Initiations
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Initiations
DESIGNING YOUR YEAR AHEAD WITH CAPRICORN SEASON
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Hey, how are you? Hope you're well. Uh, today I have almost like a Capricorn pep talk. Um, yeah, let's just get into it. I, I, uh, the main thing that I'm wanting to get across today as I speak to you is. As much as you're able to utilize this time while we are in Capricorn. You know, I think I, I was saying last week, this is an energy that understands time and is in relationship to time, which for other signs can feel. Yeah, very different. I mean, I think time is a relative experience. You know, we, we've all experienced seconds that feel like a lifetime, and then hours that felt like minutes, you know? But for example, as a Gemini. Ah, I sometimes feel like Geminis are on a 24 hour cycle, which is in one hand a great thing. You know? It's like I wake up fresh as a daisy, let's go. It's a, it's a brand new day. I don't mean I wake up fresh as a daisy. I just mean like, it's almost like a 24 hour reset. Let those first kind of, well, let's say the first three primal energies, Aries Taurus, no. Aries and Gemini, uh, really don't drag a lot of the, their history into the present moment. They can really be very present in the now, which is a great thing, and also part of the mastery of those particular archetypes. Lots of them actually is really. Settling into an a practical understanding and use of time and the long term, whereas if you've come here with some good cap energy, you already know all about this. And what I wanna speak to today is we're still in this energy and we will be for all of this week, this incredible conjunction of. Venus with the Sun, with Mars, and then Mercury is now a part of that mix too. So we have our three personal planets and the sun, our life force consciousness, all married together. Um, Venus is our values. It's us relationally. It's our relationship to money. Uh, it's our relationship to beauty and, uh, our creativity. Mars is our will, our determination that gusto that. Like, I'm gonna initiate myself here. I'm gonna take action here. Mercury is our perception, our, um, how we're interfacing with reality in a way. It's like how things are filtered through. Us and then the sun, which is life force. They're all here in this archetype. They were last week. Now they're all conjunct again this week as we lead up to this new moon, which will happen next Monday, the 19th of January. And there's several reasons why I think we need to be paying attention to this. This feels like great reset energy, not in the way of like New Year, new me, but um. The reset is, okay, what are my values? Where am I wanting to apply myself this year? You know, where am I wanting to put my energy? What is my sense of integrity and how do I know what I'm in and out of integrity in the things that I'm doing out in the world? You know, Capricorn really helps you to design a life that you actually want to live. Um, I saw a great thing this morning, uh, that somebody put up, um, which I loved. And, uh, this guy was saying, sorry, I dunno who he is, it's just something that I consumed. Uh, he was saying how, you know, there can be these really smart people that are, um, climbing the ladder and they're so incredibly intelligent, but. They may not actually like their life, they might not like the day to day. Um, and whereas he quoted somebody, this is so terrible. This is real Gemini shit, right? I'm displaying right here, uh, a bunch of secondhand info that I am sending to you. Uh, but he said that he quoted somebody who said that the, the mark of a, a good life is that you are happy. You know that you, you're in enjoyment of the thing that you're enjoying, the life that you've built for yourself. And I don't think we stay in happiness all the time, but do you know what I mean? It's like we're able to do, we have the capacity. Many of us, if you're listening to a podcast, if you have the time and the energy to be listening to a podcast, you have the ability to design a life and live a life that you actually want to live. Um. And I, and I feel, and I think a lot of other people feel that that's part of what we're moving towards. We are putting our energy, our life force, our consciousness, our light towards living how we want to, and you know, like living a life according to your own design that you've designed gives you energy. Being in devotion, which is a big Capricorn word and, and energy being in devotion to the things that regenerate you, nourish you, that amplify your vitality is the juice, and that's on the table, like that's possible. Doing work that feels genuine and meaningful. To who you are is life affirming. It is life-giving, which isn't to say that you, you know, like for me, with the work that I do, it's very life affirming and life-giving. I get energy when I'm in readings, but if I, that's not to say that I just have endless energy. I still need to be really. Self-aware. I can't overpack my schedule or I'll get burnt out. You know? So I, I'm not saying that just by doing the things that you love, that you somehow, how, um, rescind yourself from, uh, I don't know, mortality, um, it's not like that at all, but when we are doing the things that we love, it's. When we're, when we're creating a life and we have the discipline and the devotion, and we're committed to those things, over time, we're chipping away at these things. We're doing the thing that's for our higher good. You know, rather than doing things that are related to short term impulse, they always pay dividends and you receive dividends over time. Once you've banked like a number of these things, time and time again, it's not instantaneous, but that's kind of what's deeply sexy about it, you know, it's. Yeah, it is an in incre it. This is, this is a hot, this is attractive energy. This is a hot week. Last week was two and it's stabilizing. I think the best version of Capricorn isn't a mindless workaholic that's cut off from their own inner life, you know, and I think that's kind of one of the images that we're sold of. Capricorn energy, that it's ruthless in its ambition, that it's always, um, overriding its inner system, which leads to burnout, you know, that it can be this workaholic energy. Um, that all of its validation comes from these societal structures, um, which I'll get to in a bit. That, that's not the juice of Capric Con. This is an energy which is mastery over time, and it's part of the zodiac, it's part of the wheel, uh, not by a mistake. Um, being able to have a sense of where am I moving? Like what are the long-term goals here? What are the big desires for me and over this lifetime? And you're not always gonna be able to see, you rarely will be able to see the full, like the full picture before you start, but it's in the showing up that the next, you know, I don't know, golden stone lights up in front of you and you know, to put your foot there. Um. This is an energy that practically and strategically applies itself bit by bit day by day, again, with devotion and is creating a life that is masterful, that is your own. And I'd love for you to just spend this time if you're able to, to really, and I'm sure you already have done a lot of this this year, but this is. Th these, this huge conjunction is here for a couple of weeks for a reason. We're in the second week of it, and it's really worth looking at where am I headed this year and why I, what feels totally in integrity for me to be doing with my energy and what doesn't? It could be very small things. Or it could be very big things, you know, God, I must say, like climbing the corporate ladder is out. Like, I mean, it has been for a long time. It, it's never been in, um, in my own personal case, it's never been something that I am, um, oh, that's not true. I, I've, I've sought external validation in a, you know. In, in that kind of social way or like societal societally, this is gets the tick of approval and this doesn't. So I can't say that. But um, you know, this idea of like, I'm just gonna flog myself for another 12 months because I know that if I put in all this energy, I will get that promotion. It's like, do you even like what you're doing, man? Uh, you know, that's what I mean. That's out. Like doing stuff that you're not even into and flogging yourself and burning out your precious energy because you have a sense of, or you've absorbed a sense of this is what's meaningful, this is what I'm meant to do. This is what the people that I respect do, or that what the people that brought me up do. You know, we've really gotta check in with this energy, which again, is why like a satin return, that especially the first satin return, is such a pivotal initiation. PS, if you do have satin in Pisces, you're in the last, what is it now, the last month of your satin return, because it's going to move into Aries on the 13th of Feb. If you have your satin in Aries. My friend, you're just about to start this second wave of your setin return. It's worth looking up from a trusted source, otherwise, you'll be told it's horrific and it's not. It's a, a real time of self responsibility. We're in a, we're in Capricorn season, so we're in, we're swimming in these waters of, I'm responsible for. Actioning and creating a life that feels juicy to me, and I'm allowed to have that. Um, you know, it's like I'm someone who has boundless ambitions for myself. Um, but as much as possible, and I, and more, and more and more over the last several years, I'm, I'm not tethering. Those ambitions to the outside structures or the, those like socially approved stamps on a report card that I was just talking about. You know, my, my sense of authority or so, or, or leadership is self governed and that is satin. That is Capricorn. Satin is the ruler of Capricorn. The reason why I think this is, this is. Well, I don't know if it's the reason why, but what it draws my attention to is we have five weeks left of the year of the snake on the 17th of February with the annular solar eclipse. I think it's 28 degrees of Aquarius. We will begin the year of the horse. And one thing I wanna say about the horse. The horse will get you places faster if you have, if you do not have a sense of direction, or if you are going, whichever way the wind blows, then that horse may get you further away from yourself as well. Intention is key values, integrity. Where am I going this year and why? Of course, there's always room for spontaneity and left of field, um, redirections, but we're sitting in this time of Capricorn, it's the architectural blueprints for the year might just be like the, the grand kind of scaffolding. Again, you don't need to know the how of everything, but. You want to swim in this very grounded energy that is so related to time, that is so related to self-responsibility. What am I in devotion to and why? Again? Because once you get up on that horse, you can move towards those things faster through taking action, which is all the Aries energy, which is. Coming online. I'll, I'll speak to that when we're in it. It's also all in that 2026 class that I did. Um, but it can also get you further away from yourself, and I'm sure all of us, I know I have, have had those very stark experiences of realizing that let's say you are in a job or you're in a relationship or you're even in a belief that is. Far away from your nature and your goals and your desires. This is an incredibly important time to know what your goals are, to know what your desires are, because you can action them faster or you can get. So caught up in impulsiveness once you're on that horse that it can, that horse can buck up and throw you off. Um, like the horse isn't just about, um, power and galloping and, and fastness. It's like, it, it can also be destructive. Um, yeah. That's all I really wanna say to you today. Um, utilize this time and then come the 19th of January, which is the new Moon. Uh, maybe there's some kind of ritual that you do. Maybe it's just riding out that list again or speaking it aloud, you know, to somebody that you trust being in some kind of communication about it or doing something that's taking you an action towards those things. Um, you know, I, I asked, oh yeah, I asked if there was anything that anybody wanted me to speak to on ig. Um, and one of them was like, how to use astrology to plan a new year. Astrological timings, you know, that these new moons are, are a time to like center in and utilize the energies. Where am I going? The full moon is, is we we're reaping something, we're illuminating something. We're able to see into the shadows, like use those times that, I mean, that's, that's every two weeks there's these, there's these natural rhythms of check-in points, planting and harvesting. Um, and you know, new moons are always a time to begin a thing. And in a practical, earthy sign like. Capricorn, we want to make a move. You know, I specifically chose this as the day that, uh, doors open to astrology school, for example. Why wouldn't I utilize astrological timings? I'm an astrologer. You know, it's new beginnings. It's a, and hearing Capricorn, it's like I'm in devotion to learning this an this language. Today I'm committed to taking this course and being present and, um. Drenching myself, infusing myself in the, the language and the realm and the experience of the elegant language, uh, and lens of astrology. So there's always so many ways that we're able to utilize the timing of things, you know, and, and that's what I'm, by listening to the podcast. Somewhat regularly. Hopefully, I'm able to distill to you in a practical way how you're able to utilize the weather, um, to your advantage, which is why I, I've just given you this spiel about really ground into like, what is this year for me? Where am I putting my energy? You know? Um,'cause when I am doing the things that I love, again, like I said last week, it's, it's summertime here, so there's a lot of energy, there's a lot of. Solar energy. I have a lot of energy to do the things. That's always a busy time for an astrologer, a new year, and the lead up to a new year as well. But, um, you know, there's this sense of like, oh, well the year doesn't begin until bola. Yeah, sure. But that doesn't mean that you don't utilize Capricorn energy. It's the architect. Like, that doesn't mean that you don't, that you can't utilize this incredible conjunction and be like, where am I headed this year? Like, where do I want to head this year? How can I plan this in a way that is sustaining to me over the long term? Um, let me see if there were, I'll just choose the ones that aren't personal. Um, someone says, does it emphasize Sutton's lessons in general, like in a Saturn return? Does Capricorn season emphasize Saturn lessons? Yeah, it does because it's. A similar frequency. So for all of you who know your chart or, or have a copy of your chart, look and see where your satin placement is, because this is an area of life that you've come here to master over time, through time and space. Um, satin is all about self-mastery. Capricorn is all about self-mastery in a, in a collective sense. It's all about societal structures as well, and. I mean, I think we've all got a, a, an awareness of how much they're changing or needing to change. In one of my readings this morning, I was talking to this absolute legend and we were just, we were discussing this. It's like you, we can feel and know and sense with all of our inner senses what is deeply outdated now, and the more that we are creating lives for ourselves. That feel genuine and true and are life affirming. That is us laying down the next chapter and the fabric of the new. It can be that simple. It's not simple like I'm, it is simple, but then it's the being in devotion, you know, showing up when you don't feel like it, when your emotional self is like, I'm tired, or blah, blah, blah, blah, you know, et cetera, et cetera. Um. Someone also said that they have six planets in Capricorn and often find the transition into Aquarius, quite bumpy. So that's a great one to really notice. And if you are acquiring more of a practical lived experience of astrology this year, that's a great way that you can begin to hone in on it. Really spend time with each season that we're in. In real time and utilize the energy of each season that we're in, and then really notice how you shift from one season to another. So we're going from this incredibly grounded time-based, um, you reap what you sow kind of energy into. One of the psychic antennas, you know, this like eagle eye view, this energy that's quite off world, it's pattern recognition. It's seeing things from different points of view. It's, it's landing things, ideas, frequencies, possibilities that haven't been here yet, that haven't been fully, um, inhabited on earth yet. So it's like we're going from real world to off world. And we're also going from earth to air. So that shift can really feel, um, we can really feel the ungroundedness of it. So yeah, I'll speak more to this when we're in it, but it's certainly an energy that you want to be firmly planted. You want to have your two feet planted on the ground when we're in aquarium season, uh, because the energy is so fast. And cerebral that it can feel like anxiety and being fried, you know, wired and tired. It's that energy too. Um, and so the more that we're grounded, this is a conduit archetype. You know, we don't want the lightning to strike and it burns us up. We wanna be able to ground it and inhabit it and embody it and bring it down here. Um. Anything else to speak to there? Uh, someone said, not really. A question about what sign is your Venus inm? It's in cancer. Uh, it's conjunct my exactly. Conjunct Mercury and Pal Aine and my midheaven. Um, it falls in the ninth house, but it's conjunct there, so it's like. Using my voice. Um, well, my relationship to beauty, um, is a felt experience. Absolutely. I'm a liberal ascendant too, so I'm ruled by Venus and yeah, my relationship to beauty is incredibly important. It's nourishing. Living in an environment that's serene, having a sanctuary that feels beautiful according to my. You know, it, it, uh, sense of what that is and it's tethered to my voice. Um, yeah. You know, I, yeah, there's a lot, there's lots to say about that, but, um, I really love Venus in Capricorn. I think it's such an attractive placement. Um, and I meant to say this last week. I didn't, I think people have who have Venus in Capricorn, it's just gorgeous. You know, Capricorn gets better and better over time with time through time. Um, it ages so gorgeously, and I don't mean in like physical aging, I just mean the more lapse this energy does, the more it's, um, like comes to life almost and there's something so practical with this energy. Um, and, and mature Again. It's like this is what I'm moving towards and, and this is why versus part of the shadow of mine, which is, um, can be tethered to my emotions in a way that's brilliant and, and can be very powerful. But the downside of that is it's like I've had to measure. My use of that. Like I, I'm somebody who, like I was saying, like I wanna get heaps of things done and I've had to lean into the opposite sign, which is Capricorn, the opposite sign of cancer. Because if I only showed up when I felt like it, um, or when I was fully embodying the thing, then I would be at the whim of. That side of myself and I, I probably wouldn't have a business. Um, anyway, I've gone longer than I wanted to, but, uh, yep. Just sent, I'm just about to send out the second video for Astrology School. For those of you who are interested. By the time you read this, you'll have probably watched it, but that's there. Um, you're allowed to live, uh, a beautifully well-designed. Curated life according to your own sense of what is meaningful and what is what is valuable to you. It's again, simple, but we make it very complex. Have a good week.