Waxing Moon Moving into Capricorn

So here we are, gathered around a wooden table in a dusty bar somewhere back-of-beyond. We've spent the night sharing marvelous tales of the road, trumping each other with another close call or moment of resplendent beauty, and toasting each triumph.

It feels like we're in a dreamscape where the boundaries between what actually happened and something truly magical are blurred, like we're all one band of travelers, brothers and sisters of the road.

And now the Sun is coming up outside, the first bright rays piercing the dark smoky air. Time to wake up and look around, come back into our own skins, and think about where we go next. What time does that bus leave? And where has my passport gotten to?

Gathering ourselves together, we wait a bit, sitting in the rising Sun. This is the tail end of the Sagittarius Moon, that philosophical raconteur. At 5:06am EDT, the Moon flowed energy in sextile with Neptune and Chiron in Aquarius, facing the bright light of Uranus in Pisces in square at 9:58am. Oh, but that Uranian light can be tough on the eyes after an all-night ceilidh!

At the square with Uranus, the Moon enters a brief void of course, stepping up to the mark in hard-working Capricorn at 10:17am EDT. The party's over, go find your work boots and grab a shovel while you're at it.

Early Capricorn is Pluto territory these days, and so the Moon moves through Pluto's positions as she squares expansive Jupiter in Aries at 2:35pm, squares Saturn in balanced Libra at 3:39pm, and joins Pluto at 4:02pm.

Capricorn looks at Sagittarian philosophizing as a lovely pastime with limited relevance to real life. If the idea can't fix something, build something, feed someone or make life better in some practical, hands-on way, what good is it? So here's where the rubber meets the road in this waxing Moon cycle. What have we done to make our dreams real? And if there's work still unfinished, why are we sitting here reading blogs and sipping lattes?

Things are happening, real things that make a difference, and we are part of them. When we've walked our talk, done the work, and reached a goal, we feel the bone-deep satisfaction a Capricorn Moon can bring.

Last night, the 4th Stryker Brigade of the 2nd Infantry Division crossing the Iraq- Kuwait border, leaving Iraq for good. The remaining combat troops now in Iraq will transition into noncombat roles by the end of this month. This is a real, tangible achievement in a long, long war. With the Moon in Capricorn, we know it ain't over 'til it's over, but watching the convoy pull out, we know a significant milestone has been reached. Our thoughts are with those who lost their lives, those who suffered injuries, those who made it out, and those who remain. 

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