Neptune (transcendence, confusion) is in pisces, where ocean waters inhale & exhale at the same time as waves overlap into each other. it’s the only planet in a water sign right now (besides the Moon passing through). it’s felt extra important lately because pisces is ruled by Jupiter which is currently in capricorn, amplifying & harm reducing the collective crisis of Mars-Saturn-Pluto.
I see Neptune + Jupiter’s relationship right now showing up as despair & grief magnified. this is holy truth-telling work. I also see it in how interconnection & surrender are being engaged in abundant, resourceful ways. this is holy truth-telling work, too.
as hierarchy & hyper-individualism dissolve on every level, I’m in awe of how we’re leaning into the equitable support structures emerging. I also honor those preexisting & already established by the accessibility teachings from our disabled & BIPOC communities.
I love how we’re redefining authority as a collaboration & engaging in what Caroline Casey of the Visionary Activist radio show calls “effective dedication”. what could be more Jupiter (dedication) in capricorn (effective)?
Magical Realism also feels like a potent concept here. Saturn in aquarius ruling Jupiter in capricorn ruling Neptune in pisces is our invitation to make the magical even more real. to implement wisdom from every realm. to realize that spirituality is inherently pragmatic.
thank you to everyone who is supercharging the Next World, the Real World, through the holy work of grief & the application of divine intelligence. thank you to the magical realists, those dedicated to effectiveness, those who make up the very essence of support structures. thank you to everyone engaged in care work so they can remain emotionally available to themselves, others, the future.
all my love, always.
OXO
ARI
#dignitybabes
I’m joining #dignitybabes astrologers on social media in exploring the collective myths (stories/theories) that support the traditional structure of astrology. note: the following is a life-time long personal storyline + complex concepts I am trying to summarize to contribute to a meta discourse so forgive any oversimplifications & feel free to ask questions. this is just the beginning of more I’ll be sharing on these topics this year.
for a long time I rejected hellenistic & traditional astrology because I didn’t really understand it but more-so, having to contend with the questions of fate & free-will scared me. coming from my context of abuse & lack of agency, I refuted anything that seemed to remind me of that powerlessness. I also was running away from how whiteness imposes structure & hyper-intellectualism even as I was running into how whiteness as hyper-individualism informed my spiritual & political praxis.
so I leaned deeply into prioritizing free-will & agency. I still center that in my practice, but I also recognize where my religious & patriarchal conditioning of false responsibility for other people & everything around me was prohibiting me from accepting that sometimes shit is just shitty. enter concept: it’s not my fault. this doesn’t mean it can’t be composted or transmuted but that possibility also doesn’t change that it just exists as is.
learning traditional astrology over the past few years & deciding to integrate it into my practice has helped me understand how structure is what supports freedom. it’s allowed me to engage with free-will more playfully & with fate more respectfully. the concept of essential dignities (what’s available to a planets needs based on the sign it is in) is a brilliant example of how accepting nuance & challenges can be generative rather than limiting.
it also presences the questions: how do we maintain our dignity while interacting with the ways oppressive constructs sneak into our practices (no matter the school of thought)? how do we integrate ancient wisdom while updating it with decolonial preferences? how do we maintain our dignity while interacting with the complexity of fate & free-will?
I think we maintain our dignity by accepting the response-ability to be aware & inquisitive about how we’ve internalized binaries, hierarchies, & supremacies. we maintain our dignity by understanding the origins of schools of thought & letting time talk to us through history. we maintain our dignity by questioning, discerning, & disseminating aged wisdoms. we maintain our dignity through an accountability of care that makes room for growth, truth, & the willingness to learn. we maintain our dignity by choosing to honor lineages & choosing curiosity over control. we maintain our dignity by reclaiming our power, sovereignty, & humility as cultivators and students.
I have learned & continue to learn so much about the false separation between the personal, political, & spiritual. my life is designed around intentionally reconciling those false separations aka healing. I am grateful for lineage like mine that supports these learnings. to name some: my Afro-Indigenous ancestors, Turtle Tank Freedom School, queer Black radicals, Grace Lee Boggs, adrienne maree brown, & the many known & unknown to me astrologers who have preserved this timeless tool.
oxo
ARI
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
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.