Moon into Capricorn: Walking the Talk

Thursday afternoon through Saturday evening

Sagittarian exploration ends this afternoon when the Moon steps into grounded, practical Capricorn, the sign that says philosophy might be a nice diversion, but it's time to get to work. Capricorn is the cardinal Earth sign, whose motto is "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

This Moon in Earth will make easy, flowing aspects with planets in Earth and Water, and more challenging aspects with planets in Fire and Air. Yet all four elements are needed, working together in balance, to create the world.

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The Moon's first aspect in Capricorn is a flowing sextile with Neptune, practical Earth and visionary Water. Tuesday at a dream workshop led by my friend Victoria Rabinowe, we built dreams with found objects. Mud, stone, wood, dried stalks and seeds, fragments of bark include all four elements in unique and wonderful forms.

Tonight, the Moon meets Uranus in square. The Awakener blazes through Aries, igniting fires of spirit, of anger, of desire, of change. This practical Moon challenges Uranus to pay attention to structures and foundations.

Overnight, the Capricorn Moon trines Venus in Taurus and sextiles Chiron in Pisces. Perhaps this combination will bring a new steadiness, calm and healing to relationships unsettled during the intense Aries time we've just been through.

Friday is a day to be grounded, offering great support for practical action. Over the course of the day, the Moon will trine Mercury and Mars in Taurus, join Pluto in Capricorn, and square Saturn in Libra. Meanwhile, Mercury and Mars will trine Pluto and join each other. Mind, action and emotion are aligned today.

As the Moon wanes, we share what we've learned with the world. What are the real-world applications of our realizations? "Matter" comes from the Latin materia, the stuff from which things are made, possibly originally from mater, origin and mother. Friday we explore what matters, and what we can do about it.

Saturday, the energy shifts from Earth to Air as the Sun enters Gemini overnight. Venus trines Pluto, calm and creative alchemy. The Moon's last aspect in Capricorn is a square to Jupiter in Aries, bringing us back to the philosopher king, our practical work in hand.

After about five hours in her time-between-times, the Moon lifts off into Aquarius at 10:31pm EDT. Soon after, the Sun and Moon, both now in Air, element of thought and communication, reach their waning trine, a time of harmony and understanding. Saturday night's dreams may fly far on bright wings.