Timing: The Moon occupies the sign of Capricorn from Friday the 31st at 12:58pm UTC to Sunday August 2nd at 7:10pm UTC.
Moon in Capricorn: Detriment of the Moon. The Capricornian emphasis on duty, social cohesion, and work ethic tends to overpower the moon’s emphasis on nurture and self-care. Outer events won’t conspire to make you feel emotionally comfortable; hard work and discipline will be asked of you instead.
Triplicity and Quadruplicity: Moveable Earth. Movability (cardinality) indicates short and quick bursts of activity that are cut short and not seen through as often. The moon and our own moods, activities, and attention spans tend to flit from one thing to the next. The earth element emphasizes the physical body and propensity for work, and the Moon in a fire sign often expresses more practicality, groundedness, and a concern for the material world.
Moon’s ruler: The Moon is conjoined her ruler Saturn in Capricorn. This provides great support to ensure that the Moon’s significations will ground and that the work done during this period will be long-lasting. On its own, the Moon-Saturn earth conjunction can contribute to the negative self-talk present with any configuration to Saturn. Feelings of duty and obligation will be strong.
Aspects
Opposition to Mercury in Cancer. There is a potential for positive channels of communication and idea sharing - especially related to work and labor-related situations - but it will require more legwork on your part to make it work. If you push through initial difficulties in communication with friends and coworkers you will be rewarded for it.
Superior Square to Mars in Aries. This will create strong amounts of tension and frustration. Pushback from other people will be strong, and internal negative programs can become quite loud and intense. I would recommend wearing moonstone or bloodstone to offset some of the difficulties of this transits.
Conjoined Jupiter in Capricorn. This will bring in more emotional buoyancy and optimism than is normally the case with the Moon in Capricorn, but it will be have trouble competing with the mars square and Saturn conjunction. It will keep these other too aspects from becoming too severe.
Summary: The conjunction to Saturn and square to Mars all with the Moon in detriment will not be easy. While you can get a lot of work done, make a lot happen, and accomplish a lot of goals, it may have to come at the price of your mental health. Don’t push yourself too hard, as a lot of forces and people will be pushing you past your limit to the point that it could be unhealthy. Sometimes we need to push ourselves, and sometimes we need to set up boundaries to ensure we don’t hurt ourselves. Get done what you can, but don’t sacrifice needs that are more important in the bigger picture.
If you would like to know more about how the stars are affecting you personally right now, feel free to book a session with me!