Capricorn Season: Ambition For Alive Alignment
The Capricorn Sun [December 22-January 19] is returning to sternly remind us to honor the commitment to our mind-body-soul alignment.🐐🏔️
As our energy vibrates off of a powerfully expansive Sagittarius Sun season this year, we will continue to benefit from planets moving through Sagittarius throughout the fresh weeks of 2024. And alongside that steadily expansive energy will be the Capricorn Sun shining on our consciousness, inspiring us to get focused on pursuing the reality of our goals at this time—most especially the goal of building sound strength for our mind-body-soul alignment.
For a couple more weeks, Mars in Sagittarius will work his magic in motivating us to take confidently-inspired-actions for our vitality. Moving this vigorous physical energy through robust exercising is key. However you are able to, build some durability in your body. And keep freely dancing in your kitchens + living rooms!
As these final days of 2023 sweep in, Mercury (retrograde) + Venus will transit Sagittarius, inviting us to even more so preserve hope + joyfulness in our bodies + in our minds, helping us create higher consciousness for our lives as a whole.
Overall, the month ahead has a mighty cosmic plate to begin a new year with, for the stars never cease to generously give opportunities for adaption, awareness, and growth.
Are you ready?
Sacred Self-Care for Capricorn Season
Structured routine—ruled by the fatherly planet that is Saturn, Capricorn’s essence is a steady container for strong follow-through. We will greatly benefit from getting more organized in the ways that we’re personally being called to throughout this Sun season. And our daily routines will thrive from a focus on simplicity. Talk about refreshing after all the holiday hoopla!
Duty to serve the emotional body—as a very stoic + tenacious energy, Capricorn can straightforwardly exude as though nothing can get in the way of moving through life in a practical manner. However, the sign of the Seagoat has great capacity for feeling, understanding, and respecting deep emotional wisdom; it’s just not often worn on the sleeve, so to speak. Throughout these Cap Sun days ahead, may we shine some solid loyalty for our wellbeing by devoting to some emotional check-ins.
Here are examples of my go-to emotional checkins with myself:
“What do I have the capacity for today and how can I honor that as best as possible?” (an all or nothing mentality can often get us into emotional trouble.)
“What absolutely needs to be my priority today and what can I let go of for now?”
“Am I going to handle (fill in the blank) well or do I need some help and/or space?”
If I have obligations to people + work (which we all mostly do each day at varying degrees), then I ask, “What/who do I need to make sure I communicate with today about my capacity/where I’m at?”
Indeed this form of self-care can feel awkward + disingenuous when we have rarely been encouraged to take care of ourselves like so. Try it anyway. (that’s an order.😉)
Practice the art of enoughness—knowing when to stop and appreciate all that has already been accomplished is a wise practice for Capricorn season. Cap’s energy well knows how to independently conquer life; to just keep climbin’ the mountain of life. This pace becomes unsustainable + holds the potential for chronic pain (emotional + physical) to set in. May we remember that the goal is not to do everything on our own 24/7 nor to be everything to everyone. The goal is to be so sacredly connected to why we are set out to accomplish whatever it is that we want to succeed in. Despite what the status quo of relentless production proclaims, there’s no badge of honor to be had by actively ignoring our body’s call for some contentment.
Strength training—is the primary focus for physical exercise during Capricorn season. After all, we gotta be strong if we’re gonna change the world together! Got just 20-30 minutes 3-4 days/week? Yeah you do, baby. If you’re starting at square one, don’t fall into the trap of all or nada. Let a new strength training routine begin with your own bodyweight and build from there. One rep at a time. We’ll need to also take especially good care of our knees as the cold sets in, so include a focus on mobility exercises that strengthen knee joints + tissue.
Warm epsom salt baths—Capricorn rules the bones, hence the recommendation for epsom salt baths. And if you’re strength training, these baths sure do come in handy for muscle recovery!
Please note that this year’s Capricorn Sun season begins + ends with powerful aspects!
The Cosmic Calendar for this year’s Capricorn Season:
The Capricorn Sun will form a strong conjunction with Mercury in Capricorn on December 22—at the very start of this year’s Capricorn season, the Sun + Mercury are meeting at 0 degrees in Capricorn. This alignment is presenting a strong presence for deeper reflections this year with the Solstice energy. The cosmic assignment here is to remember that, our well-formed opinions are a result of our active contemplations; of our willingness to change our minds upon receiving wiser insights.
We may find ourselves asking on these darkest nights of the year, “…at the end of each day, what really matters most to me?” Or perhaps, “…is what matters most to me shining brightly through the adversity in my life?” May we receive the clearer insights that we’re ready for now, for our opinions at this time may be sternly challenged by the energy of this conjunction. And that’s a good thing.
Mercury stations retrograde in Sagittarius on December 23-31—to reiterate, Mercury retrogrades are for purposefully slowing down our communication + thought-processing. And we do this by actively pausing for reassessment + reflection. Such pausing for clarity gets to look like: journaling, daily 5-10 meditations, steady daily walking outdoors, prioritizing quality connection, nourishment, and sleep, all of which reliably support us during a three(ish)-week Mercury retrograde period. All and all, Mercury, the messenger of the Gods, reminds us to keep a pulse on how we choose to use our mind’s attention each day.
Mercury has been retrograde in Capricorn since December 13 and is now going to complete this retrograde cycle in Sagittarius. While retrograde in Capricorn, Mercury has been inviting us to reassess what our ambitions + goals are seeking to gain. Perhaps we’ve been more or less asking, “What is all my hard work accomplishing? Is my dedication benefiting my life as a whole?” Many of us find ourselves making necessary adjustments as of late regarding what we are devotionally working towards.
Moving backward, Mercury retrograde in Sagittarius invites us to reassess + reflect more finely on how our personal beliefs + philosophies consistently shape our perceptions—and therefore our experiences. If what we are consistently choosing to believe is not considering the whole truth of any matter nor working well for our vitality, then dis-ease sets into our minds + bodies. Resisting honesty with ourselves first and foremost, not looking in the proverbial mirror to really see what we are co-creating in our lives + in our relationships, only deepens our suffering. May we embrace broader viewpoints of ourselves + our lives as a whole, and not merely perceive things from a limited orientation of our conditioned thinking. May we not underestimate the inner power we possess to co-create clarity amidst chaos.
This potent week ahead (the last week of 2023!) will be powerful for acceptance via making adjustments that are especially connected to open-mindedness; for trusting the higher vision of the journey that is unfolding in front of us, even if we can’t tangibly see what it all has in store for us. Don’t force anything at this time. Rather, surrender to the adventure of your life by considering a new belief and/or philosophy that in turn empowers your outlook and overall wellbeing.
Mercury will station direct in Sagittarius on January 1-12 before transiting Capricorn again through February 4.
Full Moon in Cancer on December 26/27—this is the annual Full Moon that invites us to surrender to all that is related to home, mothering, nurturing, and family history. The memories that live in our bodies can feel quite nostalgic + tender on this Full Moon. STAY TUNED for Episode 26 in honor of the last Full Moon of 2023.
Venus transit Sagittarius December 29-January 22—when the planet of beauty, body, love, and values moves through fearless Sagittarius, our hearts are inspired to fully wrap around the more joyful adventure of what it means to love. In more words, the Venus-Sagittarius alignment is for expansion in our bodies, wider development of our values, and confident growth for our most important relationships. For these first weeks of 2024, aim the archer’s arrow high for the freedom that truly + universally liberates the power of love!
Last Quarter Moon in Libra on January 3—at this moment right after the new year rings in, we can reach for some balanced action-taking regarding what we were personally called to release on the Full Moon in Cancer. After Full Moon climaxes each month, we reorient. And with Libra’s lunar wisdom, we reach for internal peace + unity within. This lunar moment is also winding down a lunar cycle that began with that incredibly potent Sagittarius New Moon. Is your heart now on fire for your expansion in 2024?
Mars transit Capricorn on January 4-February 12—time to get our shit together; that’s the cosmic gist when the planet of action moves through ambitious Cap. Compared to the freedom-seeking essence that is Mars in Sagittarius, Mars in Capricorn encourages us to take more grounded actions that well support our alive alignment. It’s not necessarily about going after more in our lives. So perhaps the more fitting motto for a Mars-Capricorn vibe is, “work smarter, not harder.” This motto will usher us into Aquarius season as well. And as always, place the cosmic context here around your life’s present circumstances.
New Moon in Capricorn on January 11—the annual New Moon when we get to initiate that new year feeling around our new year goals. This New Moon is very practical + steadfast for our experiences. And yes, it’s A-OK to still make such resolutions if that supports our alignment well. STAY TUNED.
The final Sun-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn of this lifetime will occur on January 19/20, 2024—while looking ahead at this coming Capricorn Sun season, I feel that it is important to note this significant aspect that’ll conclude the ‘23/’24 Cap Sun season. For one, Pluto is slowly but surely making his way forward to Aquarius and will arrive there with the Sun at the start of the Aquarius Sun season! From there, Pluto will transit Aquarius for the next several years. The planet of transformation hasn’t shaped a whole generation from within Aquarius since the 18th century! He dipped into Aquarius this past March before retrograding back into Capricorn to finish some serious business. Hence the importance of this final Sun-Pluto conjunction in Capricorn in this lifetime.
Mark down January 19/20, 2024 the final Sun-Pluto in Capricorn conjunction (and at the final degrees of Capricorn) has the potential to reveal a transformative moment for collective consciousness. What I understand upon studying the history of this Pluto-Sun conjunction in Capricorn that has been annually occurring during the Capricorn Sun season for the past many years is that, this aspect is a very assertive + determined moment on a societal level. There are historical events that have taken place on/near this conjunction point that mark this cosmic power. Capricorn is all about discipline + integrity; Pluto in Capricorn strips down + transforms power struggles, especially systemic ones. So when the Capricorn Sun + Pluto meet up like so, it is a mighty alignment. (I am not implying nor posing as if I know anything specific.) How we choose to respond to/work with this energy matters most.
Many, many blessings under the Capricorn Sun, dear ones! 🧡, a.
As an intuitive Astrologer who aims to bridge the magical with the practical, it is an awesome responsibility to support souls in embodying their cosmic essence + cosmic journeys. To learn more in how to deepen the relationship with your cosmic self + cosmic assignments, I’d be so honored to sacredly see/guide you. You can book your Astro session with me at this time by directly contacting me at: andreaalvarezstudios@gmail.com💫🌿