A Rare and Auspicious Event: New Moon in Capricorn, New Year's Day

A very auspicious time, this New Year's Day.  Here' s a  good article on it from Bekah Finch Turner
published at the website "Conscious Life News" .  Find it at:http://consciouslifenews.com/capricorn-new-moon-means-auspicious-start-2014/1169207/#

Bekah writes:
"I don’t tend to follow our agreed-upon western calendar in terms of cycles or seasons. I still prefer the moon and the earth to guide me.  The idea that January 1st is the new year has never made any real sense to me energetically. January is such a dreary month anyway and I like either celebrating solstice or even Chinese new year for a new beginning. But 2014 is a little different because the first new moon of the year happens to fall on new year’s day. And it is not just any new moon, it is Capricorn, the queen of the mountain, initiator of winter, earth element in its most powerful and challenging.

To me, someone who tries to honor cycle, season, moon, earth, intuition, spirit and goddess, there is something incredibly auspicious about this line up. Particularly as we are coming out of such a hard year. There are challenges ahead, don’t get me wrong, 2014 will have its bumps and ebbs, but I don’t know; when I look at the little new moon symbol in Capricorn next to January 1st on my calendar, it gives me butterflies.

The Capricorn new moon is the best of the year to start foundational work. This is the sign of resolutions, making plans and mapping the course. As so many already use Jan 1st as the day of new beginnings, having the strength of Capricorn behind it makes me feel like those intentions might have the ability to manifest better than usual, and they also run the risk of holding us more accountable than usual.

Saturn rules Capricorn and Saturn is big daddy planet, the strict father figure of astrology that keeps us in line and has no qualms about forcing us back on the horse, or goat, rather, when we either fall or jump off.

This is a new moon to really take some time to decide what your true goals are for the year to come. This is not the year to write down those resolutions you just write because you always do (make a million dollars, get married, lose 50 lbs) unless you truly intend to get to work.

Saturn and Capricorn are listening this time and you don’t want to tell them something you don’t mean because they do not have a sense of humor and they don’t think not following through is funny. At all.

I recommend getting out on the earth this new year’s day. Walk to the park, or better, climb a hill or mountain. Sit or stand with feet or sit bones firmly on the ground, connecting you to her strength. Consider your physical world.

Capricorn is best for goals around the physical and material. What do you really want? What is your long-term dream, the top of the mountain, so to speak? What actions can you take to get there? What do you really need to live the life you want?

Be serious. Be practical but also, believe in yourself. Believe you have the ability and support to achieve your goals this year. Tell the earth and the moon that you are ready and willing to do what needs to be done. If you are clear and diligent in your intentions, Capi and Saturn are two of the best allies you could ever want and you will get to the top in 2014.

I wish you, and all beings, a prosperous and auspicious new moon and new year."

Happy New Year to you, with many blessings,
Ellen

PS January 7th, my first offering in 2014, a group repatterning.  Participate by teleclass or proxy. It's called:
"Forget Your Resolutions: Manifest your New Year's Intentions with Joy, Grace and Ease"

Registration is now open at http://www.repattern.com/Manifest_NewYear.shtml

A Special Window is open this week

Happy New Year! Weren't we just talking about Y2K and the millenium? Where did those 10 years go?

Well, never mind that.

Our New Year's energy didn't just end on January 1st. Right now, in fact, we have a very powerful window for clearing out old stuff and focusing on what it is we want to bring in to our lives, not just this year but for the next 3 year cycle which will take us to 2012. (I'm not going to get into the whole 2012 thing here except to say I don't believe in any kind of negative or end-of-the-world scenario.)

Between the lunar eclipse and "Blue Moon" of December 31st and January 15th, with a solar eclipse there's a lot of planetary support for clearing out old energies. Eclipses mark times of powerful endings, changes and a whole new take on things.

January 15th is also the new moon--the most powerful time of each month for setting intentions and beginning new things. That same day, Mercury shifts to direct (forward) motion in its orbit, moving out of retrograde. (Mercury retrograde is a 3 week period that happens several times a year. It can be challenging and so I offer repatterning sessions by proxy (distance)to help you move through the retrograde periods with ease.)

That means new projects will begin to move forward and it will be a great time to initiate or resume action on things you've been percolating for a while.

To take advantage of the new moon energy--and also because I've had a bad cold and unable to get the word out sooner--the January 11th New Year's Intention session is being moved to January 16th at 12noon Eastern. I'll bring the virtual tea and shortbread.

For more information or to register:
http://www.repattern.com/whatsnew.shtml

I hope you'll join us for this one hour session..and in the meantime, I have a great set of questions for you to work with for your year ahead. Look for them in the next post.

Many blessings for an amazing 2010,
Ellen