As the year closes, the Sun and Moon are joined by an embracing Mercury and Venus – again – but this time they meet up in the sign of The Archer, He of the dead eye aim and the lofty philosophies. Our desire for the truth – finally, please – following the elections will be hammered by the continuing retrograde Mars in Gemini opposing Venus and Mercury as they head deeper into Sagittarius. These polarized energies square Neptune in Pisces, and Neptune is joined once again by Jupiter (as was the case in April): a tsunami of emotion, information, bringing plenty of obfuscation, outright lies, beliefs, and delusional behaviors. This isn’t just Those People Out There, but Us People in Here! And perhaps a protracted drama around the elections, where uncertainty and recounts drag on into the next year.
The Sun transiting in Sagittarius – higher purpose, loftier goals, aim at the possible, don’t be dissuaded by disappointments – reaches an exact opposition with retrograding Mars in Gemini on December 7-8. The tension between possibility and pragmatics is high here, and we’ll all have tough choices to make about who and what we believe. At the same time, Mercury and Venus begin their journey into Capricorn: collaboration around mission with time table and budgets will bring some of the more mutable arguments into clarity and action.
The Capricorn New Moon of December 23 anticipates a communion with the Venus/Mercury/Pluto trio in Capricorn, the emergence of order around priorities, and we end the year and begin the next with resolution and grim optimism!
