CAPRICORN (December 22–January 20)
With Saturn, Pluto, Jupiter, the South Node and Mars after February 16 all in Capricorn, there's a lot of sobering reality cluttering up your energetic field. Though it may require effort to loosen up, once you've unleashed your (surprisingly bawdy) sense of humor, relief from all the crushing seriousness comes quickly. Finding ways to relieve internal pressures with external pleasures is the job of the Venus sextile to Pluto and Saturn February 1-3. Mercury retrograde in sensitive Pisces February 16 and Sun in Pisces after February 18 is a tender balm, bathing you in compassion. Empathy heals old wounds.