This month will bring lots of good news, and most of it will be about money. The month opens with a full moon, February 3, in Leo 15 degrees. Because the full moon will conjoin Jupiter, you may hear news that puts a big smile on your face - the amount of the check due you seems quite substantial and more than you ever expected to see. Uranus will be prominent at the full moon, indicating whatever comes to you will be a surprise. In lieu of a check, someone may give you a beautiful, valuable gift.

Your eighth house of other people's money will be brought into play, so alternatively, the money you see may be a commission, bonus, generous university financial aid or scholarship, an inheritance, insurance payout, or tax refund. It alternatively may bring good news about an application you made for investment venture capital, a new credit card, mortgage, home improvement or refinancing bank loan, and other such funds. Your chart has two financial houses, one that is all about salary, and the eighth house, which focuses on funds that tend to come in one large chunk, and in a one-time payment and is not earned income, but "joint financial funds." You may not think you share money with the government in taxes, or with your credit card company, but in astrology, you do.

Because the eighth house also rules contests and raffle prizes, you might want to buy a scratch-off lotto ticket over the full moon February 3. With your dazzling aspects, you might win a small prize! Don't buy too many lotto tickets, however, as I don't want you to lose money! I have no idea what type of funds will represent your luck this month, and if you are lucky, you are lucky, and won't have to buy many lotto tickets to win.

The new moon in Aquarius 29 degrees 59 minutes that will occur on February 18 will also help you address other financial matters. It would be the time to ask for a raise, but keep expectations realistic. Saturn will be in hard angle to this new moon, so your employer will be in a thrifty mood and not too willing to part with much money for you. The reasons your employer will be tight fisted will be hidden, but don't take a skimpy reply ("We can offer you a two percent raise") to be any reflection on your work. It could be the company is hurting for income.

Neptune will orbit close to that new moon, February 18, so it will be important to check all documents for accuracy before ending in the paperwork. Neptune can cloud information, so this is one planet that does not blend well with facts and figures when at certain angle to other planets. Saturn, the planet of realism, will be close enough to challenge Neptune, the planet of dreams, creativity, and wishful thinking. This means you will have to see what "is" rather than what you hope would be.

While you are focused on finances, you might want to check all statements to be sure you have not been a victim of identity theft. Neptune, which sometimes, when in hard angle, rules the fog or things going on in the shadows, might hide unauthorized activity on your credit card. I feel badly even bringing up this possibility. I am looking at probability bars that go up and down in your chart each month when I make your report for you, and with yours rising high in this area, I feel duty bound to mention this possibility. Hopefully, you will find nothing untoward on your statements.

If you feel you need a fun, romantic vacation, if only for a few days (such as a long weekend), you have the right aspects to have a dream of an experience. All month, until February 19, you will have Mars in your third house of quick, short travel, and Venus will orbit very close to Mars in the same house, especially in mid-February, just in time for Valentine's Day weekend. The transiting moon will be in Capricorn, making it the perfect time for you and your sweetheart / spouse to book a cozy bed and breakfast inn in the countryside to enjoy private time for "just us two." This could be a Valentine's Day weekend you will always remember.

A special note to my Brazilian readers: I know Valentine's Day comes for you June 12. Still, February 14-15 could be a romantic weekend for you to celebrate with your sweetheart, without any reason to do so! Just have fun!

On February 19, you will begin to become more interested in addressing a home-related situation. You may be interested in moving, renovating, changing the decor, renting a vacation home, or if you are young, renting your first apartment. Mars will help you find lots of options from February 19 to March 31. Venus will tour your home sector too, and bring all sorts of design choices to your attention that you may like.

You have another wonderful, romantic weekend coming up, but this time, it will occur in your home. Over the weekend of February 21-22 Venus and her lover Mars will conjoin, a rare aspect - this is a five star weekend. If you like you can give a party at home (not in a restaurant or club), for it would be the talk of your friends for weeks afterward. The same weekend would be perfect for making beautiful choices for your decor. Mercury turns direct on February 11, so if you want to buy furniture or electronics this weekend, go right ahead, confident you will love your choices for a long time into the future.

You may be celebrating soon after the full moon of February 3 appears in your financial house. It looks like a very generous check or valuable gift will be coming your way within four days of this date. Monetary news that you never expected to hear may have to do with a mortgage, home improvement loan, or line of credit. Or you may hear sudden news that money will come from a different source, rather than a bank, from your company, in terms of a bonus, large commission or valuable benefits, like a fine health insurance policy. Alternatively, you may receive an insurance payout or outright cash gift from a woman relative, most likely your mother. The amount is likely to be hefty, thanks to the proximity of Jupiter, giver of gifts and luck, to the full moon. This February 3 gets my vote for best full moon of all of 2015.

If you are negotiating an employment package for a new job in the first week of February, you may find the company perks will be greater than you expected and may more than make up for being offered less salary than you hoped to be offered.

At some point in the day of February 3, pick up a lotto scratch-off ticket. Your financial stars are so strong and positive that you might win a small cash prize. Later in the month, near the new moon, February 18, and the days that follow, if you have been at your company a while, you may be able to get a raise in salary approved, proving that for you, dear Capricorn, when you're hot, you're hot.

Your residential situation or other property seems to have given you sleepless nights over a long time. You may have come to the conclusion that there's no answer to your home / real estate / family situation. That's not true, and you will be happy to see that you have options you had not considered. The same full moon of February 3 may also bring a grand property solution that will thrill you, again, and again, like everything that happens in the first week, news will come suddenly, out of the blue.

If you have been trying to sell property, the right buyer may show up when the month begins, or if you have your heart set on buying a house or condo, the seller may come down to agree to your bid price. At the full moon February 3 (influential for four days before and after it appears) Saturn, the stabilizing planet and also your guardian planet, will lend full support, giving you a feeling of rock solid security that you may not have felt in some time. This is the best financial full moon for you of the year - make it work for you.

To lighten up the month and escape all the calculator tape you seem to have wound around you, you'll be able to travel into the countryside for fresh air, sunshine, and exercise. You'll have the choice to do a day trip or to stay longer, for example to fly to ski slopes or white powdery beaches. Venus and Mars will stand by you, protecting you on your trip mid-month, so any holiday you take at this time is sure to be a beautifully romantic. Plan a private weekend getaway for two over Valentine's Day weekend, February 14-15. The moon will be in Capricorn, adding frosting to the cake for you.

Speaking of romance, another banner weekend for love will come up when Venus and Mars conjoin, a rare aspect - February 21-22. These lover planets go together like pepperoni and pizza, and will set off sparks of love. These cosmic lover planets will rendezvous at your home base, making this an ideal time for you to throw a party. To have the perfect event where love and fun blooms, you must give your party at home, not at a restaurant or club, for if your gathering takes place outside your home, you won't have Venus and Mars looking after you. Alternatively, over February 21-22, you can make key color and design choices for your home that prove to be positively brilliant, for Venus and Mars, that sweet couple, will make sure it's so.

Mercury has been retrograde since January 21, but will turn direct on February 11. Mercury has been and still is out of phase in your financial sector, so check the accuracy of all financial statements to make sure no one has made unauthorized charges on your credit card or that your financial institution has made no errors.

The new moon of February 18 will be superb for allowing you to generate more income. If you feel you are due for a raise, ask for one within several days after this new moon arrives, the sooner the better. Your employer may be in a thrifty mood, so don't take it personally. Try anyway!

Mars will tour your house of home and family from February 19 to March 31, giving you plenty of options for making changes in your living situation or helping you find the right vacation cottage to rent.

A fantastic day for giving a party at home would be over the weekend of February 21-22, when Venus and Mars will make a rare conjunction in Aries, in your solar fourth house of home. It's also a perfect weekend to make design choices for your home.