The year begins with a bright comet, hurtling through the part of your chart that governs aspiration and exploration. 2007, for you is about recognising the extent to which you have been influenced by negative expectations and experiences... and then recognising the amount of positive influence that you can exert once you shake free of this.

It is about understanding how to turn challenges to your advantage and seeing how to make full use of your most special gifts and talents. Above all, though, it is about conquering fear. There have been occasions, even recently, when you have felt boxed into a corner; unable to be who you need to be because you are so conscious of what - or who - others expect you to be. Whilst it's fine to be sensitive it's not so fine to use passivity or acquiescence as an escape from reality.

The comet is now urging and inviting you to face and overcome every fear that has ever had the better of you. How can you do that? By becoming so strong, so sure of who you are and what you're doing that nothing stands in your way any more. That doesn't mean you'll have to turn into a human steamroller. It does, though, mean you cannot allow yourself to be a human pushover in ANY area of your life. This, as I shall explain later in this series, is the year you turn a tide in your financial life... and open up a whole new world of possibility in your emotional life.

YOUR LOVE LIFE
A mysterious force in distant space makes our entire solar system rotate. Pluto now aligns with that 'Galactic Centre'. Meanwhile, a bright comet has appeared. 2007 will be a stunning year. Here's what it means for your love life.

2007 begins with a rare bright comet, shining in the part of the sky that governs, according to traditional astrology, your 'relationship with your higher self'. What has this to do with your love life? Plenty. It is through our closest relationships that we develop and deepen our own relationship with ourself! We pick, as friends and partners, the people who can help us learn most about our own potential. We are given, as relatives, the people who can coax or challenge us to grow stronger and wiser.

Sometimes, though, even the most constructive connections become contentious. Then, we have to decide whether we are going to see them through or draw lines in our hearts... and in our lives, over which we will not allow others to pass.

The comet carries a promise that in 2007, as you come to know yourself better, you will find the compassion to forgive someone for their unacceptable behaviour in the past. You will also, though, feel the courage to stand firm in areas where you have always, traditionally, felt obliged to give way. In doing so you'll raise first eyebrows, then issues. Ultimately, though, you'll raise your own level of self-esteem. This will have the most amazing impact on your love life. It will make you more enjoyable to be with and more comfortable about your ability to be with yourself! This, in consequence, will magically and magnetically draw the right people into your life whenever you need them, whatever you need them for!

YOUR WEALTH
Comet McNaught now marks the sky each dawn and dusk with a clear sign, low on the horizon of major change and challenge. If that sounds, to you, as if it could be a tough year, fear not. Times will be tough but you will be far tougher. And, in finally tackling some of the financial issues that you have been half-ignoring and half-worrying about too much about for years, you're going to reach a level of maturity that automatically allows you to become much more prosperous.

This is going to be a year that brings much satisfaction, especially in the area of creative expression. That doesn't just mean painting or writing. It means becoming more creative and confident about the way you cope with all money-related matters. You are going to get a grip on your finances and stop feeling as if the material world is full of puzzles that you can never solve. It may take you a while to see the answers, but just knowing, inwardly, that you're on the road to their discovery will stop you from wasting precious hours of your life in worry. You'll see where outrageously unnecessary expenses can be trimmed, where you are spending too much on contracts and deals that seem too complicated or daunting to alter. Your standard of living won't suffer from any of this. On the contrary, it will shoot right up.... not least because the same insight and strength that allows you to fix the leaks will also eventually help you increase the flow of fresh income into your world!