13* Capricorn New Moon

13* Capricorn New Moon

By Tara Sutphen

13* Capricorn New Moon with partial eclipse (no moon – starry dark sky, the time of dreaming), culminating January 4, 2011. This Capricorn New Moon is about clarity. What’s on your mind that you can speak directly and clearly, with a level head. Capricorn is about calculation, capability and proficiency. It’s not about what you’d like to do, it’s about what you can and will do. How you achieve in the world and where you belong. There is no fanciful dancing in sugar fluff fields when Capricorn is in charge. And this moon is about speaking what you need and why you need it. It’s not about what your family needs, lovers want or communicating with other people. It’s about “you” and what you possess in daily abilities and survival instinct. Taking the time to learn who you are in the world and making a better place for yourself. You have a pretty good idea what hasn’t worked in the past and must be assessed. This is grounded thought and speaking, not fanciful ideas on flitting from job to job, or changing careers every ten minutes. How do you secure your life, making money and managing time. What are your upcoming plans on a very mundane and daily level. What is your role in your job or career. What are your skills. It can be as easy as cooperation, organizing or having a strong energy current. Sometimes we try to do everything and we can’t figure what is our cleverness or uniqueness. We can be blind to what we excel in and recognizing ability.

Your mind may shift from clear thought to a next sequence of escape and self sabotage. Are you in an anxious or fretful state, not remembering how to get from A to B to C. Do you write out lists and decisions, do you talk over game plan with friends or family. Are you someone who thinks of a schedule and can carry it out or do you go into a spin of what to do and why. Trouble with your tasks at hand, not being able to focus can mean you are spending too much time multi-tasking, not relaxing, not sleeping, not getting enough nutrition, not following through on details, excess weight, stagnation or boredom. Unless you have been physically ill, and need to organize your time to best heal. Do you start projects but can’t finish or witness someone close to you experiencing continual ungrounded behavior and habits.

Getting your thoughts straight, priorities on track, and your voice and speaking ability clearly stating your necessities and creating life in your home and work space. Every day should be productive on some level. You ate nutritionally, you spoke well, you moved your body around, or you smiled. You took time to recognize your abilities, they can stem from handiness to mastery.

Journal Questions:

What area of labor are your skills:

• Physical labor
  
• Mental labor
  
• Intellectual labor
  
• Spiritual labor
  

Have you fallen into your job or did you plan a career?

• Jobs you do well
  
• Hobbies you do well
  
• Tasks you do well
  
• Career you have
  
• Career you want
  
• What kind of bridging do you create to get from one to another position
  
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The Worker – You

Describe yourself in your job or career

• List all your extroverted qualities
  
• List all your introverted qualities
  
• Where are you shy
  
• Where do you lack boundaries
  
• What must you change
  
• What are you good at
  
• How do others perceive you
  
• Are you outgoing
  
• Are you easygoing
  
• Are you helpful
  
• Are you generous
  
• Are you criticizing
  
• Are you fearful
  
• Do you make hasty decisions
  
• Are you spontaneous
  
• Are you reckless
  
• Are you careful
  
• Are you too cautious
  
• What activities do you like
  
• What activities do you love
  
• Do you do them often
  
• What holds you back if not
  
• Are you obsessive
  
• Are you learning and growing
  
• Are you conscious of others feelings
  
• Are you relating well with relatives
  
• Are you relating well with friends
  
• Are you relating well in your environment
  
• Are you relating well with others in the world
  
• How do you feel about your home
  
• How do you feel about your environment
  
• How do you feel about the world
  
• Where can you improve
  
• Do you have the energy to actively live life to the fullest
  
• What are the remedies
  

  On the job:
  

• Short attention span
  
• Hard time acknowledging others
  
• Interrupts in a conversation
  
• Changes subject in flow of conversation
  
• Becomes overwhelmed
  
• Distracted easily
  
• Disorganized mentally
  
• Disorganized physically
  
• Fantasizes about change
  

  What brings you a solid foundation and why?
  

• Philosophy
  
• Sociology
  
• Events
  
• Remarks
  
• People
  
• Friends
  
• Politics
  
• Fears
  
• Happiness
  
• Worries
  
• Nature
  
• Hobbies
  
• Children
  
• World events
  
• Solutions of problems
  
• Goals
  
• Money
  
• Shopping
  
• Helpfulness
  
• Relatives
  
• Spouse
  
• Lovers
  
• Household chores
  
• Home owning
  
• Renting
  
• Job
  
• Career
  
• Plans
  
• Vacations
  
• Nutrition
  
• Socializing
  
• Parties
  
• Destinations
  

   

  Focusing is one of the ways to gain a clearer perspective. Becoming thoughtful rather than obsessive, responsive rather than heedless, rational rather than reactive – allowing space for thought and perseverance.
  

   

  “Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the world of pure reason knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.”
  

  ~Bertrand Russell (English Logician and Philosopher 1872-1970)