Capricorn New Moon 2024

Capricorn New Moon on Jan 11, 2024 at 4:57am MST, with energies perfecting at 20degrees Capricorn. 

Marble Canyon, Alberta
Photo: Stephany Smith

This Moon phase is square the Lunar Nodes in the Aries-Libra axis.
Is trine Uranus in Taurus (19degrees retrograde).
And is quincunxes Neptune in Pisces (25degrees).

Our local environment informs us a great deal about the energies around us and in us. For me I’m finding an expanded awareness about Winter, the importance to community, connection and sharing that has allowed us to survive, grow and thrive as a species. It’s that expanded awareness that what does kill us is the belief we are safer in isolation. That to push away love is an action we take only serving to uphold this faith our world is an emotionally abusive place. Sometimes we allow the cold and the snow around us to block us in from everyone else. Or maybe we chose to not maintain our vehicles so they get us no where during these wintery times. 

At the moment astrologically speaking we have a great deal of planetary energy within 45degrees of each other in Sagittarius and Capricorn. That also informs us a lot of the world around us. With Venus at 15degrees Sagittarius to Pluto closing out Capricorn at 29degrees we also have Mercury, Mars, Moon and Sun. With the exception of Jupiter and Saturn, all the personal planets are within 30degrees of each other. With Jupiter and Saturn voyeur-ing and gaining their own much needed experiences- we gain a deeper knowledge of connection and community through Venus, Mercury, Mars, Moon and Sun being close together- especially in the late degrees of Sagittarius and the early stages of Capricorn. What is it like to be huddled around with each other around the time of the Winter Solstice? That’s the feeling and curiosity that comes to my heart-mind. When I also reflect on the planets ‘missing’ it leaves me feeling- I wonder what soul goodies they are off finding to bring home in the Springtime. Though they are not completely left out of the picture here- Saturn is on a zoom call with Mercury (via sextile), and Jupiter is heavy into conversation with Mars (via trine). It’s like being at a family gathering and those present have the not physically present involved as our tech allowed for such beautiful moments to happen. The feeling of being missed and missing out are real parts of our wisdom development, helping us to hone in on what’s important for us. We take those relational Venus and Mercury knowledge pieces and we alchemize them into the wisdom of our being through the actions of Mars, who in this moment wants to add to the life force of greater inner wisdom and beingness. 

Grandmother Moon, please help me understand the energy around me and within me as I work to remove what blocks me from my real self in this New Moon in Capricorn. 

This first new moon of the our western calendar year is particularly beautiful as it is that sensation of holiday partying. I cannot consider the Moon and Sun isolated in their moment. They are influenced in deep connection with so much else around them. We could consider this only positively and lovingly, though to keep our healing honest we know these kinds of situations can also either bring out the worst in us and/or fall apart in anger and bad /unhealthy conversations. It’s possible the Mars in us gets too gutsy about a conflict that really gets to them, or maybe Mercury pokes at uncomfortable conversation topics that really make the rest of us squirm, or that grandfather Pluto sees those two doing it and thinks that it’s about time this family had some shit come clean, deciding to do nothing to prevent the swirling degradation of a moment. Sometimes we need those holiday moments. 

In Pluto speak- those super not great moments usually become the catalyst for something to die in order for a new way forward to be born. Maybe this is that moment we realize we are not living a certain way anymore in these dynamics. Maybe we make a gentle choice to not agree with certain values and beliefs- that’s a form of alchemizing knowledge into wisdom. And that’s a challenging process to undergo. It asks that part of us to pivot, and then it asks the other facets in us to come along. That’s a lot of reorganizing soul work. We can’t do it alone. We do our healing in community with others making similar choices, doing similar things. They are not necessarily doing the same thing as what we need to do, but isn’t wonderful to get on a call with a beloved friend and realize we are not alone? Or what about connecting with a guide or mentor? Only to realize the path feels similar to yours, bringing forward that comfort that this growth is possible as you remain inspired about how they live out their life. 

When we get personal with ourselves and the community of beings we surround ourselves with we can realize what is helping and what is not helping. The Mercurial inspiration here is to speak up or you’ll miss out on something in yourself. It’s that communication piece that supports our life energy to continue flowing in and out. Speaking out is a lot like suppressing emotion or bodily function- just causes us further suffering and discomfort. It’s an action that we have been taught to take as we have been told we will be isolated for being our real selves in this moment. We are not used to receiving unconditional love for being exactly who we are. 

Without that level of personal honesty we also can’t let go and shift. If we can’t be up and out with who we are even when it makes others uncomfortable then how are we to ever know what’s really going on with ourselves? So what if it brings conflict at Christmas- maybe that’s the only moment we have to notice that something is real off in us. That projection is sometimes the only way we cannot avoid an issue in ourselves. When I show up and project all over the place that I’m here to fix, solve and rescue people- and leave exhausted as a result- that signals something I should look at. Or when someone is routinely triggering me with how they make all the conversation about them- I got to speak up and ask them what’s that all about. Finding out what are they missing that they can’t even acknowledge what I have said without changing the conversation to their experience. And maybe that’s the best they can connect with the Venus in terms of relating- but you have to speak up that your Venus relates like it does. Don’t loose out on your growth to keep the peace with all of the parts of you, maybe you’re due for a good ol’ fashion  family-gather-melt-down, the key is to stay with it all the way through for the full transformation process at the end. If we don’t, well we all know about repeat patterns and cycles at these kinds of gatherings. 

Clearing the air, the dynamics, the habits, the patterns, all makes room within and out for new possibilities to happen.

Warm Hugs,
Stephany