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| let it snow by Natalia Ciobanu |
Today the illuminating Sun meets sober Saturn at 11 degrees Capricorn.
If the New Year has us partying like it's 2019, the party is over.
Once a year these big guys meet up and we get to see clearly what is really happening in our world and in the collective. Report cards are handed out now. A light (the Sun) is shown on reality (Saturn). We sober up. Happening this year in our Capricorn house, might make this annual wake-up call a little less startling since it is an area of life we are most likely already quite serious. What house does Capricorn rule in your natal chart? What is the theme of that house?
(we are going to talk about this by sign in the Solar Eclipse New Moon forecast coming within the next couple days!)
A limit (Saturn) is illuminated (Sun). A responsibility is illuminated. Consequences from our previous actions are illuminated (good or challenging). Chickens come home to roost. We put a ring on it. We get the raise, the account, the promotion, the pink slip. If we aren't serious about something, or haven't taken something seriously enough, it can end now. Commit or quit.
It might sound harsh and somewhat stifling ... and it can be, but there is lots of good that comes with this annual transit (says the girl with this active natally, so trust me on this one) and it will be in play during this weekend's New Moon Solar Eclipse, so in effect longer than it is in transit.
The good news - this is the perfect pivot point. Limits and boundaries create focus. Structure creates structure.
(Imagine you are in someone else's kitchen and they ask you to cook dinner - it would be totally overwhelming, right? You open their fridge and there are all kinds of foods in there and what are you going to do? How the hell do you know what is in all these plastic bowls and what do their kids eat anyway? Now imagine instead of them asking you to cook dinner, they ask you to cook the pasta. Now you have been given a structure. This is life with Saturn. It's limiting. You can't whip up your signature meatloaf. But the limit creates a focus. You know your next move and it's a real, solid thing. You can still get creative with the sauce, but you first need to find that box of Ronzoni.)
The Sun/Saturn conjunction kicks off a new chapter for Saturn (as us). Saturn starts over. Yes, we start at the bottom, but that's how we know the groundwork is done properly. That's how we know the things we are giving legs to, will actually support us. Saturn rules time and patience and the stuff like Rome that isn't built in a day.
Just take the next step. This Capricorn house of ours is set to be uber important over the next couple years - it's why I have been getting us ready, for years, with weather warnings (winter was coming). It's time to work. It's time to settle up our accounts. And I know you have that box of Ronzoni in there somewhere.
We have Mars in Aries supporting our courage and action. The Moon is in Sagittarius since last night and her only aspect today is a trine to Mars (brakes off, although yes, Saturn is applying the brakes - so there could be a push/pull with something or a hurry up and wait). The Sagittarius Moon supports our big beliefs and broader ambitions.
We really couldn't ask for a better, more solid way to start this particular year.
xo all
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Happy to see you are still posting here. Love and Hugs to you, friend. Olive lives on forever through you. ♥
It sounds a little gloomy and doomy until you realize that what you said about limits creating focus is a good thing. Let's face it, focus creates working boundaries so that our thoughts and actions are corralled and tamed. A lot of times our (my) thoughts are so frantically scattered that it's a wonder we (I) get anything done at all so I welcome the limits. This will allow my mind to rest and understand that I'm safe to act within the walls of it all.
This could not be more real for me right now. You know, we sold the farmette last Spring, downsized in a huge way, and moved into this townhome inside the city limits. Compromised on the size of the garage (losing the lift and about 2500 sq ft of garage (!!! - and we know how important that space is to Ed), lost a lot of flower and vegetable garden space, and more but what we gained by bringing those walls in has given us freedom in other areas of our lives. Not to sound macabre or anything but now if one of us leaves this world, the other will be safe in a manageable wall of home. There's comfort in knowing that we did the hard work and prepared for this stage without realizing we were doing just that.
But I'm not ready to go and certainly not ready for Ed to go so let's just keep moving forward, okay? I want good things to happen within these walls.
xox
Thanks Janell- we'll see .. hoping I'm not overly doom and gloomy here, but thank you for your warm words for Ollie xo
You are an Aquarius rising Lynn so ahead of the curve with this year's transits. You did the Saturn work yourself (and he's co-ruler of your chart) - downsizing, creating a more stable structure, planning for the long-term, doing the heavy lifting (literally), yada, yada - so a rug pulled out from under you - and you may not have that happen because maybe you've already sold the rug! - will leave you standing on solid hard wood floors. I think it was all so well-timed. And yes, this is just about a new chapter not the end of the book! xo
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