Capricorn Season 2020
By: Daljeet Peterson
Tags: Personal Growth, Great Conjunction, Capricorn, Self-awareness, Astrology

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Capricorn Season begins on December 21st, when the Sun moves out of Sagittarius and into Capricorn, which coincides with the Winter Solstice — the shortest day and longest night of the year — the official shift from Fall into Winter. This is normally an annual event of some significance, because the solstices and equinoxes always mark important transition points in our yearly cycle, indicating the start of a new season. And for this reason, they always begin with one of the four cardinal signs — the signs of new beginnings, fresh starts and new calls to action.

Capricorn is no exception, being the Cardinal Earth sign, which gives it its reputation for being the hardest working, most disciplined and practical sign of the zodiac. And so it is every year at this time, we make the transition from a month of Sagittarius energy, with its mutable fire and characteristic optimism, buoyancy and gregariousness. We’ve celebrated the bounty of the harvest season and now we have to begin to prepare for the long winter months ahead.

Capricorn is the energy that prepares us for winter. We instinctively begin to conserve our energy, conserve our resources, and prepare for the limits and restrictions of the coldest and darkest days of the year. Of course, this instinct and this experience is more pronounced at higher latitudes, where winter is a more lived experience. So, folks in Buffalo are a little more attuned to this than folks in San Diego. But even for those of us who live in more mild and temperate climates, this seasonal instinct is still encoded in our very DNA, so it’s still experienced by most of us on a physical as well as psychological level.

This is why Capricorn is practical, conservative, and focused on the cold hard facts of life, which speaks to its seasonal quality. It’s also a feminine sign. It has a yin essence, which represents an inward-moving, receptive energy. Like all its sister Earth signs, Capricorn is grounded, responsive to the forces of gravity, magnetism and centripetal force — moving inward towards a safe and solid center. It’s a time to be prepared, to gather your resources and face reality with dogged determinism. Put your ax to the grindstone, be productive, get things done … while the weather still permits such activities.

These are the qualities and characteristics of our shift into the energies of Capricorn Season, which, as I said, is normally one of the most significant times of the year. But this year, it is being made especially significant by the fact that on the Winter Solstice, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will form an exact conjunction at 0º Aquarius. This is a conjunction of the two “gas giants” — the biggest planets in the solar system — which happens every 20 years, and is why it’s known as the Great Conjunction.

As these are also the two most socially-oriented planets in astrology, their conjunction often signals the beginning of a new cycle in our society and culture, which then unfolds over the next 20 years. And historically this has been associated with a real “changing of the guard” within the social and political spheres, witnessing the rise and fall of monarchs and cultural, political and religious movements. And this particular conjunction is made all the more significant by the fact that it is occurring on the Winter Solstice and at 0º of Aquarius: a sign of a new beginning if there ever was one.

And as if that wasn’t significant enough, it also signals the beginning of a new 200 year cycle. Because there’s a specific repeating pattern to these Great Conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn that causes them to occur in signs of the same element for 200 years. So over the last 200 years, these Great Conjunctions have always occurred in one of the Earth Signs — Capricorn, Taurus or Virgo.

But now with this year’s Great Conjunction at 0º Aquarius, we are beginning a new cycle where these events will occur exclusively in Air signs every 20 years for the next 200 years — in Aquarius, Gemini and Libra. This is what is known as a Great Mutation — the shift from one element to another, and the end of one 200-year cycle and the beginning of another. So this is a really Big Deal. And it’s happening on the Winter Solstice, December 21st, 2020.

Now, I recently wrote an article on this topic of the Great Conjunction of 2020, and I highly recommend you check it out. I take a deep dive into the immense social, political and cultural ramifications of this major shift that is beginning at this time. It requires more of a long-view perspective, as it implies the changes that will occur over the next 5 to 10 years. It is a major inflection point.

But this energy shift is about to begin for all of us in a very personal and immediate way during this Capricorn Season. And it serves as a punctuation mark on the end of this historic and unprecedented year of 2020. And in some ways, we can look at it as our reward for patiently enduring and surviving — and in some cases even thriving — during the difficulties and challenges of this crazy, intense year. It’s like finally, some good news. A glimmer of hope.

In many ways, it will be an indication that we have indeed turned a corner. And hopefully it gives us all occasion to pause and reflect on what this year has meant to us all. What are the lessons, what are the take-aways? How has this year forced us to reconsider how we live our lives? What matters most? What is of true value? These are all super appropriate questions to ask of ourselves as we inaugurate Capricorn Season this year.

So, take inventory. Assess your personal situation from your most rational and practical perspective. How have you been called or challenged to restructure your life and readjust your attitude and perspective on life? How well have you met those challenges? Where do you still have some work to do? How can you be more self-sufficient? How can you achieve a higher level of self-mastery? This is always the best way to approach any and every Capricorn Season, but it is even more applicable during this year in particular.

Because this entire year has been a very Capricorn year of sorts. This is due to the fact that for all of 2020, both Jupiter and Saturn were conjunct Pluto, in the sign of Capricorn — which is what has given this year such a heavy, significant and monumental tone. All of the characteristics of difficulty and challenge, limit and restriction, loss and setback. We have had them in spades this year. But Capricorn is the sign of “whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” And we are all indeed much stronger for having lived through and endured the crisis of this pandemic. It has been a trial. It has been a crucible. And by rising to meet the challenges, we are now prepared for the creation of something new.

Capricorn Season always contains within it the New Year, the time where we reflect on — and say goodbye to — the year that was. It’s a year-end tradition to make resolutions for the year to come. And the whole idea of “resolutions,” to have resolve, is a very Capricorn quality. I think we all are fully resolved to say “Good Riddance” to 2020.

And we will. We will put this year behind us, and we will turn our attention to 2021. And I can say from an astrological perspective that while it won’t be an easy year by any measure, it will be nothing like what we’ve endured in 2020. There are a few significant transits that we’ll have to manage throughout 2021, and my next article will be a special preview of the astrological themes for the coming year. But suffice it to say, there is some relief coming our way, and by next spring we should all be moving into an entirely new phase of our lives, made all the more poignant by the experiences and the lessons of the Great Capricorn Challenge of 2020.

So, I invite you to deeply reflect on your life, your situation, your goals and ambitions — not only for the coming year, but really for the coming decade. In 2021 we’re going to be hitting the reset button in so many ways, both on personal and collective levels. And we’re being given a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a fresh start. We will be witnessing an incredible energy shift in the months and years to come, as many among us launch out in new directions, finding the motivation and the courage and the wherewithal to live out our best and most fulfilling lives.

Our most precious gift during our time on Earth is our time and our energy. How do we want to spend our time? How do we want to spend our energy? What are the jobs and roles and activities and projects that are most worthy of our most sincere efforts? What are the big dreams and aspirations that we have? What have we always wanted to try that never seemed possible? Because the energy of this alignment — the power of this Great Conjunction — is fully in support of our efforts to align ourselves with a higher mission, and a higher sense of purpose.

We are being invited to create and live much more meaningful lives. Our old paradigms, our old habits, our old ways — these are ready to be shed, like a snake shedding its skin. In biology it’s called molting. And so, this is a time, again — a very unique and once-in-lifetime opportunity — to undergo our own process of molting, to shed any skin that now longer serves us, or that never really represented who we truly are on the inside.

This is going to be a really interesting time in all of our lives. So let’s make it count. Let’s make some real changes in our lives that will lead to greater fulfillment, greater connection with each other, greater understanding, more compassion, more empathy, more awareness… higher consciousness. This is where we are all evolving together.

When the fog of the pandemic is lifted, we’re going to sense that a new spirit is in the air. And it will be contagious. We will replace the fear of spreading the coronavirus, with the hope of spreading the message of change. It won’t be easy. It might get uncomfortable and messy at times. But if we’re all there for each other, if we show up as our best selves, then we’ll all level up, together.

Because, real talk — this is some next level shit that we are moving into. And to me, this is the true value of astrology and the perspective it gives us. It allows us to see the bigger picture, to witness the cycles that are unfolding, and to flow with that energy, to move in harmony and in synchronicity with these cosmic rhythms — every day, every week, every month, every year, every cycle. We all came here for a reason, and we are all being afforded an opportunity to live a life of purpose. So let’s take advantage of it. Let’s all resolve to “level up” in 2021.