The Winter Solstice Ice Sculpture

Solstice ice sculpture and photo by Sally J. Smith, created in Lake Champlain, Essex, VT. www.greenspiritarts.com.

The Winter Solstice and Capricorn

On December 21, 2011 – the day of the Winter Solstice the Sun moved into Capricorn. The Sun’s ingress of a cardinal sign indicates an initiation into a new season – therefore Capricorn is a cardinal sign.

Capricorn – determined, cautious, conservative, ambitious, reliable and loyal. True and tried - your Capricorn friend is there for you when you need to talk, when you need direction, when you need your closet organized.

In a nutshell, Capricorn is the tenth sign of the Zodiac – it rules the tenth House. Tenth House represents career, jobs, professional life and such. Therefore Capricorn is often very ambitious, hard-hard working and goal and career oriented. That does not necessarily mean that all people born under this sign are hard-working, studious and practical. Remember, we are a mosaic of all different signs and that is what makes astrology so exciting! Capricorn is an earth sign - very down-to-earth, practical and realistic.

Capricorn is ruled by the planet Saturn. In traditional astrological texts Saturn sometimes gets a bad reputation. Well, I think that Saturn simply represents wisdom through experience. Saturn is our teacher. We often remember teachers who taught us to think, who challenged us and pushed us to our limits. We do not need to fear Saturn. We need to embrace it and listen to what we need to learn, what there is to know, what it takes to better ourselves.

Capricorn people seem much older than their age – I am not talking about the physical appearance but their psyche. When I think of Capricorn I think of the movie Benjamin Button. Capricorn people are old before they are young. It is the only sign of the 12 where life literally goes in reverse!

Happy Birthday to all my Capricorn friends!

The Eleventh House

Welcome to my new blog The Eleventh House.  I have decided to start blogging since not everyone is on Facebook or wants to be on Facebook.  You will find exactly the same articles and stories here as you would on my Facebook page.

The Artist - What Does It Mean To Be A Pisces?

Not everyone would take the risk of making a silent (or almost silent) movie almost 90 years after the silent movie era ended. Well, Michel Hazanavicius did just that in his movie "The Artist", the movie that won three top Oscars tonight. Just as we saw the Jupiter, Moon and Venus conjunction tonight, this movie's ruling planet is Jupiter, ruled by Sagittarius. Sagittarius explores foreign lands, new territories, philosophy and love. The Artist stars a French actor Jean Dujardin and an actress born in Argentina, Berenice Bejo. The movie is about happiness (Jupiter), nostalgia and emotions (Moon) and, of course, there is love (Venus). There are dancing scenes in the movie and dancing is all about Pisces - since this sign rules the feet. Sun is in the seventh house of relationships and Pluto is in the fifth house of fun, play and creativity. Just think - how much more you need to use your creativity to make this kind of movie - a silent movie - to speak and to talk to us, to wake up our emotions, to make us laugh and to make us cry. See where there is Pluto in our chart and find out which area of our life is challenged the most. That can be a real blessing. Learning to listen to what Pluto has to say can be a key to transform your life into something you never thought you would.