Disseminating Moon in Capricorn: Just the Facts

Overnight, we enter the Disseminating phase with a Moon in early Capricorn.

This phase opens with a square-and-a-half aspect between the Sun and Moon. This sesquiquadrate is an edgy connection, signaling the shift from being in the midst of the Full Moon into sharing (and also processing) what we experienced.

The tricky part with this transition is, we’re still very much in the energy of the Full Moon. This was an eclipse, after all, and if we look at the aspects in the Disseminating Moon chart, we can see there’s still a lot going on.

The Moon at 3º Capricorn is opposite Venus, newly arrived in Cancer, the Moon’s home. The Moon is moving into a trine with Mercury retrograde in Taurus, the sign in which the Moon is exalted. This Moon is also separating from a trine with Jupiter and moving into a sextile with Saturn.

All of these aspects involve the Moon in emotionally laden conversations. But this is a Capricorn Moon, taking refuge in sticking to the facts. What has actually happened? What needs to be done about it now? This is about all the Moon is ready to take on.

Meanwhile, the Sun is conjunct Uranus, both at 18º Taurus. Change, possibly dramatic and unexpected change, is imminent.

Mercury is sextile Saturn and moving into a conjunction the with North Node and opposition to the South. The North Node signals more change, but a retrograde Mercury sextiling Saturn in Pisces lacks clarity about what is actually going on.

Venus at 01º Cancer applies to trine Saturn, leaves a square to Neptune, and will soon sextile and trine the Nodes.

Mars moves to trine Neptune and square Jupiter.

So all of the personal planets are connecting to outer planets in ways that might be informative or inspiring, but take all together, create uncertainty, especially in the presence of a Sun–Uranus conjunction.

Our best move is to follow the Moon’s lead. Pay attention to what is actually happening that you can verify. Anything else is impressionistic conjecture. We don’t want to make a move until we’re sure, or at least until we have more data.

Right now, stick to the facts.