Waning Moon in Virgo

Today, the energy of Earth is strong, the Moon in Virgo and the Sun in Capricorn. Today, we keep our feet on the ground, attend to details, serve others, and work steadily toward our goals. With the Moon trining Mars, also in Capricorn, we tap into boundless determination. As the Moon sextiles Venus in Scorpio, we gain deep insights.

deep roots

This focus on Earth sends us down into the roots of things, as the Sun moves between the North Node of the Moon and Pluto. The Sun-Pluto conjunction comes exact at 8:04pm tonight. The word "radical" comes from the Latin radix, or root, and in medieval philosophy meant getting back to essentials, back to basics.

Pluto in Capricorn pushes us to examine our deepest structures, the roots of our lives, and make whatever radical changes we need to stand on firm ground. As the Sun aligns with Pluto, we may see clearly which are the strong, healthy roots, and what needs to be cut away. Winter is a time of hard choices, when what is weak must be let go. Future survival depends on creating solid foundations.

As we continue our winter holidays, we experience our roots in other ways: family connections, cultural traditions, and personal hopes and plans are wrapped up in this time of celebration of light returning. As Mercury continues retrograde, we may feel more reflective than usual. Allowing the time for slow, steady, grounded reflection aligns us with the energies of deeply radical day.