The Astrology of January 2013
Square Dance
December Recap ~ A new, long-term planetary arrangement took final shape in 2012. It links deep transformations at the micro- and macro-levels, on individual and group levels. It makes the individual an agent of Aquarian change in his or her own life and in society. December’s influential chart foretells a long-term emphasis on wealth-building and lifestyle and nurturance issues at the grassroots and governmental levels. Constant change and fluid life situations will increase stress levels. These strains will sometimes manifest as disruptive, freakish and possibly violent behavior.
January’s Chart – An Overview
In January, the transformative energies of the new planetary structure are applied to our daily lives. We depend on the stability of relationships with family and community, with employers and coworkers, with those who provide goods and services, or those who buy our goods and services.January’s chart says that all of these important relationships will be shifting unpredictably as people seek freedom to grow, heal and pursue new goals. Interpersonal behavior patterns will change, making new social relationships possible for many, even as other relationships grow more tenuous. Much of this change will come easily for us because of planetary support. However, changes will be more problematic where money and other resources are involved, calling for careful negotiations.
January’s chart preserves the tension between Leo and Aquarius found in December’s chart. Leaders offer solutions based on personal preference and desire, Leo solutions. The grassroots, people on Main Street, demand group-oriented, Aquarian solutions.
Placement by Placement
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The Moon is in Libra in the 1st house, close to the Ascendant, occupied by Libra. People are focused on the transformations in many important, day-to-day relationships. They will also be exploring new relationship possibilities. Relationship dynamics are shifting in important ways. New people relate in new ways.
- Saturn and the North Node are in Scorpio straddling the cusp of the 1st and 2nd houses. People feel a need to bring order and direction to these changes, to channel the forces of change in ways that help them realize their goals. They also feel a sense of need, urgency and new found purpose. People are finding ways to successfully navigate changeful events and to benefit from them. People realize that current changes are opening up exciting new possibilities.
- Pluto, Juno and Venus are closely conjunct in Capricorn in the 3rd house. Juno rules marriage and officially recognized, lifelong bonds. Venus governs our affections; the 3rd house governs our relationships with our neighbors and community. Planetary energies are surging through our most important personal and community relations. Issues of diversity, gender equality,women’s rights, gay rights, marriage equality, equal rights, civil rights, and so on, are strongly affecting our personal lives, motivating a change of attitudes. We are encouraged to extend respect and privilege to those different from ourselves.
- The Sun in Capricorn conjoins Mercury in Aquarius on the cusp of the 4th house. The higher aspects of our personality are focused on individual psychological and spiritual issues. We are strongly inclined to discuss the deep, intense, unusual changes we are experiencing.We find these changes exciting and liberating in many ways.
- Mars is in Aquarius in the 4th house. Our thoughts and feelings are volatile and intense. They are pushing us in an idealistic, group-oriented, Aquarian direction. We want our lives to express our ideals. The possibility of greater group cooperation inspires excitement.
- Chiron is conjunct Neptune in Pisces straddling the cusp of the 4th and 5th houses. Romance and socializing per se take a back seat. Increasingly, close personal bonds are now about helping loved ones find space for personal growth, healing and exploration.
- Pallas and Uranus are conjunct in Aries in the 6th house. Interactions at work and in the marketplace become an opportunity to express our ideals and our need for personal freedom and self-expression. Unusual and surprising interactions occur during transactions as people open up and reach out.
- Ceres, Lilith, Vesta, Jupiter in Gemini and the South Node in Taurus occupy the 8th house. Nurturance issues – issues surrounding the provision of life’s necessities and the sharing of wealth and power – are complicated and confused by political ideology and outdated ideas and attitudes.
Aspect by Aspect
- The Moon squares Sun and Mercury conjunct on the cusp of the 4th house. Inner turmoil yields helpful new attitudes. Often kept private, this inner unrest will now be discussed openly, sometimes awkwardly and under stress. People are enthusiastic about the possibilities as old boundaries and inhibitions disappear.
- The Moon in Libra on the Ascendant trines Neptune and Chiron on the cusp of the 4th and 5th houses. We easily make adjustments in close relationships, allowing ourselves and others greater freedom for personal growth and healing.
- Saturn in Scorpio in the 1st, reinforced by the North Node in Scorpio in the 2nd, is sextiling Pluto, Juno and Venus conjunct in Capricorn in the 3rd house. We accept changes in our important life bonds and in the life bonds of others in the community. We accept marriage equality, gender equality, racial differences and diversity in general. We are ready to extend the same rights and privileges we enjoy to those different from ourselves.
- Saturn, strengthened by the North Node, is trining Neptune and Chiron in Pisces on the cusp of the 4th and 5th houses. We can make lasting changes to family and social relationships in a graceful and gracious way, and in harmony with our shifting economic priorities.
- Pluto, Juno and Venus conjunct in Capricorn in the 3rd square Pallas and Uranus conjunct in Aries in the 6th. Changes in the workplace and marketplace require changes in the way we distribute wealth, opportunity and power. The need to share material assets complicates our acceptance of diversity.
- Sun in Capricorn conjunct Mercury in Aquarius on the cusp of the 4th house sextiles Pallas and Uranus conjunct in Aries in the 6th. Despite potential economic conflicts, we can easily adjust psychologically to changes at work and in the marketplace.
- The Sun in Capricorn conjunct Mercury in Aquarius on the cusp of the 4th house trines the 8th house stellium.We can accept changes in nurturance matters, whatever their likely effect on our lifestyle. We willing to take a chance, to trust the future.
- Neptune conjunct Chiron in Pisces on the cusp of the 4th and 5th houses squares the 8th house stellium. Cooperation is needed to achieve long-term, collective economic goals. The greater personal freedom that we seek can interfere with this cooperation. Careful planning is required, but people are in the mood to take risks.
- Pallas conjunct Uranus in Aries in the 6th house sextiles the 8th house stellium. We can make changes at work and in the marketplace mesh with changes in our long-term financial plans.
Altogether Now
Some of January’s aspects support change in our day-to-day social lives. Other aspects demand changes in sensitive economic areas. New, more tolerant attitudes come up against economic realities. We might accept those who are different, but will we share our resources with them? The Aquarian impulse is strong and most of us answer, Yes.In general the economic and social rewards of tolerance overcome hesitation. Combined, the aspects inspire us to safeguard our own interests, but, at the same time, respect the needs of others and of society as a whole.
January’s chart, like those to come, is grounded in the new stable and long-term planetary structure. It will destabilize things in a consistent manner over a long period of time and, in that way, provide a kind of stability and predictability. This in turn will give us confidence and allow us to plan effectively. The combination of aspects helps us weave a good future from the streams of constantly changing events and circumstances.
We can make the steady flow of challenges and opportunities blend successfully. Countless small successes will inspire widespread optimism, confidence and courage.
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