The year 2014 isn’t wasting any time messing around with ‘boring’ astrology. In fact, this next year gets right down to business from the get-go, with a grand cross in the cardinal signs involving the Capricorn New Moon on New Year’s Day — and all the major players except the Moon are already in place and working their influence.
When there are many major planets lined up in a major aspect, it’s easier to think in terms of broad themes rather than trying to micro-interpret each individual aspect between every planet.
In this case, the overall message of the chart is about taking a giant leap forward. As often happens when faced with big steps, there is the potential for those drifting through life with their eyes closed to experience this as a crisis.
Included in the grand cross alignment are the Sun, Mercury and Pluto in Capricorn, with the Moon ingressing Capricorn at 1:01 pm EST Dec. 31; Uranus in Aries; Jupiter in Cancer; and Mars in Libra. The moment of the New Moon (when the Moon conjoins the Sun) is 6:14 am EST Jan. 1.
Breaking down the major theme of ‘taking a big leap forward’ into its constituent threads, consider the following: