With the final Saturn/Uranus square and Venus backtracking over Pluto - jolly old Saint Nicholas has his work cut out for him this year!
Let's jump right in.
MONDAY - Mercury trines Uranus
TUESDAY - Sun into Capricorn, Winter Solstice
WEDNESDAY - Sun inconjuncts North Node, Ceres retro back into Taurus,
CHRISTMAS EVE - Saturn squares Uranus
CHRISTMAS - Venus conjuncts Pluto, Mars trines Chiron
MONDAY - Mercury, at 11 degrees Capricorn, trines (brakes off) Uranus, retrograde in Taurus
This is great energy for having new conversations, new ideas, new energy that can pull more traditional thinking FORWARD. Minds change/progress. New information comes in. Maybe we are making changes to a verbal or written commitment/contract.
These are earth signs, so keep things sensible/practical.
TUESDAY - the Sun moves into Capricorn - now we are energized by getting down to business, taking things seriously. Empty cupboards get stocked. Big girl/boy pants on. Our Cappy house theme is illuminated/used for fuel now as well as the collective themes of career, goals, our status and ability to step into our own authority.
(with 3 of our personal planets in serious Cappy now and our benevolent Venus into her 40 days/nights in the desert, tendencies toward depression/negative thinking can get emphasized, keep this in mind and take care of what you give your attention to/what you are absorbing - we've got Mars in expansive Sagittarius applying to his trine to Chiron this week, faith/optimism/expansion/taking a bit of a risk will be HEALING, lean into that)
WEDNESDAY - As soon as the Sun gets into sober Cappy, he moves into an awkward inconjunct (rock and a hard place) with the North Node (our path forward) in Gemini.
The Sun in Cappy is about responsibility/maturity/authority, shining through our goals/ambitions, doing things that are traditional/stabilizing/long-term. The North Node in Gemini (for the last 18 months and this is closing out next month as the North Node moves into Taurus) speaks of having an open mind, asking questions, trying new ideas, having multiple conversations, staying flexible, multi-tasking, keeping things short-term. We can see how these two energies might be working at cross-purposes. When Capricorn energy tries to hold the line/Gemini's toes to the fire, Gemini becomes even more confused/despondent over what it feels as an attempt to corral its need for movement. Both sides need to be honored here and even then there are no real winners, just keep in mind Gemini is the North Node - our way forward - so lean into the flexibility/keeping things light angle with whatever this might stir up.
Cappy loves a high horse, so let's avoid this whole scapegoating thing.
The North Node - our path forward- is in dualistic Gemini - not everyone is going to agree. Not everyone is going to be moving in the same direction at the same time or maybe not ever at all. Not everyone is going to be playing by the same rules. These differences are not going to make any of us any less safe - these differences are what is needed.
We have 20 more days to be releasing any certainty we have with "this is the absolute
truth", so that we can relate to each other where we are. So we can listen and learn from each other. We
can't be afraid to be curious, to ask questions, to change our mind -
this will all be good uses of this waning Gemini energy/ways we align with our
best path forward. This will not be about coming into consensus because remember Gemini is a dualistic energy. And, as far as the scapegoating of the un-jabbers go, Chiron is in Aries - we are only healing ourselves.
This is also the day, Ceres retrograde backs into Taurus. The Earth Mother back to the garden. With Venus (ruler of Taurus) and Ceres both retrograde it is likely we are NOT breaking new ground at this point, so there is no need to be banging our head against the door/planting crops in cold, dry earth. Ceres retrograde is about review/re-visions to what we have been nurturing/mothering/to our season of life situations. Ceres can activate situations where we feel most out of control, so survival fears
might intensify as she stations (finances, resources, self-esteem,values) and this is a sure sign that something needs to be re-solved within us before those seeds go into the ground and our garden can flourish. Taurus is fixed earth - slow your roll. Stock your cupboard with healthy foods and comfortable linens, you'll feel better.
FRIDAY - OK, so it's Christmas Eve and here is the final 2021 EXACT Saturn in Aquarius square Uranus in Taurus. This is the BIG repeating aspect of 2021 and it comes as Venus (ruler of Taurus) retrogrades back over Pluto (in Capricorn, so answering to Saturn)!
This is the third square of three - although it will be unwinding for most of 2022, it will not be exact again after today. The ancient and modern rulers of Aquarius battle it out. Events now might connect back to February 17th and June 14th.
Saturnian aspects are kind of like tests. With Saturn in Aquarius, our responsibilities to the collective are a focus/being tested. ALSO tested is the ability for authority to restrict/impose new rules
on the collective (who are we giving our power to?). With Uranus in Taurus,
our hive-mind memories of collective and personal trauma around our
values, our security, our resources, our money and self-esteem are being
shaken/not stirred.
With a worldwide pandemic and the reactions/restrictions - no need to guess how this is showing up.
Big picture - Uranus is chaotic (and pre-dates structure/Saturn) and chaos is always about the re-distribution of power. Authority is challenged. And with Saturn squaring Uranus (also the sign of the people), rebelliousness/freedom is limited.
This year's Saturn/Uranus squares are the CLOSING squares of a longer cycle that started back on February 12, 1988 (ran through 1989) when they met at 28 degrees Sagittarius (conjunct the Galactic Center - homing signal, seat of creation in our Milky Way Galaxy). They had their opening square from Aquarius/Taurus and their opposition from Virgo and Pisces.
The cycle closes out (and a new one begins) on June 28, 2032 when they meet again at 27 degrees Gemini - so almost exactly opposing where they started.
Maybe this CLOSING SQUARE is the space where we can arrive at some unusual solutions.
Whatever happens something should start to unwind after we get past this - although the square stays in play through most of 2022.
SATURDAY - Venus, at 25 degrees Capricorn retrogrades back over Pluto while Mars, at 8 degrees Sagittarius trines Chiron in Aries.
The stability of a Venusian issue (love, money, values, beauty, women, self-esteem) is being transformed by Pluto as truths, intimacies, big financial situations, power imbalances, obsessions, manipulations, jealousies, life/death/rebirth scenarios and third party situations are being REVIEWED, re-assessed. We were just here a week ago with Venus direct. Whatever it is we are wanting - or what is being de-constructed now - Venus/Pluto will make it feel all consuming/like life and death even though it most likely isn't. Keep in mind this is their second of three meetings, the only one with Venus moving backward, so this is the time to be re-assessing, re-working, re-thinking the situation. Time to be getting real about what we really want/love now, particularly in terms of our natal Cappy house theme or the collective themes of our goals/career/the way we show up in the world.
At the same time Mars is trining Chiron, so actions we take, particularly BOLD/expansive moves - and keep in mind this is Christmas Day - are healing/helping, make things BETTER.
Take a risk here people.
xo all
back with the Nodes of Fate post this week plus some Moons to round out the week!
artwork by the talented Genzoman
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