Libra Monthly Forecast

When the lunar nodes began their new 18 month policing of how well you know when to keep your work hat on and when to take it off last month, there were few signs of just how important or timely this would turn out to be. While Venus had returned to your work sector in the New Year, with Saturn and Neptune having just turned direct late last year and still barely moving, there wasn't any urgency. Especially as instead of rushing through in 24 days, by the time Venus leaves on 4th February she is slowing down ahead of a retrograde turn that will see her return for a do over later next month. However, with Neptune, who has been in your work sector since 2012 leaving at the end of next month, Mercury returning on 15th February, the Sun on 18th February and the dwarf planet Ceres on 24th February, the pace is going to pick up and become even busier. Especially as 24th February is the same day that Mars will turn direct in your career sector, something that will take the remaining brakes off. By then, you will be at the start of what will not only be the most pivotal months of this professional year but a gateway into Jupiter's return to your career sector in June and the start of your biggest year for professional growth and expansion in over a decade. Yet making the lunar nodes policing of your work/life balance timely is that while the Sun, Mercury and the dwarf planet Ceres will all start the month in a playful and creative part of your chart, even when they leave Pluto, the planet of change and revolution will stay on. With Jupiter turning direct in your sector of adventure, travel, learning and discovery on 4th February, the playful, creative and adventurous side of life's fence is also powering up. Also benefiting from the right work/life balance will be Venus' return to your relationship sector on 4th February and the major developments here over the coming months.

Because the Sun will always spend the majority of the first three weeks of February in your romantic sector, the solar spotlight is always on matters of the heart and all things romantic at this time of year. This year you have an overlapping of the ordinary focus that matters of the heart get at this time of year and the start of a much longer and more significant journey. That journey is Pluto, the planet of change and transformation's 20 year transit through your romantic sector that will keep him here until 2044. Pluto spent time here in 2023 and again in 2024, but when he returned in November it was to spend the next two decades here. Pluto hasn't been on his own since Venus and the dwarf planet Ceres returned in early December and while Venus left in the New Year, Ceres' first deep dive into your heart's needs and priorities in four years will continue until she leaves on 24th February. Until he leaves on 15th February, as the planet of communication, Mercury will be focused on giving your heart a voice and putting your heart and mind on the same page. With the Sun leaving on 18th February, when Ceres leaves six days later Pluto will be on his own and apart from the Moon's monthly visits, it will stay that way until later in the year. The first of those visits will be from 25th February to 27th February, with the Moon returning a day after Ceres leaves. While matters of the heart and the spirit of romance will never go off the boil, there is going to be a lot more focus on your relationships, starting with Venus, the planet of love's return to your relationship sector on 4th February. This is early in the year for Venus, who last year didn't return until March. So early, that a retrograde turn early next month will force her to slow down and wait for the Sun's return next month. With the Moon moving through your relationship sector from 2nd February to 4th February, while it will leave just before Venus returns, with a chance to ensure you are emotionally engaged and aware from the start.