We’re in the final hours of Capricorn season, the time in the zodiac calendar when we experience life through the prism of material success, ambition, and worldly achievement. With Mars square Saturn, it’s crunch time. What does the next level look like?
To get a little technical, the Sun is at 29 degrees of Capricorn today. That’s the last degree, a point that takes the archetypical energy of Capricorn and concentrates it. There’s a both a knowledge that comes from having carved a path through the sign and a pressure to actualize it. Capricorn says, we’re here in the physical world. We have to build something. We need to take on responsibility. We need to mature, become leaders, eventually elders.
If you’ve been heeding the call of Mars in Pisces and Saturn in Sagittarius over the past few days, you know that this is a moment when life demands more. With the planets making an opening square — playing off a seed that was planted with the conjunction on August 24, 2016 — it’s time for all our actions to crystalize into something bigger. After all, Saturn is a planet that speaks to big arcs of time, from life milestones to a narrative of growth that will unfold over decades.
As we wrap up our time in Capricorn, we’re preparing for Aquarius — another Saturn ruled sign. All of Saturn’s ambition will now point us toward intellect, community, and the collective of humanity. More on that tomorrow.