"It's very hard for me to get a new car. It's really hard for me to get a new house. It's really hard for me to move on from the things that give me stability."

— Jodie Foster

Venus stations direct this week, ending the 'forty days and forty nights' of her retrograde journey. Venus' direct station is punctuated by Mercury's retrograding return to Capricorn and extended conjunction with Pluto, which helps to sharpen our focus and direct our thinking towards stabilizing our position. Mars also arrives in Capricorn this week, where his energies are effectively focused on [...]

"And it's whispered that soon, if we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason"

— Stairway To Heaven
Led Zeppelin (Plant R A / Page James Patrick)

We begin to really take a hard look this week at how to blend elements of the old — the past — into an entirely new framework. Mercury turns retrograde in Aquarius this week without quite becoming stuck in the strict grasp of a conjunction with Saturn. Mercury encourages us to resourcefully gather insight and clues from what remains of established structures that we can incorporate into a brand new structure. We are slowly beginning to emerge from a period where old structures have been deconstructed in order to clear the decks for [...]

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."

— Matthew 6:33

The Moon is waning in light all week, ahead of next week's Capricorn New Moon (January 2, 2022 10:33 AM PST 12° Capricorn), continuing to keep us from getting a tangible foothold or feeling like we're making material progress. Our emotions run the gamut from wild optimism and unrealistic idealism to intense frustration and impatience. The most notable shift in tone is produced by Jupiter's return to Pisces on Tuesday. We felt the effects of Jupiter in Pisces from [...]