Capricorn Old Moon, then Aquarius New Moon

This is about to be an interesting week. I know we are surfing the wild waves of “interesting times” (or maybe just Twitter) these days. However, the way this week’s astrology lines up with collective events, we’ve got a real moment.

An old crescent Moon over Menton, France, in 2006 with the sister stars of the Pleiades cluster. Overexposing the crescent Moon allows us to see the dim lunar night side illuminated by earthshine — light from sunlit planet Earth. Photo by Vincent Jacques via APOD.

This week is all about the Moon, which is a pointer to other events. Think of the Moon as the cue ball in pool. Inherently neutral, it knocks into the other planets by aspect. It also picks up the energy of its sign more than any other object in the chart.

We just experienced a lunar eclipse on Jan. 10 (I know, it feels like a month ago, but it was a little over a week). The subsequent New Moon will be in Aquarius on Friday, Jan. 24. Before we get there, the Moon passes through Capricorn, making conjunctions to all that stuff going on there.

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Planet Waves Daily Oracle for Sunday, Jan 19, 2020

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Today’s Oracle takes us to the Pisces monthly for November 23, 2011.

For you, everything comes back to how you feel. When you feel good you can conquer the world, and when you feel depleted or divided, it’s hard to get anywhere. Therefore, focus on how you feel as your first priority, rather than on any specific goal. It’s not that you don’t have big stuff happening — indeed, from the look of your solar charts, you may have some of the biggest stuff ever going on. The next month is going to present you with some challenging opportunities, and while you may be tempted to think your way to success, or work your way there, I suggest you work backwards from the place of embodying the feeling of the success you want. How do you do that? The experience of fully engaging life has a sensation to it. You’ve felt it before; you can envision it now. That sensation involves how it feels to be in your body walking around on the planet. And it involves how you wield your vision. The word ‘wield’ is usually associated with things like swords and light sabers; consider your vision a power tool. This includes your communication skills, your ideas and your message. Timing is everything. For the next month, some important matters may seem to be delayed and others will feel like some kind of invisible partition over your head opened up and started letting in this really interesting kind of cosmic sunlight you’ve never seen. The world will look different, and seen in this new light, it’s one vast opportunity.

The Saturn-Pluto conjunction is upon us: it is exact on Jan. 12. While this event will happen two or three times in the lives of most people, this particular event is a moment of convergence and reckoning for the world and for us as individuals.

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Planet Waves Daily Oracle for Saturday, Jan 18, 2020

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Today’s Oracle takes us to the Sagittarius weekly for December 27, 2002.

Jupiter holding a long trine to Pluto is what you could call a ‘good thing’, especially for you with both in the fire signs. We need to make sure it’s an honest thing, and the way that’s going to happen is by the time-honored and astrologically-beloved test of time. The question, how deep is your faith? is precisely the matter. To be sure, faith is not a game; it is one of the few things that really matters on this plane of reality. That it is not a game means that the basis of faith is understood, particularly as it relates to some of the darker thoughts you’ve been pondering. You now have a fine opportunity to change your mind. If someone else does so first, the decision may be final.

Planet Waves Daily Oracle for Friday, Jan 17, 2020

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Today’s Oracle takes us to the Libra weekly for July 30, 2015.

You often walk a fine line between being a someone who is well-respected and well-regarded in your community, and not giving a toss what people think. I would propose that the two are aspects of the same personal quality that you possess. Your independence is one of your most endearing qualities, and thanks to Venus retrograde you are getting an opportunity to explore this. I would propose that it’s pretense in any form that leads to people feeling uncomfortable or out of place in any social situation, or in a relationship. It’s pretense that eats at confidence, and that makes almost any conversation seem unwieldy. It’s the feeling of judging yourself that leads to the sensation of others judging you. In the coming weeks, you will have a series of glorious opportunities to burst through this whole realm of existence. In the end, what you’ll learn is how to get out of your own way and let your light shine. When in doubt, be bold — or said another way, a little bolder than you think you can.

Harnessing Those Bright Ideas

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By Amanda Painter

How are things shaking out now that we’ve concluded the eclipse period, and Saturn and Pluto have made their famous meeting in Capricorn? True, Saturn-Pluto is still working out, and Pluto is not at all done with Cap yet. But has anything shifted? Do you feel like you’re in recovery? Are you facing a brave (or scary, or shiny, or intimidating) new world?

Fire Engine Abstract #4. Photo by Amanda Painter.

It may take a good while yet to see the effects of choices you’ve made in the last two to three weeks. Chances are good, though, that you understand something about your world, and your personal agency in it, in a new way.

Right on cue, Mercury — the planet of intellect — is leaving the Capricorn herd and entering Aquarius at 1:31 pm EST today (18:30:42 UTC). Mercury is strong here, blending the steady persistence of Saturn (traditional ruler of Aquarius) with the intuitive inventiveness of Uranus (modern ruler of Aquarius).

Mercury in Aquarius also tends to be a communicative, friendly placing, likely related to the association Aquarius has with groups. It can be iconoclastic with its ideas, but there’s also a reminder to beware of inflexible thinking once the brainstorm has offered its insights. Aquarius is, after all, a fixed sign, describing the repeated crystallization of new patterns after old ones have been interrupted.

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Planet Waves Daily Oracle for Thursday, Jan 16, 2020

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Today’s Oracle takes us to the Aries weekly for July 30, 1999.

Two opinionated comments. By this point you should have a fairly good view of the social-political-sexual landscape. You know what you are facing, and why. If not, then stand on a high object and look around. In this situation, the obvious one, it will probably work better to be subversive than to go blow for blow. I mean, it’s like, digital technology saves heat and works better. Deuxieme, sex-check-in. In my reasonably objective reading of the sky, you ought to be at your most orgasmic, your most celestially horny, and most magnetic to the straight-forward vibes of other delicious-smelling fountains of pheromones. This is good. The heat, the delightful exercise in vulnerability, mmm. Healthy.

Planet Waves Daily Oracle for Wednesday, Jan 15, 2020

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Today’s Oracle takes us to the Aries monthly for November 7, 2005.

Jupiter making its way into complex, rewarding Scorpio this month will open doors for you — financial as well as amorous. But you would be wise to keep the two factors separate. It’s true enough that growing up, and indeed, many places in our society and in many forms of relationship, the two are considered one and the same. But this is the beginning of an era in your life when love is love, and money is money. You may need to do some negotiating to set this straight, but mainly you need to know what is important to you. In the end, the result will be worthwhile for everyone.

Demonize the Eco-Wise

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By Jen Sorensen

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