{"id":72978,"date":"2013-12-30T00:01:15","date_gmt":"2013-12-30T05:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=72978"},"modified":"2013-12-29T23:03:47","modified_gmt":"2013-12-30T04:03:47","slug":"a-good-week-to-keep-your-eyes-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/astro-daily\/a-good-week-to-keep-your-eyes-open\/","title":{"rendered":"A good week to keep your eyes open: Capricorn New Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The year 2014 isn\u2019t wasting any time messing around with \u2018boring\u2019 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\u2019s Day — and all the major players except the Moon are already in place and working their influence.<\/p>\n

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Iced milkweed; photo by Amanda Painter. See a full-size chart of the Capricorn New Moon here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

When there are many major planets lined up in a major aspect, it\u2019s easier to think in terms of broad themes rather than trying to micro-interpret each individual aspect between every planet. <\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Breaking down the major theme of \u2018taking a big leap forward\u2019 into its constituent threads, consider the following:<\/p>\n

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— Mercury is involved. Mercury rules the mind and communication; the message here is \u2018think first, act second\u2019. <\/p>\n

— Uranus in the sign of \u2018I am\u2019 brings an element of surprise. Not everyone enjoys surprises; the key to maneuvering with them is to be flexible — and remembering that you can. Attitude, mindfulness and practicing non-attachment to outcomes all come into play.<\/p>\n

— Pluto is involved, in Capricorn no less. Structural changes are on the menu. Again, flexibility is key; can you bend rather than break?<\/p>\n

— Mars, planet of volition and desire, is in Libra, the sign of relationships and balance. Anticipate some process of figuring out where you fit into the larger scenario — however you define that. <\/p>\n

Pulling the movie camera back out from the personal level to the generational\/collective level, consider that this Capricorn New Moon, integrated as it is into the Uranus-Pluto square (the defining aspect of our current age), opens up a whole new volume in the Uranus-Pluto story. Or to use an image Eric mentioned last night, this New Moon puts us \u201con another slice of the orange.\u201d It\u2019s absolutely connected to what came before and whatever comes after, and it\u2019s not a completely different thing (say, a banana). Yet at the same time, this New Moon opens up some completely new territory.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re going to meet some new challenges. You also might be prodded into focusing on some of the old challenges you\u2019ve been avoiding (that goes for our global society, too). We\u2019re being pushed to new limits — but you don\u2019t have to be an astrologer to know that. Just watch the news.<\/p>\n

Finally, consider this: this week\u2019s grand cross and New Moon aspects the Sun in the Sibly chart (one of the main natal charts for the United States). Without getting into detail, this indicates a very, shall we say, dynamic or concentrated year for the U.S. <\/p>\n

In fact, the cardinal grand cross lines up with the U.S. Sibly chart again in late April — making this week\u2019s New Moon a \u2018practice run\u2019 of sorts. What are we practicing for? You may get some hints New Year\u2019s Day. Until then, we\u2019ll continue our exploration of this powerful New Moon here on the blog, including in Eric\u2019s Planet Waves FM broadcast Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

With Eric Francis<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The year 2014 isn\u2019t wasting any time messing around with \u2018boring\u2019 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\u2019s Day — and all the major players except the Moon are already in place … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":""},"categories":[1734],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/191"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72978\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}