Category Archives: Capricorn

moonlight mojo

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New Moon in Capricorn, folks.  Draw up your maps, plot your course  !

New moon signals a time of planting seeds for future growth, new moon in Capricorn – specifically long term yield and growth on the material plane.  Capricorn is the career driven 10th house sign – the midheaven – the peak of public achievements.  Capricorn rules time, building, Earth and stones.

I am a Capricorn rising with this new moon conjunct my Ascendant, quintile (spiritual gifts) Mercury, trine my Venus /Jupiter on the 8th (my Pluto is also in the 8th which rules mines) so ~ a timely I love rocks / crystals post !

Sun and Moon are coming up to conjunct Pluto in Capricorn, which rules mines and the underground where crystals are formed…hmmm…perhaps this is the light in dark places I was referring to in a previous post !

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Pictured above is a specimen of rainbow moonstone, ruled by Moon and Neptune.  (I have Moon exalted in Toro, opposite Neptune which is my most highly aspected planet, and I wear rainbow moonstone often.)

Moonstone is a feldspar, a type of rock which makes up to 60% of the earth’s crust.  You may come into contact with feldspar every day without even knowing it.  Resistant to chemical corrosion, it is used in glassmaking, ceramics, as a filler in paint, plastics, and rubber.  Moonstone is formed by twinning which is the layering of atoms between chemically compatible (high temperatures) and incompatible (low temperatures) intergrowths which separates the layers causing shimmer and refraction of light.
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A few words about my kinship with stones :

The person carrying the stone must seek enlightenment within/without, but I DO see stones as lower frequency fortifiers, if you will, while on the journey.

A cleanse/ prayer/ intent fashioned as an energy to work in accordance with the stone, which I feel holds the frequency of the intent longer and over a more drawn out period of time because of its slower vibration.

Then it works as a ‘helper’.  For example, if in a busy moment in a noisy crowd, it can be a ‘touch- stone’ reminder of the committment made during the longer cleanse/prayer ceremony.

Like a mental breaker switch- touch it- get a reminder of the direction of personal will and intent.  When under stressful energies, it is there to fortify.

With that said, an acorn, buckeye, piece of driftwood, shell or whatever could hold the same gift from an above ground/ in the sea standpoint, particularly if it was a gift from a loved one ~ which adds a zing to the vibe.

While river stones and crystals are earthEarthEARTH underground and hold power in a different way since they are formed over eons by pressure.

I feel they offer a solid document, if you will, of the agreement humans make coming into this Earth arena.  They are remnants of our ancestors and carry knowledge of other times in rock form.

When I hold a fossil, ammonite in particular, I am reminded of time and my small, yet important place in it – am reminded to act accordingly as the spiral of life reaches ever outward.

Think of the stones as allies on the journey.  My stones will remain long after I’m gone … gives perspective, you know..?
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Moonstone is the stone of the High Priestess, the keeper of divine feminine mysteries.

It can be used to aid the journey inward, reveal emotions, instincts and hidden memories.  It is helpful in dealing with fluctuation, cycles, changes, and it fosters serenity, sensitivity, and nurturing.

Moonstone can help guide you on your spiritual journey with the aid of the Great Mother, Gaia.  Moonstone teaches the cycles of life and how to work with them, it helps give insight, a higher perspective, a higher vibration, and increases empathic abilities.

Rainbow moonstone is a protection stone that diffuses a rainbow prism of energies throughout the aura, it helps deflect negativity and clears the emotional body.

Historically, (it wouldn’t be a Cappy Moon, and I wouldn’t be a Cappy ASC if I didn’t go into the history) moonstone is said to predict the future if held under the tongue on a full moon.
Hindus believed it was moonlight, hardened.  It was used to aid in birth (I am currently having Pluto square Saturn – my chart ruler and am using it to aid in re-birth), restore balance and harmony between feuding lovers (pass the same moonstone between each other every two weeks) as well as to cure sleeplessness.  It is a good stone for teenagers as it helps balance and soften the emotions and alleviates mood imbalances.

On a subtle energy level, moonstone when used as an elixir, is beneficial for female health of all kinds.  It alleviates stomach (moon ruled) and digestion problems by activating the Manipura, or solar plexus chakra behind the navel.

It also is very beneficial for alleviating anxiety and stress by bringing balance to the emotional body.  On a cellular level, moonstone elixir regenerates human skin tissue and stimulates the pituitary (master of hormone production) gland.

Moonstone aligns the astral and emotional bodies.

namaste~
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Fresh breath

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New Moon in Capricorn December 24, 2:06pm CST, USA.

New Moon brings a fresh cycle, increase of light and energy.
Set intentions for your future according to the moon in Capricorn.

Capricorn is eons of earth (material world) crystallization.
Honor yourself, others and the Earth with Moon in Capricorn.
Make long-range plans, practice ritual, conserve and be disciplined.
This moon favors business and career, workings that will produce at a delay or long-term.

Capricorns Use  their Time wisely.

What does the phase of the moon at your birth tell you..?  click here.

The breath is a mantra spoken 26,000 times a day.

The past is behind us, the future is unformed and the present unfolds quickly.
Detach, accept the impermanence of all things.

The breath is born (inhale).
The breath lives (oxygen in our blood).
The breath dies (exhale).

Each inhalation is cleansing, each exhalation a release of the old and impure.

The old gives way to the new.
This is nature’s way.

Envision your life renewed with each inhalation of breath. 

namaste~
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wrap it up

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Venus (love, money, art) has entered Aquarius and is in a tidy T- square with Saturn (restriction) and Jupiter (extravagance).
Venus is square Saturn and Jupiter (internal conflict) and Saturn and Jupiter are in opposition (something someone else does).

I could go on about the strain on the contents of your wallet, or lack thereof.
I could go on about angsty love woes or the lack thereof.
(Boring !)
Venus is sextile (opportunity), and Mercury trine (ease) Uranus, the intuitive, innovative change-up planet, so…yes…you will be getting insights into love, money, art and Venus ruled things….
but, until then … Venus in Aquarius does its own thing….so here’s the deal~

Venus is cloth, Saturn is knots, and Furoshiki (風呂敷, furoshiki) are a type of traditional Japanese wrapping cloth.
It is artistic, eco – friendly ~ and how cool, cloth square: *presto – change-o* it is giftwrap/ purse/ sarong..etc…

Saturn is wrap and conservation, and Sun is generosity.
Sun enters Saturn – ruled, Cardinal Earth Capricorn on December 22.

I Use is the Capricorn motto.  They are the builders, the practical, career – driven, students of the school of hard knocks.  Built to last, they stick around when the going gets tough.
Capricorns are ruled by Saturn … faithfulness, tact, discipline, diplomacy, rocks and crystals and the Earth you are standing on.
Click here for a larger image of the Saturnian knots below.

namaste~
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Sky & Space Salute

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Uranus direct on the 10th prior to Full Lunar Eclipse !

December 10. 2011
 Uranus direct zero Degrees Aries at 1:04 am, CST, USA
Full Lunar Eclipse 18 degrees Gemini: 8:36 am, CST, USA

Click here for more on this eclipse.

Uranus is odd.  It points to the odd in the natal chart.  Whatever it aspects in the natal gets a ping-zing of quirk.

Uranus is known as the awakener.   It is eccentric in natal chart operation and in orbit.  The poles of Uranus are perpendicular to the ecliptic (orbital path around the Sun) which means it kind of rolls around the sun on its equator.  Each pole will experience a 42 year day, followed by a 42 year night.

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Keck Observatory: Lawrence Sromovsky, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison

(Yes, Uranus has rings, and no they are not red, this is an infra-red camera pic.)  The reason Uranus appears such a vivid blue is the atmosphere absorbs all red wavelengths of the visible spectrum, preventing it from bouncing back into space – all we see is the blue-green spectrum of color.
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Saturn (terra firma, being grounded) is the traditional ruler of Aquarius.  The root (security) and sacral (desire) chakras are in the red color spectrum they are primal and personal, (represent being grounded).

While the blue color spectrum is the 3rd eye (intuition, pure communication) and is seeing the BIG PICTURE – it is more of a tribe vibe, being open to new possibilities, and innovations.
Uranus shifts between the two in an instant.   Grounded to ether !   Snap !

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Uranus is by nature an energy shifter.  It shifts perspectives, vision and thinking like a lighting bolt.

Uranus went retrograde on July 9, 2011 – direct motion reboots things stalled at that time.  Also look to your house of Aries at zero degrees, this is where Uranus goes direct.  Pay attention to the same degrees of Libra (opposition, others and compromise) and Capricorn and Cancer (squares, the inner tension) for where to expect groovy energy downloads.

Uranus goes direct with a quintile – that’s a gift, a talent – the spirit quest – to Venus, the planet of love, art, beauty, kindness, self-worth and values and oh yeah…the green thing, money. $$
Actively engage a shift in these areas – that’s your talent, so use it.

What Uranus will bring up is anybody’s guess, it is the wild unpredictable the free and untamed.
Bend rather than break ~ be pliable, resilient and kind.

Retrograde motion is when the planetary energy is turned inward, direct motion energies pour outward.  The few days prior to either are usually amped up a bit, lol.  You may tweak – fair warning !  Just keep in mind others are tweaking too – particularly those with Uranus prominent in the natal ~
when the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.

Uranus rules astrology, wireless, telepathy, inventors, the eureka ! , and magnetics.
Uranus’ magnetic field is odd in that it is not centered on the center of the planet and is tilted almost 60 degrees with respect to the axis of rotation.

Since Uranus rules magnetics, polarities (positive and negative), and higher thought – be aware of what you draw to you by thought – for thoughts become deeds.

Because this Full Lunar eclipse is in Gemini (rules hands) I am leaving you with some info about mudras !

Different fingers  represent different elements :

Finger  —  element it represents

Thumb             —      Fire or Sun
Index finger      —    Air or Wind
Middle finger   —     Sky or Space *
Ring finger         —    Earth
Small finger       —    Water

*note : now I will always see this gesture (in title) in a whole new way YaY ! 

There are various hand positions used in both kung fu and in yoga. The hands in kung fu often form shapes that are representational of animals. The tigers claw, the snakes head or the cranes beak are all traditional shaolin hand positions. In yoga the hand gestures are called mudras. A mudra sometimes is a symbolic shape similar to the ones in kung fu, yet more often they are energetic connections being made in the nadis or meridians. By connecting fingers, or pointing certain directions we direct energy and link up specific channels to generate a particular set of internal resonances. The hands are vitally important to the brain. There is an equal amount of cortical tissue dedicated to the hand as there is to the whole rest of the body. By engaging our hands, our breath, our bodies, our focus we awaken our inner sense of awareness and unify ourselves.

Click here for a gallery of mudras.

namaste~
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O + 8 & Z

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Funny sometimes how astrology plays out … subtle planetary nuances, whispers of moods, or screams ! – depending.
Yesterday I was really feeling the pressure cooker.

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I am a civil servant.  (I know, how Virgo of me !)  I serve the people…this of course escalates at this time of year.  Did somebody say time ?!  yeegads.

I have Pluto transiting my Capricorn 1st house (opposite 7th- others) and here come the people – all wanting my time (Saturn), a piece of me, lol.  (My Saturn is Rx in Aries, the house of me.)  Pluto is coming up to square my chart ruler, which is Saturn, the immovable Earth (or so it thinks, lol- Pluto is sayin’ oh yeah..?! watch this ! )

Work, work and more work.  Guess what, staycation is More Work.  I wake up from working out the daytime issues at nightime, (crazy dreams last night) so Saturn never sleeps.  Oh, and did I mention there is an eclipse coming ?
Oh goodie !  .whatever.
In Gemini, the twins (anybody here do cloning ?) on my 6th house of bingo ! work and service !  
*insert maniacal laughter here*

Pluto is a shakedown planet, and so is Uranus (3 days from going direct !) and both are conjunct my Sun in Virgo.  When planets, particularly the outer, transpersonal,  s l o w e r  moving planets get moving, I feel it.. and the days before direct are akin to water on fire boiling to a whistle.

Uranus is the wildcard of the zodiac, and how do I know it ? … well  how much time ya got, lol?!
Mars is quintile Uranus (its the higher octave of Mercury, Lord of Eclipse ) in my natal chart, Mars is trine Saturn, and Mars is transit my Virgo Sun, Uranus, Pluto Stellium, so when the Plutonic pressure is building ~>  take . cover .
jus’ sayin’ !
hahakidding.

Yesterday I thought the pressure could use some intense primal scream therapy  Mars !  but I was in the parking garage and thought it might freak people out.  a.  little.   My little Aries head might have just popped right off with all that Mars screaming- who knows !?  With my Toro Moon it would be loud, perhaps even operatic, lol !

SoOoo I burst into maniacal laughter instead ! ~ which is Venus.
I got loads of oxygen coming in and put out the fuse.
…and there is your happy ending, folks.

happy eclipsing
namaste~
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O= oxygen, with an atomic number  ‘Z’  of 8
8 protons / positive electrical charge
8= strength

* edit, came back to add clarity after my busy day (wrote this before work) and found a special Uranian/Plutonic surprise (they rule mistakes) waiting – snap ! is fixed !  Considering aspects such as Merc Rx, and the others detailed above, should have checked 2x, my apologies.  Nobody’s perfect.  peace out.

chainchainchain

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Tonights sky

Moon and Jupiter conjunct in Taurus in a Grand Earth Trine
with Mars in Virgo and Venus conjunct Pluto in Capricorn

Slow and sweet as molasses right now…..enjoy it while it lasts.

Hold your toes steady on the Venus balance beam.
(Saturn is in Venus ruled Libra opposite -(compromise)- Venus ruled Taurus)

Take a deep breath ~ be limber and  strong  ~> radical Uranus dismount & Full Lunar Eclipse on the 10th.

Click here for Sky and Telescope
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namaste~
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Moon’s Rapture

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Venus is coming up to


conjunct Pluto in Capricorn !

Aquarian fantasy artist Frank Frazetta (solar chart) had Venus closely conjunct Mars in Capricorn, both opposite Pluto, and square Moon.  His Sun and Mercury were opposite Neptune.  Moon was opposite a Uranus Jupiter conjunction in Aries.

Whoa.
It appears he made the most of one Mercury Pluto trine, and one Sun Saturn sextile.
Then we dig deeper and of course, find much, much more.

Sun (spirit)  is trine North Node of Destiny (trailblazing path in the life) and quintile (spiritual gifts) Chiron (the philosopher and the quest).  Moon is quintile Saturn – building a legacy for the public.

Jupiter and Neptune are quintile North Node of Destiny, and Pluto is quintile Chiron – visionary fantasy art on a grand scale that transformed the comic genre forever.

That Venus Mars conjunction in Capricorn gave him exceptional technical skill, and the Jupiter Uranus conjunction in Aries -obviously – look at the power of the human figure in his drawings.

Click here for a wonderful video tribute to Frank and his work.

namaste~
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use love

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Venus, the planet of love, art, money and women has entered the cardinal (taking action) earth sign of Capricorn, the practical sign of long-term achievement, building, and success.
She is trine Mars and Jupiter; energy and faith, hope.

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Venus in Capricorn highlights not only love, art and women, but also money and how WE USE (Capricorns motto) all of these in our world…in our climb to reach personal and monetary success.  What symbolizes success to you ?

Venus here brings kindness, skill building, responsibility to our energy of love, money and women. She teaches us to bend instead of break.  She reminds us that quiet stillness of prayer or meditation is best done from the vantage point of humility; the bended knees.  (Capricorn rules the knees.)  She teaches us balance and harmony in relationships with each other, and diplomacy regarding money.  She delivers options, and sees all sides.

Venus brings trust, courage, self-confidence and awareness of purpose to Capricorn.
She brings love.

Where do you find a hand to hold yours in the world of female power, where do you find long-term female support, who has your back…?    YOU DO.  Demi Moore recently posted a photo of her back in her bathroom mirror with the reference ‘you always have your own back’.  This is so true, be your own strength, your own rock.

Venus rules Taurus – what we own- Venus is presently conjunct Plutonian power, that is what others own- Scorpio territory.  Are you revising (Mercury is Rx now) and revisioning your feminine power and where the coiled snake rises from within yourself…? What power do you guard for yourself, and what do you give away for the sake of love or money or vanity ?

The first law of thermodynamics is energy can not be created or destroyed, it only changes form.  Where is your Venusian energy placed and how is it phoenixing for you..?  Are you digging deep and going quiet between the recent partial solar eclipse on the 25th, and the total lunar eclipse on December 10th ?

The seeds are sprouting in the garden of your life, it is just after the new moon, tend your thoughts and be kind to yourself, be your own rock of Gibraltar.  Tend to the creative thought, be loving and re-define what is long-term success, streamline and begin again.

This is turtle wisdom.

namaste~
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