Hi Friends,

To prepare this newsletter, I recorded an audio message and then transcribed it. That felt like the best way for these words to come as close to my heart as possible. I share them with you with love, and with a spirit of openness, especially around the ways we can work with astrology to resource ourselves during difficult times.

Some of you may not understand certain parts of what I’m sharing, and that’s okay. I help bridge the gap between the astrology of this moment and what you’re navigating in your own life. If you’re going through something that feels pivotal right now and don’t quite have language for it, you can book a reading with me.

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance something significant is shifting in your life right now.

Maybe you’re letting go of something you worked long and hard for, especially when it’s tied to how you’ve identified yourself. Maybe you’re in that uncomfortable space between what was and what’s coming next, trying to be gentle with yourself while also wondering if you made the right choice.

If you have strong placements in the cardinal signs (Cancer, Libra, Aries, and Capricorn), you may be feeling this especially deeply.

There is a lot of cardinal energy being activated in the sky right now, and cardinal energy is turning-point energy.
The moment itself says: it’s time to shift.

Remember, we are well-resourced. ✨

If this resonates for you, or if someone close to you has been navigating a pivotal transition, this is a time to sit with what needs your attention. To assess carefully. And to use this week as a gateway into remembering that you have resources within you to move through change in an empowered way.

I want to pause here, because this is fundamental to how I practice.

At the core of my work is the understanding that we can use the planets and the lights as a map. If I had to describe it in a way that makes sense to a wide range of people, I’d say that knowing your astrology and how to work with your placements is like having access to a cheat code in a video game.

Learning what the planets represent symbolically can give you a kind of shortcut for how to have more joy in your life, and how to feel secure in yourself even when things are falling apart around you.

That kind of sovereignty is powerful, especially right now, as systems fade, fall away, or break down because they no longer work.

Blueprint, map, cheat code, guide ✨

If you take the premise that the planets and the lights can act like guides, it helps to remember that they’re always working together. The planets, the Sun, and the Moon move in concert to tell a story. One of the stories being told right now is about your ability to move through thorny times with focus, with conservation of energy and resources, and with a sovereign state of mind and body.

Leaning into that matters right now. It’s how you allow what is ending (if it hasn’t ended already) to truly end, without clenching or holding tension in your body.

And it’s how you also begin to embody what’s new.
The purpose. The legacy. The foundation. The structure you’re trying to build.

What is Venus showing? ✨

Venus has just gone through a reset in Capricorn under the Sun, and it has moved into a position with other planets that shows support for shaping your desires into something tangible, giving form to what you’re trying to build.

Friends, please work intentionally with what you’re calling in.

That might look like prayer, meditation, or honest conversations with your support team. It might look like mood boards or embodiment boards. Do your best not to get caught in distraction.

Maybe you’ve noticed you can’t execute things you don’t want to do anymore. What you can do is pour energy, with flow, into what feels aligned with your heart and your spirit.

If you’re navigating the tension between working to pay the bills and working in a way that opens your heart, you’re not alone in that. Each of us has to make decisions driven by our needs.

But with Venus in Capricorn, accompanied by the Sun, Mars, and Mercury, those decisions can’t be driven by scarcity or old survival patterns.

This is not a moment to build from fear. You are meant to thrive, not just survive.

You can lean into what working with Venus feels like for you. Venus speaks to the potential of love, harmony, cohesion, friendship, and desire as guiding forces right now. With Venus in Capricorn, what you want tends to be long-lasting, real, stable and practical. These are desires that build into something durable over time.

They honor legacy and foundation. They’re sustained by consistent devotion. And there is support — especially with the New Moon in Capricorn on Sunday, January 19 at 2:51pm Eastern — for creating something beautiful with help.

You’re not meant to do this alone.
You’re not meant to operate in silos anymore.

You’re asking for help that is solid, stable and supportive of your sovereignty.

What the other guides are doing✨

The other planets are instructive too.

Mars (your action, will, and drive) is very focused right now. There are many expressions of this Mars energy showing up. In some cases, we’re seeing Mars in Capricorn used to dominate or control.

If something like that is happening in your life and feels unmanageable, please seek support. Otherwise, do your best to become an observer in the situation. The help for what you’re committed to changing will come if you ask for it.

Look for more tangible support from mid-February into March, once both Venus and Mars have changed positions and are visible in the sky.

Mercury is also very active right now in Capricorn, which can make your mind busy with responsibility. You might be navigating the fine line between what you can do and what you can’t.

What I keep coming back to is this: focus your effort on what is practical. On what allows you to rest, to move and to stay in some kind of flow. Do not take on burdens you don’t want.

This is a good time to feel for how you want your life and purpose to be shaped, without letting external pressure define stability for you.

Look at where you can relinquish or release what simply doesn’t work for you anymore. This is a supportive time for that.

Nurture yourself. Drink water. Stay hydrated. Move your body. Do what helps you stay in a good state of mind and body.

And spend time with your plans and visions.

What kind of stable life or legacy are you building, especially in the Capricorn area of your chart?

Moving with the moment ✨

The New Moon in Capricorn this Sunday is one of the most potent this year for foundation-setting.

Seed those new intentions well under the New Moon.

If you want support understanding how this transition is showing up in your chart, I’m available for one-on-one readings to look together at how this turning point time is shaping things like your relationships, resources and long-term priorities.

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Have a peaceful week. Take care.

Sent with love,
Diana