Entry: Thursday the 31st at 1:57am EST / 6:57pm UTC.
Departure: Saturday, January 2nd, at 8:13pm EST / Sunday, January 3rd, at 1:12 am UTC.
Moon in Leo: Light-sharing of the Moon with the Sun - strong essential dignity. Leo functions as the Moon’s diurnal, solar domicile, since her and the Sun are two halves of the same coin. The Leo Moon is an excellent period for being productive and getting a lot done. After going inward during the Moon’s travels through Cancer, you can take the insights and wisdom received there and apply them towards something practical. The Moon in Leo has a focused drive to accomplish quite a lot, since the fiery passion to act combines with the steadiness and reliability of a fixed sign.
Triplicity and Quadruplicity: Fixed fire. Fixedness indicates prolonged activities and an overall steadiness in people’s moods. The Moon in fixed signs makes activities more stable and their duration longer. The fire element indicates the realm of spirit and ideals, and the Moon in a fire sign often expresses more enthusiasm, spontaneity, and creative, heart-centered expressionism.
Moon’s ruler: The Moon is averse to the Sun in Capricorn. There will be no help for the Moon to ground her significations in reality - making for a lot of ideas and opportunities, but not a whole lot of follow-through in people’s lives.
Relationship to the Sun: See above. Apart from being the Moon’s ruler, the Sun-Moon aversion indicates that the relationship between external events and situations and internal desires and drives will be in a neutral place. Your circumstances will not support you in any profound way, but they won’t pull you down either.
Aspects
Superior Fire trine to Venus in Sagittarius. This is the beginning of a new aspect period with Venus. Friendliness and kindness will be greatly supported between yourself and others. Friendships and the arts will both flourish.
Inferior Fire Trine to Mars in Aries: Very active energy for productivity, making positive strides. More initiative, more inspiration, and more enthusiasm. Greater potential for burnout and overextending yourself. You may find yourself getting angrier more easily.
Fixed Opposition to Jupiter in Aquarius. Challenges related to personal growth and awareness. Financial strains and difficulties making money, but potential for growth if you work hard. Mentors coming in with harder lessons.
Fixed Opposition to Saturn in Aquarius. Stronger potential for depression, doubt, and negative self-talk. Could easily become overpowered by negative feelings. A fog may come over you at times leaving you feeling depressed and anxious.
Summary: Leo Moon periods always have something going for them insofar as the Moon has a modicum of essential dignity through the like-engirding principle, and the fixed fire nature can create a lot of activity, excitement, and spontaneity. However, we do have to contend with an aversion to the Moon’s ruler - ditch your long-term plans. Additionally, the oppositions from both Jupiter and Saturn will create a lot of obstacles and challenges to surmount, both internally and externally. Our saving grace here comes from the trine to Venus - if you can find friends and warm people to spend your time with during this period, you will be able to shelter yourself from the rays of Saturn and forget about the obligations you throw on yourself to get stuff done.
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