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Capricorn, December 21 to January 20
- Symbol: SeaGoat (Manticore)
- Element: Earth
- Quality: Cardinal
- House: 10th, Career
- Planet: Saturn
- Color: Brown, Navy, Black
- Body Part: Skeleton
- Trait: Sensible
- Semi-precious stone: Onyx, Garnet
Capricorn represents discipline, patience, and rationality. A Capricorn
knows the value of sacrificing short-term satisfaction for the
long-term goal, and you can rely on them to persevere to get there!
Those born in the sign of the Goat tend to have a good sense of humor, although it is often expressed as a dry wit.
Capricorn
understands the value of what has been tried and true - they lean
towards conventional wisdom. At the same time, they excel at seeing
what's not working in a given situation, and you can depend on them to
come up with a plan that will make a difference.
Caps respect
tradition and the elders of the culture. In esoteric or spiritual
astrology, Capricorn rules initiation. An example would be when ancient
Egyptians entered the pyramid: they let their lower self die in order
to be initiated into embodying a higher form of their Divine Essence.
Negative
traits associated with Capricorn include inflexibility, pessimism,
mean-spiritedness, and a tendency to be a stick-in-the-mud.
Capricorn
rules antiques, big business, government, the skeletal structure of the
body, teeth, clocks, mountains, and depression.
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Saturn
 Saturn is Capricorn's Ruling Planet, which means it is at its greatest strength when it falls in Capricorn or in the 10th House. Saturn represents your challenges, barriers, and life issues. Many astrologers discuss Saturn with a “you poor thing” look in their
eyes. However, Saturn is a great helper. Saturn helps you separate what
is real and appropriate in your life from that which is not.
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and is the second largest in
the solar system. Much of what is known about the planet is due to the
Voyager explorations in 1980-81.
The atmosphere is primarily composed of hydrogen with small amounts
of helium and methane. Saturn is the only planet less dense than water.
In the unlikely event that a large enough ocean could be found, Saturn
would float in it!
Saturn's ring system makes the planet one of the most beautiful
objects in the solar system. The rings may have been formed from larger
moons that were shattered by impacts of comets and meteoroids. The ring
composition is not known for certain, but the rings show a significant
amount of water. They may be composed of icebergs and/or snowballs from
a few centimeters to a few meters in size.
Saturn's day is 10 hours, 39 minutes long, and it takes 29.5 Earth
years to revolve about the Sun. This 29-year orbit is called your
"Saturn Return" by astrologers, and is almost always a pivotal moment
in your life.
In astrology, Saturn teaches us some of the hardest lessons in life. According to Mooncatsastrology.com,
in order to survive we need to conform to some kind of social order and
structure. While that may seem to stifle our creativity, in order to
make lasting contributions to society, we must first show proper
respect for it.
Saturn is father time. He limits us, and in so doing gives form and
structure to our lives. Saturn represents your higher voice, anyone
older or wiser than you, those in authority, and any established social
order. He is your father, police officer, boss, sergeant, rulebook,
school system, judge and government. Saturn keeps you on track, or
holds you back, depending on your point of view!
Saturn represents patience, boundaries, restrictions, and life karma.
If you have been holding tightly to a relationship that has long lost
its reason for being, Saturn will come along to help you release. If
you want to start a new business, Saturn will help you do the work
necessary for it to succeed.
The trouble comes when you say you want something but are not
willing to bring forth the energy necessary for it to manifest. Saturn
will help you, but you must do your part. Saturn also requires you to
be patient and approach your goals over the long term. If you
impatiently “want what you want, and want it now,” Saturn is likely to
teach you some lessons in hard work and perseverance.
Want to know more? Visit solarviews.com and nineplanets.org!
The Tenth House, Career
 The Tenth House represents your public image and career.
The world sees you according to the sign on the tenth house cusp (also called the Midheaven). Capricorn's rulership ensures that you will find big business, government, and other administratively heavy organizations in this area of the chart.
Politicians and Chief Executive Officers are associated with the tenth house.
In esoteric, or spiritually focused, astrology, it is believed that
the tenth house cusp indicates aspects that your soul incarnated to
accomplish in this life. Whereas the sixth house represented your work,
the tenth house indicates career. In the sixth house, you work away
like a busy little bee. In the tenth house, you are seen for your
accomplishments and/or failures.
Planets in your 10th House will affect your career experiences. Natal
Mars in the tenth house may indicate strong ambition if well-aspected
in the chart. Jupiter in the tenth house may indicate a person who
appears larger than life, or one who is known for coaching and
encouraging those in her/his charge.
In the same way, the sign on the cusp of your 10th House affects your
attitudes towards ambition. Aquarius in the tenth house may be a person
who prefers to work alone, or own his or her own business. Leo in the
tenth house may be a person who prefers supervisory positions.
December 31: Lunar Eclipse!
By Mark Dodich
The final full moon of 2009 is a Lunar Elipse and a blue moon, exact on Dec. 30 at 11:13 am in the signs Cancer and Capricorn. A lunar eclipse takes you to the depths of your emotions to help you get clear on changing priorities. Think back to last July when the series of eclipses in these signs started. Famous people like Michael Jackson and Walter Cronkite died, bringing sadness to many. This full moon is on the opposite side of the sky as the July eclipses, so you get to view your life from the other side of the coin now. What ideas or changes did you want to make last summer that did not come to fruition? Now you have the opportunity to bring them forth, or decide that they were not important to you to begin with. As an example, the health care issue in congress was in the formative stages last summer, and now it is reaching the next stage of agreements (likely with more to follow before it is ready, considering that ambition planet Mars is still retrograde until March 10).
Review your emotional boundaries at this time. Where do you need to take better care of yourself rather than just helping everyone else? New Year's Eve still has this sensitive energy going on, so many people will spend the evening in quieter modes, be it sacred time with God within or with those who are near and dear to your heart. It isn't a wild and crazy party night. New Year's Day has the moon in its quiet void-of-course phase all day until 6:41 pm PST. It is a pleasant enough day, but the rule of thumb is that you do not initiate important new projects when the moon is void. So if you are starting a new health routine, start it before the 1st or wait until Jan. 2.
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January's Top Five Astro-Events
By WolfStar
1. The Sun and Venus are traveling together all month, bringing great opportunities for enjoyable social activities and romantic outings. This dynamic duo favors the arts and advances those who excel in charm, style and cultivation. Watch for big movements on the diplomatic front, with the potential for a breakthrough in an important global hotspot.
2. Jupiter enters Pisces on the 18th, bringing renewed interest in religion, faith, and compassion for the less advantaged. Over the next year, spiritual seekers are rewarded with understanding and can share their insights, either as teachers or advisors. Jupiter here favors off-shore drilling for oil, sea treaties, and the pharmaceutical industry.
3. The New Moon in Capricorn on January 15th is conjunct Venus, marking an excellent time for new beginnings in work, career, and business, especially since Mercury is turning direct. With the New Moon near the U.S. Pluto a significant power shift in corporate structure may be underway, probably in the medical-insurance- pharmaceutical complex.
4. Neptune conjoins the U.S. Moon on the 27th for the third and final time in this series, which began a year ago. Neptune creates an atmosphere of uncertainty, and/or a vision for the future, perhaps in Obama's State of the Union address. With Mars on the U.S. Midheaven, disillusionment with sports heroes continues, plus doubt about war efforts in Afghanistan.
5. Saturn and Pluto's second of three squares becomes exact on the 31st and is in effect all month. This stressful combination challenges health, relationships, and career with an emphasis on endings and new beginnings. Politically, this aspect favors conservatism, as well as the overturning of conventional approaches. Deep structural changes can be expected.
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Winter Solstice 2009
 This Capricorn Ingress brings us a mixed bag of celestial influences (what’s new?) to spice up our lives. While the stressful configurations of the last few Ingress charts have backed off for awhile, some of the other conditions I’ve mentioned are back in full force.
The T-Square of Uranus – Pluto – Saturn has gone away for the moment, although Pluto and Saturn are still square each other – and Pluto sits right on top of the Ingress Sun, so it’s not like all the pressure to change has gone away! But “simple” squares are generally easier to deal with than multi-planet configurations, so it could well feel like the heat’s off. But don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction, as Pluto will compel change whether or not we want it.
Saturn, in the early degrees of Libra, is asking us to take responsibility for our actions in our one-on-one relationships and partnerships, while our current self-awareness (Sun in Capricorn) is all about focusing on what we need to do to “succeed” – whatever that might mean to us individually. And there sits Pluto, bringer of change, on top of that Sun, both squaring Saturn. It seems that the chart is telling us to, yes, bring awareness of the need to take personal responsibility for how our relationships are going, but also to become aware that there’s a good chance that we need to change how we act in that area of our life. Pluto wants us to examine and evaluate what we have been doing and consider how we might change those habits for better results. It’s a question of our public life and career (Capricorn) at odds with our one-to-one relationships, and finding ways to bring them into a better balanced condition. And, as is Pluto’s normal method of operation, if we don’t do it ourselves, we’re liable to find ourselves in situations where we have no choice in the matter. (Did Tiger Woods miss this chance? While the conjunction with the Sun is recent, the Pluto – Saturn square has been effective for some time now.)
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Jupiter in Pisces - Jan 2010 - Jan 2011
By Julie Loar, www.QueenOfCups.com
The god of light dives into the waters of the Fishes
Pisces is sensitive and emotional and feels things keenly.
Jupiter is thought to bring abundance and prosperity and to have an
expansive and preserving influence. Jupiter helps us look on the
bright side and adds a generous dose of humor.
How do they come together, and what will they bring us for 2010?
“When you come close to the edge of all the light you have, and must take a step into the darkness of the unknown, either there will be something solid for you to stand on, or you will fly.” Patrick Overton
The constellation of Pisces resides in the “watery” portion of the sky,
which also includes Aquarius, the Water Bearer, Cetus, the Whale, and
Pisces Austrinus, the Southern Fish. This group of stars has been
associated with fish in all ancient cultures. The two fishes of Pisces
are depicted swimming in opposite directions, but connected by a cord.
The alpha star of the constellation is Al Resha, the “knot” in Arabic,
and this star symbolically binds the pair together.
Pisces is sensitive and emotional and feels things keenly. Taken to
extremes, Piscean sensitivity can result in self-inflicted martyrdom.
Pisces is also the most collective of the signs and has always been
associated with those in society who suffer or who have been
disenfranchised in some way. This includes those who are imprisoned,
repressed, rejected or mentally ill. The humanitarian response of
Pisces springs from a spontaneous desire to ease the suffering of
others because of a deeply felt empathy for their anguish. Pisces is
connected with those who withdraw, or who choose to live an alternate
life style such as mystics, poets, artists and recluses. This group
includes those who just don’t seem to fit in for whatever reason.
Through their separation or isolation they can offer great art on the
one hand or drain society’s resources on the other.
Astrologically, Pisces is the twelfth and final sign of the zodiac, and
therefore represents the final stage in the hero’s journey and the last
phase of evolving humanity on the path of return. This final stage is
the transcendence of the self, or ego-based personality, through
renunciation of self-centered motivations. Therefore, compassion and
willingness to sacrifice are hallmarks of conscious Pisces.
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and is the largest in our
solar system. Along with Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, Jupiter is
classified as a gas giant. Jupiter is the third brightest object in
the night sky after the Moon and Venus. However, at certain points in
its orbit, Mars can briefly exceed Jupiter's brightness. Known since
prehistoric times as a bright "wandering star," Jupiter is twice as
massive as the rest of the planets combined. The famous Great Red
Spot, which is larger than Earth, is actually a giant storm that is
known to have existed since the 17th century. Jupiter has a system of
faint rings, but unlike Saturn's intricate and complex ring patterns,
Jupiter’s simple ring system is composed of an inner halo, a main ring
and a faint Gossamer ring.
On July 19, 2009 something hit Jupiter, and no one saw it coming.
Thought at first to be another storm like the Red Spot, astronomers now
believe that a comet or asteroid, as large as several football fields,
impacted the giant planet. The object emerged from darkness, unknown
and not cataloged, and before anyone could photograph the body intact,
it had shattered and become a cloud of debris. The new spot on Jupiter
is now called the ‘Wesley debris cloud’ after the amateur astronomer
who first observed it. The collision released 2000 megatons of
energy. If an object that size were to hit Earth there would be
widespread devastation.
Mythically, the Roman Jupiter was the earlier Greek Zeus and the
Egyptian Min-Amon. King of the gods, Zeus was the authoritarian sky
father who appeared in many cultures around 1,800 BCE. Zeus was the
son of Cronus, or Saturn, who escaped death because his mother Hera
wrapped a rock in swaddling cloth and fed it to Cronus. Cronus had
already gobbled up the rest of his children to stay in power. To
protect him, the infant Zeus was hidden in a cave on Lykos, and fed
milk from one of the horns of the goat goddess Amalthea of ancient
Crete. Her horn was the origin of the cornucopia. In one myth, nectar
flowed from one horn, and ambrosia, the drink which gave the gods their
immortality, flowed from the other. Later her skin became Zeus’s
aegis, or shield of protection. Amalthea was immortalized as the
constellation of Capricorn, and the related goddess Aega became the
bright star Capella, “Little She Goat.”
Astrologically Jupiter is larger than life and difficult to contain,
but he is uplifting, and aspires to greatness. Jupiter is thought to
bring abundance and prosperity and to have an expansive and preserving
influence. Jupiter helps us look on the bright side and adds a
generous dose of humor. As a god of light Jupiter is said to deal with
the realm of super-consciousness, and therefore he can be a widener of
horizons. His domain includes religion and philosophy, and he supports
an expansive view of life.
Jupiter’s positive qualities include a jovial expansiveness, a sporting
approach to life and unquenchable optimism. The glass is definitely
half-full, and it’s a large vessel. Exaggerated, or used unwisely,
these same qualities can become extremist in viewpoint, wasteful and
disregarding of resources, trusting too much to luck. Because Jupiter
always wants to take the larger view, there is a risk of dismissing
details as insignificant.
Jupiter in Pisces
Before Neptune’s discovery, Jupiter was seen as the ruler of Pisces.
Therefore, the giant planet maintains a co-rulership with the sign of
the Fishes. So Jupiter’s presence in Pisces is comfortable and
familiar. Here, Jupiter’s expansive energy operates in the emotional
arena, and on the challenging side of things, can stir the feeling
nature to an exaggerated expression, and blow emotional responses out
of proportion. Acting in his role as a god of light and wisdom
however, Jupiter can bring insight into the deeper and unconscious
level of our feelings, illuminating things hidden in the shadow side of
our psyches.
As ruler of wide-ranging Sagittarius Jupiter wants to look through a
telescope, exploring far and wide, expanding his vast knowledge and
eventually gaining wisdom through diverse experiences. Therefore, as
he aims his lightning bolts into the deep waters of Pisces, a search
for deeper meaning is possible. When we gaze at the night sky in a
place removed from the light of cities, we can see about 2,000 stars
with the naked eye. This is symbolic of our limited vision and scope
before technology expanded our view of our solar system and Universe.
Jupiter expands the nature of whatever sign he visits, so this is an
apt analogy for Jupiter in Pisces, shining light into formerly unseen
places, and causing us to reach for the stars.
Jupiter is characterized by largesse, and he wants more and bigger of
everything. As the planet of opportunity he gives the ability to
prosper, however, this can lead to excess if not constructively
channeled. In Pisces he broadens relationships and expands
consciousness, bringing his light to our collective existence. Here we
are seeking wisdom, and the evolution of consciousness itself, not just
an increase in knowledge. Jupiter in Pisces is receptive,
impressionable and has a capacity for heightened imagination and
mystical states. There is a desire for peace of mind rather than
exaggerated stimulation and a quick adrenaline rush. There is
potential for expansive introspection and a capacity for devotion.
This combined energy wants to understand the meaning of life, not just
explore for the sake of it.
This archetypal combination creates an energy of healing, which
engenders a desire to act for the public welfare. There is a spirit of
sympathy and charity in this synergy which could offer a conducive
influence for healthcare reform. Jupiter in Pisces is seen as the
quintessential good Samaritan but prefers to act from behind the
scenes. However, this blend of energies can be oversensitive to the
point where common sense disappears in a well of self-indulgence.
There is an unwillingness to compromise integrity for material gain, so
this influence may also help with the healing and reformation of
current financial conditions, potentially providing a higher principle
to aim for.
Jupiter orbits the Sun in about twelve years, so the transit through
Pisces marks the end of a full cycle through the zodiac. When Jupiter
enters Aries in January of 2011, a new circuit will begin. Jupiter
will move into Aries during the summer of 2010 for a short time, giving
us a preview of this energy, and then Jupiter will retrograde back into
Pisces until January 2011. While in Aries in 2010, Jupiter will join
Uranus and become part of a cardinal T-square. This will create a
three-way face-off between Jupiter and Uranus in Aries, opposing Saturn
in Libra, while all three square Pluto in Capricorn. This will form an
intense energy which challenges the status quo and has the potential to
deconstruct outgrown paradigms. It’s a tremendous growth opportunity.
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