December 2-15 Jupiter trines Neptune Jupiter in Gemini trines Neptune in Aquarius from December 2-15. This is an excellent time for visualizing your ideals for the New Year. Both Jupiter and Neptune help us to tune in to expanded states of consciousness. Any kind of creative visualization, imagery, or meditative processes that you do at this time will really help you to tune into your highest ideals for the year. Try using your favorite oracle (tarot, runes, I Ching) or even something like The Transformation Game during this time to get further clarity about what’s next for you in the New Year. December 3 Mercury enters Sagittarius Mercury will be in the sign of Sagittarius from December 3 until December 23. With Mercury in Sagittarius, there is a focus on broadening our mental faculties. The Sagittarius energy helps us to tap into our natural wisdom rather than relying on external knowledge. This involves learning to trust our own ability to be in the presence of our wisdom. To really trust your wisdom requires that you allow yourself to be in the moment, to sink into the part of yourself that is the wise old man or wise old woman. Mercury in Sagittarius is calling you to allow higher wisdom to flow through you. It’s a time when you can truly trust your natural way of knowing and share your wisdom with the world. December 3-7 Mars sextiles Chiron Mars in Libra is in a positive relationship with Chiron in Sagittarius from December 3-7. This combination speaks to the channeling of tremendous healing power (Chiron in Sagittarius) into humanitarian aid and conflict resolution (Mars in Libra). Hopefully, we will see a tremendous global peace effort benefiting those that are in need of physical sustenance and emotional support. On a personal level, this is a good time to look at how we can each help out in this area. Is there a particular humanitarian or just cause that speaks to you? Look to the issues where you are feeling outraged or "righteously indignant." This will give you a clue as to where you truly want to make a difference. December 8 Venus enters Aquarius Venus journeys through the sign of Aquarius from December 8 through January 3. With Venus in Aquarius, you have an opportunity to broaden or break open your personal value system. Venus in Aquarius helps us to envision a new paradigm of relationship that is in sharp contrast to the codependent model we now have. Since Venus rules the heart chakra, with Venus in Aquarius you may want to break free from traditional ways of sharing your heart energy. This could include more openness or experimentation in relationship forms, wanting to be intimate (not necessarily sexual) with more than one person, desiring to expand personal love to include expressing impersonal love for those in need of help, and experimentation with different forms of sexuality. Let Venus in Aquarius help you open your heart to greater intimacy and authenticity in all of your relationships. December 11 Full moon in Gemini The full moon brings to light or awareness what qualities we can focus on this month that will truly nurture us. This month the moon is full in Gemini on December 11 at 1:03 a.m. The moon in Gemini presents us the opportunity of nurturing ourselves through connecting with others for the purpose of giving and receiving information. It’s a great time to take a class, read up about a subject that broadens your knowledge base, or just get together with friends for stimulating conversation. With the moon in Gemini, the challenge is to expand your personal network of friends and associates so that you can grow intellectually. Oftentimes we forget about our need for intellectual stimulation, so use this full moon to nurture yourself in this area of your life. December 11-12 Venus conjunct Neptune Venus/Neptune heightens our idealism to the maximum, but since both planets are in now in Aquarius, we have the ability to blend our idealism with our desire to serve others in an impersonal way. Review your dreams for yourself and your desire to serve others at this time. What can you do now to begin bringing down your ideals so they can become realized? Quiet your mind and allow your feelings of compassion for others to flow through your heart. You may find yourself inspired to express what you are experiencing and feeling at this time through art, dance, gentle flowing movement, or any activity where you bypass the rational mind and move into subtler levels of communication. December 21 Sun enters Capricorn The sun goes into the sign of Capricorn on December 21. At the winter solstice, little in nature is left above ground, and all living things have to consolidate and preserve their energies in order to survive the cold of winter. At this time of shorter days, the earth patiently endures, waiting for new forms to manifest. The Capricorn principle demonstrates how self-reliance and consolidation of power and authority lead to mastery. Our job in the sign of Capricorn is to be positive role models who demonstrate mastery of accomplishment and right use of power and authority December 22 Mercury enters Capricorn Mercury will be in the sign of Capricorn from December 22 through January 18. Mercury in Capricorn activates our left-brain abilities of logical, sequential, and linear thought. With Mercury in Capricorn, your ability to focus on strategy will be enhanced, and you will probably find it easier to map out what steps you will need to take to manifest your goals. Or it may be that at this time you will be able to more clearly focus your mind on what your actual goals are. This is a great time to accomplish a lot, particularly if the focus is on writing, speaking, or any form of communication. It’s also a great time to physically ground all of the details you’ve been tracking in your mind by making master lists of what you want to accomplish and then prioritizing the goals on your lists. Mercury in Capricorn helps us to manage and structure the contents of our minds so we can plan in detail how we are going to go about accomplishing our goals. If making lists of things to do is difficult, get out some large paper and crayons and just brainstorm all the things you’ve wanted to do. Just getting it out of your brain and onto paper will help you be more objective about what to do next. December 23 Mars enters Scorpio Mars moves into the sign of Scorpio on December 23 and will be there until February 14. With Mars in Scorpio, the focus of our energy and will is on the unconscious forces in our lives. The reason that Scorpio energy is so often maligned is that it represents the descent into the realm of powerful life force energies that many people are unwilling to deal with or are extremely uncomfortable with. It represents the hero or heroine’s journey into the underworld to slay the dragon or the death/rebirth process symbolized by the phoenix rising from the ashes. It is the realm of the so-called "darker" emotions: rage, jealousy, anger, envy, and spite, to name just a few. It is also the realm of sexuality and power. No wonder everyone has such a hard time with Scorpio energy; it demands that we be willing to resurrect ourselves by going through the dark night of the soul, slaying the dragon of intense emotion, passion, and power. For most people, going to the realm of Scorpio seems to represent a sure and quick route to their own demise! In other words, if they were to confront the dragon of their own primal life force energies, the dragon would surely chew them up, spit them out, and move on to the next foolish victim! With Mars in Scorpio, we have the opportunity to explore our own intensity, passion, and power. Look to see how comfortable you are with your sexuality, deep emotional expression, and power. Do you have a belief that says to be truly spiritual means getting out of your first three chakras (money, sex, and power/emotion) as fast as you can so you can focus on the higher, "more spiritual" chakras? Do you feel like you are repressing yourself in these areas because you or your family, friends, or loved ones can’t deal with your intensity? If so, this is a great period to let yourself explore how you can accept and open to your own inner fire. Tap into your primal life force energy through experiencing African dance or ecstatic movement, drumming, deeply moving music, or some form of emotional release or expression that feels safe to you. As you tap into your primal life force, you can literally animate your body and your life with renewed energy and vitality. Let Mars in Scorpio support you in accessing the depths as well as the heights inherent in the term "embodied spirituality." December 25 New moon in Capricorn For this next month, the emphasis is on creating emotional safety, groundedness, and security. The moon in Capricorn calls us to reconnect with the earth element in our lives. The challenge this month is to tune into our natural self-reliance. The new moon in Capricorn is asking us to take whatever steps are necessary so that we can be more fully in our bodies, secure in the knowledge that we are approaching life with a pragmatic and realistic focus. James Jarvis, M.A., is a master astrologer, professional life coach, and transpersonal counselor. James will return to Seattle January 18-23 for individual astrological consultations and to present his State of the Planet 2001: Astrological and Psychic Update Friday, January 19, with Michele Morgan at East West Bookshop. For info and to book appointments, call (206) 523-3726. For a brochure of his services or to schedule phone or mail-order consultations, call (831) 688-0574, e-mail <jjarvis@lifeqwest.com>, or visit <http://www.lifeqwest.com/>. To receive James' free e-mail newsletter, send your e-mail address to <newsletter@lifeqwest.com>. |
By adding the universal year 2000 (2+0+0+0=2) to the 12th month of December, we come up with the vibration of 14/5. The 5 month is a time for synthesizing all of the knowledge and experiences you’ve acquired over the last four months. Look to see what you have been learning and how this information may fit into a larger system of knowledge that you can then disseminate to others. The 5 month also signifies greater participation and possibilities in any media-related business: writing, speaking, teaching, or promotion.