January 1st, in the traditional calendar brings the new year and generally new beginnings. The first of the year definitely brings a new numerology number (2024 = 8), yet through the holidays of 2023 and into New Year’s Day Mercury has been retrograde, and we had a full moon on the 26th of December.
So this New Moon on January 11, 2024 will actually feel like the New Year. And it’s an interesting New Moon because it is in square to the Nodes in Aries/Libra EXACTLY. See the RED 90º square
Capricorn is a sign of responsibility, authority, leadership, integrity, honorability. In square the to the Nodes in Aries/Libra speaks to being mature in our relationships to self and other, and address what needs to be purged (new moon conjunct Pluto) or transformed. Mercury is rules communication and is direct now, though not out of the shadow degrees. Mercury in Sagittarius has been in square to Neptune, thus there can be confusion in communications, or misunderstanding and tempers may flare.
A extra dose of mindfulness in conversation helps, as anything that came up during the Mercury retrograde over the last weeks of December 2023 (began December 13) will come around again to be considered or discussed. This could be as simple as updating business policies, or as uncomfortable as having a difficult honest conversation with a partner or friend.
In my world, it seemed lots of elders (Capricorn) were going through physical health challenges, even on the cusp of death. So this time may reveal or release them from life here on the physical plane.
In the chart, Capricorn in the 1st house is a focus on the self (1st house). This could speak to what boundaries do I need to feel soverign, responsible and mature in my life relative to others I am in relationship with (personal, professional, etcetera).
On a global scale big consideration and decisions will be made, i.e., government funding of wars, new strategic plans…
Sending Love & Light. Blessed Be and Happy New Moon
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