After an enormously dense year of gravity in Capricorn, Saturn finally becomes airborne today in Aquarius. Saturn rules both signs, so we’re not entirely free of his restrictive impulses but he’s far happier in Aquarius giving form to new ideas. There are other cosmic influences still at play, which make this energetic shift more complex, however, and we should be wary of overly idealistic thinking.
The Moon is currently travelling through Capricorn, which is one of her more challenging transits. Yesterday as she eclipsed Pluto, we may have felt the triggering of more difficult feelings. Today at 4:35pm AEST she crosses Jupiter, and at 5:27 pm she’ll eclipse Saturn at the exact moment he enters Aquarius at 0 degrees 0 minutes. The cosmic poetry of celestial events continues to blow me away this year. The Moon in Capricorn can produce overwhelming feelings and it can help to channel our energies into projects that allow us to process our emotions whilst we work towards achievable goals.
Also yesterday, Venus moved out of her fall in Scorpio and into Sagittarius. Her host Jupiter is still in his fall in Capricorn until midnight December 20 however, and today Venus forms an antiscia, or secret conjunction, with him. This could lead to a feeling of intensification in relationships and more challenges in communication and around concepts of belief. With Mercury combust the sun until the Solstice, listening becomes more difficult. And yet combust Mercurial energy can be powerfully channelled into spiritual processes. As Mercury approaches the Heart of the Sun on the Solstice, we burn off dross. We could practice listening as a form of spiritual devotion.
Pay attention too to what’s happening in your own world and to how the energies feel this afternoon and over coming days. What’s changing, ending or shifting? What feels new? There’s an orb of influence around these events, which means that we can feel their waves reaching us at different times before and after they’re exactly triggered. And by paying attention to the ways in which these celestial events are reflected in the patterns of our personal lives, as well as in the collective, we can learn how best to use these energies and opportunities to our advantage. We’re learning how to surf the cosmic tides to achieve maximum ride.
All year astrologers have been looking towards Monday’s Great Conjunction of Saturn and Jupiter, an event that occurs once every 20 years and influences the trajectory of society for that period in significant ways. This year the Saturn-Jupiter conjunction occurs at 0 degrees of Aquarius, an incredibly potent degree, for the first time in 800 years and on the Solstice itself, which is an extraordinary confluence of events. However, it’s more significant still. After meeting in Earth signs for 200 years, Saturn and Jupiter shift on the Solstice into a 200 year Age of Air. This elemental shift, referred to as the Great Mutation, will focus society’s attention towards airy ideals and concerns for the next 200 years: the relationship between community and individual freedom, social equality, technology, innovation and consciousness, and the expansion of our understanding about our place within the cosmos.
Most astrologers with an astronomical understanding of the Earth’s axial precession suggest that the famed Age of Aquarius isn’t likely to begin for another 100 or so years. However, if this is the case, it begins within this Age of Air, which means that everything we do, think, achieve, intend towards and act upon from now on establishes the foundations for the world we all hope to leave for our great great grandchildren. This is one of the most profound epochs in human history. The coming years will not be easy but they will be extraordinary and transformative. And we’re blessed to be incarnated at a time when we have greater power than ever before as individuals and communities to shape the world we wish to leave behind us.
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