Now through Chanukah, Christmas and into Kwanzaa, and with Boxing Day at hand, the Capricorn planets out there itch for the new year to get going. The Sun, Vesta, Pluto, Mercury and Venus seem to groan in frustration as the time ticks off for 2015 to begin. Why wait? Come New Year’s Day, Mars in Aquarius and Jupiter in Leo, retrograde, line up on opposite sides of the zodiac to see if earthlings might be able to interpret and engage the tug of war they enact.
The actual opposition occurs at 20:23 U.T. on January 1, so for some in the world it will already be the second day of the year and the calendric new leaf should have already been turned.
Mars and Jupiter in opposition are quite powerful, and if one is prepared, no doubt many good things can be extracted. The essence of the aspect is that by directing clear, focused energy and activity into life’s efforts, the greatest goals and most magnificent objectives appear closer on the road ahead.
Jupiter is retrograde, so it may not be that goals are immediately fulfilled. Likely, that’s a good thing. With Jupiter reversing tracks, the time is ripe for review, revision and any other red prefix word that may not actually be a word, but would do well to be. Works like redeclaration, recommitment, reintention come to mine. The implication of “re-“ in the Jupiter retrograde context is:
Review all plans from the past goal cycle, in this case likely a year, neatly a half Mars cycle. Note levels of completion accomplished, current interest in fulfilling the previously stated objective, and apply some mental absorption ointment in the spirit of “If I had known then what I know now,” ensuring that all future efforts will be smarter and energetically more efficient - something planets in Capricorn can applaud.
More fundamentally, Jupiter in retrograde enquires regarding the platform philosophy in play that one uses to drive the rationalization system behind every effort in life:
What do you believe?
How is what you intend to do working to fit into the big picture in a big way? After all, Jupiter is big (and proud) and Mars is in Aquarius.
Are there missing pieces in the thought sequence?
Given what you know now, do you still believe everything you believed when the last wave of life objectives launched?
What enhanced knowledge can you now apply from wisdom gained?
What do you do if your instinctive nature of what you feel to be correct disagrees with an ingrained philosophy or creed?
Mars in Aquarius seeks to offer a few details on his hot action, pre-flight check list:
Are you still into what you are doing? You know, does passion still fill your belly’s furnace with fire about this activity or objective?
Remember, every deed impacts the entirety of Earth. Every living organism is affected by every action by every person.
Do you really have everything good to go, or should you look around for any last minute tools you might want to pack up?
This thing you’re doing, it’s good for everyone, right?
Be present every step of the way, which means, no projecting uncertainty, doubt or fear of outcome(s) into the energy expended.
This is a big splash pattern. With the clarification of what you’re doing and why you’re doing it, significant progress can be instated in the early days of 2015.
For what it’s worth, the degree Jupiter transits is one that shows a particular proclivity for understanding cosmic design, whether translated through physics, consciousness, astronomy or astrology. Jupiter is in the proximity of a black hole that offers as a suggestion:
Promoting soulful individuality inspires collective cooperation.
This Mars-Jupiter pattern presents a far superior start agenda for the new year that recent years have offered. In fact, there is justifiable reason to be optimistic... especially if one engages the next calendar cycle actively, clearly and with the expectation that good can be done, given Jupiter is pleased with ones effort in life. Perhaps consider those pesky New Year’s resolutions, goals, aspirations and things you hope to enact to be propitiation to Jupiter. Maybe more mileage can be achieved if objectives are offerings. It’s worth a go.
More soon! Happy New Year (Gregorian style)!
Here’s to 2015 being the best year yet. Here’s to good health, cheerful ways, individual and global prosperity for all, and for peace and evolution on Earth.