Just days after the Solar Eclipse, Saturn and Neptune complete their conjunction in the first degree of the first sign of the zodiac. And although at first they may appear to cancel each other out, together they are capable of making our dreams a closer and more achievable reality. The speed picks up this week, even as we are being asked to step back, slow down and look within.

Among the phenomenon this week: Venus rises as an evening star on the same day as the eclipse on Tuesday. Mercury accompanied by the sacred Nodes of the Moon enters its shadow period before its retrograde. Saturn enters Aries daring to defy the chaos brewing with an Annular Solar Eclipse square Uranus. This could be a tipping point. Hang on.

Saturn does not like change. Saturn likes its foundations to remain firm. It prefers familiarity, and fears having all that has been established to be in danger of becoming irrelevant, or end. So Saturn resists. But it will soon become evident that the only constant in life is change. Saturn does not stand a chance. The beginning is near. And it is inevitable. 

We grow along with the Full Moon this weekend, which shines a light on all of the activity happening in the Aquarius realm of our lives: the people on the ground, the everyday people, engaging, organizing, gathering, strengthening under the tutelage of Pluto and a Saturn/Uranus sextile. And all is just being sped up by the last direct station of Uranus in the sign of Taurus.

On January 26th Neptune enters Aries where it will remain for the next 13 years. It may feel like chaos, up one day and down the next, but actually what this is, is a rebirth. As we stand here with Neptune in the very first degree of its next 165-year journey around the zodiac, we have no idea what we are getting ourselves into. And yet, here we are being asked to commit to it with every fiber of our being.

On January 18th we have a New Moon at the very end of Capricorn at 28º Capricorn 44’.  In these very last degrees of the signs we are needing to slough off what was, in order to fully embrace the new era that is now unfolding before us. Each New Moon presents itself as a new opportunity, a new motivation to gradually move on, shedding the skins of a former life, as we enter the new one. 

Between the Super Full Moon on January 3rd and the New Moon in late Capricorn on January 18th, we have the Last Quarter Moon in Libra this weekend. Important because it serves as a catalyst for a strong Cardinal t-square involving the abundance of Capricorn planets. Feeling over-extended? Over-obligated? Read this week’s update to learn more. 

The Full Moon in Cancer is an opportunity each year to nostalgically reflect on the year that was, while looking forward with hope and anticipation to the New Year ahead. This Full Moon is quite interesting this year, for not only is it a Supermoon, but is also forming a rare triple conjunction.

With his double-edged scythe, Saturn, Olde Father Time harvests the experiences, the wisdom gained, all the fruits of the year that was, while clearing the field for the seeds we will be sowing in the New Year to come. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson

In our search for understanding, may we all find the light that we are seeking in these extraordinary times. Therefore use the Sagittarius New Moon of inspiration, hope and potential to set the intention to find the light in the darkness, and hold it to your heart. On December 19th (or 20th) we have the New Moon at 28º Sagittarius 25’.