New Moon, new beginnings

Overnight sensations take about 10 years!

Hard working, methodical and ambitious days are ahead.  Weighty responsibilities mark the serious march to Friday’s New Moon in Capricorn.  Your guide is a sure-footed mountain goat who knows exactly where he’s headed.

Will Rogers said, “You might be on the right track, but if you’re sitting on it, you’re gonna get run over!”

Capricorn believes in integrity and Old Fashioned Oatmeal.  No shortcuts around the natural goodness.  No skipping the 5 minute boil or the bacteria will be healthier than you are!

The Force of integrity is with you.
Choose to live openly, with forgiveness as your sword, and love as your shield.
Here’s your horoscope for the week of January 6, 2013:

Aries ♈ (March 20-April 19)
As you start the week, you have the focus to be patient and methodical, making a step by step plan to actualize your ambitions.  Don’t expect to feel very exuberant, rather just enjoy the keen mathematical reasoning you have now.  Thursday your emotions are caught in rush hour traffic.  The jam is a needed cool down before the disciplined minimalism of Friday’s New Moon.  Not a damper if you use it as a checkpoint for your career.  

Taurus ♉ (April 20-May 20)
Not a glamorous week, but very productive.  Your reasoning process on Sunday is thorough, so you’ll make few mistakes as you calculate the bottom line.  Avoid worrying over trivial mistakes.  Make good use of your heightened ability this week to do painstaking work.  Friday’s new beginnings are for setting your travel plans to foreign places, or inner recesses of your mind.  As long as it’s opens up adventurous horizons.

Gemini ♊ (May 21-June 20)
Even if you don’t think you’re good at math, Sunday will be a day to test that old belief.  This week is a chance to be very exacting, even scientific, in your approach to career your ambitions for this year.  Make a spreadsheet.  You really get to the bottom of some very intense feelings this Friday when the New Moon opens a secret door.  Not altogether unpleasant if you remember it’s the key to drying your wings for take off after emerging from a dark space.

Cancer ♋ (June 21-July 21)
This week is the perfect time to get to the bottom of what ails your budget, tax return or any mathematical problem.  Maximize your heightened powers of visualization with hard work, and you’ll easily devise a thorough, successful approach to 2013.  Friday’s New Moon is a powerful new beginning for your relationships.  What is the level of integrity you expect in business relationships and are others measuring up?  Your high standards get respect, even if others don’t live up to your expectations.

Leo ♌ (July 22-August 22)
Sunday finds you with an ambitious mind, ready to put good orderly direction into your career plans.  You won’t feel very flamboyant, but you will be quite farsighted as you start this week.  Friday marks a time of new beginnings.  The earthy Capricorn New Moon makes it easy for you to work hard to get where you’re going.  A new method or approach to something that has been a rigid obstacle will set you off in a more successful direction.  

Virgo ♍ (August 23-September 22)
You are in a perfect frame of mind to purge the overly idealistic goals from your 2013 plans.  Your week starts with an ability to see things as they are, not just as you would wish them to be.  You’ll be checking your bank balance and scanning stock prices over a hearty breakfast Thursday morning, getting ready for a serious day of taking responsibility for the state of your life.  Perfect for laying the groundwork for creative new beginnings in the area of children and romance.

Libra ♎ (September 23-October 22)
Realism trumps idealism as your week begins on a note of focused and methodical reasoning.  Not very flamboyant, but very productive for your career.  Pack up your emotions for a hike into the high altitudes of success this Thursday morning.  The reserved Capricorn Moon is on her ambitious way to the top this Friday, taking you with her.  Expect new beginnings related to the balance of career and home.  Family roots support the growth of new branches.  

Scorpio ♏  (October 23-November 21)
Now you have a strong chance of getting exactly the right combination of ingredients to put your plans for 2013 into successful action. Scientific inquiry and research will pay big dividends as you start your week. A wonderfully harmonious New Moon this Friday blesses all your communications with an honest integrity, making it easy for others to put their trust in what you say.  It’s not about going viral, but rather going in calculated fashion toward a more adventurous path.  

Sagittarius ♐ (November 22-December 20)
If you’re careful to keep your wonderful sense of humor,  you’ll use the seriousness of this mathematical nose-to-the grindstone to benefit your bottom line.  If you need to write or give a speech, your thoroughness this week will make you very successful.  You’ll be excitedly reading the travel pages over breakfast Tuesday morning, planning an adventurous trip to foreign places.  Thursday the goddess of love leaves your sign for the reserved aloofness of sure footed Capricorn. This sets the stage for Fridays New Moon, new beginnings, to bring order to your finances and make money work for you.  

Capricorn ♑ (December 21-January 19)
It’s reasoning, not originality, that puts the genius in your thinking this week.  The ability to stick to the tried and true will be the key to your success in planning and organizing your 2013 goals. You feel mentally ambitious, and willing to work without promise of recognition. Your life gets infused with grace and beauty beginning Tuesday, when the goddess of love moves into your sign for the next three weeks.  Cool but steady. Thursday’s a day for precision tuning of your career plans and financial status, as a warm-up for Friday’s New Moon in your sign.  A pinnacle of new beginnings for you!

Aquarius ♒ (January 20-February 17)
Get those good intentions off the shelf and actually do the numbers.  What will it take to get where you want to go? Your week starts with a generous dose of foresightedness.  You easily grasp the most logical solution to any problem.  Success comes in little packages.  New beginnings happen for you this Friday, showing you how to let go.  Look for an old friend to pop in out of nowhere and offer just the help you need.  Take it.  

Pisces ♓  (February 18-March 19)
If you’ve felt a hint of being deluded by your fears, take heart!  This week brings you a keen sense of awareness, so that very little of practical consequence escapes your notice.  Your understanding of form and structure is excellent.  Do the math!  Your love life gets sure footed support beginning this Tuesday, for the next three weeks.  Don’t expect glamour or fireworks, but rather a sincere, steady partner who’ll support your secret dreams.

Astrology Wonks Only
Messenger Mercury in Capricorn is conjunct, exactly paired, with Pluto this Sunday.  No superficial anything!  And both Mercury and Pluto at 9 degrees make a sextile wink at the Moon/Saturn conjunction in Scorpio, also 9 degrees.  Ideas run deep, and are structurally sound.

After the Moon climbs into Capricorn Thursday, she makes a nervous square to electric Uranus, a conjunction to Pluto, and a sextile shy wink at Saturn.  All in a Capricorn’s days work!  And that’s only the warm up. This Capricorn Moon is on her ambitious way to Fridays New Moon at 11:44 AM, PDT.  Venus, Pluto and Mercury join the Sun and Moon in Capricorn for a five star lineup that maximizes the power of each planet.

Saturday’s Date Night is a struggle for the right-of-way!  The Moon lifts your emotions into the I-love-everybody skies of Aquarius, while Venus has your heart in coolheaded, reserved Capricorn.  Next, Venus tbones an impulsive god of lightning, who’s doing 90 mph, at the intersection of GetSerious and HurryUp.  Unpredictable and fickle times.