Virgo

by Lilly Roddy

April 2008

Virgo – Life for you is all about being serious, paying attention to the job at hand and planning for the future. As the month opens, you are a little less tense about relationships. They have not been so easy and you have very little tolerance for them if they aren’t going well. This month you will make sure that the relationships that remain in your life are those that operate on the same page. And closer to the end of the month, you should consider taking some time off. You may not want to, but it will really improve your prospective. And you will not take yourself so seriously.

May 2008

Virgo – Two things dominate your horoscope this month, creativity and application. If you choose to apply this energy, you can use your analytical and problem solving skills to the maximum. You really have the big picture view this month. And since you are not putting up with anybody wasting your time, you are a force to be reckoned with. Relationships can be more difficult since you are being very critical of you and your partner. Your expectations may be somewhat unrealistic and instead of making things closer, actually drive you further apart. By the end of the month, it is time to take a very close look at business.

Virgo 2008 - For All Year

Your creativity is on the upsurge this year. For those of you who are able, this is a great year for creative expression in your work. Even if you aren't in a business that allows your creative expression, you certainly need to supplement this area of your life. You should at least try taking some art, music, photography, pottery, or writing classes this year. If you are interested in getting pregnant or adopting children, this can happen this year. You are just extending your creativity into the physical realm. If you already have children, they are more adventuresome and are wanting to try out their wings. This could prove to be a time when you get along better with your nuclear family. You just have to respond to their outreach.

For some of you, especially those born in the very beginning of the sign, this can signify a time when you take your creative talent and move it into the career area. This is most likely a latent talent that, until now, you couldn't figure out how to integrate into the financial part of your life. And now that door is being opened, and the universe is inviting you in. This is the time when opportunity knocks, and you definitely should answer the door. If you are older, this is a time when your role as the primary parent to your children is ending and they are taking on this role of parenting themselves. This could be a time when you become a grandparent or your child makes a major life change.

This year really begins a period when you are doing major evaluations in your life. Saturn, planet of future security and career advancements, is in your sign for the next two and one-third years. The first stage is examining what you are doing with your life now. Are you happy and are you getting what you want? Are you being appreciated at your work and getting the respect that you deserve? Saturn naturally wants you to make the best use of your personal resources, talents, money, energy, and time. If you are not getting a good return on any one of these, Saturn certainly helps point this out to you so you can make some changes. And if you don't, she can make you feel lazy, guilty, and ashamed. She is like the harsh parent or critic that lives inside you and reminds you when you don't live up to your own standards. If you listen, she helps take you to the top.

Relationships certainly need some overhauling this year. This is particularly significant for those of you born September 11 through the 17th or those with planets in those degrees. This is a major overhauling time. If there are problems, they come to the surface and do not go away. If you are feeling trapped, can't breathe, or have itchy feet, you are certainly showing the signs of boredom. Even with therapy and both partners trying to keep things together, this can be a time when your existing relationship comes to an end. If you are single, you are working on redefining just how a relationship should work for you, instead of continuing what you have tried in the past. Your boundaries need to be better and you need to make sure that you make you happy and not just your partner.

Rounding out your forecast, your workplace needs to be quiet and peaceful—a place where you can reflect on your life and how the work you do makes a difference. Now that is quite a task for anyone's work to fulfill, but you are still going to try. You find that your tolerance for drama at work is at an all-time low, especially in May and November. This has the most impact on those of you born the 14th through the 19th or those with planets at those degrees. You are personally and physically more sensitive, and you don't hold up under stress as easily as you used to. Of course, like holding up under stress is a good thing! A good thing is to run away from stress as fast as you can. Watch for strange health indicators, as they are signs for you to get out of Dodge.