New Moon In Capricorn

If you're a millennial the odds are high that you have a lot of Capricorn placements in your birth chart

There's the Saturn in Capricorn phenomenon for those of us born from February 1988 through February 1991* that is a rather onerous burden. Theoretically we're supposed to bridge the gap between the real and the unreal, and to be the architects of a new utopia as we watch the old system crumble. Read this as great power, great responsibility.

And if you're anything like me this has felt heavy, heavy, heavy even as you're inspired. Like you see too much, know too much, and while people outside of this birth range might recognize the gifts of this placement--your empathy, your scope of global understanding, your ability to predict the cultural zeitgeist--they do not and cannot comprehend the unavoidable and excruciating pains of being both sensitive enough to witness the impacts of a change in epoch and to know, to feel, that something must be done.

Capricorn--archetypally--is what you get when you cross a mermaid with a goat. Stubborn, regal, judgmental. Interested in rules, interested in status, if only so that both can be broken, hacked. A reputation for hard work, an interest in things of quality. Capricorn shows up at the base of the wheel of the zodiac, and it is hard for people outside of this placement to recognize that all of the haughty striving, the insistence upon a recognition of worth, comes from the absolute certainty that they are one-down, that they know they're behind other people, that they must work hard just to get their due. Often by the time someone with a lot of Capricorn in their chart reaches adulthood they've been on that grind so long that they've achieved a decent reputation, a respectable career. They've got resources to lean upon, they've cultivated a sense of personal style. But if you're close enough to take a peek behind the well crafted persona, they're quite insecure. Unless they've done a great deal of overt shadow work, there's a sense of being fueled by anxiety.

Others might dismiss this as neurotic--and hey--if your Capricorn placements are closer to the Sun or the Moon, there might be some pure ego work to do here, letting go of negative self beliefs. But if that Capricorn stuff is on the outskirts of the solar system? Neptune, Uranus? (And yes, let's loop Saturn back in here too, because archetypally that's the epoch stuff, being and time)--you're anxiously fueled into action because there is an urgent need for action. This is not subtle stuff.

If you've been following these themes for a while you're probably already aware of how to work with the moon:

New Moon--a time for setting intentions of manifestation--what do you want to bring into your life?

Full Moon--a time for ritual release--what would you like to let go?

Tonight the moon is new, and it's in Capricorn.

I won't pretend at impartiality. I have a Capricorn moon. I have a stellium in Capricorn--Uranus, Saturn, Neptune & the aforementioned moon. So while I might have the signature energetics of a showy, globally-minded Sagittarian adventurer, and the charm and focus on equality typical of someone with Libra rising, anyone who knows me well knows that I'm deadly serious, boundaried to the point of impenetrability, and have the high, high standards of an idealist. Stelliums are like that--I'm more Capricorn than anything else. You might be too! And all of these characteristics are heightened right now.

I've spent a lot of this week remembering my standards, and applying them. I'm sure I've ruffled a few feathers. I made a rather didactic post as I returned to Instagram. I'm just, done, done, done with flaky forgiveness culture. Can't do it anymore, it's not appropriate for me. My people call when they have to cancel a plan, and they call as soon as they know. My people recognize how valuable my time is, and they treat it like the gift that it is. I am the kind of friend who shows the fuck up, who makes you soup when you're sick, who picks you up at the airport, who finds you apartments, jobs, clients. I can think of dozens of people who would not have the life they had today if I hadn't done the magic networking thing I do, and I'm tired of pretending that'll all just come back around to me karmically if I bow my head and pretend it's nothing. It's not nothing. It's loving labor, and if you're not the kind of person who's out there laboring with love I'm not going to be a free ride for you anymore. I'm here to take care of the people who hold themselves to high standards, who are working on building this world into utopia with me.

That--all that--that's Capricorn Moon energy. Boundaries, high standards, hard work. An emphasis on tradition and manners and building networks of support. And from the outside--oh yes--I'm well aware that high standards can look like judgment. That hearing 'no' from a person who has always before said 'yes' can be a challenge. But everyone I know with heavy Capricorn energy is making the damn world turn, and I'm celebrating that without apology.

It is time to rise to the occasion. I'm here if you're ready to fly.

*Exception here for June-Nov 1988, you instead have Saturn in Sagittarius & get to be a bit more playful with all of this epoch stuff.