While this is a month for remaining patient, especially on the income front, it's also a month where you're able to work behind the scenes and not only solidify things on the income front but on the work and career fronts as well, for they are a package deal. There have been a lot of changes since Jupiter, planet of luck and expansion turned direct in your income sector on Boxing Day, at a time when there was still a lot of movement on the career front. Since then the Sun and Mercury have both left your career sector and Mars turned retrograde in your work sector late last month. What you have now on the professional front is what you'll have for the next few months, allowing you to know what you're working with. Venus, planet of money, desire and attraction's return to your income sector early next month and her engagement with Jupiter will kick off an extremely lucky month on the income front, with the Sun and Mercury arriving over the following months to help you bring things home. Until Venus' return to your income sector on the 5th March you have one last month for working behind the scenes and for slowly putting all your ducks in a row. Once things start to move on the income front there'll be no stopping them, with the 5th March to the 12th June destined to see some of the best income conditions in a decade. Your job this month is to be ready for when that happens. The Moon's alignment with Jupiter on the 27th February should provide some valuable clues and hunches.

The last time you had a full month with no planetary activity in either of your money houses was October 2011, but don't get used to it, because it's not going to last. From Venus' return to your income sector on the 4th April to Jupiter's departure on the 26th June 2013 you'll have continuous planetary activity and some of the best income conditions you've ever experienced. This gives you just 2 months, February and March, to solidify your position on both the financial and income fronts and develop a level playing field before things start to move again. While you have no planetary activity in either of your money houses the lunar nodes are here, making it a lot easier than you realise to keep things on track. With the North Node on its own in your financial sector since Mercury left early last month, there is a natural current that is moving you towards the future, while keeping your expectations high. In your income sector the South Node is working to close old doors and resolve the past, making it all about putting past setbacks behind you, ready to move on. The Moon's visit to your financial sector from the 15th February to the 17th February will give you a chance to sharpen your financial instincts and get your bearings, making sure you're still on track. The Moon will make two visits to your income sector, the first from the 2nd February to the 4th February and then returning on the 29th February, each time giving you a nose for money and a chance to start lining up for the opportunities ahead.

When Mercury, planet of communication and smart thinking left your financial sector on the 28th January, just days before the new month began, he left you with a smart head for money, but he also brought a more active phase to an end. From Venus' return to your financial sector on the 27th November to Mercury's departure on the 28th January was a period of just over 2 months, which also included the Sun's annual update, giving you a chance to update your financial desires, gain an updated sense of where things stand and what you're dealing with and develop a financial game plan for the New Year. This phase ended just days before the month began so you're still transitioning out of this, with Pluto staying on in a caretaking role to ensure that you continue to walk the talk. Chances are the ink hasn't dried yet on your financial game plan or it could still be a work in progress, with a need to hold onto the smart head for money Mercury left you with. Pluto, planet of change and revolution is in this for the long haul and not due to leave your financial sector until November 2024, there is no longer any urgency and it's more about walking the talk. This makes the Moon's visit to not only your financial sector but your income sector especially important this month, for this is all you really have to check that you're on track on both fronts. The Moon will move through your income sector from the 4th February to the 7th February, giving you a nose for money and through your financial sector from the 17th February to the 19th February, sharpening your financial instincts and giving you a chance to further define your financial game plan.

As you move into the new month you're moving into some of your most important days on the financial front ever, for they are likely to define your financial reality and expectations forevermore. While things may look fairly normal for this time of year, on paper anyway, with the Sun, Mercury and Neptune in your financial sector, defining your financial expectations, your financial reality and giving you the tools to create a financial game plan for the New Year, this is the end of an era. For on the 4th February Neptune, planet of dreams and fantasies will leave your financial sector, ending a journey that began in January 1998, that over the last 14 years has worked to define your financial expectations. It will take Neptune another 150 years to return to your financial sector, so he won't be back in your lifetime, with the financial expectations he leaves you with and what you can dare to imagine likely to define your financial expectations and what you're striving for from here on. Once Neptune is gone the Sun and Mercury will regroup, but with Mercury leaving on the 14th February and the Sun on the 19th February this is more about tying up loose ends and turning Neptune's expectations into a financial game plan. It's during this period that the Moon will make his monthly visit to your income sector, from the 7th February to the 9th February. This puts the Moon in opposition to both the Sun and Mercury, creating a very special Full Moon on the 8th February, the same day that Venus, planet of money, desire and attraction returns to your career sector, so watch this space!

As far as money months go they don't come much bigger than this, with February 2012 destined to go down in history as a game changing month on both the financial and income fronts. Mars, warrior planet of the cosmos has been in your income sector since November, but his retrograde turn late last month means that he's now here to stay. In his first full month in retrograde motion Mars has opened the door to second chances and while things may move quite slowly to start with, the tide has turned. Had it not been for Venus, planet of money, desire and attraction's return to your financial sector mid January, Mars would be enjoying an easy ride, but that won't be the case to start with. On the 2nd February Venus and Mars will move into opposition, Venus pushing your financial desires and Mars his new objectives on the income front and neither are backing down. This will create some financial pressure and tension, but from this expect a new sense of motivation and determination to set in. This is just 2 days before Neptune's historic and game changing return to your financial sector on the 4th February, teaming up with Venus to create some big financial desires, dreams and fantasies. Venus is leaving your financial sector on the 8th February but she'll team up with Neptune again next year for he's here until 2026, on a mission to take your financial expectations to a whole new level. Neptune will be joined by Mercury on the 14th February and the Sun on the 19th February, ready to start opening new doors on the financial front and to start walking the talk.

For the last few years Saturn and Uranus has been finding their feet in your income and financial sectors and for a while adjusting to dealing with each other, but since mid 2011 they have developed and easy peace, mainly because they have found their own separate territory. With Uranus in the early degrees of your financial sector and Saturn in the later degrees of your financial sector they are no longer a threat to each other and they will never again move into opposition, with the financial challenges of the past behind you. Just when you were starting to relax you may find that old tensions start to reappear this month, but with this comes a need to relax, as it's not so much a false alarm as it is a much weaker version aimed at making sure you haven't forgotten the lessons of the past. This shift happens on the 8th February, when on the same day that Saturn turns retrograde in your income sector Venus, planet of money, desire and attraction returns to your financial sector. Both are great opportunities, for Venus is going to inspire your financial desires and trigger the laws of attraction, giving you a much clearer sense of what you want and at the same time opening the door to the 3 most important financial months of the year. At the same time Saturn's retrograde turn in your income sector gives you a chance to go back to the drawing board and retrace your steps. The problem is that this puts Venus and Saturn on track for an opposition, which while it won't peak until early next month will create some pressure towards the end of the month. See this as a timely wake up call, making sure you're not asleep at the wheel.

Things are very short, sweet and uncomplicated on the financial front this month, giving you one last month to work behind the scenes, get your ducks in a row and define what you're working on or towards. Since Jupiter, planet of luck and expansion turned direct in your financial sector on Boxing Day you've been on the comeback, rebuilding and slowly gaining momentum. Chances are you learned a lot during Jupiter's nearly 4 month retrograde phase, to a point where you should know what your ultimate financial goals and expectations are and where you're ready to start walking the talk. Things won't really start to move on the financial front until next month, but Venus' return to your financial sector on the 5th March and her support for and from Jupiter will set in motion the luckiest and most important 3 financial months of the year, if not the decade. So this is a month of preparing for that and working behind the scenes, doing everything you can to contribute to your own success. The more options you have in the pipeline and the more cards you have on the table the better. The Moon will begin the month in your financial sector and not leaving until the 2nd February this gives you a chance to start on the right foot, with your financial instincts engaged. The Moon will return later in the month, from the 27th February to the 29th February, aligning with Jupiter on the 27th February, just days before Venus is due to arrive. The Moon's visit to your income sector from the 13th February to the 15th February will give you a nose for money and a chance to pick up on some valuable clues and hunches.

When Mercury left your income sector on the 8th January, bringing to an end a particularly active few months on the income front, especially when it came to developing your expectations, he left you with a smart head for money, a clear sense of where things stand and a game plan moving forward. Since then it's been about packaging this up and developing a clear stand, while at the same time working with the North Node to keep things moving in the right direction. This is something that will happen naturally, keeping your confidence and optimism high. It's on the 8th February, a month to the day after Mercury left your income sector that Venus, planet of money, desire and attraction will return to your work sector, with a Full Moon in your career sector at the same time getting things off to a fairly powerful start. This is the first real professional momentum you've had since last November and the first chance to gain the income momentum you now have something to latch onto. If there are income opportunities to be gained Venus will find them, for having her in your work sector is going to make it very clear where the money is. With Venus kicking off 3 of the busiest and most important months of the year on the work front, there will be plenty of opportunities to flex your income earning muscles. With the North Node in your income sector it won't take much to keep things on track and with the South Node in your financial sector, all you really need to do there is continue to defend your bottom lines, refusing to backslide.

When Mercury, planet of communication and smart thinking left your income sector on the 28th January, just days before the new month began, he wrapped up a very active 2 months on the income front, that began with Venus' return on the 27th November. In that time first Venus, then the Sun and finally Mercury moved through, giving you a chance to update your income expectations, get a clear sense of what you're dealing with and what you have to work with and from and finally a chance to develop a game plan. As the Sun, Mercury and Venus moved through your income sector they all aligned with Pluto, planet of change and revolution and the long term custodian here. As they did they each left a part of them behind and as Pluto spends his first full month on his own in your income sector, you'll find it easier than you realise to tap back into Venus' desires, the Sun's objectivity and Mercury's smart head for money. With things now a lot more settled on the professional front, with things due to take off on the work front next month and Mars already opening the door to second chances on the career front, you're able to pace yourself and wait for your chickens to come home to roost. You can expect continuing momentum on the income front for many months to come. With no cosmic activity in your financial sector the Moon's visit from the 4th February to the 7th February is the only opportunity you have to get a read on where thing stand or on anything that needs addressing.

The early days of the month come disguised as very ordinary conditions on the income front for this time of year, but they are anything but. You move into the month with the Sun, Mercury and Neptune in your income sector, something that you have seen many times over since Neptune returned here in January 1998, 14 years ago. What makes the early days of February so different and so important is that on the 4th February Neptune, planet of dreams and fantasies will leave your income sector and won't return in your lifetime, making these the final days you have to capture as many expectations and as much hope for the future as possible. With Mercury not leaving your income sector until the 14th February and the Sun not leaving until the 19th February you'll have a few weeks to tie up loose ends and develop a game plan for harnessing the motivation and momentum Neptune leaves you with. Once the Sun leaves your income sector there'll be no more planetary activity here, something that apart from a few months last year you haven't experienced since. It's not that you're being left high and dry and more a case that you've graduated and probably did years ago and you're more than ready to take the trainer wheels off. A Full Moon in your financial sector on the 8th February will make sure that the Sun and Mercury aren't asleep at the wheel. The Moon will return to your income sector on the 19th February, just hours after the Sun leaves and will stay here until the 22nd February, giving you a chance to transition into a stage that is all about walking the talk.

To call this a game changing month on the income front would be an understatement, for it's more a life changing month. You begin the month with Venus, planet of money, desire and attraction and Chiron, planet of healing in your income sector, where since mid January they've been working to put the past behind you as Venus evoked new desires and expectations. As you move into the month Venus is firmly established in the lead, your income expectations are likely to be high and your confidence continuing to grow. Venus is giving you a clear sense of what you want and she's also triggering the laws of attraction, but she is after all on what is simply an annual update and hardly life changing stuff. The game changing event takes place on the 4th February when Neptune, planet of dreams and fantasies returns, taking your expectations to a whole new level. While Venus will leave your income sector on the 8th February and Mercury, who won't even arrive until the 14th February and the Sun, who won't return until the 19th February will both leave next month, Neptune is here for the long haul and won't leave until 2026. Neptune is here for the next 14 years to help guide you to your full potential, putting you in the early days of what is destined to be the longest running show that is currently in play in your life. Mercury's return will give you a smart head for money and the Sun a lot more objectivity, but your expectations are about to be forever changed, with ongoing support for years to come. An opposition between Venus and Mars, now in retrograde motion in your financial sector, on the 2nd February may create some financial tension or pressure, but is more about making sure you're not asleep at the wheel.

Despite the fact that having Saturn in your financial sector was never going to be easy, making it impossible to take short cuts or to stick your head in the sand, over the last few months you've managed to find the right balance. It was Uranus' position in your income sector, putting him in opposition with Saturn that created a lot of financial tension, pressure and challenges over recent years, but as their games began to separate you've probably learned how to separate your income and financial objectives, while appreciating the need for balance between the two. Apart from the fact that you moved into 2012 with the Moon in your income sector, since mid 2011 the main focus has been on your financial game as a whole and with financial matters and issues. This month your income situation gets its turn with the return of Venus, planet of money, desire and attraction to your income sector on the 8th February. While Venus herself is only here for 26 days, she'll open the door to a very active 3 months on the income front, that won't run its course until the 9th May. During that time the Sun will move through your income sector and Mercury will visit not once but twice, giving you a smart head for money and the resources to turn Venus' desires and expectations into reality. It's a Full Moon in your work sector on 8th February, the same day that Venus returns to your income sector that will get the ball rolling. While Venus will move into opposition with Saturn early next month, with some pressure building later in the month, it's more likely to motivate you, making sure you're not asleep at the wheel. As Venus teams up with Uranus the laws of attraction and synchronicity will come together, with the potential for unexpected opportunities.