A LOVE LETTER TO JUPITER IN CAPRICORN

I’m so grateful for the certainty of your humility. I know that the thin line between humble & deprecating gets too thin sometimes, but you bounce back. and I love the way you stay radiant, like the dewy glow of sweat after hard work or the light of someone whose pragmatic mind offers clarity.

I love the pragmatism of your discernment- it’s so fucking sexy!

your interest in the wisdom of clear containers & consistent assessment of our actual capacity is a gift that keeps on giving, though we may not realize it in the moment. we’re looking for the comfort of miraculous guidance or accelerated expansion that has been exiled. this may only mean it is waiting for us past where we’ve been willing to walk…until now.

the path of alignment is longer & more tiring than maybe we were ready for, especially if we’ve been too caught up in theory while missing practical application or too caught up in practice to improve upon theory. yet you know the benefits outweigh the costs when we stop operating transactionally with everything (including the multiverse itself) & learn to let time talk. it’s no pretension & all discretion with you. damn.

I know that your time in capricorn means that you promise nothing that we think we want but much of what we don’t realize we need. for some, this time is an increase of pessimism. for others, a lengthy yet deeply valuable reality check. either way, I’m reminded of how I hear you in the way Mariame Kaba frames “hope is a discipline, not an emotion or sense of optimism” (from description of ep. 19, Beyond Prisons). or in how SZA sang “clarity is a state of mind”.

thank you for challenging our limitations without denying us the reality of possibility. thank you for presencing the importance of integrity & accountability in relationships to mentors, guides, teachers, tradition itself. thank you for telling us how to preserve our dignity through response-able practice rather than reactivity. thank you for showing us where the kyriarchy (intersecting systems of oppression) impacts our ability to be useful in the application of our knowledge.

your praxis of devotion is a blessing. may we be equipped to receive & sustain it, to love you back, to love each other in these ways.

Jupiter is in capricorn Dec. 2019-Dec. 2020. if you were born in 1996, 1984, 1972, 1960 this may be your Jupiter return. these are rough dates for the 12 year cycles of Jupiter; your chart needs to be checked & not all returns are created equal. if you are a cardinal rising sign/placement holder (aries, libra, cancer, cap), this may be a transit of significant shifts for you. you can always book a reading to discuss this with me further!

oxo
ARI

dark moon recommendation

NEW MOON solar eclipse in capricorndecember 26 @12:13AM EST

“To get along with god, consider the consequences of your behavior.”—Octavia Butler

Saturn is tired of irresponsibility. the Moon is tired of overresponsibility. at this point, we’re all mother-fucking tired of the bullshit. if you’re not, congratulations on the work you’ve put in or sorry about the reality checks incoming.

the conflation of integrity with perfection will crush Jupiter’s hopes if we allow it to continue. those with integrity are tired of the resentment from those who struggle with it (you’re not perfect, you aren’t better than anyone) when we know damn well nobody said that. those who struggle with integrity are tired of the lack of grace those who pride themselves on their own (know better, do better at all times or you ain’t shit) when we know damn well that practice is the greatest teacher.

it’s all projection & we don’t need to play those games anymore. assuming responsibility for other people’s actions/behaviors or tryna pass on your own is dangerous. if you busy with somebody else’s actions & consequences, you’ll be pressed when your own come through. let them hold theirs as you mind the business of holding your own. on the other hand, grown ass people don’t act a way because of someone else, nobody can make you feel or do shit. this is how victim blaming happens, this is how abuse thrives, this is how we stay trying to hold people accountable when they don’t want to be.

Saturn says stay in your lane. Jupiter says grow up, glow up. Pluto says power isn’t to be played with. the Sun & the Moon say love yourself. the eclipse says you’re gonna learn either way so why not decide to participate?

I know you didn’t deserve the inheritances of harmful power dynamics, fractured relationships, & self-abandonment that you came into. I know you didn’t deserve to be betrayed, abused, or neglected. I know the roots go deep but the tradition doesn’t need to belong to you. it’s not your fault. but it’s time to do something about it, it’s time to repair, it’s time to listen. the pain of these processes is excruciating but you’ve come all the way here, starling. trust that you can hold yourself the rest of the way…or don’t. whatever you choose, do it for you.

oxo
ari

the pleasure planet gets capricorn action

Venus is a Pleasure Planet. in capricorn, the pleasure comes from clear containers, intentional devotion, & stable investments. Venus in capricorn has moved away from Jupiter, is near the south node, then will be close to Saturn & Pluto. Venus wants to know where the love is so capricorn can respect it as sacred or move on accordingly.

Jupiter hopefully brought some clarity & direction for relationships/resources even if in the form of a rude awakening. the south node wants you to implement strategy skills of integrity & release defaults of self-harm. Saturn wants you get real, be true, stay devoted to quality over quantity. Pluto wants you to light quantification & qualifications from a sick system on fire & sweep the ashes out the way.

responsibility is the ability to respond. this is what the capricorn action wants to increase—not the pressures of fear, guilt, obligation or oppressive commitments. but it’s not easy.

the work comes in here. it usually requires a massive amount of de-conditioning to CHOOSE pleasure with substance, to craft clear containers, to get what’s in the way of being able to respond to your own life OUT. the thing is that it also takes an enormous amount of TIME. the medicine for the bruises or fuel for the long run is grace & gentleness.

if you need saltwater support under these stars, I got you. book me if you emoceanal.

oxo
ari

the transition from Jupiter in sagittarius to capricorn

Jupiter enters its year in capricorn on December 2.

while there are common collective themes, everyone’s experience of Jupiter in sagittarius has been different depending on their chart. Jupiter in capricorn is such a big fucking deal because it intensifies the Saturn-Pluto-South Node work (restructuring paradigms) we’ve been doing there. Jupiter in sagittarius, wherever it showed up & out for you, may have been so much more about stretching imagination, visions, & experimenting than actual outcomes. that changes with Jupiter in capricorn. learning curves become opportunities for actualization (these don’t always glitter, sometimes they feel heavy) & concrete outcomes.

execution, implementation, the devotion of purposeful discipline.

to prep for what this next year wants to bring you it’s helpful to review the changes/lessons that Jupiter in sagittarius bestowed, in addition to becoming aware of the direct impacts Jupiter will make for you while in capricorn. let’s do this together! in a reading we can review what Jupiter in sagittarius was for you, cover the major aspects Jupiter in capricorn will make in your chart, & get clear on what you need to streamline towards. more importantly, get clear on whatever it is YOU need to be able to move forward with self-trust, feeling supported by the multiverse.

I’ll be sharing personal reflections (Jupiter in sag blew up my 5th house of identity security & pleasure!) & more insight on this transition later this month. of course the horoscopes will include notes on this & I may even do a January 2020 subscriber only support call for capricorn season.

oxo
ari