"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, [...]

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

—Harriet Beecher Stowe

The extended Grand Water trine energies that have dominated the environment since the last days of October come to a close this week. The Moon wanes in light and, in essence, there is a feeling that 'the waters are receding'. The potential for a 'fresh start' brings a great deal of optimism but not necessarily a solid sense of direction. Neptune stations direct midweek, joining Saturn in the march back into Aries towards February's Saturn-Neptune conjunction at the first degree of the Zodiac — 0° Aries. Neptune's direct station helps us begin to set aside any irrational fears or unattainable dreams 'washed ashore' by [...]