Episode 271 | New Moon in Capricorn: Feeding the Albatross!
This week, the calendar yr winds down with a Capricorn New Moon and a message of care and kindness. Venus enters Pisces, an indication of unconditional love. Irresistible Mars makes the second of three oppositions to immovable Pluto. The Solar in Capricorn sextile Saturn, and Mars trine the North Node of the Moon, supply a imaginative and prescient of a dream that’s inside your grasp. And a listener query about combining transits and secondary progressions once you’re taking a look at your chart. Plus: An albatross, agape, and achievements!
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[1:29] Moon Report! The Capricorn New Moon (Dec. 30, 2:27 pm, 09°43’ Capricorn) is on Sabian image 10 Capricorn, Albatross feeding from the hand. How will the seeds we plant at this New Moon develop into meals for the soul, in addition to the physique?
[3:55] Lunar Part Household Cycle. Messages from this New Moon are developed over the approaching few years, with vital factors on the First Quarter on Sep. 29, 2025; the Full Moon on June 29, 2026; the Final Quarter on March 29, 2027.
[5:10] Void-of-Course (VOC) Moon intervals. On Dec. 31 (10:02 pm PST), the Moon in Capricorn sextiles Neptune. It’s VOC for 4 hours and 48 minutes and enters Aquarius on Jan. 1 (2:50 am PST). Moon in Capricorn pragmatism, resourcefulness, and ambition supply a basis for the easiest qualities of Neptune – kindness, charity, therapeutic, and religion.
[6:11] On Jan. 2 (8:13 pm PST), the Moon in Aquarius squares Uranus in Taurus. It’s then VOC for 11 hours and eight minutes (!!!), then enters Pisces on Jan. 3 (7:21 am PST). Break the behavior of simply making an attempt to slot in, and as a substitute develop friendships with those that are in sync together with your values.
[7:30] On Jan. 5 (6:30 am PST), the Moon in Pisces makes a conjunction with Neptune. It’s VOC for about 4 and a half hours, then enters Aries (11:01 am PST). Here’s a probability to assimilate the meals of kindness into our each day lives and habits.
[8:25] Venus enters Pisces on Jan. 2 (7:24 pm PST, via Feb. 3, 2025). Astrologers think about Venus exalted in Pisces – very robust, and able to its noblest expression. Not like bodily pleasures and lots of relationships, this face of Venus is closest to agape, the best type of love, charitable and unconditional.
[10:50] On Jan. 2 (11:22 pm PST), Mars opposes Pluto at 01º08’ Leo-Aquarius. That is the second of three oppositions between Mars and Pluto. The primary was on Nov. 3, 2024, and the following is on April 26, 2025. Mars retrograde has been increase rigidity and frustration that may make us weak to imposition and emotional self-harm because it opposes Pluto. Retreat into your studio to create artwork, or bask in your most passionate hobbies.
[12:45] The Solar sextiles Saturn (Jan. 4, 2:36 pm PST) at 14°49’ Capricorn-Pisces. The Solar’s Sabian image is 15 Capricorn, Many toys in a youngsters’s ward; Saturn’s is 15 Pisces, An officer getting ready to drill his males. One thing that when felt like an unattainable dream is now inside your grasp.
[14:23] Mars trines the Moon’s North Node at 00°26’ Leo-Aries (Jan. 4, 10:20 pm PST). When Mars, the planet of motion, connects with the North Node of self-discovery, we all know the circumstances are proper to pursue one thing necessary to us.
[16:45] Listener Paula asks about combining transits and secondary progressions once you’re taking a look at your chart.
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