At the winter solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere, the Sun reaches its lowest point in the midday sky. As we look back over the calendar year, we may be tempted to chastise ourselves for what we haven’t accomplished. At the Capricorn solstice, there’s no place to go but up.
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Episode 269 | Capricorn Season: Strong Knees and a Thick Skin!
The Sun squares Neptune and enters Capricorn for the solstice. Venus trine Jupiter, celebrates the love we share with those who “speak our language.” The Last Quarter Moon in Libra calls for prioritizing loved ones and collaborating on future goals. And April answers a listener question about using the Sabian symbols with your birth chart.
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 269 | Capricorn Season: Strong Knees and a Thick Skin!
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 269 (12.16.24) Capricorn Season: Strong Knees and a Thick Skin! Hello Invisible Friend, April here, and the date today is December 16th, 2024. Welcome to Episode 269 of the Big Sky Astrology Podcast. This week, the Sun makes a sensitive square to Neptune and enters Capricorn for the …
Astrology Highlights for Dec. 9-15, 2024: Complements
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 268 | Gemini Full Moon: Be Curious and Stay Busy!
Episode 268 | Gemini Full Moon: Be Curious and Stay Busy!
The chatty Gemini Full Moon; Mercury bids adieu to its latest retrograde period and celebrates with a sweet aspect to Venus. Relationship-oriented Venus and Mars face off in a contentious, but awareness-building opposition. And a listener question about ideas that come our way when Mercury is retrograde – are they all bad?
Astrology Highlights for Dec. 2-8, 2024: Slaying the Dragon
Episode 267 | Mars Retrograde: The Warrior Within!
TRANSCRIPT Ep. 267 | Mars Retrograde: The Warrior Within!
Astrology Highlights for Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 2024: Winter Birds
A the Sagittarius New Moon, we’re not yet ready for resolutions; we’re still exploring possibilities. We stand beside a frozen lake in the flat, white winter light, pondering questions big and small. What happens after we die? What happens if we forget to live? Overhead, a few straggling winter birds fly in formation; we wonder where they’ll end up, and whether it might be worth following them on their journey.

We attract partners based on who we are. If we haven’t addressed our childhood traumas and expectations, we remain stuck in a pattern that attracts partners with complementary traumas and expectations – often without being aware of it in the least.
When Mars is retrograde, we tap into even deeper resources of strength and courage to slay whatever dragons lay in our paths; to find the grace to remember how much we do have; and to contemplate how we might, in the months ahead, lend a little of our Mars strength to those who need it.
Venus enters friendly Aquarius, the Sun and Mercury aspects Jupiter and Saturn, Mars turns retrograde, and the Pisces First Quarter Moon. Plus: A robust youth, the dream of society, and the acme of cheerful innocence!