AQUARIUS HOROSCOPE

You may say you don't care what others think, but in truth you do. Aquarius is an air sign which means that you're always wetting a finger and pointing it upwards in order to determine the direction that the winds of public opinion are blowing. Yet public opinion can also be like junk food. It can stimulate the taste buds while delivering information that has little (if any) nutritional value. This is something you'll discover for yourself when Mercury forms a trine to Pluto in your sign on May 27th. Not only will this vindicate your recent actions, it emboldens you to build on them.

Somebody once said that people who need people are the luckiest people in the world. It's a sentiment you always understood intellectually but never truly embraced until now. Feeling like an outsider is nothing new, but discovering that you're not alone – that there are other outsiders just like you – is empowering. Saturn in Aries over the next 2 ½ years shows these like-minded outcasts becoming creative collaborators who are happy to share their insights, experiences, and expertise. Meeting up with like-minded people is always welcoming, but it becomes even more fulfilling when they turn out to be fellow travelers heading in the same direction.

The great irony about Aquarius is how much you abhor change. One would think you'd embrace it given that Uranus, planet of revolution, is one of your Ruling Planets but there's a big difference between being used to something and liking it. That's why you're in for a pleasant surprise when the final Sun/Uranus conjunction in Taurus on May 17th delivers some startling developments. Instead of things being shaken to your foundations you'll be asked to expand on what you have. You may finally get the go-ahead on a remodel, meet an investor with deep pockets, or receive renewed support for a project lingering in limbo.

It always helps to find one like-minded individual in a group. Not only do you feel like you've connected with someone who gets you, you also have a buddy to hang with. Yet there's so much more you can do. Instead of commenting from the sidelines, you and your friend could go on to change the general mindset and even the way things are done. There's an infectious playfulness to this week's Mercury/Jupiter sextile that gets others to stop what they're doing and come join you instead. You may come to discover in the weeks ahead that you're surrounded by more like-minded people than originally thought.

You'll want to care of any unfinished business – like an application, claim, or filing – before this weekend because that’s when Pluto turns retrograde. Pluto turning retrograde is like that moment on the food cooking shows when the time is up and the chefs have to present whatever’s on their plate. Hopefully you prepared things to perfection and remembered to include all the ingredients. If not then you could be chopped. But don’t worry if you are, because Pluto is also the planet of rebirth, which means that you could be invited back to reapply or resubmit when Pluto comes out of retrograde in October.

You're stubborn, but you're nice about it. You'll let people disagree, challenge you, and vehemently express their displeasure knowing full well that once they feel like they've been heard, they'll come around to your way of thinking. It's something you've been doing for years without calling attention to it. The difference, however, in the type of exchanges you're having nowadays is that Pluto is in your sign. This gives off a certain air of inevitability that others can find disconcerting so be sure when you wind up getting your way in the end to make people feel like they still had a choice all along.

You have no problem with someone making demands. It's their right just like it's your right to turn them down if those demands can't be met. The problem is their sloppiness. As an Aquarius, you often find yourself salvaging other people's messes. This can range from someone involving others in what should have been a one-on-one discussion to a disappointed party airing their grievances to anyone in earshot. It's exhausting transmuting the resentment into a more constructive conversation, but that's what you're good at which is why you do it. Pace yourself this week and you'll emerge on the other side still forming complete sentences.

Everyone knows there are two sides to every story, but that can be infuriatingly inconvenient when we're forced to acknowledge it in the heat of an argument. Yet that's the beauty of the Full Moon in Libra on April 12th. Its cool silvery light invites you to step away from the grudge, take a walk around the block, and return when you're in a better head space. Libra's motto is never to burn a bridge because you don't know when you'll need to cross back over it. Working to keep the channels of communication open can be challenging, but the proof is in the compromise.

Finances improve thanks to this week's auspicious Saturn/Uranus sextile, but there's more going on than a payout from the Stars. Hopefully this boost in finances translates to a boost in confidence as well. Aquarius people have a problem putting a price on their talents and abilities. There's a great fear of self-aggrandizement along with insecurity about whether you can deliver. You’d rather your work speak for itself but unfortunately this puts the ball in the other person's court which is never a good idea. In the future don't take so long to state your terms and the other party won't take so long to meet them.

The Solar Eclipse in Aries signals a time of breathtaking changes and exciting developments. This energy promises to change your status, the company you keep, and even your earning capacity. But these things aren’t just a flash in the pan. In fact what’s taking place now is going to set the stage for the next decade at least. Most people when they enter the winner’s circle expect to sit on their laurels a while and enjoy the view. Not you. You can’t wait to get to work on making all those ideas of yours a reality now that you have the connections and the means.