Wendy Cicchetti

Capricorn New Moon

The Capricorn New Moon helps us tap into our executive ability, alongside the urge to organize and simplify life. This may be something we have known needed to happen for a while, but it’s been difficult to rally the energy, focus, or physical strength. Yet the Sea Goat can now handle this with a lighter than usual touch, and there may be a fresh motivation to get moving, adding fuel to the operation.

We may be faced with a situation that necessitates a thinning down of some kind — whether of possessions, or finances, or even the physical body. The Sun and Moon hang in between other planets in Capricorn: Mars on one side, Pluto on the other. Although they are not closely conjunct in either case, we might nonetheless see the New Moon as besieged by these planets. Whether we view their forces as internal, or as other people and situations, depends on our context; we may be looking at anger and resentment, or perhaps jealousy and overwhelm. Yet, in choosing to actively reduce what we hold onto, or tussle with, we can manage the intensity of the experiences we’re going through.

The Moon’s closest major aspect is a trine to Uranus in Taurus, showing how an innovative, even rebellious approach can win the day. If we thought we were stuck with just one way of doing things, we could be proved wrong, or grasp hold of different methodology. Uranus can also sometimes deliver a surprise that’s a definite blessing. As this is a trine, we’ll need to recognize the offer and act promptly, for this special opportunity could sail past almost as soon as it arrives!

With Taurus, financial bonuses are possible, but we might also create our own luck. With Uranus retrograde, it is worth checking numbers to be sure calculations are accurate, and correcting any erroneous behavior affecting balance in our relationships. Becoming more familiar with new aspects of technology could also help us at the human level.

I’m reminded of a situation where a friend regularly picked up parking costs on our trips, due to my lack of familiarity with a changed system relying on phone app payments. Finding a moment to explore the app, I realized I could add any vehicle’s registration, meaning I now could easily pay parking costs for my friend’s vehicle! I felt far more comfortable in the friendship, and happy pride in being a bit more tech savvy — a win-win situation!

The Capricorn New Moon sextiles Neptune in Pisces, emphasizing the power of subtle forces. Neptune may make us feel somewhat “other” compared with people around us, but can also lead to eventual connections, especially where the Moon’s involvement helps us channel inspiration.

A recent Sky Arts TV documentary followed ’80s electronic musical artist Gary Numan, whose innovative sound and presentation intertwined with personal struggles with Asperger Syndrome. He has come to be seen as ahead of his time, but at the height of early success, his style of delivery of electropop content was strongly criticized by the musical press, judging him as ‘wooden’, and a knock-off of David Bowie.

Dave Grohl of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters, a cameo interviewee, had sympathy with Numan’s feeling like a social outsider for his musical proclivities. Natally, both men have Moon–Neptune conjunct, and each has reached fans in powerful ways, despite, or maybe even partly due to, great personal suffering. (Grohl struggled with depression, and painfully distanced himself from music for a long stretch, following bandmate Kurt Cobain’s death.) Both Numan and Grohl have become living music legends with Neptunian, near-mythic status! Whilst the Moon sextiles Neptune, maybe we, too, can create something inspiring, with lasting impact.

This article is from the Mountain Astrologer by Diana McMahon Collis