TRANSCRIPT Ep. 269 (12.16.24)
Capricorn Season: Robust Knees and a Thick Pores and skin!
Howdy Invisible Pal, April right here, and the date in the present day is December sixteenth, 2024. Welcome to Episode 269 of the Massive Sky Astrology Podcast.
This week, the Solar makes a delicate sq. to Neptune and enters Capricorn for the solstice. One of many loveliest features of the yr, Venus trine Jupiter, is on a really candy and loving Sabian image. The Final Quarter Moon in Libra requires letting go of the previous and collaborating on a brand new future and I reply a listener query about utilizing the Sabian symbols together with your beginning chart.
Solar sq. Neptune (Dec. 18, 2024, 6:29 am PST)
The Solar makes a sq. side to Neptune on December 18th at 6:29 am Pacific Time at 27 levels 9 minutes Sagittarius and Pisces. The Solar and Neptune are each in Jupiter-ruled indicators, in order that they replicate the potential for luck and new adventures. The distinction between them, actually, is that the Solar in Sagittarius embraces earthbound adventures, climbing a mountain, flying to an unique locale, whereas Neptune in Pisces is extra ethereal and attracts us to discover what’s past our senses, what lives in our hearts and spirits.
The Solar is on the Sabian image 28 Sagittarius, An previous bridge over a fantastic stream and the image for Neptune is 28 Pisces, A fertile backyard below the Full Moon. We’ve magnificence, flowing vitality, and fertility in these symbols. So regardless that that is a side of some battle, it additionally displays the bounty and fortune of Jupiter’s affect.
This side, which comes twice every year, prompts a assessment of whether or not we’re stretching ourselves sufficient, transcending our sense of who we’re, with a purpose to attain higher non secular consciousness. But when we’re not working at this degree of non secular enlightenment, then we would simply find yourself with a few days of confusion and low vitality when the Solar squares Neptune.
That’s one factor that occurs on a sensible degree when the Solar is in side to Neptune. We are typically a bit extra drained than standard. The Solar is the battery that runs our lives. And Neptune symbolizes a form of drain on that battery. So when the Solar is sq. Neptune, it’s value understanding, coming into concerning the seventeenth and 18th, that we would must take it simple.
If we’re partaking in some vacation celebrations because the Solar is sq. Neptune, it’s in all probability finest to restrict that to form of extra low-key socializing that’s not terribly hectic and loud and annoying. Perhaps simply stress-free with individuals we all know nicely. In conditions which are comfy and acquainted, say, a night sitting by the fireplace along with a glass of wine, or a really easygoing ceremonial dinner.
Venus trine Jupiter (Dec. 19, 2024, 6:11 pm PST)
Venus trines Jupiter on December nineteenth at 6:11 pm Pacific Time at 14 levels, 37 minutes Aquarius and Gemini. Venus and Jupiter are the planets which are thought to signify the most effective, most pleasing, and affluent luck. So once they come collectively, and particularly on this flowing, rewarding trine side, their finest qualities are amplified, and so they make one another even happier, even stronger and higher.
Venus Sabian image is 15 Aquarius, Two lovebirds sitting on a fence and Jupiter is on 15 Gemini, Two Dutch youngsters speaking. Venus in Aquarius and Jupiter in Gemini are each in social air indicators, and these symbols replicate an ideal time to meet up with buddies, with these treasured souls who communicate our language and at all times make us really feel beloved.
Ship out some vacation playing cards, regardless that it’s a bit late within the season. Even the e-card selection. Simply to let your good buddies know that you just’re enthusiastic about them throughout this season. It’s not a foul concept to do some last-minute reward procuring, particularly for technological treasures dominated by Aquarius and Gemini. You’ll be prone to discover precisely the correct presents for the correct individuals. However simply keep in mind, Venus and Jupiter each might be just a bit bit spendy, so set a restrict and don’t overdo it.
Solar enters Capricorn (Dec. 21, 2024, 1:21 am PST)
On December twenty first at 1:21 am Pacific Time, the Solar enters Capricorn, marking the Winter Solstice within the Northern Hemisphere and the Summer season Solstice within the Southern Hemisphere. That is the longest day of the yr within the South and the shortest, darkest day within the North, the place days get progressively longer till the Aries Equinox in March. Power and spirits might be low throughout this darkish winter season. We mild fires and candles and we plug in sparkly lights to remind us that it received’t be this darkish eternally.
I hope my buddies within the Southern Hemisphere will forgive my northern orientation, but it surely’s fairly helpful to explain the symbolism of Capricorn. That is the Winter Solstice right here within the north when the Solar sinks to its lowest place within the noon sky. From right here on out, it rises a bit bit extra every day and Capricorn season is once we discover our personal ambition to rise, to undertake a long-term plan and pursue it day-to-day. Capricorn guidelines the knees and the pores and skin, and heaven is aware of we’d like robust knees to climb and a thick pores and skin to maintain going even when issues get robust.
In the intervening time of the Solar’s ingress into Capricorn – and the chart for this ingress will describe the approaching three months – the Moon in Virgo opposes Saturn, Capricorn’s ruler, which is in Pisces, and each of them are squared Jupiter. Each Virgo and Saturn are painstaking, methodical, and decided to see initiatives by means of and to finish them in addition to they probably can. However Pisces and Jupiter are reminders that we do our greatest work once we take occasional breaks to chill out and to have some new experiences.
Libra Final Quarter Moon (Dec. 22, 2024, 2:18 pm PST)
And now for the Moon Report, and it begins with the Libra Final Quarter Moon on December twenty second at 2:18 pm Pacific Time at 1 diploma 34 minutes Libra and Capricorn. That is the Final Quarter Moon within the Sagittarius New Moon cycle that started on November thirtieth. The Final Quarter part is the time in that cycle once we consider our progress to date in reaching our New Moon objectives, making a remaining adjustment, if crucial, after which making yet another huge push to attain our objectives. This Final Quarter finds its motivation for that push within the inherent battle between the bold Solar in Capricorn, symbolizing work, profession, private ambition, and the Moon in Libra, which emphasizes collaboration and spending time and focus with the vital individuals in our lives.
Every Final Quarter Moon is targeted on taking an motion that completes a objective, and Libra prefers to take motion in a manner that’s well mannered and collaborative. Should you’ve had bother succeeding so far, perhaps it’s time to get a pal on board to offer you good recommendation and aid you out.
So, Venus guidelines this Final Quarter Moon in sociable Libra, and it’s nonetheless separating from that trine with Jupiter in Gemini that we talked about. However with the Solar’s ruler, Saturn, sq. Jupiter, this Final Quarter Moon may mark a time when you could have had fairly sufficient of the vacation events and festivities, and you want to let your internal Saturn Capricorn self say no to a couple invites. The Solar is sq. the lunar nodes on the south bending, some extent of launch once we’re higher served by going inside. Between this and the Solar sq. to Neptune this week, it’s an excellent concept to let go of the duty to attend each social engagement that you just’re invited to.
Lunar Part Household Cycle
That is the Final Quarter Moon within the lunar part household cycle that started with the Libra New Moon on September 25, 2022. The lunar part household cycle continues the work of every New Moon over a three-year interval, with main lunations close to the identical diploma and signal of that New Moon coming each 9 months.
We’re finishing a cycle that’s associated to steadiness and relationship that started again at that 2022 Libra New Moon, which got here to its first motion level on the First Quarter Moon on June 26, 2023, at 4º29’ Libra, and the illuminating Full Moon part on March twenty fifth, 2024, at 5º07’ Libra.
It may be attention-grabbing, particularly if there are factors in your beginning chart close to 2 levels of Libra, Capricorn, Aries, or Most cancers, to look again over this explicit cycle, see what modifications have come your manner, particularly associated to relationships typically. Additionally, finance and enterprise, that are related to Libra. You’re coming into the homestretch with some undertaking or growth associated to that planet or level in your chart so, give it your all.
Void-of-Course Moon durations
Let’s take a look at the Void-of-Course Moon durations for this week. On December seventeenth, the Moon in Most cancers trines Neptune at 10:33 am Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for five hours and 6 minutes after which enters Leo at 3:39 pm. The Moon making a trine to a different planet earlier than it goes Void-of-Course says that in this Void-of-Course Moon interval, we now have a present or reward that may very well be coming our manner. And the reward right here actually is that instinct, and we must always take heed to our instincts. Take heed to your intestine, actually, particularly relating to meals as a result of the Moon in Most cancers may be very delicate to meals. The vacation season is right here and comes with all types of actually indulgent meals, particularly sugar. It’s high-quality to indulge right here and there, but it surely’s not nice in your physique to binge on wealthy, sugary treats for days on finish. Not a foul concept to make use of this Void-of-Course interval to observe selecting the meals that nourishes your physique and provides you vitality.
On December nineteenth, the Moon in Leo trines the Solar at 9:19 pm Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for two hours and 18 minutes earlier than coming into Virgo at 11:37 pm. It is a Void-of-Course Moon interval that brings one other reward, because the Moon is trine one other planet earlier than it goes void.
The Moon and Solar are within the passionate and fun-loving indicators of Leo and Sagittarius. Use this time to provoke a behavior of setting time apart to only play. We don’t do that fairly often as adults. We’re very immersed in our work and our duties.
Taking part in, recreation, has a variety of psychological well being advantages. Stress discount, bettering your temper, enhancing creativity, boosting cognitive perform. In relation to our bodily well being, taking part in, letting ourselves chill out, can improve bodily exercise, can enhance sleep, play, can strengthen relationships, and enhance communication.
Total, play can improve our happiness and scale back the possibility of burnout. Play doesn’t must be elaborate, or time-consuming, or costly. Taking a stroll in nature, taking part in a board recreation, or listening to music are all types of play.
And on December twenty second, the Moon in Virgo opposes Neptune at 5:27 am Pacific Time. It’s Void-of-Course for five hours 41 minutes after which enters Libra at 11:08 am. When the Moon opposes one other planet because it’s going Void-of-Course, the character of the habits that we’re altering must do with consciousness, of paying particular consideration to the wants of others, in addition to the wants of ourselves.
When the Moon is in Virgo, it’s the time of month to observe the ability of being productive, variety, caring for on a regular basis enterprise. Should you’ve been falling behind in your paperwork, in your submitting, in your laundry, if you happen to’ve been wanting to arrange your cupboards, now could be the time. And you’ll even get a bit bit misplaced in it with the Moon in that side to Neptune.
As a result of it’s an opposition, take a while, take a look at some magazines you discover inspiring or YouTube movies to get an concept for a number of the modifications that you just may make to make your life and your own home a bit extra organized and working a bit extra easily.
Listener Query: Sabian symbols in your beginning chart
On this week’s listener query, listener Elizabeth asks, through Speakpipe, “Hello April! Elizabeth right here, long-time listener and first-time SpeakPipe person. I like listening to you discuss concerning the Sabian symbols. So my query is, can I exploit the Sabian image related to the diploma I used to be born on to achieve insights into potential themes and patterns in my life? And if that’s the case, what’s the most effective supply to assist interpret my beginning Sabian image? Thanks a lot for all you do.”
Thanks for that query, Elizabeth, and I at all times welcome the chance to speak concerning the Sabian Symbols. However first, only a fast clarification of the Sabian Symbols for anybody who could be new to them or may surprise with every podcast, why is she speaking about these Sabian Symbols and what are they?
The Sabian Symbols are phrase footage. They have been channeled by a psychic named Elsie Wheeler, dictated to astrologer Marc Edmund Jones, right here in my very own San Diego in 1925. There may be one among these symbols for every diploma of the zodiac, so 360 of them. It’s stated that the messages have been channeled from a brother of the Sabian alchemists, astrologers who lived in Mesopotamia within the first millennium, therefore their title.
In my expertise, these symbols are most successfully used, not actually, however as a form of poetic expression of that diploma. And Elizabeth, you’ll be able to completely use the Sabian symbols for every of your natal planets, in addition to the Ascendant, Midheaven, IC, Descendant, and Lunar nodes, and actually any factors that you just work with, with a purpose to achieve extra perception from them.
One vital level. In case you have a planet that’s at, say, 25 levels, 17 minutes, Pisces, you’ll learn this image for the subsequent full diploma, 26 Pisces and it’s because every zodiac signal begins with zero, however the symbols start with one. The exception is that if a planet have been at precisely, say, 25 levels and 0 minutes, Pisces, you’ll learn the image for the twenty fifth diploma.
It may take a bit little bit of time and observe to get used to deciphering the symbols, however typically they’re a bit extra specific than others. I do know a girl whose Midheaven diploma, and the Midheaven is the purpose of profession, in addition to how you’re perceived by individuals who haven’t truly met you. Her Midheaven is on 23 Libra, A Chanticleer’s voice heralds dawn, and curiously, her profession is as a singer with a distinctively robust and arresting voice.
However the symbols typically present up in additional refined methods. My Solar is on the image 14 Leo, Human soul awaiting alternative for expression. Coincidentally, my very favourite movie, from lengthy earlier than I knew concerning the symbols, is Wings of Want. The theme of this film is about angels who bear witness to the ideas, struggling, and pleasure of on a regular basis individuals, sending ideas of encouragement to them – and one of many angels who longs to turn into human, a “soul awaiting the chance for expression.”
Australian astrologer, Lynda Hill, is an professional within the Sabian symbols, and she or he additionally emphasizes the significance of the Sabian image earlier than and after the one for every planet. She calls the previous image the Karmic Diploma and the next one the Quest Diploma.
She says the karmic diploma exhibits one thing that you just’re good at, a behavior or a expertise, perhaps one thing that’s introduced forth from one other life. The Quest Diploma can be one thing we have to develop towards and combine. These levels work a bit bit like our understanding of the nodes of the Moon. We’ll go away a hyperlink within the present notes to a web page on Lynda’s web site that describes this Karmic and Quest diploma concept a bit bit extra.
I positively discover the symbols fascinating as a mirror into planets and factors in your beginning chart. However don’t cease there! The Sabian symbols to your progressed planets and factors may also be revealing and interesting. For instance, on the day I met my future husband, my progressed Moon was on 19 Most cancers, A priest performing a wedding ceremony.
Your progressed Moon modifications image each month. Your progressed Solar modifications image yearly. So it’s actually value these. When your progressed Moon enters a brand new progressed part, a New Moon when it conjoins the progressed Solar each twenty-eight and a half years, a Quarter Moon when it squares the progressed Solar, a Full Moon when it opposes the progressed Solar. Pay attention to the Moon’s diploma and Sabian image originally of that progressed lunation and it offers you, typically, a really evocative image of the main theme of the next 4 years of that progressed lunar part.
You requested for a superb supply for deciphering your symbols. I actually love Lynda Hill’s e-book, 360 Levels of Knowledge. It goes out and in of print, but it surely at present seems to be out there in print and e-book variations by means of Lynda’s web site, SabianSymbols.com. Simply click on by means of to the shop.
There’s additionally Dane Rudhyar’s e-book, An Astrological Mandala, The Cycle of Transformations, and its 360 Symbolic Phases. I’ve loved working with Blain Bovee utilizing the symbols. His e-book is named The Sabian Symbols Dropped at Life. And for on-line assets, I like James Burgess, whose in-depth movies and philosophical posts at all times make me see one thing new in every image. You’ll find him at James Burgess with two S’s.
Elizabeth, I hope that helps, and I’m completely satisfied you’re excited and impressed by these symbols, as am I.
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