2019 Zodiac Astrology in a nutshell

The astrological signs are usefully sorted into groupings that have matching types of expression and this method helps to show what similar themes apply in 2019 for related signs
If you want a global perspective on 2019 a detailed forecast is posted on this site

In this forecast the zodiac Sun Signs are presented in their groups CARDINAL FIXED and MUTABLE

 and their shared group themes are revealed

The Cardinal group is Aries Libra Cancer Capricorn

In 2019 all these signs are unusual in that they are all dealing significantly with cardinal issues. Cardinal issues are those that involve:

•  working on your personal style of self expression or personality
• improving how you function in relating to others especially private relationships
• dealing with career issues, matters of true calling or vocation
• focussing on family, roots, the meaning and function of home

All of these are on the table for cardinal signs in 2019 -for many this is a continuation lasting several years. All that differs is the degree of emphasis of the cardinal themes and where additional influences - Jupiter, Uranus Neptune and Pluto - play out:

• Aries is likely to be pulled towards living, studying or travelling overseas with an emphasis on seeking retreat. Money/income changes/unstable. A lot of personal change needed. Partnerships have less of a focus. Habits and expectations around survival needs undergo major change.
• Libra has a home and family/parenting focus. Personal and partnership needs hard to cater for. Resources/assets undergo unexpected changes. Health is weakened. Digestion especially weak/sensitive. Service work or volunteering is a positive expression. Contact with foreign language - perhaps a new study. Habits and expectations around survival needs undergo major change.
• Cancer has an emphasis on the challenges in partnerships & these can cause issues re home/location and career. Friendships affected by change -new beginning, some ending. Spiritual study or travel, better healthcare and nutrition are all beneficial. Habits and expectations around survival needs undergo major change.
• Capricorn is required to do a lot of personal growth regarding self expression, self management -switching away from controlling others to controlling self. Less energy for home, family, career. Personal retreats/going within and reading spiritual self help are all beneficial. Relationships with children, lovers are changeable. Try to find a new creative outlet. Habits and expectations around survival needs undergo major change.

The Fixed group is Taurus Scorpio Leo Aquarius
In 2019 all these signs are dealing significantly with mutable issues. In addition points are made regarding  where other important influences - Jupiter, Uranus Neptune and Pluto - play out:

Mutable issues are change/adaptation/movement conditions that involve:

• the mind - how it functions and grows, thought patterns, ideas, beliefs, mental patterns

With a strong mutable effect the fixed [stubborn, rigid, obsessive] signs are being pressured to become more easy going, tolerant, educated, lateral, laid-back, accepting, forgiving through making changes to their conscious and subconscious ways of thinking.

• Taurus has a strong emphasis on mind expansion drawn from overseas experiences or with other nationalities at home or the energy can be used through higher education/spiritual studies. Demands of work and health may conflict with these goals. A change of personality is on offer to shift you from old attachments and values.  Habits, behaviours and expectations around relating in general undergo major change. Becoming a community volunteer and finding greater empowerment from esoteric explorations and sexual intimacy are all beneficial options.
• Scorpio is mostly asked to transform through you  altering your everyday communication style -making sure any overbearing, domineering and controlling traits are corrected . If obsessive, vengeful and destructive thinking takes hold help should be sought as it truly is time to continue the process of making your mind more healthy. Try to channel mental energy into reading, writing and education. Work and health are areas of challenge during 2019. Relationships are set to be unconventional and or unstable. Financially a good year. Romantic energy may best be put on hold and be used in an imaginative creative outlet. A compassionate role with children is a beneficial option. Habits, behaviours and expectations around relating in general undergo major change
• Leo has a strong continued emphasis on service types of employment and health matters. This issue could conflict with any travel plans and educational options. Changes are sustained in the career sector -new goals or discovery of a true calling. Involvement in charity or philanthropy is beneficial. Romance, creativity and children are focus areas all offering potential growth and positivity. Habits, behaviours and expectations around relating in general undergo major change.
• Aquarius is best focussed on retreating from the world -whether by choice or through forced circumstances such as health. Changes in the home and or family circumstances are indicated. Travel with friends or to be in a group is very beneficial for learning and growth. Money and assets can be much less significant as part of this withdrawal towards a greater spiritual emphasis. Habits, behaviours and expectations around relating in general undergo major change.

The Mutable group is Gemini Sagittarius Virgo Pisces
In 2019 all these signs are dealing significantly with Fixed issues. In addition points are made regarding  where other important influences - Jupiter, Uranus Neptune and Pluto - play out.
Fixed issues are those that involve:

• survival: this will be faced in the context of any or many of the following aspects of daily life - financial position, income, assets, resources, personal power/self empowerment, charisma/attractiveness, love and attention, feeling of being supported through networks of friends or contacts or community in general

• Gemini - changes regarding resources previously shared with others or gained through others can become a factor propelling you towards the responsibility for accumulating greater personal resources. Personal empowerment or charisma needs to be developed now. Fixed ideas around love and attention need to be revised. You are on the path towards making meaningful spiritual contributions to the world at large. Changes in the subconscious clear away obstructions. Best growth area in 2019 is through partnerships and an overseas factor could be in that mix. Issues around love and friendship are being resolved in order to reap the relating benefits.
• Virgo will develop most in areas involving areas of creative expression such as love affairs, children and the arts. A big emphasis on overseas is noted  -coming either through travel, study, home relocation. Beneficial energies also relate to expanding the home or family and through having a spiritual [not boozy or druggy] partnership -such as a teacher-student interchange. Fixed mental patterns involving control, power, jealousy, revenge need to be revised.
• Sagittarius has a big focus on material and financial assets and how to manage and transform them. Living by water or in a spiritual environment is beneficial. A very positive year of freedom adventure, success and personal growth. Changes in health and health routines, nutrition/diet are all worth exploring. Routine work situations also subject to change. Fixed beliefs involving freedom  and independence need to be revised.
• Pisces has a big focus on friendships, networks, communities, expanded contacts. Personal expression continues to move towards more spiritual compassionate responses to the world in general. Fixed mental patterns are subject to significant change. Career or true calling is very positively linked to overseas or people of other nationalities