Planets in Capricorn 2018 Insights #2

Welcome back Steemians! Do you feel like your hard work should pay off this year? Have you felt particularly inspired to set realistic goals and strive to reach them? Is your dream becoming closer and closer to reality? If so, you may indeed be feeling the Capricornian energy that is reaching us from the heavens!

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In the last post on the heavenly bodies in Capricorn we got an introduction into the sign of Capricorn and a peak into what Mercury in Capricorn is like, "Realism enters the picture, our speech is no-nonsense, and precision becomes important to us." (cafe astrology). There are a few more planets to go, because they are having a party in the sign of the goat this year! I am especially excited to get into research on the New Moon coming up, because it seems to me that this new moon is like a launch pad for our practical plans! 

Lets jump right into our exploration of the planets in Capricorn, starting with the planet of love, sensuality and beauty. Venus is in Capricorn from Dec 25th until Jan 17th.

 A short stay, and we have already been feeling this influence for the past couple weeks, and it will only stick around for the New Moon planet party before entering the sign of Aquarius.

 Like Mercury, I also naturally have my Venus in Capricorn, so I guess I know what its like in a way, this energy feels natural to me. When people talk about Venus in Capricorn, often they bring up the fact that a native to this placement would be inclined to marry someone with more prestige or money, and that money creates emotional security in this placement. I have to differ on this concept. Venus, the sign of sensuality and of pleasure, does not create a love for wealth, power and work in Capricorn as much as you would think. It instead gives the feeling that work can be pleasurable, but not too much work, and it must be work that you love! 

Venus in Capricorn also gives importance to faithfulness and long lasting relationships and partnerships. Capricorn likes security and Venus is very nurturing. We also take our feelings more seriously with this placement and want reliability. I relate! It also takes me a while to warm up to people, but once you are my friend, you are my friend for life if you so choose! Cafe Astrology has a perfect explanation:

 "Getting serious about our finances and boosting our relations with business partners and/or co-workers will be easier than usual under this influence. Our talents for creating artistic structure and form are enhanced, and our ability to form connections with people who support our ambitions is increased."

I definitely feel this influence in the form of getting serious about finances and finding connections and networking! Do you? Is this something that has been in your life lately? It feels auspicious to me, like I am finding some material success but aligned with my spiritual self, is this the pleasure of Venus in Capricorn?

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Let us get into Mars now, the planet of physical energy, masculine passion, and war. Mars will be in Capricorn from March 17th until May 15th 2018. It then goes into Aquarius until August and then goes retrograde for the month of August.

 This means we will be reviewing the hard work we did in the springtime, and its a time to tie up the loose ends and take a breather before Mars goes direct again.

 Mars is the sign that fights first, asks questions later. It wants to charge ahead into its goals and with as much passion and energy it can muster, often without foresight or any thought at all. Mars is our animal impulses and instincts. Mars feels good in Capricorn, and naturally works well there. Capricorn gives some focus and slows down the planet so that Mars charges ahead methodically and with direction, rather then just willy nilly. 

Mars in Capricorn is a purposeful and directed energy, with a more level headed feel. This is an amazing time to get work done and to strive ahead one important step at a time. Since Mars deals with anger, aggression and sexual impulses, Capricorn will give us more self-control in these areas, but be careful not to hold onto things too tightly when they are no good for you. Capricorn can fear letting go and it can fear the messiness of life. Neither Mars nor Capricorn are very sensitive nor compassionate, so we have to also remember to be kind and compassionate. We must remember not to step on others to reach our successes, but instead give a helping hand and we will all reach out goals together! 

Tarot.com says:

"There's another upside to the pragmatic energy created by Mars in Capricorn. This transit wants us to not only question why we're doing what we're doing, but how we're doing it. Mars wants to act, and Capricorn wants to make sure we do it with purpose. This transit, then, is a time to set clearer goals and re-evaluate our previous goals so we can do them in a better, more efficient way."

Do you get the gist of what Mars in Capricorn is all about? Its a good time for defining your goals and getting work done in the physical realm, in a very pragmatic way. I for one am excited for this energy to come into play come spring, it will give us a good boost and hopefully help me stay on track with the garden plan cuz organization is not my strong suit! Let us get shit done this year, helped along by Capricorn energy!

I am glad I am able to share with you my research and what I am learning, and I hope that you found it helpful! We will get into the outer planets next post, those planets that deal with the collective and generations more then the personal. Specifically, Saturn and Pluto and then the New Moon coming up as well!

Here are some links to my references for this post, and thank you for tuning in!

https://cafeastrology.com/this-week-in-astrology-january-7-to-13-2018/

http://starsignstyle.com/mars-retrograde-recharge-rest/

https://cafeastrology.com/articles/marsinsigns_pg2.html

https://www.tarot.com/astrology/planets/mars-in-capricorn

Keep On Steemin On!!!