a	Capricorn New Moon January 13th, 2002 Sun and Moon joined at 23.11 Capricorn 5:29 a.m. PST; 8:29 p.m. EST Sabian Symbol: "A WOMAN ENTERING A CONVENT. Total commitment to a transcendent goal. The final goal is the attainment of TRANSCENDENT SECURITY."
What does listening to the zodiac do for us at each moon cycle?  It attunes us to the yet living quality of this ancient rhythm.  It sharpens our senses to new ways to bring ourselves forth.  It puts us on the alert -- as an animal living in the wild -- to something new in the air...

New Moon 'Scope
by Dana Gerhardt

Years ago I had an astrology reading in which the astrologer forecast my personal month-by-month agenda. “In January,” she said, “it’s time to get down to business.”  Later I realized she’d done nothing more complicated than describe the essence of Capricorn, the sign of this month’s new moon.  Simple as it was, her advice worked well -- and this month I offer it to you.

That’s the easy part.  Trickier is the how of it.  Perhaps a plan is already taking shape in your mind.  After all, you’ve had to roll up your sleeves and get to work many times.  And based on your Ascendant (how you begin activities) or the house where Capricorn falls in your chart (where you’re prone to direct effort), your plan may sound a lot like plans you’ve hatched before.  Funny how that works.  Unfortunately this misses the fun of each Capricorn new moon, when each new line-up of planets suggests new and unexpected ways of playing the Capricorn game. 

In this month’s chart, Venus conjunct the Sun and Moon says “Consider attracting new business by being as beautiful as you are dutiful.”  If this sounds too much like a zen koan, take your Venus inspiration from the environment around you.  Recognize that the planets do not rule us from far away, but their energies walk among us and within us.  If you’re in the northern hemisphere, this may mean paring yourself down to essentials, like the elegant simplicity of that bare tree in your front yard.  If you’re in the southern hemisphere, you may need to blossom with the confident authority of that lovely bush beneath your window. 

Listen for your right way to bring Venus into this cycle’s business.  Raise your desire nature, cleave to your intentions like they were lovers.  Then look for opportunities to act in silky, intuitive ways (sextile to Mars in Pisces).  Resist that cranky know-it-all within (the sesquiqadrate to Saturn) muttering, “It can’t be done, it can’t be done.”  Turn your fear into the electricity to confront the old realities.  Whatever you choose, make this turn through Capricorn new!

 Drop into our Mooncircle for January/February:

• The daily moon sign, phase and aspects... 

"At the New Moon refresh your animal nature, senses awake, happily, simply aware of being alive..."  (Today's Moon)
 
• Meditate on The Wisdom of Saturn, with Pythia... 

"Astrologers don't typically associate magic with the pragmatic sign of Capricorn. But no sign practices earth magic as deftly as Capricorn, who, through mastery of the secrets of time, yields forth the miracle of material
manifestation.  The name Capricorn, for instance, means "horn of the goat."
Used as a symbol of the crescent moon in ancient myths and art, it came to
signify the cornucopia or horn of plenty overflowing with the abundant fruits
of the Great Goddess......." 
(Moon Meditations)
 
• Share More Lessons in Magic, with Dana...

"My smart thesis dissolved.  Technological magic was as intuitive as natural magic…  if you approached it clean as a child, with an uncomplicated curiosity and a willingness to play.  And why not?  Don’t espresso machines, digital cameras, orchards and the moon all spring from the same great mind of the divine, in thoughts as brilliant as birds and awesome as constellations?   ...."
Moon Teachings
 
• Join us for a Full Moon ritual on January 28.

• And you're always welcome to take up the Talking Chalice!

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