Time is weird. I know, I’m basically the next Plato, but hear me out. Doesn’t it feel like there’s an oceanic surplus of it that we can endlessly gobble up, and yet somehow, there never seems to be quite enough of it? We lay awake at night knowing the week ahead is packed full of things we co-signed to accomplish, and yet one by one those things repeatedly get crossed-off, rescheduled, or ignored. We make it through day after day, continually re-evaluating what needs to be done and what doesn’t, as we juggle time for our passions, our hypnotic glowing screens, our lovers, our pets. The new moon in Capricorn emerges this evening, and no one knows the value of time like Capricorn does. Saturn rules over Capricorn with it’s silver scythe in hand- dragging its cold, definitive blade between that which matters to us and that which doesn’t, and like it or not we most certainly make that choice every single day.
The Capricorn houses in our charts have all been through hell. It’s where we’ve been dealing with the brunt of our personal and collective work in recent years, as watchful Saturn, lesson-giving Jupiter, and truth-hungry Pluto have tirelessly marched through its treacherous terrain. Now, with structure-bringing Saturn and wishful-thinking Jupiter trotting through egalitarian Aquarius- lone, brooding Pluto finds itself left alone in Capricorn. Today’s new moon keeps Pluto brief company, as the three of them twist tightly together to release the last few drops of truth-potion, either to be drank or dumped out.
Pluto is often feared in astrology, and for good reason. The lord of the underworld strips you of any falsehoods when you pass through its shadowy gates. It claws off any shiny accessories you desperately cling to for keeping up appearances. It seeks the raw, unrefined truth in our souls- and the truth ain’t always pretty, but it will set you free. Pluto in our charts and by transit represents a festering wound, one that is often sneaking its controlling hand into our lives from a frustratingly blind position. Pluto also offers us riches, our deepest untapped treasures waiting patiently to be discovered.
Today’s new moon in Capricorn contains a simple but powerful message. Where is your time best spent? Are you climbing your mountain or watching someone else do it for you on TV? What wound do you keep picking open and then complaining to everyone that it wont heal? The month ahead will require you to be radically real with yourself, so raise up your goblet and drink if you dare.