Capricorn New Moon – Empower Yourself
Capricorn New Moon – Empower Yourself
The Capricorn New Moon on January 5th will heavily influence the urge for personal growth, taking control of your life, and moving beyond childhood influences or traditions so that you can create the life, relationships, and career of your dreams. The new moon is a true group gathering as Saturn, the moon, the sun, and Pluto are cozied-up in Capricorn. The sun and moon brings the energy of Capricorn into our feelings (moon) as well through our self-expression (sun). Saturn, the planetary ruler of Capricorn strengthens the serious, discipline, and mature nature of Capricorn with-in us all. If you find yourself being more serious, disciplined, and not in the mood for foolishness – that’s Capricorn. Achieving goals, having control of situations and circumstances, and taking care of the needs of family, building wealth, and making sure everyone plays by the rules will also be hot topics thanks to Capricorn’s influence. Pluto is also in the mix, guaranteeing positive changes, but possibly after a time of difficulty. Pluto is very powerful in Capricorn therefore; expect to both experience and feel rebirth taking place now. This is especially the case if you have been literally killing away low vibration, self-sabotaging, immature, parts of yourself or experienced a phase of deep healing of old emotional wounds or traumatic events. Pluto is sitting closest to the sun, signifying a rebirth of self. You will emerge stronger, confident, and more capable than you have been in the previous months and possibly years. However, if you haven’t quite been doing the work or are resisting change the universe will force you to deal with your fears take responsibility for for your choices.
Pluto is sitting closest to the sun, signifying a rebirth of self. You will emerge stronger, confident, and more capable than you have been in the previous months and possibly years.
Moving Beyond Old Traditions for Empowerment
Themes related to family tradition, parenting, and cultural norms will also be very relevant. Capricorn is the sign of the father, which means authority figures and those who set the rules or that we feel we have to answer too will be top of mind. When you think about it, the things your family taught you stick with you to this day, “this is what we do and here is how we do it” the “we” being the collective family or societal norms. These lessons and examples serve as the core of our belief system of who we are and how we should behave in the world. However, there comes a time where we have to break free of traditions and expectations, either our own or through bloodline, for personal empowerment and authority allowing the creation of a more fulfilling life. The moon and sun make a strong, supportive connection with Neptune spotlighting where we have been foggy or in denial about a situation, relationship, or maybe our own shit. Just as you get ready to rationalize why things are Ok, Saturn is sweeping in to force us to get to the truth of the matter and take responsibility for our action. Pluto will focus on the deeper implications of the situation, getting down to the fears and controls by allowing the healing which ultimately results in growth, progress, and becoming your own authority.
Commit to Creating Your Future
This is an excellent time for intention setting, think long term because Capricorn is most concerned with legacy and reputation, both of which take time to build but is totally worth the effort as they will pay off far into the future. Patience is key with Capricorn, the things initiated around the new moon will be a work in progress, coming into full fruition during the Capricorn full moon in July; therefore, create a 6 month game plan to fully accomplish this phase of your goals. Smaller wins and victories will happen as you go but stay focused on your big goal and don’t get sidetracked.
If you decided to take a leap of faith or committed to following your passion during Sagittarius season, you will start to flesh out the details, make decisions, and take practical steps in that direction during Capricorn season. Use the weeks following the Capricorn new moon to work on structure, discipline, and the tedious, mundane aspects of your goals. Essentially, you are building a foundation for success. Once this is done the more passionate, outwardly expressive, and fun aspects of your vision can emerge. For now your focuses is heavy on planning and involves things such as sourcing materials, finding office space, signing contracts, budgeting, getting educated, setting up agreements, getting funding, and creating systems and action plans.
How to Use the Capricorn Full Moon Energy
Cleanse and Clear
The first 3 days of a new moon, the moon is dark in the sky. Use this time to clean and clear your energy as well as the energy in your spaces. Purifying your energy gets you ready to mentally and emotionally handle new moon blessings as they start to unfold when the moon begins gaining light. Sage smudging is a popular method for purification; however, it’s become so popular that white sage is becoming a threatened plant species. Try other herbs such as sweet grass, palo santo, cedar, or yerba buena for smudging. Florida Water is also excellent to use in spiritual baths and to wipe down the floors in your spaces for good luck. For a deep emotional clearing, try Reiki energy healing.
Set Intentions
I can’t stress how important it is to set intentions for the Capricorn new moon. Intentions, new years goals, a growth plan, call it what you like as long as you set goals and take steps to bringing them into fruition. Don’t play it safe, be bold in your purists but take a practical approach. Capricorn energy is patient and always finds away around challenges; however, the road must be paved with practicality, logic, and structure to reach success. To set intentions, write down your goals then write down the things you need to do right now to get started on them. Also consider challenges as well as, how you can navigate around them.
Crystals and Candles
With new moons you have a window of timing to light candles that strengthens your intentions. While the moon is dark, light a candle to open roads and purify a path forward, this candle should be white. You should also burn a candle that supports your new moon intentions; in the case of the Capricorn new moon I suggest green (growth, abundance) or orange (success). This candle can be burned at the same time as the white candle or 3 days after the new moon when the moon begins to gain light. Crystals to use during Capricorn season are smokey quartz, onyx, black tourmaline, malachite, and garnet or ruby. These stones are protective, grounding, and support taking action and getting past challenges.