Your 2nd House of Finance is not a House of Power this year. Usually this denotes a status-quo kind of year. But this year I'm not so sure about that.
Pluto, your financial planet, is making a major move from Sagittarius into Capricorn this year. Keep in mind that Pluto has been in Sagittarius since 1995 - about 13 years. For Pluto this is not a long time - his average transit is between 20 to 35 years. But still this is a very long-term trend.
This move signifies a shift in your financial thinking, strategy and investments. While Pluto was in ebullient Sagittarius you had a certain attitude to finance. Your goals were huge. You weren't interested in just 'getting by' - you wanted BIG wealth. By now many of you have attained it. Your financial planet in Sagittarius made you a risk-taker par excellence. You believed in 'quick money'. Many of you were hurt by this attitude, too. But even so, your optimism has been unquenchable. You've believed in the 'Infinite Supply' - in limitless wealth - and losses were only temporary.
Pluto in Capricorn is a whole different mindset. Where formerly you were a risk-taker - a speculator - now you are becoming more conservative in financial matters. Formerly you spent big (and probably impulsively). Now you are a more careful spender. Oh you will spend, but you will want value for money. You will start to take on more of Capricorn's financial attitudes. You will have a long-term perspective on wealth. You will want to conserve your wealth (and for many of you who got rich this past cycle, this is definitely so). But even if you are too young to have participated in the Pluto-in-Sagittarius cycle, you will be taking a long-term perspective on wealth. Instead of focusing on 'quick money' you will see that wealth is built up over time, little by little, consistently. It is an evolutionary rather than revolutionary process. You will start to think about what an investment will be worth 20 or even 30 years down the road. You will make long-term financial goals and be more able to stick to them.
The free-spending days of Pluto in Sagittarius seem about over (by the end of the year they will be over). Now the cosmos wants you to have more control over your spending. Budgeting might be in order these days.
We also see changes in investments and investment strategy. Serious investors leaned towards the 'momentum' investing style for many years. Now they will become 'value' investors. There are even changes in the nature of the investments (for serious investors). Previously telecommunications (local and long distance), transport, publishing and the travel business were profitable. Now the focus will be more on conservative companies - the large blue-chip stocks - the traditional companies. Property - both commercial and residential - will become very interesting.
Bonds and the bond market have always been interesting for Libran investors, and this trend continues in the year ahead. But we see changes in the kinds of bonds you are buying. Less speculative. And perhaps in the industries mentioned above. (Also, government bonds seem interesting now and for years to come.)
There is prosperity in the year ahead, but more of an 'evolutionary' kind.
Job-seekers have much job instability. There could be multiple job changes in the year ahead. Your most important consideration is whether the job is enjoyable or not. Your challenge this year (as it has been for many years now) is to truly enjoy your work.
Those who employ others also have great instability in the workforce. There is constant employee turnover. (If you can do things to make work more enjoyable - to make the workplace more of a fun place - it might be easier to hold on to employees.)
Your 10th House of Career is not a House of Power this year. Thus I expect a status-quo kind of year. As mentioned earlier, home and family seem much more important to you than outer, worldly success. During the course of the year there will be periods where you are more ambitious than usual. We will discuss these short-term trends in the monthly reports.
Your most important financial periods will be from October 23 to November 22 and from December 21 to 23. (This latter period looks like a nice payday.)