Earthy, sensuous and extraverted Capricorn gets its kicks by giving form to ideas. What would you like to construct this Capricorn season?: gewgaws? a novel? an empire? a different reality? The catch is that you'll have to forego some existing thing or groove in order to construct something new (in spite of Capricorn's inclination to Have It All); in order to erect a new building, we often need to wreck an old building or at least drastically change an existing edifice or plot of land-like a domino effect, the whole neighborhood experiences a change of flavor, view and function.
Capricorn is the quintessential realist, moving and shaking in the material world. Your inner material girl seeks expression and satiety; don Armani garb while stylishly pursuing, questing, conquering and twisting reality. Capricorn labors, toils and sweats usually elegant bullets while ambitiously giving form to inspirations. Capricorn does not readily let go of its handiwork once it has become outworn; protective and reactionary, Capricorn often hangs on to the last thread of a deteriorating-once successful-situation or formula before reforming or constructing anew. Like the Greek Cronos eating his children to ensure his power, Capricorn is often compelled to keep a firm grip on position, control and public persona masks. What do you need to let go of this Capricorn season?
Business and economy are Capricorn-ruled domains, so we can expect to see a lot of head-butting activity in these realms for most of the month. Judges, despots and political leaders are also Capricorn-ruled roles; scepters of control change hands like batons in a weird relay race; reactionary knees jerk zealously and steadily.
We kick off the New Year with the Moon in the first sign of the zodiac: Aries-how fortuitous. Also, on New Year's Day, warrior Mars desires bong hits while engaged in a challenging relationship with escapist Neptune; New Year's resolutions are apt to be delusional or deftly avoided until the 2nd. Mars continues moving through stealthy Scorpio throughout January; power trips and conspiracy theories are stimulating; Scorpio adds a wickedly patient flavor to the usually trigger-happy inclinations of Mars (at the moment, he's a snake in the grass; eek).
Madame Venus, our ruler of desire and relationship dynamics, swishes into sensitive, seductive and psychic Pisces on the 3rd. Music, poetry, film and fashion fleetingly sate the soul in the material world. Relationship dynamics feature imagination, fantasy and great escapades. Artistic collaboration finds easy expression while group efforts at number crunching are distracted by psychic belches and love fever. Healers are busy.
The Full Moon on the 9th (12.24pm PST) features a Lunar Eclipse. The Moon is at home in Cancer while shadowed, setting-off changes in the Cancerian domains of home, family, security issues and the food we consume. Security issues include literal security policies and machinations along with those emotional insecurities that lurk beneath the surface of even the most confident of public persona masks. Previously latent, bunched-up emotions seek expression; what a fine time to pursue primal scream therapy.
Mercury is zippy this month before slamming on his brakes into retrograde motion during the first week of February. Mercury, ruler of thinking, speeds into ingenious Aquarius on the 10th; our mental energies are lured into technology, platonic love and our unique roles in society (not necessarily dictated by advertising and propaganda). Passions are drawn into causes and missions. Humanitarian thinking is aroused (not necessarily dictated by advertising and propaganda). Fragile, rose-colored attitudes and concepts duke it out with harsh, perhaps even cynical reality on the 12th and 13th while Mercury is dancing in the foggy and feel-good Neptune-a-Go-Go; the Sun and Saturn try and dictate bottom-line measures and procedures within the groovy stupor of Neptune's house of pain-avoidance; it will be interesting to see which duo has a greater affect on the other (escapist Mercury & Neptune or materialist Sun & Saturn?).
Both Jupiter and Saturn pivot out of retrograde motion on the 25th and 24th respectively. Previously held-back energy is released, disheveling even the most shellacked of hair dos and personalities. The Moon is new in Aquarius on the 24th (5.07am PST), enhancing the vibe of Initiation. Sharpen your horns and practice elasticity.
Aries . . . Taurus . . .Gemini . . . Cancer . . . Leo . . .Virgo . . . Libra . . . Scorpio
. . . Sagittarius . . . Capricorn . . . Aquarius . . . Pisces
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 Taurus Until Jupiter and Saturn pivot into forward motion on the 24th, you'll amorously eye crowbars and jackhammers as these are a couple of the tools that can un-stick whatever is stuck. Your prodigious self will is continuously goosed forward by warrior Mars' jaunt through potent (and extraordinarily self-willed) Scorpio. Channel frustrated energy toward investments rather than immediate gratifications and you'll reap some snappy results in February, March and more significantly in April. Your planetary ruler, Madame Venus, is sojourning through Pisces, drawing needy people toward you. Vulnerability surges, requiring extra-armor efforts amidst situations that bowl you over in distorted fashion. Relationship dynamics are potent; significant Others continue transforming your perceptions and directions of life. A petty tyrant (within you or outside of you) provokes the rough fight of your spirit. Mercury, ruler of thinking and communication, zips through Aquarius, emphasizing rushes of professional activity that are short and manic; the trick is not to get overly distracted from long-term goals by blitzkriegs of fleeting activity. On the 24th, a New Moon in Aquarius coincides with the forward-motion pivot of Jupiter and Saturn. New Moons emphasize "beginnings;" the simultaneous release of energy detonated by Jupiter and Saturn indicate new hues and tones that are forming in Life of Taurus (and thus outworn hues and tones are shed like so much dead skin). This is a phenomenal period of birth for Taurus; you are becoming acquainted with emerging facets of your self and your life; the greatest challenge is to let go of outworn concepts of your self and your life-and so you toss some of what was extremely familiar and safe into the wind while approaching (or better yet creating) a new launching pad. |
 Gemini 2001 features fitful re-birth for Gemini Sun sign natives and those bearing early degree Gemini Ascendants in their natal charts. The trails ahead will be rugged, yet working-up a frisky and risky sweat inspires the body, mind and soul (and makes progress taste all the more delicious). You're like a madwoman questing new terrains, her knapsack swinging like a pendulum behind her head. You'll leave behind the decadent, outworn, safe and familiar as you tread new landscapes, situations and relationships that exercise all your emerging potentials. Exertion is the name of the game; fresh purposes and approaches beg for bold expression like dice cracking across a crowded craps table. Choose how you would like to labor or labor will have a way of assigning tasks for you. Pivotal-feeling decisions confront you. The season of Capricorn kicks-off second winds and re-organization; create new maps. Warrior Mars continues marching through exquisitely self-willed Scorpio, whipping-up long-haulish tasks that require extra focus and grit. Mars also invokes new hygiene regimes; the Scorpio flavor of Mars is indicative of elimination; you can drop-kick self-hazardous thoughts and beliefs along with any vices that are cramping your trip. Your planetary ruler, thinking Mercury, is on speed in January before he slams the brakes into retrograde motion during the first week of February. Mercury's sprinting state of mind can elicit impatience; immediate results may be aroused but they are likely to require more tweaking in February. Quick fixes are an illusion; examine what is lurking under seductive veils and alluring skirts. |
 Cancer Relationship dynamics are rambunctious. People get under your skin and this can be both palatable and unsavory-either way, people are provocative. Partners and paramours want to sculpt life with you; at least one ripping petty tyrant can inspire you to rise to any freaking challenge. If you've been questioning the nature of a teaser-relationship, the season of tangible-evidence Capricorn can replace ambiguity with something you can get your hands on (or sink your teeth into or maybe even kick). Madame Venus moves through Pisces for most of the month, emphasizing conceptual dancing with others; compromises in group policy-making require overtime; successful coup d'etats require subtlety, patience and craft rather than special FX and violence. Warrior Mars continues moving through Scorpio, revving the engines of your sexual prowess and procreative drives. Intrigues abound. Much of your energy is apt to be drawn into career architecture; whether you are in a period of vocational construction or deconstruction, you'll have to lead, persuade and occasionally roll a few heads (particularly as you freak-out others). You'll face some opposition to your plots, plans and schemes, however, at the moment you're fairly well-situated in a throne (whose seat is made for your currently authority-exuding ass). Thinking and communicating Mercury speeds through Aquarius, one of the more occulted terrains in the Cancer solar chart; discoveries and revelations set-off domino effects through February; probes seduce you. Both Saturn and Jupiter pivot out of retrograde motion on the 24th; as previously held-back energies are released, you may feel as if you are slung out of a tight slingshot; your versatility, elasticity and peripheral vision will be tested. |
 Leo Your schedule, your agenda and your calendar are seeking new sumptuous filling; moving and shaking to fresh rhythms adds bounce to your pounce; rubbing different elbows ignites some sparks of inspiration and scheming to your life. In the Leo solar chart, Capricorn insists upon adaptability - use pencil while planning and while coordinating your latest plots. You'll probably have play a subservient role in one area of your life this month; or at least you'll need to convince the right person or people that you can indeed perform a subservient, team-playing cameo role until you-as usual-rise above such nonsense. Madame Venus sashays into Pisces on the 3rd; she'll attract Atlas types into your life-occasionally permit someone else to bear the hefty weight of responsibility and perform a heroic maneuver or two. Mercury, ruler of thinking and communication, speeds through Aquarius, accentuating networking mania. Relationship dynamics are feverish. If you were to input your large personality profile into a dating service machine, alarms would sound while under the duress of too many matches. Clients flock to you; partners plot with you; ogres eye you enviously while honing their daggers. Keep a couple of cards close to the chest lest you incite too much competition. Health and hygiene beg your attention; keep the juices roiling with more passion than stress; grant a lucky masseur the privilege of kneading your constricting soma-pliability is imperative. Saturn and Jupiter pivot into forward motion on the 24th while the Moon is new in Aquarius; potentials that have been holding their breath exhale. Connections with others are like compasses guiding you toward new horizons. |
 Virgo Free-form expression reigns for most of the month. Ad-liberation is refreshing; off-the-cuff antics are stimulating. Toss aside confining scripts; drop-kick stale, predictable roles. Occasionally cause mouths to open, eyebrows to raise. Although the season of Capricorn has a serious reputation, Virgo is in the position of removing the strait jacket of grim constraints. You can skip the needle that bounces repetitively upon worn and weary grooves that feel like "fate." Write your own life whether you are setting new verves in motion or whether you are derailing outworn situations (you can even erase odious characters, too!). Wear a crown for confidence-arousing purposes. Madame Venus, ruler of desire and relationship dynamics, swishes through Pisces, emphasizing relationships that are both present and absent. Virgos in intimate partnerships will desire space and solitude while Virgos not in intimate partnerships will be pining for action with someone else-yes how ironic. Carry rope in case you need to tie someone down for an answer-Madame Venus in Pisces can elicit ambiguity and ample vacillation. Your planetary ruler, thinking and communicating Mercury, speeds into Aquarius on the 10th, triggering wanderlust amidst a slew o' tasks that beg to be dominated. Define rushes of energy as "energy" rather than "worry-therefore I need something to worry about." Saturn and Jupiter pivot into forward motion on the 24th while the Moon is feeling dark and new in Aquarius; you'll assume a variety of roles and purposes in the year 2001; your juggling skills experience a crash course of development. |
 Libra Put a lot of energy into purging and re-arranging your environments. Change is snappy. Your environments reflect who you are; look around the places that ensconce you and contemplate their expression in relation to how you feel at this time. Purge the stale and outworn, seek-out more current expressions of who you are. If you are experiencing an identity-crisis, go for a blank canvas/Zen minimalist approach until distinction emerges. Warrior Mars continues marching through transformative Scorpio, overhauling your desires; new tastes beckon your hands and tongue. You realize your self-worth when you are fighting for your self. Your planetary ruler, desirous and relationship-oriented Madame Venus, sashays through Pisces, invoking your altruistic tendencies, maybe to a defect if you give until you are in agony. While tending to the wanton, keep an eye on your own need-gauge-take care of your self before you are staggering and limping. Mercury, ruler of thinking and communication, zips into brilliant Aquarius on the 10th, goosing your confidence; Mercury will also invoke an imperious 'tude when you need it the most (carry a tiara in order to accessorize imperiousness on the fly). Saturn and Jupiter move out of retrograde motion on the 24th while the Moon is new in Aquarius. There's a whole lot of learning going on in Life of Libra over the next two years. There's a whole lot of teaching, as well. Pedagogy prevails. Write a book. The New Moon enhances the moving theme of "endings (finally ending) begetting beginnings (at last beginning)." Keep that tiara at hand. |
 Scorpio Warrior Mars continues marching through Scorpio, eliciting flashy strut and swagger from your usually conservative strides. Flaunt. Self-aggrandize. Try not to make any earth shattering decisions on the 1st while Mars is bickering with Captain Delusion Neptune (ahoy!); commit to New Year's resolutions on or after the 2nd. The influence of Capricorn enables you to sculpt reality out of some of your ideas. Abracadabra, you're a magician. Impressive second winds are on the agenda in 2001; both expansive Jupiter and ambitious Saturn will be traveling through a very regenerative terrain of your solar chart. Your potency and charisma are triggered, too. If you can avoid under-handed means of maintaining the power you're gaining, you'll avoid messy scandals two and half years down the road. Madame Venus, ruler of desire and relationship dynamics, swishes through seductive Pisces, dowsing your aura with persuasive mojo. Seduce rather than demand. Persuade rather than strong-arm (for now). Bat the eyes in come-hitherly-dahling fashion. Others are apt to strum your conscience and heart strings. An ethical quandary is a tail wagging you. Emotions need an outlet lest they become bunched-up like an uncomfortable wedgie. Thinking and communicating Mercury speeds into ingenious Aquarius on the 10th; your ideas receive a spotlight on center stage; the more off-the-worn-path your concepts are, the more ecstatic your audiences will be. However, Mercury will go into his first retrograde motion cycle in the first week of February, demanding sweat, blood and tears while putting your concepts into action. Saturn and Jupiter pivot into forward motion on the 24th while the Moon is new in Aquarius; previously withheld forces break the leashes that bind them, creating themes, protagonists, antagonists and leitmotifs of the operatic-proportioned script you will be involved in over the next year. |
 Sagittarius Decisions, decisions. The season of Capricorn emphasizes your desire; the question is: what do you want? Use this time to delineate the changing nature of your yens and hankerings. The emphasis should be on what you want rather than what you feel you desperately need right now right this very second; heavy calculation takes precedence over whimsical impetuosity. The Capricorn influence won't have a patient affect on your already impatient, toe-tapping Sagittarian essence; however, warrior Mars is feeling stealthy and wickedly wise while marching through Scorpio; Mars in Scorpio is apt to apply the brakes when desired directions are hazardous; sometimes we don't get what we want (very vexing), but in hindsight we see that the brief (and brutal) frustration was gain disguised as loss. Capricorn rules over time; time is a gift bestowed upon you-don't kick it to make it go faster. Madame Venus, our ruler of desire, swishes through sensitive and psychic Pisces, accentuating home and family. The Full Moon/Lunar Eclipse maneuver on the 9th reveals more about where you hang you hang your hat(s). Mercury is on speed this month; he zips into Aquarius on the 10th, upping the ante of options amidst this poignant time of decision-making. You'll probably flip many a coin through February; situations are likely flipping you like a coin through February, as well. Mercury also triggers short jaunts for pursuits of profession and pleasure; you won't be bored. Saturn and Jupiter pivot into forward motion on the 24th while the Moon is new in progressive Aquarius. New relationship dynamics are emphasized in 2001; the cast of characters in your life change; new, spicy people enter the stage while existing relationships shape-shift their roles; new connections breed, offering you new tastes of life. |
 Capricorn You are the traveler who alights onto earth after a long ocean voyage (or perhaps a long solo cruise in clouds of change). Something about you changed while you were out there and your re-entry into the worldly scheme of things features new perspectives, fresh outlooks and a saucy attitude that is champing (eagerly) at the bit for change. Boldly go where you have not gone before; pursue those activities and situations that have been teasing your mind and emotions for realization. Like most travelers who move on new ground, you may initially trip, stagger and fall; but, it is enticing to explore curious new situations and peoples. There are parts of your self that are opening-up, enthused for expression. Capricorn is the quintessential sculptor giving form to ideas. This time of the year beckons you to break old molds and roles as you form and fire-up fresh beginnings . Madame Venus, ruler of desire and relationship dynamics, sashays into distracting Pisces on the 3rd; this month features relationships that widen the spectrum of your life (distracting you from linearism) while also enhancing your own distraction-inciting qualities. Thinking and communicating Mercury speeds through Aquarius, drawing your mind toward personal earnings and spreading your self around, generously. Sharing abounds. Your planetary ruler, authoritarian Saturn, pivots into forward motion on the 24th. Jupiter also pirouettes into forward motion during this time while the Moon is spanking-new in Aquarius. Previously held-back forces and desires are released like cannon balls spitting through space. New motions, projects and peoples paw the ground and flare the nostrils. In the year 2001, your versatility finds expression as you taste more of what is spread on the buffet table of life (it's an all-you-can-eat affair, dear Goats). |
 Aquarius Loose ends grip your wrists and ankles and then proceed to stretch you on a rack (temporarily). Logic wears a laugh track around its neck. Many will insist that you please all the people all the time; set some limits or you will indeed be stretched beyond realistic capabilities. Your sensitivity and vulnerability are heightened, expanding your perception of the sheer breadth of complications-occasionally rub your eyes for de-distortion purposes lest you feel like a paranoid mouse. Organization is inclined to become disorganized; use pencil when you go back to the drawing board; dance with continuous change until the 3rd week of this month. The powerful aspect of all this abstract, seeming non-sense is that some unanticipated changes can actually be ultimately beneficial. You are also in a potent position to give form to the imagination-be careful what you wish for, you just might get it. Madame Venus moves through Pisces, accentuating desire. Pisces is in this world but is not of this world; consequently, you may experience jags of divine discontent wherein you feel wanton but you can't seem to find satisfaction in the material world; the solution with Pisces is spiritual and thus poetic. Mercury speeds through Aquarius before skidding into his first retrograde motion cycle in the first week of February. Thinking Mercury in Aquarius enhances your impatience with slow-mo peoples; your arrogance is trotting hotly, as well. Personnel changes are hyper over the next two months as are reactions to you and the changes you (persistently) set in motion. Saturn and Jupiter pivot into forward motion on the 24th while the Moon is simultaneously new in Aquarius. Previously hidden or unexercised facets of your personality leap in the Scheme of Things; you'll probably have to display some despotic edges from time to time as your leadership abilities build the brawn necessary for influencing change over the next two years. Wield a scepter, a pen, a paintbrush as you are scheduled to create life rather than merely react to it. |
 Pisces It's a wrap. The season of Capricorn brings some conclusion to your life (and thus impregnates beginnings as if someone is loading fireworks in the shadows ahead of you). The gist of the more poignant situations of your life have reached culmination and thus begin to recede (as if the tides of your life, subtler but perhaps no less provocative, ebb out into a horizon). Madame Venus, ruler of desire and relationship dynamics, moves into Pisces on the 3rd, beseeching you to woo your Self; rebuild thy ego with aplomb. Your sauciness is attractive while the Madame swishes through the Fish; mischievous relationships test the weight of your self worth. The Moon is eclipsed as she reaches full, ripe positioning on the 9th; she's shadowed in Cancer, emphasizing creative projects, new domains to conquer and procreation. Jupiter and Saturn pivot into forward motion on the 24th, emphasizing locale changes in Life of Pisces. Maybe you literally move at least one of your habituated environs (home, office or other haunts); or perhaps new personalities change the flavors of previously familiar locale auras. The New Moon in Aquarius-also on the 24th-enhances the changes that Jupiter and Saturn invoke; utilize the synchronicity-lovin' verve of Aquarius to enthusiastically (and cosmically) affirm changes of direction. Warrior Mars continues moving through Scorpio, drawing much of your energy into philosophizing, debating, contracts and foreigners. Mercury whips through Aquarius for most of the month (he enters the WaterBearer on the 10th); thinking Mercury says you can now grip realizations that slipped so evasively through your fingers in the past. Previously covered information performs a strip-tease. How was your: December? November? October? September? August? July? June? May? April? March? February |
