happy [almost] new year!!!

'Twas the night before New Year's Eve and all through Times Square, dodging tourists was much too much to bear...

birthday forecast: outlook good AKA the "it's about friggin' time!" edition

From today’s Los Angeles Times…

Today's birthday (Dec. 27): The right decisions put you on a path that feels natural and easy. Work requires imagination in February. You give a standout performance in March. Taurus and Aquarius are especially adoring. Your lucky numbers are 5, 20, 33, 19 and 50.

And from the New York Post...

December 27, 2008

A new moon on your birthday, combined with Mars moving into your sign, urges you to go all out in your pursuit of wealth and happiness. A year from now you will look back and marvel at how far you have come and how much you have achieved.

Finally, excerpts from Susan Miller's AstrologyZone...

The week just keeps bringing you good luck. December 27 will be one of your most critical dates of the month to circle on your calendar, for that is when Mars will enter Capricorn for a six-week period, to stay until February 4. When Mars comes for a visit, it's big news, for it proffers an enormous advantage in all your undertakings.

Mars' appearance signals the start of a whole new 12-year cycle for you, and it's a very beneficial one at that! Mars will give you energy and drive, and also put you in the driver's seat. You won't take "no" for an answer, nor should you. You won't have to wait for opportunity to come to you, as you'll be able to create your own! Mars will give you a special presence and allow you to step up to assume a leadership position in any area of your life, at home or at work. Mars won't be back for another two years, so while you have the lead, press forward!

Mars will arrive in Capricorn December 27, and will really get the party started. Venus will have ordered the flowers but it will be Mars, the action planet, that really gets the party started. He'll turn up the volume on the music, open the bar, and signal that the food is ready to be served. Your chart will really begin to rock and roll from this date on. You'll love this - everything in your life will begin to step to a quicker beat and will continue to so do in the six weeks that follow.

If you were born on December 27, or within five days of this date, you will have won the cosmic jackpot.

This will be an extraordinary month for you! All the work you put in this year will soon pay off handsomely in 2009. You are so close to seeing an amazing victory.

In the meantime, celebrate your birthday, celebrate the New Year, and celebrate your accomplishments. You are surrounded with love and are about to enjoy the new life you have been busy creating in 2008. You are only in chapter one of a twelve-chapter quest. In so many ways, the best is still yet to come!

Fingers crossed!