Today's Astrology Forecast | Saturday, December 28, 2019 - independent work earlier in the day, good date night, words get weighty, another brick in the wall as the eclipse spin cycle continues

The Moon moved into humanitarian Aquarius late last night (take a breath and a step back) and squared Aquarius-ruler Uranus at 5:32AM EST - maybe we wake up with an answer, an "aha" moment, a twist to our morning routine or plans, a jolt. The square makes today better for independent work/activities.

At 9:06PM EST, the Moon will hook up with independent-minded Venus - a time for socializing, friendships, online stuff. Even in detached Aquarius - this should feel good. 

The big news today happens just before midnight, one more piece gets placed into our mid-January puzzle - Mercury (our thinking, ideas, communication, writing, teaching, transportation issues, local community situation, siblings) enters earthy and serious Capricorn.

Capricorn is a serious sign. It rules the dead of winter and that indomitable mountain goat who just puts one foot in front of the other until he reaches the summit.

With Mercury (thoughts, communication, ideas) moving into Capricorn today, our words will NEED to be taken seriously.

Communications will be fact-checked. Sentences will be properly punctuated and spell checkers will be applied.

Ideas will be more traditional. Keep this in mind if you find yourself shutting down more innovative/radical ideas (or your own being nixed) - stay flexible.

Words that are focused and precise are most effective now. Commitments get made. Contracts signed.

Traditional stories and songs will resonate.

This isn't Mercury's favorite place to hang out - and he knows he has a meeting with all the big shots in January where he will be out-gunned. He/she (Mercury is androgynous) prefers words be fast and flexible and Capricorn is the opposite of this. Words are solid here. Flowery language isn't welcome. We mean what we say and we say what we mean.

When we take our words and ideas seriously other people will, too.

(This is also true of all Capricorn ruled things such as businesses - if we don't take our business seriously no one else will. Women say to me "my husband doesn't take my business seriously and he won't take it seriously until it makes serious money" and I'm always thinking "he won't take it seriously until you do and you won't make serious money until then either". Some people do get lucky, and I have a few times, making money without taking things seriously. I've always found that money doesn't stick though - I need to be serious, ie have sustainable systems in place, to make "sticky" money.)

Ruled by Saturn, Capricorn does alot of what it does out of fear.

If we are awake, we will be able to see how fearful thinking and negative language holds us back and/or is connecting us to the wrong things (probably old things that used to work for us/keep us safe) and holding us separate from the stuff we really want and need.

Mercury will be in Capricorn until January 16th.

Keep in mind we are in between two powerful eclipses designed as cosmic reboots and course corrections. There is mega potential for growth now - although many things will be outside our control.

The Eclipse cycle started HERE and will close out with a Full Moon in Cancer on January 10th where the Moon will oppose the pile-up of energies in Capricorn!

For people, and this will run in families (and 'work' families), carrying Capricorn karma - 2019 (and early 2020) was and is a closing-out cycle. Something that was part of our structure, our career, our public/outer life is changing/finished. Maybe we have been/are being humbled. This created/is creating a need to focus on home and family and our inner life. Relationships and careers and activities and commitments that we no longer are in alignment with will feel like they are eating us alive ... because they kind of are!

Take care of yourself.

The North Node in Cancer speaks of prioritizing self-care. Sometimes you need to do what you need to do to protect yourself. Time alone. Eating well. Getting enough sleep.

We'll talk more about this is in the weekly. Happy Saturday all!

xo

photo by the amazing ankazhuravleva

Today's Astrology Forecast | Friday, December 27, 2019 - a light shines on something real and positive, our new life is going to cost us our old one

We are in-between Eclipses now

and our Capricorn Moon, coming off that powerful Eclipse on Christmas night and off a dreamy sextile to Neptune while we slept, gets uber sharp and focused and down to business for her meeting with Saturn at 7:08AM EST and then Pluto at 9:42AM EST - responsibilities, permanent endings, taking things seriously, this is positive manifestation and transformation energy, but can feel heavy, draining, maybe depressing.

This is eclipse season - our new life is going to cost us our old one. Life on planet Earth is not for sissies.

The Moon goes void off an opportunistic sextile to Mars at 4:02PM EST. She will be void for the rest of the day until she moves into Aquarius. A good day for dealing with authority, getting work done. I know it is a holiday week, but - at the very least, touch base with professional people you are wanting to connect with via a holiday greeting, etc.

At the same time we have (and we talked about this in the New Moon post HERE) the Sun meeting lucky and abundant Jupiter - now at 5 degrees Capricorn at 1:30PM EST.

Do you feel LUCKY?

If there are business/career actions (or actions around the the theme of your natal Cappy house) you need to take, this would be a good day for that - anytime before the Moon goes void at 4:02PM EST.

There is mega-fresh start energy now around our goals. Expansion. Optimism. Confidence.

Things started now get a cosmic blessing and a long life. They move us into something bigger/better.

For all of us, the Sun will shine a light on a blessing.

In Capricorn this is probably not about a free ride (buy a lottery ticket because someone will probably win big) - this is winter, this would be something we have to work for/something that builds value over time. We will likely have to work within limits and play by somebody else's rules.

BUT it will be real and it can be stabilizing.

We are encouraged to have faith.

We get lucky through our beliefs/enthusiasm (Jupiter). By knowing we are lucky. By trusting bigger hands are steering this ship. By expanding outside our comfort zone via travel, education, exposure to foreign people and ideas. By taking the NEXT STEP.

With this happening very near the South Node, we might be feeling the endings/losses/regrets more than the beginnings.

This is where the faith part comes in. We gotta believe. The seed is in the ground. KNOW THIS.

Life is offering something - take it, work with it. It may not look exactly the way we were hoping it would look last year - this is Capricorn, not Sagittarius (we planted a beautiful lily and get a practical sunflower) -  but coming down to earth increases our chances of success by a hundred fold.

There are very real reasons to be optimistic now.

Find one.

xo all

photo by the amazing jemapellenicoletta

New Moon Solar Eclipse in Capricorn | December 25th and 26th - the eclipse portal, time to wake up, you gotta believe, letting go of our public or professional story, creating the space for new and unexpected abundance

At 12:12AM EST on Christmas night (December 26th, 2019) our Capricorn Moon meets our Capricorn Sun at 4 degrees giving us the Capricorn New Moon - this year happening so close to the South Node of the Moon, a total Solar Eclipse.

Conjunct Jupiter (the Sun reaches 5 degrees and meets Jupiter on the 27th) and the South Node (the Sun reaches the South Node on December 30th)

and trining a retrograde Uranus (separating) and squaring Chiron (separating) AND kicking off a powerful Eclipse Season (cosmic reset = anything-can-happen) this is a BIG one.

Capricorn is as rich as an earth sign gets, is ruled by daddy Saturn and presides over the darkest time of the year so you know he is one serious dude. I'd call him "sir" if I were you. I'm sure he shops at Barneys (sometimes Home Depot) and carries a platinum card - that he has earned. He was most decidedly not born on third base and does not believe in the 4 hour work week.

Any New Moon in Capricorn has themes around hard work, ambition, common sense, perseverance, efficiency, organization and responsibility. Saturn, ruler of Capricorn and so ruler of this New Moon Solar Eclipse is strong in his home sign and only seventeen days from his exact meeting with Pluto (power, death, transformation).

OK! Let's unpack the chart!

The Sun/Moon/Jupiter together means our energy, our emotions, our beliefs are on the same page here. Either about something connected to the theme of our natal Cappy house or the collective Capricorn theme of our career/work in the world/public life.

This New Moon speaks of significant new beginnings (with extra potential to build something solid, lasting and lucky/expansive), and conjunct the South Node, significant endings and completions.

Conjunct Jupiter at the one time of the year (when Jupiter is near the Sun) when Jupiter is invisible means that during the actual eclipse, as the Sun is eclipsed and made invisible, Jupiter is made VISIBLE. So, as the Sun goes dark, it is Jupiter (our galactic Santa Claus) - our beliefs, our optimism, the space inside us that wants to explore, go out on a limb, reach for more/better/greener pastures - who is making an impact.

The Sun/Moon is coming off a trine to a retrograde Uranus and off a square to Chiron - we are moving forward/toward something new and untested through the painful reopening of old wounds around our masculine energy - our ability to stand on our two feet/take care of ourselves/be seen and heard/or just know what the hell we are doing/have what we want. Or maybe the New Moon situation stems from our previous Uranian actions or a Uranian situation - maybe being innovative/letting our freak flag fly, being erratic or rebellious, maybe being separated from a group or being detached/too detached.

Whatever our situation, we have had this Uranian event or something having to do with our Taurus house theme or the general Taurus themes of money, our values, self-esteem, our resources and we have had again this Chironic pain (around our masculine wounding/a humbling and requiring us to be brave).

This stuff is in our past, but with Chiron rather unhealable and Uranus going to re-travel this same degree again going forward - this stuff is, like our rearview mirror warns us, closer than it appears.

Then, this eclipse comes along and literally ECLIPSES OUT this whole thing (keep in mind there is another eclipse in TWO WEEKS in Capricorn's polarity sign of Cancer).

The Moon blocks the Sun and the flow of energy to planet Earth is interrupted - focusing our attention on that point. THAT POINT where these things are in the past (the Uranian and Chironic events) and where Jupiter - expansion, good luck, truth - is in OUR FUTURE and Saturn is just this tiny little bit from Pluto after taking 500 years to get back together here in Capricorn.

So, we get a cosmic reset, much like a computer being turned off and back on and the program that uploads at restart is a little bit (or quite a lot) different than the one we ran on before. Eclipses change us, and we (vibrating differently) change our circumstances by attracting or repelling what our new self lines up with. 

Eclipses (similar to a super charged full moon) will eclipse something out or bring something to light or alternately cover it up and then the New Moon seeding will activate the promise of any slow moving transit currently present in our life.

One tricky thing with eclipse energy that I have found from personal experience as well as other people's charts is they often work backward. The thing the eclipse is "eclipsing out" or "bringing to light" or "covering up" can happen days or weeks before the physical Sun is overtaken by the Moon. Often almost exactly one week or one month (or two months) before (or after).

Jupiter/Uranus can be unexpected luck.

What makes Jupiter lucky? Well, believing he is lucky for one thing. Optimism. Believing in something bigger than himself. Having faith. Taking something further. Going out on a limb. Jupiter tells us we can't be playing small. We need to be playing a bigger game to get the most from this energy.

That Chiron square speaks of bravery/initiative/passion. Maybe we have to get pissed off.

With all this happening conjunct our Cappy South Node - we could be feeling nostalgic, maybe regretful. This is where we get the effect we have caused or the effect of what we are holding onto.

The culmination point. The Sun will actually reach the South Node on December 30th - contracts end, a responsibility ends, old-rules/limits will be dropped or they will be choking us, game-over, dues paid (or the payment set into motion).

But keep in mind this IS a New Moon - a beginning, too, and conjunct beneficial Jupiter - a good sign of things to come. So we get a fertile mix of new beginnings/opportunity and powerful closures. In Capricorn this could be the letting go of a public or professional story of who we are (or who we come from/through) that opens up the space for the new to take root.

The Eclipse in two weeks is very different and we'll talk about that in the next post.

xo all and Merry Christmas!

Astrology Forecast for Creatives | Week of December 23, 2019 - shifting values, stepping into our own authority, soul contracts complete, opportunity knocks, answer the door

... and just in time for Christmas, Eclipse season is here folks!

SUNDAY - Mars sextile Pluto, Venus squares Uranus
MONDAY - Sun squares Chiron
TUESDAY - Sun trines Uranus
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY - New Moon Solar Eclipse in Capricorn (4 degrees)
FRIDAY - Sun conjunct Jupiter

On MONDAY we are dealing with Sunday's aspects and the Sun (now in Capricorn) moving into a square with Chiron (in Aries).

Venus (in Aquarius) squares Uranus (in Taurus) - this activates our Aquarius and Taurus houses with tension/challenges/a need to adjust. With these planets in each other's signs the square is sharper, more powerful. Breakdowns. Breakthroughs. A sudden break-up. Unexpected relationship/money situations. Changes (Uranus/Aquarius) to what we want/own (Venus/Taurus).

Our values (Venus) shift (Uranus). 

Venus is flying through Aquarius, so this is fast change forced by uncomfortable situations.

At the same time, Mars (in Scorpio) sextiles Pluto (in Capricorn). We are awakening. Empowered. Our passionate/deeply felt actions align with power/authority/transformation and this creates opportunities.

The Sun squares Chiron - ego wounds, father wounds. Challenges with authority. Insecurities. Conflict. There are rules/limits here. There is alot going on now.

On TUESDAY, our Cappy Sun trines Uranus. This is what Jupiter did last week, so something here could connect back to whatever shifted/expanded then.

Something new/innovative/forward leaning (with Uranus retrograde there is some connection to the past here, another chance at something we missed? another way forward?) comes to light.

There is a knock at the door and it will be something better than Aunt Ida carrying her holiday fruitcake, I promise. 

Capricorn is cardinal earth - this is an earthquake, structural change. Uranus guarantees the unexpected.

This will be different than we planned.

Stay flexible.

Do something different. TAKE INSPIRED ACTION.

On WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY, we enter the eclipse spin-cycle (hang on loosely) when the Cappy Moon meets the Cappy Sun at 4 degrees

(right on the IC of the chart for Washington DC - we'll talk about this in the New Moon Solar Eclipse post next).

Conjunct Jupiter/the South Node and trining Uranus - here is what those big endings in 2019/the messes we cleaned up/the release from karmic bondage have been preparing us for. The space for something new. Something else. Jupiter is out of his square to Neptune, so our luck/expansion won't be dissolved this time. Keep in mind this isn't going to show up the way we thought it was from our perch last January. This Eclipse opens up a two week eclipse window that ends on January 10th with a pretty challenging Full Moon Lunar Eclipse in Cancer just a couple days before Saturn reaches Pluto and on the same day Uranus stations direct!

The next two weeks are very powerful. We'll talk about this in the Full Moon post next.

On FRIDAY - Mercury squares Black Moon Lilith - freedom of thought. Now we can see clearly what we really have/where we stand. The Sun perfects his conjunction to Jupiter, so we had Jupiter trine Uranus and then the Sun trine Uranus and now the Sun catches up with Jupiter and they can integrate these changes. TRUST what is being started here/what is showing up!

If we don't get what we want this week - if it really IS Aunt Ida with that freakin' fruitcake, we are going to have to trust that we actually need that freakin' fruitcake!! We are going to have to let her in. We are going to have to eat it.

2019, for many people, involved some kind of humbling, so there might be some humble pie (disguised as fruitcake) this holiday season, too. That's OK. We are going to roll with whatever gets tossed at us right now. Again, TRUST what is being started here/what is showing up. We are unwinding lifetimes and generations of very sticky Cappy karma. Soul contracts ending. Gone forever by the middle of January. Don't let the door hit ya' fellas.

It's eclipse season, so hang on loosely.

xo all

photo by the amazing sollenafotografie