AQUARIUS HOROSCOPE

The last quarter Moon in Libra on January 10th is your “come to Jesus” moment. This is when you'll recognize how much your daily schedule rules you rather than the other way around. It's human nature to blame demands, responsibilities, and expectation for driving our lives, but the truth is we're the ones who set them up in the first place. We can change the script whenever we want. You may feel like you can't, but you can. The beauty of Pluto in Aquarius is that it insists you call the shots in your life and that the sooner you do, the happier you will be.

Sometimes you can surprise people with how seriously you take your friendships. You're not possessive or territorial, but you expect to be a priority. You like to get together on a regular basis, will drop anything to help out in a pinch, and insist on the kind of honesty and fidelity that most people associate with a spouse. It's a lot of work maintaining your social network and anyone who gets involved with you romantically will have to make room for your friends. The end result is that you enjoy an extraordinary spectrum of personalities in your life – each as unique and irreplaceable as the other.

You might as well quit while you're ahead because your best attempts at being reasonable or reassuring will only fall on deaf ears. And it's not for lack of trying. If anyone's used to going against the grain, it's an Aquarian. The problem is that the Sun/Neptune square on December 20th shows that nobody's going to hear you no matter what you say or how insightful you are. They're too involved in their own Chicken Little hysterics about the sky falling down. Take a seat and let them have their meltdowns. They'll seek you out when the time is right – which will be after the 27h.

It's been a while since you felt inspired. You've been so under the gun lately that it's been hard to see past the next deadline or demand. Well, one of the things that Mercury in Sagittarius sextile Pluto in Aquarius on December 13th will do is rekindle your inventive spirit. This mix of fire and air promises to breathe new life into smoldering embers to produce a roaring flame of enthusiasm. You may not have the clearest idea of what should come next, but you know that you're back in the saddle and that – in and of itself – is all you need to move forward.

You're not one to ask for favors. If anything, it's other people who pepper you with their requests. And given the way you'll do anything to help out, you probably don't realize how much goodwill you've earned over the years. On December 2d you learn that someone you assisted in the past is in the unique position of helping you to achieve a long-sought goal. Don't be shy. Think of this as redeeming mileage points in a frequent flyers rewards program. Not only is this person happy to repay the favor, but they have some great ideas on how you can capitalize on your efforts.

Thank heavens Saturn resumes direction on November 27th! Usually you're pretty laid back when it comes to retrograde Saturn's customary detours and delays (Saturn is your traditional Ruling Planet after all), but this time it really got on your nerves. That might have had alot to do with Saturn retrograding out of Aries and back into Pisces on September 1st. This could have had a regressive if not incapacitating effect. Thankfully things are back on track and you can look forward to making up for lost time so that by the time Saturn reenters Aries on February 13th this will all feel like a distant memory.

Helping people to realize their dreams helps you to realize yours. And this isn't about being politically and/or karmically correct. It stems from your idea of a communal ecosystem. You know your greatest resources are your human resources which is why you don't subscribe to the competitive mindset where people walk over people to get ahead. You believe that the sum is made up of its parts, so that the more you help the parts develop their full potential then the greater the sum will be and in the end everyone benefits. It's something to think about when Ruling Planet Uranus sextiles Neptune on November 20th.

Everything feels like hard work these days. Tasks that you completed effortlessly are harder to accomplish and the results aren't as rewarding as they used to be. Have you lost your spark? Not exactly. Jupiter turns retrograde in the part of your chart that pertains to work and service on November 11th and will remain retrograde until March. Although it may feel like you've plateaued, it's more like a hibernation. Things are slowing down in preparation of a growth spurt next spring. Although it's not in your nature to relax, you should try it because you'll miss this slow period once 2026 gets underway.

You need to think long and hard about the future you want to create. You have a special talent for working with what life hands you. People born under other zodiac signs might fixate on what's missing or throw up their hands in despair if circumstances don't align with their wishes, but your mind often comes alive during times like these. That's because you have a puzzle builder's eye for recognizing that each piece of life's mosaic is unique – that it's there for a reason – and that they will all fit together eventually. Combining and recombining all the variables is the secret to your inventive genius.

Aquarians are excellent negotiators. You never accept anything “in toto” but rather study each piece of information as it emerges to see how it fits into the overall equation. You often take your time doing this and it's been known to drive certain types of personalities crazy. This could become a point of contention on October 29th when Mercury opposes Ruling Planet Uranus. This is when you'll be under pressure to sign on the line that’s dotted. Well, you don’t have to and you know it. In fact you can even use this person’s impatience to negotiate for an even bigger slice of the pie.