The Low-Down on the Far-Out

Raising Consciousness Out of the Darkness

There's nothing like starting off the New Year with a New Moon to emphasize the freshness and ambiguity of potential change! Normally when 4 planets are hunkered down in Capricorn, we might feel serious, sad, hard-working, and heavy with expectations. Indeed, many of us do, given the come-back of the umpteenth Covid wave, post-holiday blues, and entering yet another year of pandemic unknowns. Thankfully, there are many other factors in the Capricorn New Moon chart that point to a lighter, brighter, more uplifting frame of mind if you're willing to shift your mindset a little.

Textures of Consciousness

When the Moon is Full in Gemini, our focus is usually on information – gathering it, playing around with it, studying it, sharing it, exchanging it, and putting it into words. At this particular Full Moon, there's a wide variety of textures of information to be found in the chart.

Mercury is in Capricorn, which is important because he rules the Gemini Moon. With Mercury in this Cardinal Earth sign, our focus may be on trying to categorize, sort out, and make logical sense of the different kinds of information.

And yet, even with a busy Full Moon and Mercury, the dominant energy by far is stationary Venus in conjunction with Pluto.

Freedom Song in a Complex Rhythm

Sagittarius is a freedom song to truth, adventure, knowledge and optimism. It is an adventure for spreading your wings and flying where your heart will take you.

Archetypally, after emerging from the intense underworld of Scorpio, who wouldn't want to cast off that heaviness and celebrate your survival?

So, in Sagittarius, don't expect to dwell on the past, nor to happily submit to arbitrary rules. This is a time to embrace the possibilities, to bring the far horizon into focus, and to discover the extent of your full potential.

There's also a quality to this freedom song that bounces to a different rhythm. One player in the orchestra who wants to do their own thing, jazz up the melody and throw in some discordant harmonies, just to make things more interesting...

What's In Your Bowl?

Taurus usually loves and lives for stability, success, pleasure, relaxation and creature comforts.

A Full Moon in Taurus generally says it's time to appreciate and enjoy the fruits of your labours from the last 2 weeks (since the previous New Moon).

A Lunar Eclipse in Taurus says the same about the last 5 or 6 months.

However, this Lunar Eclipse in Taurus is likely to feel a bit more like trying to relax in a bubble bath in the middle of a hurricane!