Tonight at 5:43 PM Pacific time just two days before the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, we experience the New Moon in fiery Sagittarius. Versatile,mutable, happy go lucky,keep on trucking Sagittarius loves to wander and to search for Truth. This Lunation occurs just before the sun moves into Earthy Capricorn and will take place at 28° of the Sign; almost the end degree of the sign. This represents endings and beginnings, all kind of blended together just before the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Sagittarius is a changeable fire sign representing growth, travel Adventures, Higher Education all with a sunny, optimistic personality. Sagittarius is sometimes hyperbolic, but usually very honest: sometimes too much for some … Sagittarian energy includes belief paradigms, educational structures and organizations, curricula, Universities, all learning systems and Truthseeking ; all the while having a ball along the way! Sagittarius can be as open-minded as the Best of them or sometimes allow their karma to run over their dogma. Beware of closed, narrow minded approaches, especially when dealing with political, philosophical, religious or spiritual matters. The Archer shoots arrows of truth, but sometimes “ Truthiness” in this topsy-turvy world. Remember that the quest for truth leads not so much to more knowledge as it does to ultimate Wisdom. Sagittarius has the gift of discernment and can separate Fact from Fiction.
Sagittarius’s ruling planet is Jupiter ; Associated with benevolence, good fortune and known as the Greater Benefic in ancient astrology. Jupiter represents expansion and Saturn represents contraction. For now the ongoing Jupiter Saturn Trine is still in place. This powerful transit is at this time in our skies pushing forward and yet forcing us to do it in a constructive,orderly,logical, sometimes heavy, obligatory, even difficult manner. Jupiter is currently in the home loving hearth protecting sign of Cancer. Saturn is at the very last ( and Very deeply Karmic ) degrees of Pisces. Furthermore at this New Moon Jupiter in Cancer makes a tough square With asteroid Chiron in Aries, the Wounded Healer. It dredges up those things that do often lie too deep for tears,: all the things we thought we covered, went through, got past; all the things we thought we learned and yet sometimes there’s still a scar or a trigger that brings us back right to square one…
This new moon is an invitation to surrender per chance to release, and to no longer be stuck, to wallow or to worry about those things which cannot be changed, or undone. It is time to look forward and to look up, maybe at comet 3I/ Atlas passing so nearby tonight?
Venus, the planet of finance and romance and Mercury the great messenger/communicator are also transiting optimistic Sagittarius. Therefore Sun,Moon, Venus, and Mercury comprise what is known as a Stellium or grouping of (fire in this instance) energies in one sign of the Zodiac. This makes for an fast moving, possibly intense day with a lot of little snafus, a lot of little bugaboos, yet overall a VERY positive and expansive day; A great signifier of much need beneficial change
This is a field day for Sagittarian traits like honesty, adventurousness, exploration, learning curves, generosity, curiosity,freedom, independence, bonhomie, field day, directness, idealism, grandiosity, individuality, and the desire for More! Just Beware of any tendencies towards blunt or sharp words, tactlessness, restlessness, impatience, being judgmental, dismissive, too big for your britches, or having unrealistic expectations and/ or standards!
The Stellium in Sagittarius is making a tough square to Saturn, which represents limitations, duty, obligation and harsh reality AND to dreamy, ethereal, Neptune, which can fool us, delude us, create illusion, or move us with Compassion to Revelation and Transcendence. We will need in these next few days to take a good look before you believe or leap into something lest you be bamboozled into buying a Bridge in Brooklyn or some snake oil that’s been too long on the shelf…… Saturn will pull Neptune back down to Earth but count to ten before you make very important moves.. Transiting Mercury squares the Moon’s Nodes in Pisces/ Virgo( Remember the North and South Nodes are the powerful invisible points in the sky where the Moon’s orbit intersects Earth’s path around the Sun) These transiting lunar nodes are symbolic of personal and Transpersonal destiny; our relationship to those around us AND the Collective. They Govern to a great degree those things that we brought into this lifetime that need to be perfected or discarded. The Nodes are now in Virgo and Pisces, a pair of opposite signs that offer seeming contradictions between perfectionism and total acceptance, segregation or inclusion, logic or feeling, Machines or dreams, and a Greater Understanding of the physical vs the invisible World all Around.
The December 2025 New Moon has some challenges because of the harsh aspects to Saturn /Neptune ( don’t forget radical unpredictable Uranus thrown into the mix which brings unexpected events) Problems or crises may arise on the World Stage owing to deception, disinformation, disingenuousness, confusion, lack of truth or information, along with Uncertainty. Expect the unexpected and be prepared for Change. Some things may test your patience or your faith, but overall, an extremely good Shift for the better is At Hand. As we continue moving into that part of the sky, which is that Wonderful almost Miraculous Magic Triangle Heralding a worldwide push toward Truth, Betterment and an easier, more inclusive and sustainable Way through this Present Mess through the end of 2028. Even as things Continue to fall apart and fall away as Saturn and Neptune March toward Dynamic and Courageous Aries: Truth will Be Told. We push for creativity, innovation, compromise, faith, generational optimism, and Fairness.
PS I will get some flack from people that think that I’m a negative naysayer… BUT please watch yours health, and yourself especially with regards to partying or your libations and substances these next few days; anything …especially liquids because Neptune DOES rule accidents, poisons,rain and climatic events. So whether you just drink too much or there’s an Unaliving attempt somewhere on the world stage just be apprised! There I had to say it! Namaste