Thoughts for December 2007
Waiting for the starting gun

16 December 2007

Graphic Ephemeris December 2007

3rd Quarter Moon 1 December 2007

New Moon 9 December 2007

1st Quarter Moon 17 December 2007

Capricorn Ingress 2007

Full Moon 24 December 2007

3rd Quarter Moon 31 December 2007

The focus on Sagittarius is about to move into Capricorn. We must now prepare to implement our game plan, what ever state it's in, whether we knew that was what we were supposed to be doing. It's about to be time for action. I've heard that word more and more over the last week or so. We are on the starting blocks and the gun is about to be fired.

The build up of planets in late Sagittarius seems to hold great promise but seems to be slim on deliverance. Those of us with lots in late mutable seem to be spending a great deal of time running ourselves ragged with little to show at the end. But just as a void Moon gives a peculiar mood, how much more so a void Jupiter or Pluto?

We do have some small rewards to show though. The Bali conference, taking place on the week of the Jupiter Pluto conjunction holds some hope for the future. At least we have something written into the rulebook we'll have to live by. Another interpretation of Jupiter Pluto in Sagittarius which came to me recently is: vast amounts of information falling into a black hole. Watching the news reports of the recent data losses in the UK brought home the enormous amounts of information which is held again/about us. Who is brought to account about this? I've also had some fraught encounters with the Abbey bank. It really feels like you're shouting into a black, endless expanse. Even they - the staff - don't seem to know what's going on. This feeds into the more sinister and conspiracy happy interpretations of Pluto in Capricorn. The government/big business has won: game over.

But it's most certainly Game On not Game Over. There's a long way to go before the war is won and they're counting on our giving up and going home. I refer you to Bug's Life, the movie to get the general idea. There are more of us than them; we just need to act like grown ups and take responsibility for ourselves. We're moving from mutable - adjusting, planning, thinking - to cardinal - action, empowerment, movement.

Coming back to this December we see this mutable focus at reach a peak at the 1st quarter Moon. Not only do we have Mercury, Sun, Jupiter and Pluto in late Sagittarius but you have the Moon in Pisces and Mercury is cazimi. That is in tight conjunction - 17' - with the Sun. Decisions made now will be have enduring power and if you've suddenly realised that your game plan is rubbish, this 24 hour period around the cazimi may give you the chance to adjust your position.

Jupiter moves into Capricorn on 18th December and is closely followed by Mercury and the Sun. The winter solstice chart gives both the Sun and Jupiter at 0° Capricorn with Mercury opposite Mars a few degrees further on. The Full Moon follows on Christmas Eve with Mars, Jupiter and the Sun all at 1° Cancer/Capricorn. This is a time to count to ten! Tensions are bubbling under the surface so take that extra breath before you start shouting. I refer you to Andrew Morton's astronomy column for an description of what this actually looks like in the sky.

Mars is still in Cancer for the Sun Moon square but moves back into Gemini soon afterwards and so into opposition with Pluto. This may make for a somewhat unsettled New Year. The exact aspect doesn't happen until 2nd January but there is a strange configuration around midnight of 1st/2nd January where you get Mars opposite Pluto at 29 Gemini/Sagittarius, Moon at 29 Libra and Node at 29 Aquarius. Given the usual pent up frustration associated with Mars Pluto aspects, the local emphasis of the Moon may act as a trigger or focus. I would take extra care during your New Year's celebrations. Tempers are high. Keep it peaceful.

Merry Christmas.