Sagittarius Romantic Archer by NightCafe@Litha

The New Moon at 28 Sagittarius 24’on December 20, will be at 12.43 pm, so in the 29th degree of Sagittarius. The Sabian Symbol is “A fat boy mowing the lawn of his house on an elegant suburban street”. This demonstrates the need to attend to everyday tasks which both ensure social worth or respectability, and benefit one’s constitution, thus social respectability.

Twenty-nine degrees of Sagittarius is within the third Decan of Sagittarius ruled by Saturn and corresponds to the Ten of Wands in the Tarot. This energy relates to success coming but with the result of burdening yourself with too much industry and responsibility. Overall Sagittarian energy relates to moving towards achieving what one believes in, so the ambition is not by necessity around working materialistic goals!

The luminaries will be part an extensive stellium in Sagittarius, recently separating from planetary bodies Merlin, Venus, Juno, Gaea, Hekate and Asteria, spanning less than 5 degrees of arc, from 23 Sagitarius 57’. Sol and Luna will also form one corner of a very tight Fire Grand Trine from Eros in Aries and Achilles conjunct Hathor in Leo. Both patterns will remain in play until after the December Solstice.

With the Sun and Moon in the sign of Sagittarius, the focus is always on:
• Optimism, ambition, looking at the big picture
• Being idealistic, examining philosophy and your beliefs
• Global vision, planning change, travel and adventure
• Being restless and impatient, needing action and movement
• Learning from experience
• Imagination and curiosity
• The great outdoors
• Freedom

The area most aligned with the position of the New Moon can found in your natal horoscope chart, however if you only know your Sun Sign, then affirmations around the areas indicated below are likely to be the most powerful


The Summer Solstice will take place on December 22 at 2.03 am as the Sun moves into Capricorn and gifts us the longest day of sunshine for the year. The patterns the Sun creates on each of the Solstice and Equinox points is said to denote the energy for the following three month period in this case until March 20 2026!

The Sun will be separating from asteroid Asteria the Goddess of the Starry Night Sky, Magic and Astrology, closely ahead of her daughter Hekate, Goddess of the Crossroads and Transformation, and Gaea Mother Earth! Juno Goddess of Marriage and Relationship will be close behind sandwiching Venus the planet of Love and Relationship with asteroid Melin, the Magical Magician from Arthur’s court in Ancient Britain. Wow what a magical stellium to usher the Sun into Capricorn!!!

If that is not enough the Sun will be in exact partile opposition to the asteroid Aphrodite, conjunct Hephaestus, the Master Smith God and Hygeia the Goddess of Healing through Healthy Practices all in the first degree of Cancer and conjunct Horus the Sun God from the Egyptian Neters in the last degree of Gemini!

There will be a Fire Grand Trine from the stellium conjunct the Sun in Sagittarius to the asteroid Apollo, the Greek Sun God conjunct Hathor the Egyptian Neter of Love, Music and Motherly Love, in Leo. The third arm of the grand Trine in Ares will be centered on Eros the God of Life Force and Love Affairs and Eris the Goddess of Strife. Combined together there will be a Kite Pattern formed with the focus on Horus and Aphrodite.

The opposition between Sol and Aphrodite will also form an OOS T Square to the conjunction between Saturn and Neptune in Pisces. The asteroid Urania, Muse of the Stars and Astrology in Pisces will form an OOS opposition to Apollo and a trine to Aphrodite, creating a Mystical Rectangle pattern which provides elegant solutions through the trines and sextiles to the two oppositions!

So many fiery archetypes around Love and Magic. The only body in the signs of Virgo, Libra and Scorpio will be the South Node of the Moon which represents emotional patterns to be moved away from! It looks like being a very passionate and fiery few months ahead with little hope of resolutions and balance as an outcome.