Dear Fellow Star-Gazers,

Well, here's a sentence I never thought I'd write: I'm in Miami, Florida - having given presentations in St Petersburg and Fort Lauderdale making friends and exchanging ideas with trades and fund managers. I'll leave you to imagine the many techniques we have discussed but will say that there was much focus on lunar cycles.

Before the next Full Moon letter (Feb 7^th) the Moon reaches maximum latitude and moves from North to South latitude on Jan 13^th  coinciding with a series of new phase angles. With the Moon in Virgo and the theme from last month's lunar eclipse still operating, this could be a day of drama for the Euro and for equities.

No less important is Thursday and Friday of the following week which could offer another bumpy ride. Thursday 19^th especially may be a day of some negativity.

Early the following week Mars arrives at its station in Virgo. Mars' transit through this sign has coincided with tricky periods for sterling in the past. Tuesday 24^th may be no exception. Mars does not leave this sign until early July and until then its value could fluctuate wildly (more on this in the subscription letter to be sent on Jan 22^nd).

As many of you will know, I am of the opinion that equities will fall dramatically in 2012. I have particular concern for the period around the March Full Moon (March 8^th). Though these could quickly rebound, this will surely be temporary. The prevailing conditions from then and through to the solstice (June 20^th) do not look good: the latter half of May appearing problematic.

Just how difficult things could become is unlikely to be fully apparent until later this month as helpful and present aspects between Jupiter and Neptune could be described as 'a rose-tinted spectacle' effect. Once these are removed mid month a general gloom seems likely to take over.

Neptune and Pluto are still almost a septile (7^th of a circle) from one another. When they've come close in this formation in recent years, there have been signals of banking collapse. Another of these close encounters occurs in February. Add banking collapse to the growing number of business declaring insolvency later this month and the picture could soon become very gloomy indeed.

Not all problems take financial form of course and a very real possibility is that disease - and perhaps pandemic will soon be a major news story. All of us should put disease prevention and well-being ahead of any other kind of investment.

Having painted such a gloomy picture I must, of course (being Libran!) attempt to balance the books. Scientific breakthroughs are happening all the time, it may be however that we are now at the edge of something truly spectacular - most likely involving waves at an as yet unacknowledged frequency. This will surely have implications in the fields of both medicine and perhaps travel. This is yet another area where silver may be needed. This is one of the metals whose value I expect to surge in 2012.

As some of you will know, from the geocentric perspective, Neptune is about to move into Pisces - a highly significant 'planetary gear change'. The links between Neptune and the sea are well known: it won't be surprising if shipping stories hit the headlines. The aspect mentioned above (septile to Pluto) has coincided with increased piracy - on the sea (and over the Internet!). Expect this too to be a big story in the coming weeks.

As I write, at the edge of this beautiful coastline and with the promise of a trip to

Despite all that I'm fortunate enough to enjoy at this moment, there are indeed many horrors to contemplate. Another day to count blessings!

The day after tomorrow I head north to Boston to renew contact with some fine astrologers in that area and to speak to the group in Cambridge on declinations and the key dates for 2012. It's just wonderful to have this opportunity.

The last piece of news is that we have our first reservation for the event in Vermont at the beginning of August - do visit the website for more information.

For now, with the reminder to look after yourselves and to stay in the moment.

Yours from the stars

Christeen