Born Today 25 December

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You may feel a little like your Cardinal compadre Libra during the early part of this coming year, Cappy, as you deal with dual matters, each of which wants your attention. Pieter de Hooch {{PD}}

You may feel a little like your Cardinal compadre Libra during the early part of this coming year, Cappy, as you deal with dual matters, each of which wants your attention. Pieter de Hooch {{PD}}

You may be caught, dear Capricorn, between handling those matters you thought you could ignore, but which you’ve seen just won’t go away, and with losing yourself in some new creative endeavor (or in some matter of the natal House containing or with Pisces on the cusp). Both are pulling the spirit; without attending to each side of the equation, though, you won’t make any headway with either. That means this coming Solar year, through to your next birthday, you’ll be managing a balancing act of sorts, at least until you clear up those ignored issues–once those are handled, full energy can go to that creative matter–and that could become a signature expression of who you are. I know it’s not easy sharing a birthday with one of the most famous individuals to have ever existed, but I hope you’ll go out of your way to celebrate the beginning of your personal ‘new year’–don’t downplay the importance of your Solar Return just because it happens to coincide with ‘that day’–this year your rational intellect is especially strong, and you can draw a distinct mental line between the social hoopla and this marker of your own personal evolution that will help make this day more personally special for you each year, forever after. Happy Birthday, Capricorn, and good luck!

Born Today 24 December

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Hiding just won't cut it right now, Capricorn. 'Cinderella'  Val Prinsep {{PD}}

Hiding just won’t cut it right now, Capricorn. ‘Cinderella’ Val Prinsep {{PD}}

Is shyness a perpetual problem for you, dear Capricorn, or are you just experiencing a severe bout right now? In either case, you may feel that hiding in a box is your only option; and I can see why. You are being plagued (haunted?) possibly at a mostly subliminal level, by some serious matters that you have so far successfully ignored, or have even denied exist. Your natural tendency is to withdraw from these issues, which may involve vital details of material matters, your own or others’ rage, reactions to criticism, and ‘dividing the spoils’, which may not have gone as it should/ was planned; now you need to deal with these, in order to allow for gestation time involving a highly creative period you will shortly enter–not clearing up what’s haunting you means you will have energy and attention diverted to holding off awareness or putting out related fires, when it really should go to cooking a major creative or imagination-fueled thing that only you can offer the world. The choice is clear. Happy Birthday, Cappy, and good luck!

Just a Little AstroEssence 26 December 2014: Off, and Running

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Bruno Liljefors - Winter Hare 1928 {{PD}}

Bruno Liljefors – Winter Hare 1928 {{PD}}

I’ve noticed a lot of people today sounding as if they’re operating in crisis mode, but also clearly in denial about the level of stress they’re carrying; maybe this will help.

26 December we are hyper-aware of our current life direction and the repercussions of our choices, and that may have an odd effect: we could try to outsmart the Universe (by anticipating where our actions might lead) and so end up landing in uniquely disempowering circumstances. What we imagine occurring in financial or relationship sectors could be misleading, and send us in the wrong direction. We need to tap creative powers and apply them to our surroundings, with an eye to where we want to find ourselves in the future; that will turn our efforts in a positive direction and help us avoid moves where we end up doing nothing so much as outsmarting ourselves. (Perfecting today: Mars opposed Juno, Venus semi-square Neptune, Mercury square the Nodal axis, which catches Saturn at the midpoint of NN-Merc, Earth trine Neptune)

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Born Today 23 December

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Edgar Degas 1873 {{PD}}

Edgar Degas 1873 {{PD}}

It may be an incredibly active year for you, dear Capricorn, one of major excitement and change, but it may feel as if it’s all happening on a stage, and you’re just watching, at least at first; you may be too busy putting out fires generated by issues ignored or denied, or even by the consequences of your own temper, to step out onto that stage. Here are some pointers to help you handle both your own ‘performance’ and what may come at you: Be careful with your words–reverence and extra attention in communication and agreements is important; use your best judgment in relationships and finances–there’s no room to spare at this point; and be prepared for actions and choices to feel ‘fated’–because they will lead to your future. Be prepared for some tough going that should give way to a widening of horizons and the ability to learn just what it was all for. Happy Birthday, Capricorn, and good luck!

Just a Little AstroEssence + the Daily Word Image 23 December 2014: Fragile Identities

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William Orpen 'The Eastern Gown' 1906 {{PD}}

William Orpen ‘The Eastern Gown’ 1906 {{PD}}

23 December we may face some serious concerns over how much relationships or the financial situation do or do not support our empowerment, and smart money says we take the long view, considering how this may end up affecting our future course. At least, that will be the approach of those who are listening for the Cosmic undercurrent; everyone else may treat those things we find upsetting us or drawing our attention as much less meaningful than we know them to be. The good thing is you’ll easily see who’s taking a deeper approach, and so be able to identify the kind of communication that may be most effective, either speaking ‘on the surface’ or looking beyond the obvious, depending on who’s in front of you. In any case, respect for others’ communications, reasoning processes, and mental perceptions is necessary, because there just won’t be any room to question or ridicule what others propose—everyone will need to be able to retain a sense of dignity in interaction—it’s best kept in mind that identities are fragile at this time. One thing you can count on: people will be telling you what they care about, even if the message is sent indirectly. (Venus quincunx Juno and square the Nodal axis, Mercury conjunct Vesta, Sun sesquiquadrate Juno, Saturn enters Sagittarius)

Today’s image is a baby. Close your eyes for a moment and imagine holding one, imagine the clean, ‘new baby’ smell of one, recall how incredibly soft they are. Have a completely human moment, communing with that very distinctive way we all begin our journey. There, doesn’t that feel better?

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Born Today 22 December

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Visits by winged sprites are unlikely, Cappy, but you never know. Maria d'Harcourt et d'Aumale, wife of Reinald IV, Duke of Guelders and Jülich, in a houppelande, fol 19 of the Breviary of Marie de Gueldres c1415 {{PD}}

Visits by winged sprites are unlikely, Cappy, but you never know. Maria d’Harcourt et d’Aumale, wife of Reinald IV, Duke of Guelders and Jülich, in a houppelande, fol 19 of the Breviary of Marie de Gueldres c1415 {{PD}}

Dear Capricorn, you’ve got a fated year ahead of you–and by fated, I mean one that you have constructed out of choices and have been rolling inexorably toward for a long, long time. Don’t worry, it’s all of your own making, and will happen without conscious attention from you–and if you find that scary, that fear is only a suggestion that you re-consider some of your choices and methods. The banner headline for you this year, and the one that will grab your attention through to your next birthday, concerns the communication of your emotions and emotional perceptions; feelings, along with a strong desire to take action that will ‘fix’ what needs reform and that will allow for true freedom and/ or Self-expression, will likely be the centerpiece for the next 12 months. Concurrent with this, expect your reality to change–and know that will be a direct reflection of what you’ve built. Happy Birthday, Capricorn, and good luck!

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Born Today 21 December

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Ei Kyu: Chaos, 1957 {{PD}}

Ei Kyu: Chaos, 1957 {{PD}}

Are you familiar with that Carly Simon song, ‘Anticipation’? This year for you, dear Sag, that may be your theme: “It’s makin’ me wait, it’s keepin’ me way-ay-aitin'”. Nobody wants to hear they’ll be spending a year with an activity level equivalent to waiting in line–but that may be exactly what you have to do. Here’s the up side, though: you are totally, one-hundred percent, in charge of your world and what changes in it–even if you don’t believe that, and even if some change comes about through crisis or the crumbling of your security or life structures. Now it sounds serious, right? And it also likely sounds a lot more like your typical day-to-day events–and that should make you think. Why would the Universe put your normally stressful and semi-chaotic journey on hold? Maybe it’s because you need to quit hiding from those things you thought you could safely ignore–because dealing with those issues will be the key to a happy, active, and productive year. Happy Birthday, Sag, and good luck!

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Just a Little Lunar Essence: the New Moon in Capricorn 21 December 2014

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Luis Ricardo Falero - Unfinished Song 1882 {{PD}}

Luis Ricardo Falero – Unfinished Song 1882 {{PD}}

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New Moon on 21 December at 5:36 PM Pacific time at 00 Capricorn 06: Self-Possession
Even with generous orbs we only get New Moon contact in two notable ways: a trine to Black Moon Lilith, and a sesquiquadrate to Juno, and it also squares the Aries Point, suggesting the importance of the NM in a way the aspects don’t reveal, such that what occurs may be life-altering. A NM is an inception, but what is born here? In Capricorn we’re talking about energies of a constructive nature, perhaps of containment or for forming boundaries. The Lilith aspect says this Moon could act like a funnel, bringing forward every ignored or hidden matter, forcing us to begin to deal with them. It could also birth a Lilithian rage, a need to condemn every injustice we’ve suffered. And it could bring us to a point of accepting our position as we find ourselves, and then giving us the cojones to walk away from whatever we find unacceptable, in terms of our dignity, our honor, or our Self-respect. This definitely impacts our empowerment situation, but in a very specific way: we are at a point of complete Self-possession, so that any clout we got from partnerships, status, or through others may be endangered because we won’t see ourselves as interdependent anymore. This can be good—we will never again allow anyone to mistreat us—or bad—we could throw out our babies (relationships, financial arrangements, jobs, reciprocal situations) with our insistently independent bathwater (I’ll bet those three words have never appeared together in that order in a sentence before).

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Born Today 20 December

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'Whispering Sound' by Mizuno Toshikata, 1900 {{PD}}

‘Whispering Sound’ by Mizuno Toshikata, 1900 {{PD}}

This may be a year, dear Sagittarius, spent more in quiet contemplation of yourself and the road you will take than it will be a year of activity; the biggest changes are likely to come in relationships and in the area of assets and earnings–but it will still feel as if the real activity is internal. The sense could be that you are about to move from an atmosphere of freedom to one of restriction, and this likely is coming about as you learn new things about your current world; the fact is, though, that what you are now learning has always been so, and you are only now becoming aware of it, hence the feeling of constraint as a new thing. You are perhaps perceiving that options are narrowing–and though the reality isn’t new, your notice of it is, and that will drive that turning inward of consciousness, that consideration of your life’s meaning and choices, this coming Solar year, through to your next birthday. My advice: accept the reality of what you’re now seeing (because you will definitely be tempted to ignore or deny it), and then widen your horizons–you ended up where you are because you made them too narrow in the first place. Happy Birthday, Sag, and good luck!

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Born Today 19 December

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The Whisper of the Muse, by Julia Margaret Cameron 1865 {{PD}}

The Whisper of the Muse, by Julia Margaret Cameron 1865 {{PD}}

Dear Sagittarius, let emotions and intuition be your guide this coming Solar year, through to your next birthday; they will flow from what you know to be both wise and practical–but this advice comes with a few caveats: your ability to connect with your instincts must be intact for this to work–if there’s too much mental interference, or too much of a civilized veneer blocking contact with your animal Self, then this won’t work; and following prompts from emotional perceptions will go well only if you are truly and fully aware of the material reality around you–so if you carry fantasies about the nature of your current role, job, assets, or relationships, that perceptual filter might interfere with the quality of the guidance you can receive. Other than that, you’ll be golden, and can look forward to growing reward that, late in the year, will come from or result in immense change. Happy Birthday, Sag, and good luck!

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