Hi Taurus! Finances will dominate the New Year as Mercury aspects three planets from your house of loans, mortgages and debts. Communication connected with these areas will be in abundance, as all the letters and e-mails which were put on hold before Christmas come flooding in! If you deal with taxes, wills or investments in your work, the first eight days of January will be fruitful and you will probably be given more responsibility. You may also be asked to unearth facts about a situation which is confusing or misleading in your work place, or be given undesirable jobs to complete! Think of it this way, it’s only because they trust you and know you won’t pass the buck! Children’s activities and leisure pursuits will hit your wallet hard, particularly those relating to sports, as you struggle to budget for equipment and fees.

The Sun will be passing through your house of travel until the 20th, and this will quickly turn your attention to your summer holiday! Get those sunny travel brochures out and warm up these dark and dingy winter days! If you book a holiday around this time, you will be looking for sunshine and high status locations with swanky hotels, so that all your friends will be suitably impressed! Choose wisely, because when summer comes round, you may wish you’d booked something a little more relaxing and low key! Training and higher education will also be prominent throughout the month, and you will find you are more concerned with knowledge and experience and are keen to show people what you know. The 6th to 20th will be a great period for learning a new creative skill, Taureans love to create constructive, practical things, so it’s time to let the artistic side of your nature express itself. Be careful after the 15th if you are travelling however, onerous work commitments or ill health could prevent you from making your trip.

This month’s full Moon on the 9th might bring a dispute with a neighbour or sibling to a head. You may discover something they have said or done which will make you see them in a different light, or alternatively, resentments which have been simmering under the surface will reach boiling point, leading to a confrontation. Full Moons are about endings, so this show down may lead to ties being severed with this person for good. The new Moon on the other hand on the 23rd, will bring an opportunity for career advancement, and as this Moon sextiles unpredictable Uranus, your chance to show what you can do may come unexpectedly, or as a result of hidden information being revealed.

Disruptive friends will ruin your New Year resolutions to be nicer to everyone, as Venus squares the Moon’s nodes from your house of friendships! The days of the 22nd to 30th will be when this aspect is at its strongest, and emotional upsets will figure prominently within your friendships. Jealousy, misunderstandings and arguments about things which irritate you will make your emotions turbulent, and it’s not great time to say what you feel, because you probably won’t really know! Chiron also conjunct Venus at this time will bring old wounds to the surface relating to pain you have suffered with friends in the past. These need to be healed so you can move on. If you can though, keep your counsel until early February, you will probably find that much of the furore has died down by then and you will feel much calmer and able to tackle issues in a practical way. Have a marvellous January, Taurus!