The Stars Are Out
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The Stars Are Out Being With Capricorn |
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by
Glo Daley
We've been enjoying the pumped
up enthusiasm of Sagittarius and, now, Capricorn comes along, giving us
notice to actually use that energy to produce. Capricorn is an earth sign
and a cardinal sign. The earth signs are just that — concerned with
things earthy, the material plane. Being cardinal means that the sign
begins a season, in this case, winter. With the cardinal signs we have
energy to begin, to start, to create. With Capricorn, that manifestation
can tend to be confined
to the material plane, but the sign is not necessarily limited to that
realm.
The symbol of Capricorn is the goat. The
goat is sure-footed, determined and able to achieve, to get to the top
of the mountain using a patient skillfulness. A more ancient and more
interesting symbol to my mind is the sea-goat. This beast may seem strange,
but it combines the practicality of the goat with the fish's ability to
swim through spiritual waters in order to get beyond materialism.
Now we are able to achieve our ends through
our goatlike determination conjoined with the watery compassion of the
sea-goat. Now we find we can have not only a good job and a sweet girlfriend,
for example, but right livelihood and right relationship. In this time
of the sea-goat we are able to integrate heaven and earth. When we
blend the desire of the goat to "make it happen" with the consciousness
of the sea-goat, we are able to go beyond purely selfish goals and find
a way to be useful to the others.
Anyone who has observed goats knows that
they are intrinsically playful. Perseverance need not be grim. Just imagining
the sea-goat gets me chuckling. With the head of a goat and the tail of
a fish there is no sane choice but to lighten up.
The
essence of this sign is conservative, for better or for worse, therefore,
we may be tempted at this time to indulge in narrow-mindedness, sticking
to our same-old, same-old tired dogmatism. Hopefully, we are able to realize,
before rigor mortis sets in, that our stodgy stance leads us only to missed
opportunities if we persist
in rigidly cling to the status quo. Alternatively, we could rather use
this same insinct to protect and care for what is truly valuable to us.
Our minds are more creative than we know.
We can isolate, risking depression or worse, or we can join in with others
to achieve what is needed. This is a time when we have strong support
in nurturing our own basic goodness and thereby nurturing each other and
our own communities.
Those who have been successfully swimming
with the sea-goat may notice that they have survived the mad materialism
of Christmas/ Chanukah season by giving love and energy rather than Stuff.
How did you fare?
Capricorn continues until January 19th,
which means we still have time to make use of the wonderful creativity
and impressive steadfast quality that are the gifts of the Goat.
Glo Daley is an astrologer living on women's land in Huntington.