ASTRO NEWS YOU CAN USE
from Karmic Evolution’s Astrologically Speaking’s Sheri Horn Hasan December 31, 2018–January 6, 2019:
Mars, the god of war, marches into his own sign of Aries on New Year’s Eve, December 31st, & energizes the Scorpio Moon’s trine to Neptune in Pisces almost immediately following. Have fun and dance the night away, or spend it engaged in a deeply soulful, empathic reverie, but either way try not to do anything you’ll regret, because when the Capricorn Sun meets Saturn on January 1st or 2nd—depending on your time zone—you may find yourself having to account for your actions!
On January 3, Mercury in Sagittarius squares Chiron in Pisces & it pays to remember that words can wound, even if they’re said in the name of a cause…or perhaps BECAUSE they are said in the name of a cause…
However, Mercury follows this aspect shortly after with a trine to Uranus in Aries, which tells us a better way to heal our karmic wounds now may be by viewing them from an alternative perspective, rather than simply from the same old viewpoint…
Charity & compassion prevail on January 4 when the Capricorn Sun sextiles Neptune, but Mercury’s entrance into Capricorn that day lends more gravitas to our communication and paves the way for extreme Capricorn energy at the Capricorn New Moon & total solar eclipse on January 5.
That’s because, just after Venus in Scorpio trines Chiron & applies some soothing balm to any of our wounds, the Capricorn New Moon & total solar eclipse occur right in the middle of transiting Saturn & Pluto at 15 degrees 25 minutes (5:28 p.m. PT, 8:28 p.m. ET!)
This Capricorn New Moon sets the tone for a more solemn 2019 as the two luminaries–plus Mercury, Saturn, & Pluto–all congregate as they move toward the Capricorn South Node now. Also, Uranus in Aries squares the transiting karmic nodal axis, & Venus quincunxes Uranus, which means more surprises are likely in the beginning of the new year, particularly around the collective and its changing set of values…
This is particularly true because this total solar eclipse lunation can act like a sudden jump start to a car battery, meaning we must always expect the unexpected! Look for where 15-16 degrees Capricorn lands in your natal chart to determine the area of life where new information may shine through as the Sun’s own light is “eclipsed” now.
Further define the meaning of this eclipse by observing which, if any, planets, angles, or house cusps aspect the Capricorn New Moon/total solar eclipse within three degrees.
A grand water trine between Venus, Chiron, & the Cancer North Node softens all this Cap energy some, as does the Moon & Sun’s sextile to Neptune, & Jupiter in Sagittarius’s square to Neptune.
Sun sextile Neptune provides opportunities for us to realize & ground emotional, charitable, & spiritual energy through the process of visualization; while Jupiter square Neptune cautions us that ungrounded flights of fantasy rarely become manifest reality.
The grand water trine lightens all this earthy, traditional, empirical, rational Capricorn energy by juxtaposing it against tender, sensitive, nurturing, empathic, & deeply-felt emotions, & asking us to find healthy ways to integrate all this earth and water…
Finally, the great change-maker Uranus stations direct in Aries on January 6, a direction he’ll continue as he plans to re-enter the sign of Taurus March 6 for the next six years. This will further strengthen and emphasize the need for value shifts as time goes by…
https://karmicevolution.com/astrologically-speaking/ Join me Thursday, January 3, @ 11 a.m. PT & 2 p.m. ET, to explore this current Capricorn New Moon/total solar eclipse energy, & to take a look at the major astrological influences on tap for 2019! See you then!
(Also, don’t forget—if you can’t catch the show live, there’s always the replay Sundays at 4 p.m. or 7 p.m., respectively, OR you can access the archived recording at the same link above anytime!)
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Namaste…
Generally, though, Jupiter energy—and the energy of Sagittarius, the sign it rules—brings with it a rather optimistic, happy-go-lucky, glass is half full kinda orientation. You know, the sun’ll come out tomorrow type attitude…
exact squared Neptune in Pisces December 5—when America laid to rest one of its former leaders, President George Herbert Walker Bush. Veteran political operator Bush, also a decorated war hero whose plane was shot down at the age of 20 during WWII, was accorded a most honorable funeral as the entire nation shut down business for the day on December 5. 
But, if so, we should be mindful that the gift of Greek tragedy, the earliest form of drama, is that it warned us about hubris, or arrogance, and how this can become our Achilles heel leading to our ultimate downfall if we’re not careful…
Moon seed planting time any revisions to previous plans that will make them more workable and easily manifest going forward.
Whether it’s about sexual abuse in the church, higher taxes for basic necessities like fuel, or gender/religious/political differences among people, this Venus opposite Uranus square the Nodes configuration has been prevalent during the past few lunations.
retrograde in Scorpio exact trines wounded healer Chiron–retrograde in Pisces–late December 3 or early on the 4th, depending on your time zone.
The Sagittarius New Moon continues this forward positive motion when the Sun & Moon unite later that night (or early December 7) to provide us the opportunity to plant seeds that may ripen from mere high hopes into manifested reality. Look for this planting to come to fruition by the next Sagittarius Full Moon at July 17, 2019…
eight-year mission of helping us develop stronger internal emotional & spiritual boundaries so that we have the courage now to express ourselves honestly—physically, mentally, emotionally, AND spiritually–going forward…
Mercury’s our intellect—how we think and express ourselves, including our soul’s deeper wisdom. In deep, intense, volatile, passionate, secretive, taboo-oriented, & potentially obsessive Scorpio, our thoughts turn toward getting to the bottom of things–like what we truly value… 
In the currently fraught “hesaid, she said” political environment where we can’t help but witness gender & sexual battles both to the right and to the left of us, it’s especially important for us to try to find a healthy balance between the conscious and unconscious portions of our psyches.
Her grief, despair, and anger become palpable when separated from her beloved daughter and–unable to convince the gods to rescue & return Persephone–she starves the earth, and therefore mankind, by no longer allowing crops to grow.
This fixed grand square to the nodal axis all but ensures that any impetus for change will meet with resistance, which makes the fight even harder. We’re tasked now to look at where we desire change but because of ingrained beliefs entrenched in our psyches (i.e., as my mother used to say “any man is better than no man”), we are unable to make such change happen…
Quincunxes are known to be aspects that require adjustments. It’s possible to realize now—as the Libra New Moon calls us to balance our inner perceptions with our outer ones— that speaking about old wounds honors our ability to become whole. And in that way, we heal… 
Such behavior is often driven by FEAR–fear of exposure of one’s most vulnerable sensitive parts, one’s most fragile emotions–which often sends the Cancer archetype diving back into her shell for safety & the comforting reassurance that no harm will befall her there.
eclipse. Solar eclipses are like jump starts to a car battery. Often, they can give us a jolt. We may be shocked, surprised, taken aback, nonplussed, etc., but whether we deem such surprises “good” or “bad” remains to be seen.
or held, or listened to, or simply to cry without being judged a wuss or a softie or a pansy, or attacked?)
plant seeds around our commitment to groups and their causes, and to those toward whom we feel brotherly/sisterly love.
how we add our own specific and special individual divinely-inspired gifts to the group by first defining our gift or gifts, and then releasing them into the group for its betterment–the betterment of wo/mankind.
