars and the Moon, we don’t really know and we have been waiting for disclosure, for the governments of the world to admit this for decades. Will this be the year? I think it will be the year that we find out but not because of some big disclosure program, but because it can no longer be hidden. Once we get out of 3D density, we will be able to ‘know’ about alien life forms because we will be able to ‘see’ them. Many of you already do or you feel their energy. Instead of waiting to be told, we need to know that they exist (because they do) and then disclosure won’t be necessary and what has been right in front of our eyes for decades will no longer be a secret. It’s going to be exciting but it will also change the way we view ourselves and our world in a single moment. Disclosure will forever change the world and the question we should be asking is not ‘when will we know” but whether we’re ready to know. Are you ready?

These are a few of the 2016 Prediction highlights, there’s lots more in the 35 page .pdf that explains 2016 in detail, including the ongoing multi-dimensional integration of 3D, power periods, energy downloads, shift, and how they impact us individually and collectively. You’ll learn about the significance of this year’s significant cycles, which are times of heightened energetic activity, what makes it different and more powerful and how you can prepare for some of the upsets and fast action that this year will entail. It’s our opportunity to shine, embrace our power and rise to our potential, but we have to do things differently to be fully present for every opportunity. We have graduated from the  new age into the new earth, from being the Martyred Healer to being the Empowered Master and now it’s time for us to take our rightful place in the universe as shining beacons of light, living joyful, joy-filled, abundant lives. Are you ready to be happy, to enjoy your life, to receive the rewards for all of your efforts? I am and I hope you are too. Let’s make this our best year ever because it’s time for us to have some fun.