Dear Friends and Readers,

Hello and a very Happy New Year! I know 2008 was not the easiest year for many, but I’m sure everyone agrees it was the year of transition. We begin the year with Saturn moving in the opposite direction; Mercury has entered Aquarius and is in it’s echo phase and will station retrograde on Jan. 11, 2009.

It may seem like we are in for more of the same as the year begins, but we aren’t; let go of fear, mental junk and nervous tension. We are moving on and as Jupiter changes signs to Aquarius this week we can expect a sense of expansiveness to ripple out into the collective consciousness.

I will be back later tonight with the January Monthly Horoscopes. Hope all is well with you as you begin this wonderful New Year…

— Priya Kale, NYC