New Moon-Solar Eclipse-Jan. 5,2019

This new moon is also a solar eclipse so the year is starting out with a bang and the effects of what is happening at this time will reverberate over the next 6 months. We are in the sign of Capricorn as always with the beginning of a new year but this time the energies of Capricorn are particularly potent as Mercury-messenger of the Gods- is there along with Saturn the ruler of Capricorn,(the disciplinarian) Pluto-the God of the underworld(the transformer) and the south node of the Moon which pulls one back to the past. This is particularly a time of transformation for those born under the sign of Capricorn but it is a transformational time for everyone. Capricorn is the sign associated with goals, achievements, discipline, structures and karmic lessons. To have its ruler there makes it particularly potent. It is a time to set goals and also to review the past and see where one has gone astray and to change behaviors that don’t serve to further one’s goals. Also, to review goals and make ones that are truly worthy and appropriate for this phase of one’s life-hence, it is a perfect time for those New Year’s resolutions. At the same time with the north node of the moon in Cancer it is important to nurture oneself and forgive oneself for falling short of one’s goals in the past year. The nodes of the moon are still in a T-square with the Planet Uranus so it is a time to expect the unexpected-some kind of disruption of the status quo which hopefully pushes one along in making necessary changes in one’s life. Jobs or relationships may fall away to make room for a new phase of one’s life. There is a grand trine (a very positive aspect)between the north node of the moon in Cancer, the nurturing sign, Venus, the lover and artist and Chiron, the wounded healer. What all this means is that it is a good time for healing and nurturing oneself and helping others in one’s life to do the same and out of that healing and transformation can come new and better relationships as well as creative expansion-new artistic endeavors.

As usual I have done the chart for Washington, D.C. and I imagine that there will be more revelations of wrongdoings from the top realms of government and some major changes happening. Six months from now will probably be quite different than now. The north node of the Moon will be close to Trumps Venus and Saturn so I think that his insecurities will be highlighted by events and it will be clearer to everyone that this insecurity is underlying many of his actions and outbursts. This seems to be the time that “the chickens will come home to roost”, as the old saying goes.