by Cole Exley
This is an interesting season for Aries risings. Chart ruler Mars is still in its retrograde, beginning in Leo and entering Cancer on January 6th. I find that Aries energy combined with Capricorn is especially action-oriented, making this retrograde pretty frustrating for your rising sign. All these goals and all this drive with nowhere to go! Except, there is always somewhere for the Mars-ruled to pour their passion; this month may just require a different outlet. Mars in Leo finds a lot of relief in self-care and creative endeavors. These are some good alternatives while you can’t chase your dreams as usual. Fueling your own fire is essential, no matter the season or time of year. After it moves into Cancer, try focusing on your home and family life. It’s the perfect time of year to get cozy and connected anyways! Cleansing and decorating your space, rearranging your furniture, and making some memories with loved ones are all some fitting ideas. Ringing in the New Year with some comfort and fresh energy seems like a pretty good spell to me!
Allies for the Season: Hearth Candle, Season of the Witch Sugar Spell Scrub, Ember Spray
Capricorn Season offers a good opportunity for dreaming and scheming this year. Your Capricorn House is the Ninth, which concerns expansion and higher learning. This allows Taurus risings to easily combine their morals and spirituality with their long term goals. Your chart ruler Venus will be entering Pisces, fueling your dreams with whimsical inspiration. So, creativity, insight, and awareness will all be at your disposal this month. Mars is still in retrograde, so putting these plans into action is not in the cards yet, but Taurus risings like to prepare for change anyway. Luckily, Mercury is out of its retrograde! So while we aren’t initiating things, we’ll be able to fully focus on the a’s, b’s, and c’s and think things through. Is there a goal or venture you’ve been putting off because you haven’t had the time or energy to plan it out? Now’s the time to make it happen!
Allies for the Season: Dream Candle, Labradorite Tumble, Manifestation & Transformation Zine
After an overwhelming Mercury retrograde, Capricorn Season is here to bring us all back to groundedness and sensuality. Your House of Scorpio is ruled by Capricorn, which concerns all things intimacy and joint goals or ventures - it’s time to get connected, and no one does that better than a Gemini rising! Gemini placements love to have a variety of different types of connections; this is how they stay inspired. Scorpio is a little more selective and focused when it comes to their social circle, intending to build deep and long-lasting relationships. See if you can intentionally spend some time this season nurturing the friendships that need it, and have fun exploring what it means to have deep bonds. Embrace the fact that relationships have layers and layers to explore, and that quantity isn’t always better than quality. If there are acquaintances who you feel could make solid friends, now’s the time to bring them closer as well. Your chart ruler Mercury will be in Capricorn starting January 8th, so you’ll have the energy of sustenance and long-term planning on your side. This time dedicated to your community will leave you replenished after the difficult transits we’ve experienced.
Allies for the Season: Bitches of Eastwick Sugar Spell Scrub, Mermaid Candle, Crackle Quartz Point
Capricorn is the polar sign to Cancer. It is the outward quest for recognition and accomplishment, and finding security in an established reputation. Cancer finds its own footing within its home and family life, drawing meaning and vitality from its tight-knit community. I think both of these values are important, and that they can benefit from one another. Finding this balance is a big theme for Cancer risings this season. Mars is also entering your First House in Cancer on January 6th, reigniting your passion and drive for the new year. This planet is still in retrograde, however, so much of its energy will be internalized. While you might not experience Mars’s typical fiery force, you will start to find clarity on what truly motivates you and makes you want to jump into action. Finding purpose before pursuing something makes sense anyways, right? Moving with intention will always benefit us, especially when we have Cancer’s level of care active in our charts. Put those intentions out there when the Full Moon in Cancer comes around on the 13th.
Allies for the Season: Mahogany Obsidian Tumble, The Fighter Anointing Oil, Full Moon Magic Hour Candle
It’s time to reconnect with yourself and nurture where it’s needed. Capricorn rules your House of Wellness, bringing attention to the rituals and habits you use to practice self-care. This sign exudes sensuality and initiative, so if there have been ideas you’ve been postponing, now is the time to give them a shot! It’s the perfect time of year for coziness, anyways. Mars will still be in its retrograde, occupying your First House in Leo for the first half of the month. This is a good time to get back in touch with your passions and drives that make you, you. One of a Leo rising’s best qualities is your natural dedication to the things you love, and your enthusiasm in pursuit of your related goals. A lot of people are feeling lost and scattered right now, and it’s time we rekindle our inner fires that fuel our senses of self and purpose. After Mars moves into Cancer on January 6th, try to share this warmth with your community. Whether you’re giving encouragement or offering support, your rising sign will find pride and meaning in being a guiding light.
Allies for the Season: The Lover Anointing Oil, Catch Fire Carnelian Gem Essence, Most Triumphant Sugar Spell Scrub
After a particularly rough Mercury retrograde, Capricorn Season is bringing fun and relaxation your way. Virgo risings have a Capricorn-ruled Fifth House, which concerns play, pleasure, and creativity. I think a lot of people write off Capricorn energy as too gloomy or materialistic, but because of this placement, Virgo risings naturally know better. Capricorn Season can be full of sensuality and humor if you let it! Try to spend the first half of the month connecting with what feels grounding, sexy, and empowering to you, whether it’s an epsom salt bath or a fresh haircut. Both Capricorn and the Fifth House know how important it is to worship yourself, and you deserve it. After your chart ruler Mercury also moves into Capricorn on January 8th, it could be fun to expand these activities to include friends and family. Maybe your community could benefit from an at-home spa day, or an afternoon of cozy crafts. Even just encouraging your peers to indulge in some self-care can go a long way, especially this time of year. Virgo risings already know community is key!
Allies for the Season: The Empress Anointing Oil, Vetiver Alight Incense, Radical Love Rose Quartz Gem Essence
Capricorn Season is a good time for some rest and relaxation. This sign rules your Fourth House, which pertains to your home and family life. Sometimes, this House being activated can bring up some deeper rooted thoughts or issues, but I feel that the energy this year will be a lot lighter. Your chart ruler Venus will be entering Pisces on January 3rd, where it takes on its exalted form and flourishes. You’ll likely feel rejuvenated afterwards - it’ll literally be in your House of Wellness. All things beauty and pleasure are at your fingertips. Do what a Libra rising does best and share this goddexx energy with your loved ones! Creative endeavors, decorating the home, luxurious self care, or just getting extra EXTRA cozy… you can’t go wrong. Capricorn can be written off as hyper masculine or unconcerned with things unrelated to its goals, but it is truly deeply sensuous and grounded. Take the season to establish a new rootedness in your pleasures.
Allies for the Season: Mythical Her Perfume, Kiko & The Lavender Moon Sugar Spell Scrub, Tarot For Lovers Zine
What truly piques your curiosity, Scorpio risings? Capricorn rules your House of Mental Activity and Interests, bringing some groundedness and renewal to these areas after Mercury retrograde’s upheaval. Whatever fascinates you and stimulates your mind positively, try to dedicate a little extra energy to learning more this month. The timing is right, especially since chart ruler Mars will still be in its retrograde. It remains in Leo for the first half of the season, magnifying your passion and creativity, and then moves into Cancer on January 6th. When Mars enters Cancer, it also enters your Ninth House of Higher Learning, where we fine tune our values and philosophy. Take your curiosities a step further - how has diving into your interests fueled your sense of purpose and shaped your views? It can be difficult to prioritize this part of our lives in a capitalist society, but when we do, it can do wonders for our vitality, and our spirituality.
Allies for the Season: Mint Putnam & Putnam Candle, Focus Pocus Crystal Pouch, Dumoriterite Tumbled Crystal
Don’t be too sad that your season is over, Sagittarius risings! Capricorn Season is bound to bring in some stability, abundance, and goddexx energy. Your Second House is ruled by Capricorn, which is the House concerning everything Taurus; resources, values, luxury, stopping to smell the roses, etc. One thing Taurus and Capricorn have in common is that they can appreciate the finer things in life like no one else. Both signs are very sensual, and they know exactly what they like. This isn’t much of a trait that’s commonly shared with Sagittarius, who can appreciate something about many different experiences. Capricorn Season is a good month to explore what is luxurious to you. What objects or rituals truly feel worth your time and money? Are there particular aesthetics that you are drawn to? Get in touch with your inner royalty and ask them what resonates deeply. While having the Sagittarian value of variety brings worldliness, having a good sense of self will support you in all your journeys.
Allies for the Season: Malachite Tumbled Crystal, Ladybird Incense, Bohemian Soul Perfume
Happy Cappy Season! With multiple planets in Capricorn and the Aries vibes of your First House being activated, this month is abundant in Cardinal (initiating) energy. Mars is still in retrograde so we likely won’t be utilizing it in the form of immediate action, but if anyone appreciates the long haul, it’s a Capricorn rising. Saturnians know that the payoff of an intentional process to which you’ve dedicated much time is greater than the rest of us realize. Ask your guides for fresh inspiration and new ideas that you can really build upon as the New Moon in Capricorn hits on December 30th. Mercury will be entering Capricorn on January 8th, offering mental clarity and capability to use to take care of finer details. This is also a good opportunity to have some brainstorming sessions with friends and family - I’m sure they would appreciate your help for their own projects as well! We could all benefit from a Capricorn’s perspective when trying to get to the next level.
Allies for the Season: Capricorn Astrology Essence, Harvest Moon Incense, Small Pyrite Cluster
This month offers an opportunity to cleanse and refresh before reaching your full power in Aquarius Season. Capricorn rules your Twelfth House of Release and Closure. Anything holding you back or weighing you down, release it to the winds of change! It might be beneficial to particularly consider what you can part with that is keeping you from feeling your most beautiful. Venus is still in Aquarius and your First House for the first part of the season, helping you access your goddexx self. Remain open-minded to any realizations or ideas that can help you channel this energy more seamlessly. What makes you feel magnetic, and how do you nourish these things for the long haul? Venus then moves into its exalted sign, Pisces, and your Second House on January 3rd. Any new rituals you want to add to your routine, mantras you’d like to practice, anything that nurtures your confidence and radiance, put them into action! Let these positive routines take up the space of the negativity you’ve released, and get ready for an electric Aquarius Season.
Allies for the Season: Witch You Well Candle, Fuck Outta Here Sugar Spell Scrub, Summer Simmer Spell
This is an auspicious month for Pisces risings! Capricorn rules your Eleventh House, which concerns community, friendship, and aspirations. Whatever your goals are around your role in your social circles or forging new kinships, now is the time to focus on them. Capricorn energy is ambitious and enterprising, and paired with the likeability of Pisces, a lot can be achieved within this time frame. Venus will also be entering Pisces and your First House on January 3rd. Not only is this powerful because it’s in the same sign as your rising sign, but this planet is also exalted in Pisces. This means that goddexx energy is in overdrive this month - bring on the love and beauty! Your magnetic and charming qualities may be heightened during this transit; perfect timing if you’re trying to make a splash socially. You can also utilize this within your preexisting relationships, of course, especially when it comes to making new memories and romanticizing the simple things. Venus in Pisces knows that magic is everywhere, and Pisces risings know how to find, share, and enjoy it.
Allies for the Season: The Dreamer Anointing Oil, Bitches of Eastwick Sugar Spell Scrub, Labradorite Tumbled Crystal
