Zora Neale Hurston, A Capricorn.
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On Tuesday evening, a new moon takes place in wise and cautious Capricorn, which opens a door and provides the opportunity to set new intentions with consideration and care. Late Wednesday night, Uranus’ retrograde ends, and the planet of progress, revolution, and surprise begins to move forward again. Sunday night celebrates happy planet Jupiter Uranus, indicating a moment of unpredictable opportunity. At the moment there is as much as possible – a new world is doing its best to come into being – but the road is still littered with hooks and surprises, and it will require you to move with patience, caution and all wisdom. you have.
Listening to other people, taking their desires and opinions into account can make it difficult to find the right balance. Listening to others is a valuable skill that can bring many benefits, but it is not possible or even desirable to listen to everyone. There are so many people who can offer nothing to you, so many people spread bad information, bad analysis, bad feelings. Being open to the world does not mean that you have to pay attention to every piece of advice you receive this week. Be as judicious as you can with your attention.
Although you have become stronger in recent months and years, it may not necessarily feel that way. If anything, you may be more aware of how tired you are, of the way your emotional reserves have become lean and depleted. But all this time you have strengthened new emotional muscles and practiced new movements. And now this week, in rough and imperfect ways, you will begin to feel the power you have slowly built up. This week, in step and start, you will be able to remember that you are strong and worthy and justified in making demands on the world.
This week you will benefit from thinking carefully and clearly about your loyalties and your commitments, about the values that mean the most to you. It is quite possible that these things have changed; if so, it’s important that you, even if only for yourself, can express what’s important to you right now. This week, this clarity will be crucial. When you state your deepest values clearly, you can respond to any situation with integrity. Knowing what matters most can get you through any unmarked terrain.
It’s a week to seriously think about your desire and to treat it as the formidable force it actually is. It’s all too easy to imagine it as a kind of soft and fickle haze, as something melancholy, dreamy, light as air. But this is not the only way the desire can be felt. Sometimes desire can propel you forward, fill you with power, put surprising steel in your voice. You are not stuck forever to long for the world you want. Instead, you can go out and find it, go out and build it.
It can be so difficult at the moment to hold on to any kind of perspective. It’s not your fault: everything around you changes and turns around. What seemed important may reveal that it is unimportant; what seemed unimportant may reveal that it is life-changing. It’s hard to know what matters and what can be ignored, and even harder to know what your own role should be. Do not let yourself be convinced this week that your own life is insignificant, or that your own skills and gifts are unimportant. You are needed more than ever; over time the world will show you how.
Reality does not progress on a smooth, upward trajectory. You know it well, but it’s still so hard not to do it wish that everything moved in a linear path. It still feels unfair that your hard work and your good heart do not directly lead to the reward you deserve. But that does not mean that your efforts are wasted. All the while, you have created the foundations you need. All the while, you have built up networks of care. You might be surprised this week at the way all your love is returning to you.
The weight of other people’s analyzes can weigh so heavily on your shoulders. There are so many opinions and so many angles, but no one knows anything is certain – no one can see the future, and no one knows how to fix everything that went wrong. Make it a point this week not to get entangled in everyone’s ideas. It just prevents you from seeing all the possibilities you have available, all the opportunities to live in the best way.
It’s a week to avoid games and intrigue, a week to avoid all sorts of small maneuvers to power. There is just too much unpredictability in the air, too much potential for wild and unexpected outcomes. No matter how hard you try to plan for everything, the world can still surprise you; this is especially true now. While it may make you feel painfully vulnerable to be too much about your intentions, this week it’s best to simply plan, to take each day as it comes.
It can be difficult to find the right balance between trust and wisdom – to ignite your confidence without carrying you away, and to let your wisdom ground you without weighing you so much that you cannot move. This week, it is especially important to note this balance. Right now, things are going to be up and down, messy, unclear. At the moment, so much is possible that even you have not dreamed of it yet. Trust alone will not carry you through this, nor will all the practical wisdom in the world – you will need both.
Sometimes, when things are particularly challenging or when you feel very tired, it may seem sensible to give up your unfulfilled ambitions. It may seem like a good strategy to deceive your brain in some way into being content with the things you already have. But this week, there’s no reason to pretend you do not want what you are actually doing. This week there is no reason not to dream beautiful long-term dreams. You do not have to do all the work yet – you do not even have to plan – you just do not have to speak from the dream.
Solution and clarity come naturally to you – you know who you are, and you know what you value deeply from within. The problem is to carry this clarity through a confused world. The problem is to maintain this clarity without holding it too tight. This week, the world is going to surprise you. It will require you to bend, adjust and change your mind. Your job is to stay alive, to trust that your values and integrity are strong enough to withstand a changing world, a change you – because they are.
Lately, the emotional ups and downs in everyday life feel so intense, so heightened, that it’s hard to see outside of them. Lately, every day has been so full of drama and surprises that it has been difficult to have energy left over for anything else. It’s not your fault; there are times when the mere act of survival is enough. But try to remind yourself as much as possible of the long term. Try to remember that this is not the end – that you still have a future, and that you can move into it with intent and courage.
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