"To understand just one life you have to swallow the world ... do you wonder, then, that I was a heavy child?"

— Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children

The week begins with Sunday's Capricorn New Moon (11:51 AM PST 28° Capricorn) in a nearly exact trine to Uranus, which offers the profound potential for the recognition of the 'connectedness of all things'. With Uranus so tightly involved, surprising shifts are likely but, from earth signs Capricorn to Taurus, the changes that are implemented should be fairly well grounded — even if they happen quicker than we are comfortable with! There is deep insight available in this new lunar cycle that can [...]

"For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."

—T.S. Eliot

There are a swirl of sensitivities that surface this week while we try to adapt to a new environment. We struggle to understand and make use of the first signs of 'new growth' as we move forward into the New Year. The emphasis has shifted to the action-oriented Cardinal Sign energy. We are trying to push forward on new initiatives but can quickly find ourselves 'tugging on the shoots' when we don't see things happening fast enough. Tension builds, despite the waning Moon. The triple conjunction of Venus, Mars, and the Sun in Capricorn tightens and forms oppositions to [...]

"If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow."

—Emile Zola

This week begins with the Winter Solstice — the Sun's entrance into the sign of Capricorn on Sunday. Capricorn's ruler, Saturn, has been quite active over the past few months as it makes a last pass through the sign of Pisces before rejoining Neptune in Aries in February. Both Capricorn and Pisces are tightly aligned in their pursuit of truth — material 'truth' (Capricorn) and spiritual 'truth' (Pisces). Of course, it is Sagittarius that is the sign that is most associated with the pursuit of 'truth'. It is in Capricorn that Sagittarian 'truth' is codified, [...]