New Year, New Predictions: 2012 Horoscopes

Happy New Year! Curious about what to expect this year? Astrologers have their predictions ready.

Read below for sign-specific predictions for 2012:

Aries

Astrologer Nadiya Shah tells Aries to anticipate significant career changes (paired with “greater financial opportunities”) and a turn for the better relationship-wise in the fall. This year, “you are moving towards a greater truth about yourself and a more genuine life,” Shah writes on her website.

Taurus

You’re a Taurus? Flare’s horoscope special advises you to adopt the motto “I dare to be the change I have seen coming.” By fall, your self-improvement efforts will pay off in the love department, and you’ll start taking a more structured approach to discerning Mr. Right. Work-wise, this year will require self-promotion and flexibility. The payoff: “You'll really begin to cash in during the second half of the year.”

Gemini

In 2012, “the world is your creative oyster,” Astrology.com predicts. Expect your career to become more personally fulfilling. Now’s the time to overhaul your work style, as it will set the tone for next year, too. Even better? 2012 is set to be “your summer of love.” Enjoy.

Cancer

Cancers, Shah predicts, could see a dream come true in the early spring. Expect dramatic changes in your love life, and “be mindful of your ultimate aims and how a partner fits in.”

Leo

2012 is a good year to be a Leo. Astrology.com says this year you’ll have the opportunity to “seize everything you’ve wanted” in your career, so dream big and embrace the transition into business mode. And while you’ll likely encounter plenty of “alluring suitors” vying for your affections this year, you’ll also start considering settling down — if you’re not already established in a solid relationship.

Virgo

Your lives might get a little Hollywood-worthy, Virgos, with romantic clichés and “an interesting cast of characters” enriching the plot. There will be plenty of job opportunities this year. Take the safe route — if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is — to career success.

Libra

Libras, “all the pieces come together for you now” after a couple years of setbacks and uncertainty. Keep persevering:  Libras’ careers and love lives will be in good shape by the end of year.

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Scorpio

The financial swings will continue, but ultimately in a favourable direction. If you’re doing what you really want to do in 2012, success will follow. The end of the year will make up for the “slow as molasses” progress at the beginning of the year. Scorpios already in relationships will have the spark return, and single Scorpios will mark 2012 as an exciting “whirlwind to remember.”

Sagittarius

For the Sagittarius, 2012 will be the year to shine, career-wise. By spring, you’ll be “a serious force to be reckoned with,” so start clarifying your professional aspirations. By mid-year, you’ll be making changes to the goals you’re prioritizing. This is also a great year for relationships — especially the latter half of 2012 — for deepening a current one or for finding “an exceptionally harmonious match.”

Capricorn

Good news, Capricorns! Clarity returns this year, Astrology.com predicts. Call 2012 a “long, dramatic pause” in which you can reflect, learn, read and travel. Career inspiration will come in the second half of the year, while romance and pleasure will dictate much of the first half. Love is in the air this June.

Aquarius

If you’re an Aquarius looking for that dream job, 2012 is the year to take classes and improve skills. Create new goals and embrace ambition. Romance may falter in the spring, but things will pick up after June — so much so you may have your pick of suitors!

Pisces

Pisces, buckle up, it’s going to be a busy year. “Several spontaneous moments bring you new reasons to believe in yourself and see your potential more expansively than ever,” Shah writes. The first half of the year will find you focusing on finances, while your attention will turn to the home in the second half. When it comes to love, you’ll invest in relationships built on common histories and stable bonds. 

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