Episode 216 | Capricorn New Moon: A Relay Race!

This week, the Capricorn New Moon comes factory-installed with inspiration and alter; Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn construct towards a promising future; the Solar reaches the halfway level between eclipse seasons; and Mercury concludes a sequence of features to Neptune earlier than getting into Capricorn – seize your planner and ink these 2024 targets! April solutions a listener query about how transiting planets relate to the situation of that planet in our start chart. Plus: Driving by fog, coloring outdoors the traces, and the Solar will get the bends!

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[1:04] Mercury makes the final in a sequence of squares to Neptune on Jan. 8 (5:24 pm PST) at 25º12’ Sagittarius-Pisces. Articulating tough matters might be difficult however productive.

[2:58] The Solar trines Uranus on Jan. 9 (4:07 pm PST) at 19º13’ Capricorn-Taurus. Consider this transit as a clean glide into an examination of who we’re and who we need to be. This facet is related to a Solar/Uranus conjunction on Could 9, 2023.

[4:41] On Jan. 9 (6:40 pm PST) Mars sextiles Saturn at 04°05’ of Capricorn and Pisces. Search for work-related alternatives to return your means.

[6:32] The Solar squares the Lunar Nodes on Jan. 10 (5:43 pm PST) at 20º18’ Capricorn/Aries/Libra. When a planet is sq. the nodes, we are saying it’s on the bendings. The Solar at this sq. is bending towards the South Node, bringing a message of releasing the behavior of giving an excessive amount of on the expense of particular person accomplishments.

[8:35] Moon Report! The Capricorn New Moon (Jan. 11, 3:57 am PST at 20º44’ Capricorn) is on the Sabian image 21 Capricorn, A relay race. It is a good reminder that reaching targets is usually a matter of taking one thing so far as we are able to personally, then passing it off to a different technology to take additional. This New Moon level is trine Uranus, sextile Neptune, and extensively conjunct Pluto; add all of it up and we’re within the course of of remodeling into new variations of ourselves.

[10:23] This New Moon initiates a Lunar Part Household Cycle (LPFC) that unfolds over the subsequent three years as main lunations fall near this New Moon level. The First Quarter Moon of this LPFC is on Oct. 10, 2024; the Full Moon is on July 10, 2025; and the Final Quarter Moon is on April 9, 2026.

[11:50] Void-of-Course (VOC) Moon durations. On Jan. 9, the Moon in Sagittarius conjoins Mercury (10:24 am PST). It’s VOC for slightly over 7 hours till the Moon enters Capricorn (5:33 pm PST). Take note of the tales that you simply’re taking in throughout today.

[13:47] On Jan. 11, the Moon in Capricorn conjoins Pluto (6:33 pm PST). It’s VOC for under half an hour earlier than getting into Aquarius (7:01 pm). Take a second to consider the methods during which you stand alone and but are a part of the collective.

[14:55] On Jan. 13, the Moon in Aquarius squares Uranus in Taurus (1:59 am PST) and ushers in an epic 17½ hour lengthy (!!!) VOC Moon interval, earlier than it enters Pisces (7:29 pm). Replicate upon and launch outdated habits associated to resisting change or letting chaos rule, rejecting self-discipline or construction.

[16:43] Mars in Capricorn trines Jupiter in Taurus on Jan. 12 (2:42 am PST). Mars is on the Sabian image 6 Capricorn, A darkish archway with ten logs on the backside; Jupiter is on 6 Taurus, A bridge being constructed throughout a gorge. It is a constructing facet, advantageous for starting to construct one thing that will likely be profitable and convey reward.

[18:29] Mercury enters Capricorn on Jan. 13 (6:49 pm PST) and will likely be within the signal of the ocean goat till Feb. 4. Lastly! It’s time to take a seat down and fill in your schedule for the approaching yr.

[19:57] Listener Diane asks about how our expertise of a transit is influenced by its natal place. Whereas discussing Mars in Most cancers, April mentions Dana Gerhart’s statement that planets within the indicators of their detriment or fall work extra time to precise themselves and sometimes find yourself as robust traits.

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