from the chair: 29th December 2022: Mercury retrograde, 3rd January 2023: Venus enters Aquarius, 7th Full Moon in Cancer

Hi everyone!

Crossing bridges attending to ‘trolls’ within and without!

Here we are crossing the bridge of a new calendar year with the commitment, diligence and dedication of the Capricorn energies pushing us on through the hard slog of climbing our own personal mountains.

At a standstill: Mind/body makeover!

Most of us have felt as though we had reached a standstill with Mars and then Mercury, our two movers and shakers, both retrograde taking us over old buried memories for retrieval or release. The mind/body makeover has been lengthy and intense continuing for just a couple more weeks.

The call for review, reflection, renewal of the damage and release what needs to go:

With so much planetary energy in Capricorn from the New Moon in December, the brief has demanded we attend to the structures and systems of our physical world from the wider perspective of society and government to the domestic sphere of home and the personal sphere of physical health and renewal of our damaged and depleted bodies.

Consider all the systems in our bodies such as circulatory, respiratory, neuralgic, nervous, endocrine, adrenal, digestive, reproductive, skeletal. Capricorn rules the systems within and the interconnecting tissues at joints...ligaments, tendons, muscles.

Deep surrender and rest as the physical vessel releases, renews and recalibrates:

The physical challenges of the past couple of years seemed to come to a head in December when the dominance of planetary energies in earth signs Capricorn and Taurus demanded we attend to underlying weaknesses in the body.

The recalibration of our physical beings took many of us to a place of deep surrender and absolute rest with more than a few facing a ‘healing crisis’. A healing crisis is when everything gets much worse and escalates any health issue in order that a deep and profound healing can take place.

29th December: Mercury Retrograde at 24 degrees 21 Capricorn at 8.32 pm AEDT

Mental pathways to power!

Until 19th January

Let’s get this done: New land waiting on the other side of this retrograde bridge!

Mercury ruler of our mental body, respiratory and nervous systems has been getting a workout with the undercurrent of Mars in Gemini, Mercury’s home territory for quite a few weeks. So if you’re feeling confused, addled or experiencing a jumpy nervous system then it comes as no surprise that Mercury now retrograde in Capricorn is going to help us finish us the work of clearing out the memory banks from the mental body, nervous and respiratory systems.

Better out than in! Clear the airwaves, brainwaves!

Any previous weak spots in the breathing, lungs, sinuses as well as nervy propensities like the jumpy reactions to external stimuli will be offered a clearing period until 19th January when we can cough it up, sneeze it out, spit it out, speak it out. After 19th Mercury will be travelling direct until 11th February in Capricorn which will give us the time and space to put the pieces together and reclaim our powerful place

in the world.

Reclaiming respect for ourselves and the human dimension: Clear the trolls of the past!

Mercury rules communication and commerce and in Capricorn which is ambitiously focussed on success in the public sphere, public life, on respect and reputation, we might find ourselves recovering our ‘lost’ voice from those times and places where we let ourselves down and succumbed to bullying forces.

Sabian Symbol for Mercury stationing degree

CAPRICORN 25

AN ORIENTAL RUG DEALER IN A STORE FILLED WITH PRECIOUS ORNAMENTAL RUGS

This Symbol speaks of knowing how to appraise the worth of things, to be able to buy and sell and market products for sale. Taking pride in the products of your culture, and the buying and selling of useful and beautiful things is a responsible position, and the claims made about the products have to be tried and true. There may be a feeling of needing to reassess your attitudes and ideals, particularly if there’s the desire to get the better of others. You may feel the need to work with the physical and mental practices of oriental traditions that are available.

Refinement of cultural understanding and values. Bargains. Bartering. Selling and trading. Charging a fair price. The sales pitch. Products of the east. Stalls. Markets.

Bargaining only to personal advantage. Appreciating excellence vs. giving undue significance to unworthy goods. The archetypal ‘used car salesman’. Peddling.

Sabian Symbols: Lynda Hill www.sabiansymbols.com

January:

3rd January: Venus enters Aquarius at 1.09 pm AEDT

Time for lift off! You don't own me!

Until 27th January

Heart power leading the way: Reach for the Aquarian star of destiny!

And it’s time to lift off with our Capricorn goat leaping into the skies with the power of a restored heart energy! We might still be feeling a bit bogged down for a while with Mercury still retrograde and in demanding earthy Capricorn keeping us mentally focussed on mundane matters and earthy realities. Reminder that we just treading old pathways resolving old issues and memories.

The light of love, cosmic dimensions and divine hope opens our hearts to the big picture!

Aquarius energy highlights our star of destiny, our personal call to aspire to cosmic hopes and dreams beyond the everyday world we have been negotiating with the focus on earth energies and Capricorn earthly ambitions.

Look up, look out, envision the personal utopia for a little while to raise the spirits!

Venus enters the sign of idealism and cosmic community where our vision is expanded beyond current limitations. This will be a welcome relief after feeling grounded for some time. The passion and enthusiasm for life has been tempered by mundane demands of existence with planet earth and humanity in a universal makeover of great depth.

Make the most of this evolved energy which will carry us through the Full Moon in Cancer on 7th January and through the New Moon in Aquarius. Blessed be!

7th January: Full Moon Cancer at 16 degrees Cancer 22 at 10.07 am AEDT

Green grass of home!

The Moon is lighting our way home!

Welcome to this Full Moon which is illuminating our journey home across the rugged mountains and into the nurturing landscape of open grasslands.

Holding the vision of divine liberation:

The vision of the green, green grass of our homelands calls us on out of the past constraints of systems, rules imposed by the unevolved consciousness of the past. The divinity of Capricorn is surfacing as divine law, systems, structures and justice within and without.

Messages from within, from the past: Informing future direction!

Mercury, our messenger, sits up close to the Capricorn Sun opposite the Full Moon and whispering messages of encouragement as ambitious Capricorn drives our outer engines to inner reclamation of our divine nurturing capacities of love and healing for finding our homeland, place of home, belonging and soul family connection. Here’s the foundation for our dreams.

Future visions for our evolution and direction: Uranus, messenger of cosmos!

Uranus, the awakener, in Taurus, sitting close to the current planetary direction for evolution is sending insights and inspiration to the Capricorn Sun in a positive door opening trine. Also connecting in a positive way to the Full Moon in Cancer.

Uranus takes us beyond our foundations and lifts us to the bigger picture.

Softening painful memories with focus and attention:

Cancer rules home/place of belonging, family, ancestors and emotional security

The Full Moon brings up buried memories of all kinds and it is through our focus and direction of our attention we can find the positives and good memories of the past which can dissolve all old wounds, childhood, ancestral,familial or past life experiences.

The bridging of physical and emotional security: The Capricorn/Cancer opposition calling for balance

Capricorn is focussed on physical and financial security and provides the counterbalance to Cancerian concerns and rulership of emotional security. The more we establish emotional security as our starting point, our foundation, the more we can establish physical security. It’s an ongoing balancing act of these two signs.

Of course we need to work with emotional insecurities by grounding our energies with physical steps like exercise, eating, physical intimacy with another...anything to bring comfort to the emotions through physical awareness.

Sabian Symbols for Full Moon:

The Moon

CANCER 17

THE SEED GROWS INTO KNOWLEDGE AND LIFE

This Symbol shows situations pregnant with meaning and significance. Something starts with a seed and grows until it becomes something reliable and strong. Sometimes, you may feel that you are not growing or developing properly, maybe dissatisfied at perceived failings. Things take time to develop and, rather than being rushed, need to be nurtured to develop. It is important to start small and grow, fertilizing and watering in order for things to grow and flourish. Remember that small and steady beginnings can lead to a beautiful flowering. This can indicate pregnancy or the inception of a new idea.

Warning against grabbing for the fast dollar. Pregnancy, childbirth and growing up. Embryonic cells. The giving and receiving of lessons. The Kabala. The Tree of Life.

Trying to do things that aren’t fully developed. Rushing and missing vital parts in the situation. Aborted attempts. Arrogance about how much one knows.

Sabian Symbols: Lynda Hill www.sabiansymbols.com

The Sun

CAPRICORN 17

A YOUNG PERSON SURREPTITIOUSLY BATHING IN THE NUDE

This Symbol shows getting rid of the restraints imposed by social conditioning and inhibitions; to strip down to bare essentials and not be ashamed of it. The “Young Person” is enjoying the feeling of not having clothes or costume to constrain or cover them. They are also letting the sun and the air contact their skin which is very healthy and revivifying. Although there may be some feelings of being ‘exposed’, really letting go and not worrying about being ‘seen’ can lead to feelings of freedom. This applies to a freeing up or exposing on a spiritual and emotional level as well, it’s not confined to physical realities.

Confrontations with one’s self. Reconnecting with nature. A desire to ‘reveal’ oneself. Confronting Puritanism. Issues with weight. Stripping. Streaking. Sun lotions. Mirrors.

Suppression of natural attitudes. Bondage to inhibitions. Exhibitionist. Revealing too much. Showing off. Lack of concern for others’ feelings. Sexual exploitation.

Sabian Symbols: Lynda Hill www.sabiansymbols.com

Golden Oldies:

'Respect’ Aretha Franklin with lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A134hShx_gw Capricorn energies

‘You don’t Own me’ Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn & Diane Keaton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRLdtDYoVX8 Venus in Aquarius

You're The Voice John Farnham(lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa3YDYhUYM0 Mercury in Capricorn

Green, Green Grass Of Home - Tom Jones - Lyrics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2CJzKBJY74 Full Moon in Cancer

Upcoming Dates:

13th January: Mars stations direct at 8 degrees 08 Gemini

19th January: Mercury direct at 8 degrees 08 Capricorn 12.12 am AEDT

Until 11th February, enters Aquarius

20th January: Sun enters Aquarius 7.29 pm AEDT

Until 19th February

22nd January: New Moon in Aquarius at 1 degree 33 7.53 pm AEDT

22nd January: Chinese New Year of the Water Rabbit

23rd January Uranus direct at 14 degrees 57 Taurus 9.58 am AEDT

That’s all folks! Hugs all around!

We entered the New Year with the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Pluto all travelling in Capricorn, challenging many of us in the recalibration of our minds and hearts in the deep cellular transformation of our physical structures in our bodies and in the earth herself.

The ongoing impact of climate change continues to bring freak geophysical and climactic events guaranteeing disruptions to our planet itself. We are experiencing the echoing forces with our physical existence itself with homes and homelands devastated by natural events along with the ongoing theme of human warfare.

Now, one of our Capricorn goats, Venus has moved into Aquarius across the bridge of change.Three of our Capricorn goats are still on the bridge of change maintaining the vision of the green fields of ‘home’.

Big changes and uplift in next couple of weeks with movement of Mars, Mercury and the Aquarian energies offering liberation...’You don’t own me’!

Love and blessings to all of us earth beings learning to live as cosmic beings holding the light of liberation in our hearts and minds in this mammoth challenge!