ASTROLOGY

This season opens with a potent square between Mars in Sagittarius and Neptune in Pisces, which will be exact on Dec. 14, and will bring the energy of dissolving illusion through fire. This is a transit of vision becoming reality, where your action will be ignited to align with your soul’s deeper truth.   

The new moon in Sagittarius on Dec. 19 activates the inner seeker and sets the stage for a profound winter solstice rebirth on Dec. 21, when the sun begins its return. This energy will offer a feeling of hope and optimism for the coming New Year.  

January opens under the glow of a nourishing Cancer full moon on Jan. 3, a sacred invitation to root into emotional safety from within and to honor the tenderness of your true needs. With the full moon conjunct Jupiter in Cancer, this lunation amplifies healing, abundance, and the grace that comes from true self-devotion. By Jan. 18, the Capricorn new moon calls for devotion to what is real, long-lasting and legacy-oriented. Then comes a bold exclamation point on Jan. 27, when Mars meets Pluto in Aquarius for a fusion of raw power and radical self-initiation. This transit feels like a threshold moment, where we shed the shadows of the past and step into the electric momentum of the future.  

NATURAL MAGIC

For the Sagittarius new moon and winter solstice portal, light a candle at sunset each evening from Dec. 19 to 21. Write a “vision letter” from your future self, dated one year from now, detailing what you now know, what you have already created, and how you are feeling. Read it aloud all three nights, your speech an invocation to be witnessed by the cosmos. Then, on the night of winter solstice, after reading the letter out loud, burn it in a bowl to release control and anchor trust.  

For the Mars and Pluto conjunction in Aquarius on Jan. 27, I recommend a power ritual. Make three columns: 1) How I choose to show up, 2) What I no longer tolerate, and 3) How I protect and direct my power. Then stand tall and, as a vow, speak aloud what you wrote. Afterward, place the paper on your altar or in your journal as a living declaration, something you can return to and reinvoke as needed. When you feel its power has fully integrated into your being, you’ll know it’s time to create a new ritual to reflect your next evolution.