Podcast #177 Welcoming Capricorn
On this solstice day Heidi and Ellen welcome the season of structure, inner authority and right timing. We get off to a good start. We plan for the new. We stand in what we know and offer it up. We cross the threshold with a new sense of capability and determination.
What we talked about in this episode:
TIMOTHEE CHALAMET’S CHART
GIFTS
For the Baker
Bread Song Book by Kitty and Al Tait
Assorted Flours by Janie’s Mill
For the Knitter
Assorted wool (we are knitters)
For the Writer
Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted by Suleika Jouard
Subscription to The Isolation Journals
POEM
A Solstice Blessing by Padraig O’Tuama
As night stretches here, day contracts elsewhere. And in their night, we are bathed in light. In all nights there is light; in long days there can be ache too. For you, we call the sun to stand still a while, and the moon too, and stars, and the waters and the heavens. Hells as well — just for a second; just for a breath. May that breath rest you. And may each breath rest you, as it has until now, and now and now. This one, after that one, after that one after that.
FILM
TRANSITS
December 21 - Sun Enters Capricorn ~inner authority~
On this solstice day we welcome the season of structure, inner authority and right timing. We get off to a good start. We plan for the new. We stand in what we know and offer it up. We cross the threshold with a new sense of capability and determination.
The Sun enters Capricorn at 1:20 am PT
December 29 - Chiron moves Direct ~alchemy~
All the quiet work we’ve done to aid our own evolution and healing now becomes ever more visible. We participate in the alchemy of Chiron, transforming what has been heavy or difficult into new, evolving, tender beginnings. It is possible to heal.
Chiron stations direct in Aries at 1:12 pm PT
December 30 - New Moon of the Capricorn Season ~it’s time~
Capricorn is the sign of right timing. The New Moon in Capricorn initiates a new plan or project. We step forth in our authority and begin. We choose wisely and parent ourselves well.
The New Moon in Capricorn occurs at 2:26 pm PT
January 2 - Venus enters Pisces, Mars opposes Pluto ~choose peace~
Mars and Pluto in opposition, can stir us up. Power can be misused. Our emotional reactivity is high. Venus in Pisces offers a quieter, gentler path— a more compassionate approach. Invoke the time to reflect when under duress.
Venus enters Pisces at 7:24 pm PT
Mars Rx opposes Pluto at 11:21 pm PT
January 6 - Mars enters Cancer ~protection~
Mars now retrogrades into Cancer, revisiting the sign of home and family. Mars in Cancer has a mission to protect and defend. We all must ask, “What is ours to protect and defend and how can we best do so?”
Mars Rx enters Cancer at 2:44 am PT
January 8 - Mercury enters Capricorn ~serious business~
What is it we have to say? What is ours to write?
Where and to whom do we need to speak with authority? In what areas of our lives do we need to take ourselves more seriously? Mercury in Capricorn holds the key to commitment and clarity.
Mercury enters Capricorn at 2:29 am PT
January 12 - Mars trine Neptune ~Come forth in Compassion~
Mars in Cancer lends its spirit of protection and care to Neptune, the planet of compassion. We act in a gentler, kinder way. We assert in the name of inclusion. We fight to leave no one behind.
Mars Rx trines Neptune at 1:15 pm PT
January 13 - Full Moon of the Capricorn Season ~revolutionary care~
This Full Moon has Uranus trine the Sun and Neptune trine the Moon. Mars is also conjunct the Moon. We are stirred up and ready for revolution which is an evolution of our capacity to LOVE. We take responsibility for a greater circle of care.
The Full Moon in Cancer occurs at 2:26 pm PT
January 18 - Venus conjunct Saturn ~decisions in love~
Whenever Venus and Saturn are together, they bring a greater clarity to whom and what we love. We make big creative or love decisions. We commit to what we value.
Venus conjoins Saturn at 5:26 pm PT
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