R E A D I T F O R W A R D S 2 0 1 8 L I T E R A R Y H O R O S C O P E S

Book lover and astrologer Brittany Goss of Rebel Astrology

has consulted the stars and the shelves to bring you

predictions for the year ahead what we can expect in our

personal lives and the perfect books to read while

encountering the coming highs and lows of 2018.

T H E B E S T B O O K S F O R Y O U R Y E A R

LITERARY HOROSCOPE AQUARIUS & AQUARIUS RISING

A Q U A R I U SJ A N 2 0 F E B 1 8

Aquarius, 2018 starts out with your tradi-tional ruling planet, Saturn, in the most private, hidden sector of your chart. Saturns presence there opens your interior closets, letting skeletons fall out. Youll be confronting anything undealt with over the next three years, ending a cycle so you can start building anew. Try reading Joshua Foers Moon-walking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything while youre sorting through those dusty bones and memories.

sorting this all out. Mercurys retrograde through Leo from July 26th through August 19th coincides with the eclipse cycle, suggesting that you self-reflect without acting quite yet.

Changeling by Victor LaValle as you psychologically clean house.

Mars spends months moving through Aquarius and Capricorn this year, in a retrograde cycle that lasts from June 26th to October 8th. Youre revisiting your core desires, planning your strategy for the future, and again, confronting old demons. Read Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder by Arianna Huffington during this time to help these confrontations along. Venus retrogrades through Scor-pio and Libra in October and November,

Outwardly, its a big year for your career, with Jupiter bestowing blessings in your house of vocation, and making a nice aspect to Neptune in your house of income. Dream of making a living doing what you love, if you arent already, and you can begin to make that the center of your life. Read Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah Mc-Bride for inspiration on living an authentic life. Meanwhile, the Leo and Aquarius eclipse cycle that started in 2017 continues, with eclipses in January, February, July, and August. This prompts you to explore who you are in relation to others. What are your pat-terns in relationships? What do you look for in another person? How are your partnerships and friendships caus-ing you to grow? Jesmyn Wards award-winning novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, is a good one to read while youre

Your modern ruling planet Uranus moves into Taurus on May 15th and stays through November. You get a glimpse of what this long-term cycle will be like starting in 2019, with Uranus shocking the foundations of your life. Check out J. Courtney Sullivans novel, Saints for All Occasions, this spring. The planet of innovation in an earth sign can help you grow your visions. Uranus in aspect to Saturn this year will be activating your imagination, your memories, and helping you clean out those spiritual closets for a fresh start. Dip into The

ter moves into Sagittarius on November 8th, youre beginning a cycle of expand-ing your social circles. Close out the year with Niall Fergusons The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook to remind yourself of the universality and connectivity of the world. Doing all of this thinking and consideration about what you want your life to look like in 2018 sets you up for future success.

prompting you to consider what you value in a career again, and possibly to seek new knowledge. Try Elif Batumans novel, The Idiot, to provide a new per-spective. Mercurys last retrograde of the year, from November to December, is another advantageous time for plan-ning your career and goals. When Jupi-

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LITERARY HOROSCOPE PISCES & PISCES RISING

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Pisces, you begin 2018 with your tradi-tional ruling planet, Jupiter, trining your modern ruling planet, Neptune, in your sign. This is good luck for you, and it lasts through November 8th. Jupiter in Scorpio is in the house of your chart that is traditionally called the house of long journeys over water. Sometimes when you have transits here, you literal-ly travel to foreign countries, but this year, you could also find your horizons expanded by courses, spiritual teachers,

Uranus will be in Taurus for six months this year, from mid-May to mid-Novem-ber, shifting the vibe after seven years in Aries. The planet of unpredictability is making forays into your communica-tion sector. This prompts lightning bolt ideas for writing projects and any

Capricorn, and prompting you to review your hidden desires. What do you really want? What are your true goals? Daymond Johns book about hustle, Rise and Grind, could help you as you think these questions through. Investigating this all sets you up well for Jupiters next transit, which will expand your career opportunities. Use the time between June 26th and October 8th to make some future plans. On No-vember 8th, when Jupiter moves into Sagittarius in your house of vocation,

or (of course!) by books. I have a lot of good books to recommend to you, but why not start with travelogue The Monk of Mokha by Dave Eggers, just to whet your appetite for this journey, whether literal or metaphorical. Ron Chernows biography, Grant, and Grace Without God by Katherine Ozment will also appeal to Jupiter in the deep sign of Scorpio.

course of study. Try The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor or Draft No. 4: On the Writ-ing Process by John McPhee to jog andjolt your imagination while Uranus ishere. I Am, I Am, I Am by MaggieOFarrell is another excellent read asyou prepare creatively. Youll get aglimpse of all the things youll have tosay when Uranus moves into Taurus forthe long haul next year.

Mars is in epic retrograde mode this summer, moving through Aquarius and

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