Moon into Capricorn: Who's in Charge?

Sunday afternoon through Tuesday evening
Eastern Daylight Time

Sunday, October 30

La Hague Lighthouse, Normandy

Moon enters Capricorn 12:38pm
Moon sextile Chiron (Pisces) 1:52pm
Moon trine Jupiter (Taurus) 9:20pm
Moon conjunct Pluto (Capricorn) 9:58pm

Monday, October 31
Moon sextile Sun (Scorpio) 1:34am
Moon inconjunct South Node (Gemini) 5:02pm
Venus (Scorpio) square Neptune (Aquarius) 5:19pm
Moon sextile Ceres (Pisces) 5:35pm

Tuesday, November 1
Moon square Saturn (Libra) 4:14am
Mercury (Scorpio) square Neptune (Aquarius) 4:36am
Moon inconjunct Mars (Leo) 8:58am
Moon sextile Mercury (Scorpio) 3:56pm
Moon sextile Venus (Scorpio) 5:00pm
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Moon enters Aquarius 6:08pm

The Moon grabs her tool belt this afternoon to step into Capricorn, sign of steady effort and hard work. With Halloween tomorrow making this feel like a long weekend, it might seem a bit early for dour Capricorn. And yet, Capricorn is also the sign of authority––including claiming our own authority––and the Moon's journey over the next few days could help us do exactly that.

The Moon's first aspect is a flowing, energized sextile to Chiron as the Moon enlists the healer, sage and mentor. This Samhain season, beginning with the New Moon and continuing until November 7, is a time of facing the dark. We need all the help we can get.

sea thrift and storm clouds

Tonight, the Moon joins the transformative Pluto–Jupiter trine as she first trines Jupiter, then joins Pluto. Now we can let the universe know we're ready to enter the cauldron, surrendering to the alchemical process that will release our gold. This could be a night for big dreams, as the Moon taps into this Pluto–Jupiter connection.

Monday opens with a flowing sextile between the Moon and the Scorpio Sun, a time as crescent Moon waxes that we begin to see the shape of what will grow with this lunar cycle.

Monday evening brings intense connections with strong feminine archetypes as Venus squares Neptune, the Moon forms an inconjunct with the South Node, and sextiles Ceres. This Samhain evening will be a powerful time for meditation, divination, and visioning, especially if goddess energy is needed.

Early Tuesday morning, the Moon squares Saturn as Mercury squares Neptune. Morning dreams could be challenging––but also offer breakthroughs on difficult issues. When you go to sleep Monday night, ask for dreams to bring solutions to whatever you've been wrestling with, and pay attention to what shows up.

The Capricorn Moon forms an inconjunct aspect to Mars Tuesday morning, signaling another opportunity for problem solving (in other words, something might come up that demands attention!). If we're tempted to dramatically charge ahead, this Moon will counsel patience. If we're hopelessly slogging through mud, Mars can bring in sunlight, passion, and playfulness. Honor both.

The Moon ends her transit through Capricorn by returning to Scorpio territory, with sextiles to Venus and Mercury. Can we feel ourselves transforming within? It might feel too early, but it's time to pay attention: Things are changing. We're on board. Maybe it's time we learned to steer the ship.

... I wanted to embed a song here, but it's disallowed. Check out Kathy Mattea and Dougie MacLean performing MacLean's wonderful and haunting Ready for the Storm.