New Moon in Sagittarius
The Illusive, Hopeful Future
There’s a fire burning beneath the dark Sagittarius New Moon, a prancing, dancing spirit sending hot embers into a welcoming night sky. Devoid of wind-blown angels to amplify combustion, Luna of High Hopes ignites her own fervor. Swirls of twisting white smoke, buoyant and expansive, become life-affirming omens for the beckoning new year.
The final New Moon of 2023 occurs on December 12, 3:31 pm PT (your time zone). Optimistic visions rise from the primordial waters of imagination as idealism coats the senses. Anything seems possible as the betrothed, smitten Sun and Moon make a dynamic square to Neptune, now in direct motion after six months retrograde. Sensitivity and empathy are heightened. Angelic illusions point to great acts of philanthropy at this holiday time. Over-promising is tempting. Know thy limits, and know that compassion has no limits.
Surrender to an ephemeral veil of mystery as you invent the next things to come. Don’t be derailed if the way forward is not crystal clear. Follow the wild instinctual anima beneath the logic of morals and ethics while gathering the tools and skills you’ll need to sustain your high dreams.
Mars, riding side-saddle in Sagittarius, slowed under Sol’s rays, goads Luna to mount her ride, a mystical creature, half horse, half human. Capriciously streaking across the dark bank of a fathomless river, righteous actions are better choreographed at a trot over a gallop. Rebels without a pause may be skewed by confirmation bias and misguided missions. Think before you act as you traverse new horizons.
Utilize Luna’s void-of-course phase, a bridge of spaciousness, to await inspiration for your New Moon intentions. Making no other planetary aspects before entering Capricorn, there’s a seven-hour window from one sign to another to let the visions of sugarplum fairies dance in your head.
Jupiter, the reigning gas giant of this syzygy, is conducting earthly business in a faraway meadow. Cows lowing in the fields, just out of sight of the Centaurs’ bonfire, remind us to assess our resources, stock the larder, and store our grain properly. Humming in the rapturous vibration of long-lost wisdom, Zeus, embodying the Golden Calf, trine Mercury, the Magical Sea Goat, returns us to the ground of the past. Which actions work, really, and which are best left to pasture? Expansive conversations illuminate to-do lists at year’s end.
Venus in Scorpio, the spirit of the river’s deep waters, shimmers gorgeously across swirling eddies. Opposing Jupiter, she keens a haunting song of deep feeling into the thrum of earthy desires. The great laws of the universe are full of feeling and profoundly grounding.
Venus and Neptune implore us to listen deeply to our instincts and affirm the emotional stirrings beneath the surface. Aphrodite wants what she wants, pushing monetary spending to its limits in the time of giving. Let this rich base note feed your wild horses, but don’t lose hold of the reins.
Feeling her oats, Luna playfully entices old-goat Mercury to dance by the fire with her. Forming a “secret conjunction” via antiscia, negotiations and interludes are bound to shift direction. Mercury will station retrograde less than 8 hours after the New Moon, tip-toeing all the way back into Sagittarius. The Messenger’s well-conceived plans while climbing sharp peaks in Capricorn will require fresh eyes and a values-based litmus test once back in the Archer’s sign.
Follow Mercury Rx now through the end of the year.
Mercury Station Retrograde- December 12, 11:09 PM PT (your time zone). Capricorn 8 degrees.
Mercury ingress Sagittarius – December 22, 11:08 PM PT (your time zone).
Mercury Station Direct – January 1, 7:08 PM PT (your time zone). Sagittarius 22 degrees.
Consider this…
Strategic plans for the new year take on a hopeful tone, feeding the Archer’s fire one log at a time. Without planets in the Air element, miscommunication and foggy glasses may lead to socially awkward moments and “too-good-to-be-true” scenarios. There is a timber of rich harmonics sounding from the cosmos. A sense of benevolence rumbling in the caverns of our hearts. Reach for something timeless, and then grab some good cheer. Let the holidays commence, and recruit a designated driver.
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