“The sign Capricorn is symbolized by the mountain goat, solitary and alone, who climbs to the top of the mountain with patience and persistence. ” Isabel Hickey
“Under a sky the color of pea soup
she is looking at her work growing away there
actively, thickly like grapevines or pole beans
as things grow in the real world, slowly enough.
If you tend them properly, if you mulch, if you water,
If you provide birds that eat insects a home and winter food,
If the sun shines and you pick off caterpillars,
If the praying mantis comes and the ladybugs and the bees,
then the plants flourish, but at their own internal clock.” from The Seven of Pentacles by Marge Piercy
The Seven of Pentacles is a beautiful card which depicts a woman standing near her a flowering plant. She leans upon a rake and looks down at her garden somewhat wistfully. She looks as if she thinks that perhaps what she had envisioned for her plot may not happen.
But the answer is that the garden will grow, just at its own pace.
The Sun and Mars and Pluto are all transiting Saturn- ruled Capricorn now and we are heading into Thursday’s New Moon in this down-to-earth sign. It’s a good time for pragmatics and long term planning, perseverance and determination. It bodes well to slow down, take your time and have patience.
Uranus is a player this week too – trining the Sun. Although due to other influences things may feel limited, the way out is through innovative thinking.
January’s New Moon is Thursday at 20 degrees of Capricorn. At this time, the Moon will be squaring the Moon’s Nodes of karma and life path indicating an important crossroad and a more powerful time for intention setting.
One of the Sabian symbols for this time is,”A hidden choir singing during a religious service.”
Sabian symbol from Lynda Hill