New Moon in late Capricorn
The first new moon of 2018 occurs on January 16th late in the sign of Capricorn. Capricorn is the sea-goat – combining ancient wisdom of the waters with the expanded perspective gleaned from the mountaintops. As the third oldest sign of the zodiac wheel, Capricorn is about making practical and socially-relevant use of individual talents, applying lessons from relationships and spiritual insights, and gaining influence and mastery over one’s physical realm.
Read MoreNew Moon in late Sagittarius: Saturn's Final Words
Welcome to the final lunation of 2017. Every 4 weeks, the Moon and Sun come together in the same area of the sky for a new moon. A new moon is a seed that just might blossom at the full moon two weeks later, depending on its intrinsic qualities, the nurturance or severity of the surrounding environmental conditions, and the fit between the seed and soil. Astrology lends symbols to this pulsing rhythm of conception, growth, birth, life, death, and re-birth, and the truth involves interconnected and overlapping cycles.
Today’s new moon takes place in the very late degrees of Sagittarius, joining retrograde Mercury, Venus, and Saturn. Sagittarius is about the merger of beastly strength and speed with the luminous human intellect. When we set our eyes upon a goal, a dream, or an ideal upon the distant horizon, we must gather up our courage and will and direct all power and attention toward attaining that vision.
Read MoreFrom centerstage to backstage: New moon in Virgo
Ripened fruit upon the vine
Your sleeves are rolled up
The vision is distant
Blurred in its edges
But vast and deep
This dream draws you in
And you are ready
Invigorated and charming
You the discerning one
With the quiet flame
When the wax melts
And the metal tarnishes
You will exhale
Into softer intestines
As rules or delays
Bump into your plans
So perfect the vine
That births the fruit
Even after you weave
Vine into flexible rope
The shadows of decay will
Nip at its junctions
Consuming its strength
And dissolving its function
so what does remain?
gaze at the shadows cast by your proud and waving flag: new moon-solar eclipse in Leo
As creator of ‘nataleo.com’ I’d be remiss not to publish an article about the giant, important, awe-and-fear-inspiring, so-called “Great American Solar Eclipse” that is happening in the late degrees of Leo on Monday, wouldn’t I?
SO MUCH has been written on it, by vague, new-age-y astrologers and excellent, critical, well-researched astrologers and everyone in between. It can be overwhelming to try and contribute something interesting, unique, and fresh.
I don’t wish to repeat what others have said so well, and there are so many layers to this moment in time.
Read MoreRhymes for the New Moon in Cancer
from high skies to fitful streams
sipping on placental dreams
though our eyes & minds may agree
our fallen warrior is moist & moody
to feel warm and safe and surely held
supports paths on which we are compelled
a threat makes our eyes pop wide
do we lash out or run and hide
protecting that which we hold dear
turning away from what we fear
a sweet, supported new beginning
injected with desires of winning
today's lunation in the crab's sign
impresses value on what is mine
be wary as we crawl this moon
enough abounds for all to bloom