In the wake of the Thanksgiving holiday, Jupiter offers up
its final lesson, an examination if you will.
It asks: what have we learned
over the last 12 months? The end of
academic semesters are near. No
coincidence there! Now is the time to
demonstrate your knowledge, apply the lessons and show the truth as we
experienced it.
When Jupiter enters Capricorn on December 3rd, it
gradually joins Pluto and Saturn, the verdict (our grades) will be delivered,
next month in January 2020. Will you
pass or will you fail the tests of life posed to you now this month? This is no game or trial run. It’s nothing less than your life at stake.
How well you integrate learned experiences from the past
year is on the line. Prepare to deliver
your defense. Just after Jupiter turns
into Capricorn, Messenger Mercury enters Sagittarius on December 9th
after its extended retrograde cycle through Scorpio in October and November, digging
up information and bringing it to light.
The shift in energies is unmistakable now as truth seeking
Jupiter turns into cold, calculating Capricorn, black and white energy, what
works and what does not. Check off all
boxes that apply: have you been honest
in all of your dealings? Have you
honored yourself and your own path? Have
you practiced live-and-let-live with all others? True
or False: You either did or did not.
This is not a multiple choice test. Messenger Mercury in Sagittarius draws up the
exam and outlines the questions while Jupiter in Capricorn is the presiding
judge and jury. You know the answers or
you don’t. Jupiter is not at its best in
Capricorn, the sign ruled by fellow cosmic titan Saturn. Jupiter expands while Saturn restricts with set
limits and boundaries. In short, Jupiter feels hampered and hemmed in by this
restrictive sign. For the next year while Jupiter cycles thru Capricorn, our
ability to grow, develop and expand only occurs to the extent we obey the
rules.
For much of December, four
out of six planets keep us grounded in earthy Capricorn: Pluto, Saturn, Venus and Jupiter, the two
heavyweights and the two benefics.
Capricorn is practical and pragmatic energy, realistic and goal
oriented. At its best it is responsible,
honorable and focused on doing the right
thing. At worst, Capricorn is status
conscious and overly preoccupied with reputation: what will the neighbors think?
In our own lives, we can see how Capricorn draws lines in
the sand and says, “you better stay on your side” or “do not cross that line,
but if you do ___________ will happen.”
Fill in the blank. Capricorn is
playing its hand in the stark, raving divisiveness of the United States. This is not warm and fuzzy energy and has a
grim reaper quality. Much like the
winter season it governs, Capricorn is reserved and discriminating. Creatures die out in the icy, raw elements
unless they adequately prepared their homes with necessary food and
protection. If not, so be it. “You get what you deserve,” says Capricorn. “You had fair notice and warning. Not my problem, not my job to save you.” Capricorn and its ruler Saturn deal with the
biggest guns of all: karma and dharma.
It is deadly serious. A matter of
life and death: will you live or will
you die?
Hamlet and For Whom the Bell Tolls come to mind.
For most, we are focused not on a physical death but rather
the life or death of the spirit. Your
own spirit, not that of any particular religious order. Have you honored your spirit within the
boundaries life afforded? Or have you
tried to game or cheat the system? It is
OK to break the rules if you also do no
harm to yourself or others. So be
honest: have you? If so, time is up. It is time to face the consequences. Capricorn rules both time and consequences: The Verdict.
The Verdict rolls in on the Full Moon, December 11th,
glaringly obvious to all underneath its spotlight in talkative Gemini. With Messenger Mercury now in wise Sagittarius,
the truth is delivered and the law applied.
The prevailing Capricorn energy dominates this Full Moon with gentle
Venus wedged tightly between taskmaster Saturn and powerful Pluto. Venus rules love, money and
relationships. In the weighty position
at Full Moon, she reminds us that time is
money and money is power. Capricorn
is all business, all the time, efficient, with no time, money or energy to
waste. Get your facts straight or get
out, or get on with it already.
With Mars in Scorpio at a vital, world-attention getting
degree aligning exactly to Neptune, our razor sharp intuition underscores what
we know what is real and accurate beyond the shadow of a doubt. We know what’s up. BUT: this Gemini Full Moon does challenge
Neptune, making a last gasp effort with slippery sleights of hand, smoke and
mirror special effects to test our understanding of the lessons. The test is this: do you
trust yourself more than another? Or are you giving your power over to someone
else to lead the way? Will you fall for
and be tricked by illusion, smooth words and bombastic claims, OR will you
trust the facts and reason, based on all you have learned, what you know to be
true and underscored by your own intuition?
The most beautiful, useful and effective angle of this
December 11 Full Moon is the alliance between Generous Jupiter and Radical
Uranus in earthy Capricorn and Taurus.
Jupiter is the Santa Claus of the zodiac, the titan of abundance and
blessings while Uranus is the Great Awakener and cosmic Change Agent. The two harmoniously align only for the month
of December but do grant us a magic wand.
In grounded, realistic signs, Jupiter and Uranus afford myriad
opportunities now. Manifestation is nigh
and breakthroughs abound. Want to break
through cultural barriers, psychological or tribal conditioning? Want to break free from what has held you
back or confined and say YES to what or whom is knocking on your door, or on your
own heart? Want to follow that PING that tantalizes and excites
you?
In short, this grand alliance invites us to follow our
soul’s calling now despite the cost or what
others think. And we are granted abundant
support at the same time, December 1- January 4th. Use this cosmic magic wand wisely and you
will accomplish so much!
The days leading into Christmas spy several planetary
shifts. Friday, December 20th,
Venus turns into inventive Aquarius. We now
feel inclined to include rather than exclude others, to be part of a group and
network. Aquarius connects us and is the
Great Humanitarian. As much as Aquarian
Venus has us marching to our own drummer, it also values those who are a little bit different, those who do their own
thing in their own way. Venus’ placement
in this sign is awesome for Christmas gatherings as we can detach from the fray
yet still partake in the whole.
The next day, the Sun shifts into Capricorn joining Saturn,
Pluto and Jupiter to mark the winter solstice.
This sets the stage for the New Moon solar eclipse the day after
Christmas. As legendary Irish poet wrote
his epitaph, “Cast a cold eye, on life, on death,” we now feel every icy inch
of this deadly serious Capricorn energy.
We are heading into the Great Saturn-Pluto conjunction in a
few weeks, later in January. These two meet up only once every 36 years. There is no margin for error now. The dye has been cast. Closing out 2019, Messenger Mercury joins
four other planets in Capricorn on December 29th. It renders the verdict we have been waiting
for, or, trying to avoid. There is still
time to change course. How do you want
your verdict to read?
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