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Why This Sagittarius New Moon Doesn’t Feel New…2025’s Last Lunar Cycle Seals the Deal On Your Future · Cozy with the Cosmos with Astrologer Sarah Paasch

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Hello and welcome back to the Weekly Astrology Podcast where
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we light our candles, grab our blankets, get cozy and talk all
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things cosmos. I'm your host, astrologer and
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coach, Sarah Posh. And today brings us to the final
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new moon of 2025. It's the Sagittarius new moon.
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We finally arrived to the end of an era.
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This threshold not only of 2025 going into 2026, but the
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threshold of so many eras, so many outer planet ingresses that
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are changing so many dramatic shifts shifts of our lifetime
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are coming in this upcoming year 2026, which it's not too late if
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you miss registration for when the live event started on
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December 11th last week, you can still purchase it you'll still
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get those digital downloads to record and that digital
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companion workbook. So check out that link below.
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If you're somebody who missed the live event, but you're still
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Astro curious and getting resource and set up for the
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dramatic shifts coming in 2026. We're going to breakdown this
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Sagittarius new moon, which is starting at this final lunar
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cycle and also carrying us through the threshold of 2025
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into 2026. And then we're also going to
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talk a little bit about how there's kind of an act one and
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an act 2 of this lunar cycle. And then finally, I want to
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touch on, and I'll probably start here with the fact that
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there's something really interesting and unique happening
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right now with the astrology and illumination cycles.
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So let's go ahead, let's get cozy.
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And also that way you're never going to miss when a new episode
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comes out. Before we talk specifics about
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this sage new Moon, I need to inform you about this really
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interesting thing that's happening with illumination
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cycles. So typically when we have a new
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moon cycle, we have a new moon in let's say, Sagittarius and in
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the full moon corresponding to that new moon is typically in
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the polarity sign, which would be Gemini in this case.
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However, because of the recent Virgo solar eclipse back in
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September, remember we had two technical new moons in Virgo
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this year in 2025 that reset and tilted the lunar cycles so that
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that partial solar eclipse that happened in Virgo, the full moon
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moon in that cycle was an Aries, which is an aversion.
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It is not a sister sign. It's not even in a place where
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the Virgo placements or the new moon can see.
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And this is playing out. This is going to be true for all
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of the lunation cycles all the way until May 2027 when we get
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to the Taurus New moon. And I find this really
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interesting and I can really feel like this is a new moon,
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but it doesn't feel like a new moon.
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It actually feels like that Gemini full moon that we just
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had. If I tap into it, yes, it
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totally felt like a full moon and its energetic quality and
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the sense that it was big, big, it was emotional.
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There was a climax for sure, but it was also a starting point.
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And what if the full moons from here until May 2027 are actually
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the starting point for this next new moon cycle?
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So what do I mean by that? What I mean by that is think
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about what was going on for you a couple weeks ago when we had
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that Gemini full moon. What was coming to a climax?
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What was coming full circle? What was hitting some sort of
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major turning point or maybe an ending?
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And how is that informing the actual beginning point of this
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Sagittarius New Moon? Do you actually feel like
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hitting the Sagittarius New Moon at this point in the timeline
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and the trajectory that you are not starting something new, you
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are actually planting something, seeding your intention, seeding
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this cycle in response to what came up, what came through, what
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ended at the Gemini Full moon. Comment below.
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Tell me if any of this resonates.
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Tell me if you have any other thoughts or ideas about what
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this might mean. And then weaving that into the
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Sagittarius New Moon cycle. That means that when we get to
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that Cancer full Moon, the halfway mark of this lunation
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cycle in early January, I want to encourage us to maybe sit
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with and think about how that Cancer full moon is actually
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this pivot point, this turning point, and this seating and
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starting point that's going to influence what happens around
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that Capricorn new moon in mid to late January.
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So just something to pay attention to, something to take
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note of and maybe play around with, explore with curiosity.
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And again, comment below, I'd love if you have any ideas about
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this. I haven't personally dove into
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the investigation. I haven't gotten into my typical
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astrology rabbit holes of curiosity around this.
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I just kind of have been sitting with it and feeling with it so
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far. So I'll keep you in the loop as
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I continue to gather some data, collect some more information.
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We begin this cycle on Friday, December 19th with the
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Sagittarius New Moon at 28° of Sagittarius at 5:43 PM standard
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Pacific Time. This new Moon is sitting in a
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virgin to its ruler, Jupiter and Cancer.
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So the ruler, the host of this new moon, well, it's in a really
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good place. It's exalted, it's doing good
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things, it's helping, but it's helping in a behind the scenes
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way, an invisible way, a way that we might not feel like we
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can really grasp or understand or might require a deeper level
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of trust, surrender and acceptance.
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It's almost as if this exalted Jupiter is asking, just because
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you can't see it, can you trust it?
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I also think that this new moon is really these two-part acts
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that I talked about South Act one of the lunar cycle for the
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Sag new moon is the mutable squares to Saturn and Neptune.
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All of our planets that have been moving through Sagittarius
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have been making these squares, these grand finale waning
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squares to Saturn and Neptune in Pisces.
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It started with Mars last week. And at the time of this new
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moon, the sun in Sagittarius is on the cusp of completing that
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exact square to Neptune in Pisces.
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That's definitely baked into what this transit.
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If you want to know more about some of the nuances of the
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Saturn Neptune squares, I go into more depth about Saturn and
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Neptune and these squares in a previous episode on the channel.
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So go ahead and check those out if you're looking for more of
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that. But for the purpose of this
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episode, we're talking about really giving this bigger
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picture view or seeing this act one kind of compartmentalizing
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this cycle, immutable square. It's a Saturn and Neptune.
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They're in the waning square phase of the synodic cycle,
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which means it is the final quarter, the final turning point
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turning towards completion. It is bringing things to a
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close. It's letting things go.
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We can kind of think of it as a phase of refinement and a sense
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of integration and integrity testing.
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And this is so much more impact, so much more gravity like Saturn
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has in what's happening right now because it's tethered into
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the end of the Saturn Neptune cycle.
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Saturn and Neptune are going to make that conjunction and
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February 2026 and start a completely new cycle.
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So these squares are also informing these decision points
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of what was, what is, and what will be.
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We are crossing a threshold of a completely new beginning, a new
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era on the horizon with all of the outer planets changing signs
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and putting a stamp on where they're going to be and remain
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for decades to come. So these decisions, these
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judgement calls, these sacrifices that we're making
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right now, there is a true gravity to them.
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And so the word that was coming to me for the theme of this
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Sagittarius New moon is resolution, which I mean, seems
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kind of cliche because we're at the end of the year, New Year's
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resolutions. But because there's this Saturn,
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Neptune and fusion into this lunar cycle, these resolutions,
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these are not our surface level. I'm going to going to lose 5
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lbs. I'm going to start going to the
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gym. I'm going to stop drinking wine
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every single night. Like whatever our resolutions
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have been in the past. This is so much bigger than
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that. These resolutions have so much
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more gravity. And because Neptune is involved,
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the soul is involved. You might be feeling right now
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like thinking about your resolutions, your New Year's
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resolutions, those typical resolutions, they don't really
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have any sense of meaning or matter.
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And that's because Neptune is saying, yeah, you need to really
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get deeper with yourself, with your sense of what it is that
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you truly want, who it is that you truly are, what truly has
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meaning. And so the quote that I'm going
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to read for resolution comes from a Netflix series, The Fall
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of the House of Usher, the end of episode 1.
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There's two really good quotes on resolution.
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So even if you don't watch that show, highly encourage you to
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check out the scenes with these quotes.
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But the first one I want to read to you is, you know what a
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resolution is. Really, it's a deal you make
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with the future. Let's just pause there for a
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second. It's a deal you make with the
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future. How spot on is that for the
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Sagittarius New Moon? How spot on is that for this
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threshold of the dramatic changes we are ending when we
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walk out of 2025 into 2026? There is no going back.
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So what deals are you making with the future?
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And like any deal, any negotiation, any collaborative
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agreement, there's usually something we have to sacrifice
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or compromise on. And usually those sacrifices or
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compromises that we come into agreement on.
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Usually that clarity is anchored and the clarity of what we are
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absolutely unwilling to wait for on a depth of clarity on our non
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negotiables with the future is what's required right now and
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what will support you in moving through act one of the
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Sagittarius lunar cycle. And then I'll read the other
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quote to you. So resolution resolve means
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being unwavering, determined, a firm commitment to do something
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or not to do something with this Sagittarius New Moon moving into
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an immediate completion square to that Neptune in Pisces.
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This is not only about sacrifice and compromise.
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This is about surrender and deep acceptance.
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And that means there might be some hard goodbyes.
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That means that there might be a detachment or a letting go of
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what the choices are that other people make, the deals that
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people make, their resolutions that they make with their future
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right now. And so part of the judgement
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calls is allowing everyone the invitation, the opportunity and
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the sovereignty to make their own judgement calls, to make
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their own deals with the future and to let go of meeting the
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certainty, the attachment of who it is that comes with you or
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exactly how it all works out. If you anchor into your own
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integrity, your own sovereignty, and make that judgement call of
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what you are choosing for your future, the resolution, the deal
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that you're making with your future.
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And it's coming from a truly aligned place within yourself, a
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place that has true meaning and value, which is the absolute
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best thing that any of us can do right now, by the way.
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But that means that you need to focus on that and kind of blind
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yourself from any distraction, any desire to interfere with the
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decisions and the outcomes involving other people's
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judgement calls or decisions. And so this Sagittarius New
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Moon, it is our final act of recognizing what we're leaving
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in the past and what we're choosing for the future.
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And in this final act, the astrology is saying to all of us
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the future access of what it is that we desire, We're calling
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in, we're making that deal, our resolution, it's saying access
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granted, choice required. So maybe having that mantra in
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your back pocket throughout the end of December 2025 and
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beginning of January 2025, access granted, choice required.
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And the Saturn, Neptune conjunction, this new cycle
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that's starting, all of the new outer planet ingresses that are
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happening, these are all going to impact us personally in
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completely different ways because we all have different
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Natal charts, Natal context, and Natal promise.
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So I definitely encourage you, if you're somebody who wants to
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know more about how it's impacting you personally, not
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just these big collective shifts that we're talking about.
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There's a link below. You can book a one-on-one
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astrological consultation with me and we can get really deep,
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really personal and get really grounded and the timeline and
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the potential trajectory of these transits for you.
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So go ahead, It's linked below. You can check that out.
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With that, let's go ahead and move forward and talk about Act
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2. So to get from Act one, we go
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from the Sagittarius mutable squares and every planet,
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including this New Moon is going to complete that square to
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Neptune and Pisces and then enter into Capricorn.
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We go into Act 2, which is this cardinal coalition.
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We go from the sign of Sagittarius, which is the sign
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that is bending towards the light.
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It is in that phase of the season that is transitioning us
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out of the season of darkness and turning us towards the
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season of light. The winter solstice is the point
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in the season where for the first time in months and
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seasons, light conquers dark. We start to turn towards the
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light. The light, the hours of our day,
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begins to grow longer and longer, brighter and stronger
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with each day that passes. And so this cardinal coalition,
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because all those plants are literally coming together in the
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sign of Capricorn in January, and they're all going to also
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begin a new synodic cycle with the sun in Capricorn.
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So we're not only starting this cycle of light conquering
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darkness, we're also starting new cycles literally with all of
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the personal planets. So Act 2, this cardinal
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coalition cardinal is the modality of initiating.
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So it begins, it starts something, it's quick, its
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movement is directionally forward.
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And Capricorn, this cardinal Earth sign ruled by the planet
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Saturn, it is here to build, it is here to scaffold, it is here
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to create and move towards something with lasting value and
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impact. It's creating a legacy from a
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solid foundation. So there is a promise in the
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Sagittarius cycle. If we show up, if we make these
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judgement calls, these resolutions with the depth of
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meaning and true clarity and value personally, then Act 2
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promises A readiness to start building and bringing it into
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form, into reality. We'll get more into the Act 2
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cardinal coalition as we move forward.
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So be sure you're subscribed, you get your notifications
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turned on because we're going to cover all of that in the
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episodes to come of this lunar cycle.
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Let's go ahead. So I had to get back to the
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transits that are happening after the Sagittarius new Moon.
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So just after the Sagittarius new Moon on Friday, on Saturday,
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December 20th, the moon is going to enter into Capricorn, joining
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Mars. And it may be giving us a little
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preview of some of the exalted battle plans or architectural
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designs that Mars and Capricorn is foreshadowing and keeping
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safe and ready for when the coalition is ready to arrive and
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proceed forward. And then on Saturday, with that
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moon in Capricorn, we also have Mercury in Sagittarius making
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that square to the nodes at 11 degrees.
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So it's hitting that nodal bending.
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It's a reactivation of the Gemini full Moon, especially
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since Mercury was the ruler of that full moon.
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The Sun in Sagittarius completes that square to Neptune in Pisces
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at 29° and then passes that baton to Venus in Sagittarius,
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making that exact square to Saturn in Pisces at 25°.
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So Saturday, the day after this new moon, the day after we put a
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stamp on the deals we're making with the future and the blind
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unknown of that Sagittarius new moon in the darkness, Saturday
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starts moving a lot of pieces, potentially pieces in the places
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where we can't see, so invisible places happening behind the
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scenes. And also it's calling us, it's
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confronting us to start that process, those judgment calls
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with Venus. Venus is the planet of our
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social contracts, our pleasure, our desire.
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Venus is our relationships oftentimes.
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And it can also talk about value in the sense of if we come into
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a partnership or social engagement and we have a certain
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standard of exchange, those exchanges, those agreements,
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right? Venus is here to bring something
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that feels fair, that feels balanced, that feels good and
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pleasurable. Like, I can't wait to hang out
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with that person because every time I see them, I leave and I
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feel even better versus when Venus hangs out with that person
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where every time Venus leaves, she's so drained because the
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balance is not fair. The exchange is not equal.
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In fact, it's tipped in a tilt that is totally depreciating the
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value of Venus. So I think on Saturday, if I
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could give you any words of encouragement, there's a lot of
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confusion. There's a lot of unknown in the
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air with the nodal bending and the sun square Neptune.
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But there is something with that Venus square Saturn that is
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obvious, that is clear, that is leaving no room for doubt.
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And with the Moon, the other relational planet in Capricorn,
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it feels like Saturday is asking us to ground into the Earth the
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reality and make those sovereign choices.
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To really anchor into what it is that we are choosing for
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ourselves, that we are so clear are non negotiable and to let
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the messiness of anything else that's happening, let that all
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wash and dissolve and cleanse around and in response to the
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decision of that Venus square Saturn.
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And again, this is Venus now making this resolution, this
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deal with the future around what is her non negotiable, what it
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is that she is willing to sacrifice, let go or say
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goodbye, leave somebody. The choice to choose a different
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timeline in honor of what she is choosing for herself and having
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that Sun square Neptune at the same time as Venus square's
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Saturn. This also feels helpful in the
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sense that there might be an ability to tap into a deeper
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compassion in the process of letting something go or making
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those tough calls, those tough boundaries and endings when it
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comes to our relationships or any kind of agreements that we
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come into with somebody who's born with a Sun Neptune, I can
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say on its best day, it has the ability to dissolve any ego
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barriers so that my heart can expand and touch and feel and
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understand from a true place of compassion and acceptance.
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The Sun Neptune reminds me that we are all connected.
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We are all worthy and deserving of safety, of love and of
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connection. And it reminds me to let go of
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judgments, let go of attachments, and to let people
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go with love. So Saturday is this letting go
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with love. It is this blessing and
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releasing. It is a making a deal with the
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future and matters of the heart, making those decisions and
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releasing whatever it is that is not meant to come with us.
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And on Sunday we get the Winter Solstice.
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And I love this time of year. The Sun enters into Capricorn on
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Sunday, December 21st and again this is the moment the solstice,
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the marking of light, conquering darkness for the first time.
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Light is taking over darkness and we are not only turning
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towards light like we were in Sagittarius, but now we are
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actually traveling forward, moving towards more light.
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Do you have any winter solstice rituals or things that you like
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to do to celebrate this turn of the season, this time of the
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year? Comment below and share your
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favorite winter solstice ritual if you have one.
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I personally like to spend the winter solstice in solitude and
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in darkness. The ritual of amplifying the
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Lantern of the light within myself, the warmth and the
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connection to my own inner light, and taking time to
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reflect on what was the richness of the darkness behind me.
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What was it that the darkness allowed me to feel, to process,
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or maybe to see with new eyes. So it's actually a ritual of
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honoring the darkness, connecting to the light that was
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always there inside and almost turning that Lantern, that flame
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up, just a not amplifying it to move forward with it.
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So that's my kind of personal thing.
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I'd love to hear if you have something comment below, let us
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know. And then next week takes us into
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the end of Venus completing Act one on Tuesday, December 23rd.
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The Moon's going to be an Aquarius and Venus completes
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that exact square to Neptune and Pisces at 29 degrees.
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So the beginning of next week, expect to feel a little bit of
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that Neptunian fog, maybe a sense of exhaustion.
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There might be even some collusion around the
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relationships that shows up, or a need for space to grieve and
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process, allowing the feelings to flow through us without
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needing to grasp them and diagnose them or fix them and
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change them. If Venus square Saturn was the
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moment where we made the deal, we had the resolution and we put
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the stamp on our decisions, then Tuesday is the moment where the
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reality might really sink in. This might be the moment where
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the actual wave of the emotional processing of what it is that
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was put into motion over the weekend and the New moon.
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Now we start to really feel it. So be mindful and tender to your
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heart and to anything that's coming up, anything that you're
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feeling. Venus, Neptune is really, really
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good for channeling any kind of big emotions into something
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creative. So if you have any sort of
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artistic or creative medium that you like to work with, dropping
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into the containers of those creative spaces can be really,
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really supportive and constructive for moving through
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that otherwise messy and emotional Venus square Neptune.
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And then finally on Wednesday at December 24th, the moon shifts
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into Pisces on the same day that Venus enters into Capricorn.
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And as the Moon enters into Pisces, we get a weaving of the
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ACT 1, the reckoning of resolutions that Mars, the Sun
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and Venus at this point have made with Saturn, Neptune, the
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Moon. Is going to not only weave them
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together, but potentially start shifting and moving and weaving
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changes in our everyday circumstances, relationships and
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environment to match and manifest the reality of those
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resolutions. So that brings us to the
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conclusion of this week's episode of the beginning of Act
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one with the Sagittarius New Moon.
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The accepting of our resolutions and our missions with hopefully
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accessing deeper meaning, value and intention.
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Comment below. What's the deal that you're
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making with the future? Where are you choosing to have
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that resolve, that unwavering, determined firm commitment to do
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something? Or maybe you want to comment
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below and tell us what you're committed not to do.
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I can't wait to see everybody back here get cozy and begin to
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talk more about this Act 2 of this Sagittarius lunar cycle and
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the final final days of 2025. See everybody next week.