Cancer

(1st Quarter of Punarvasu, Pushya, Ashlesha)

GENERAL:
Creative and romantic, with a strong love of home, family and tradition; you are a good communicator and a strong provider. Your deep sensitivity presents you with valuable and illuminating intuitions, especially regarding those you care for.
You can be unwilling to throw anything out, even relationships that have passed their use-by date. The main thing to remember is not to let the powerful, turbulent emotions of the moment crowd out your normally rational judgment. Your intuitions are reliable and should be trusted.

FINANCE:
In this period you need to be careful about your spending and need of the hour would be to be economical and take care of your finances in a judicious manner. If material wealth is keeping you from discovering your true values then this transit could give you financial losses. You may feel financially insecure.
Control over your material possessions may seem to be slipping from your hands. So you work very hard to keep everything going as you want it to be. But try to avoid letting fear & financial insecurity. The best course is to organize your finances as well as possible so you don't have to pay much attention.

HEALTH:
Social and personal interactions will feature in the routines of work and health. You will need to be socially adept, skilled in the art of negotiation and capable of dealing expertly with the public and with co-workers or staff. Get situations or people to work for you.
Females will feature at work or with health concerns. You should take care of health as there are indications that an accident could occur in this transit. People suffering from chronic diseases could expect problems in their health. It will be prudent to take help of the yoga and related activities.

LOVE AND RELATIONSHIP:
Practice the art of negotiation. You need to socialize or mix with people in order to advance your work or business situation. If you're single, you'll need to learn the how to deal with this. If you're in a relationship then you're old enough to know the traps and stay away from temptation.
You become interested in making money through investment, speculation or joint involvements. There may be secret or confidential dealings. Be watchful as you are dealing with hidden agendas or with people whose motives or concerns will not always be clear to you. Mix with wealthy or driven people.

CAREER:
You feel very fortunate that you have a job, and it will be very important that you get both recognition and be allowed to express your passion and interests. You are motivated to start new projects and keep your job lively and interesting.
Your persistence will help you to achieve beyond your wildest imagination, this year. You will give work your all and reap the rewards of a job well done. You make a good teacher and a wonderful role model through your work.

MARRIAGE:
With Mars retrograde in Gemini sign, you'll be exhausted or at boiling point, In March and April practice the fake smile that goes with yet another pair of crappy socks from an aging relative.

Be generous on the day but keep control of all your faculties, even when others don't follow the same rule. You'll have a busy year end, getting ready to say 'ta ta' to the old year. Mid year indicates marriages or strong relation. Look forward to new connections in the new one.

FAMILY:
Your relations with children are also going to be much better. You'd be proud of your creative potential. Your love relations will expand. Your personal growth will be higher and you'd be more self assured. Love relationships will also expand the range of experience in your life.

You may encounter persons from a radically different background or from a different country. It will bring you the opportunity for personal growth and increased wisdom, along with greater freedom of self expression. It will give gains through spouse and spouse's relations.

By Uma Shankar Shukla