(February 19-March 20)

Pump your fist in the air! Your best year in over a decade is about to begin, Pisces—and damn, have you earned it. You’re accustomed to feeling a little bit sorry for yourself (admit it), but you deserved the sympathy for the struggles 2009 put you through. Jupiter was in Aquarius, your twelfth house of endings and rest. In spite of the challenges, the year served an important function: closure. Pisces, you’ve learned powerful lessons about surrendering control. The more you forced life to conform to your expectations, the more you became the punch line of your own cosmic joke. When you relaxed and let the universe handle things, everything worked out so divinely, it was almost eerie.

On January 17th, the twisted comedy closes—and you get the last laugh. Expansive Jupiter enters Pisces, ushering in a brand-new beginning. Jupiter will be here until June, returning in September for the rest of 2010. This year is all about luck, opportunity and taking bold risks that defy your imagination. Just a couple caveats: Mercury is retrograde (backward) in Capricorn until January 15th, indicating that you may need to part ways or resolve a longstanding conflict with friends. If you belong to a group that no longer fits your interests, take a break or move on. On January 19th, the Sun enters Aquarius, delivering one final roundup of unfinished business. Finish your commitments, and you’ll have a clean slate by your birthday.

Your luckiest events this month will occur on a Wednesday.