JUST THE FACTS MA'AM !!!

Mercury begins its initial sharply focused transit through the traditional, reliable - MOST FABULOUS -  sign of Capricorn today, December 9th, at 9:35 PM EST ... Mercury was last in Capricorn from 12/16/14 through 1/4/2015 ... this is the energy of a highly organized mentality ... it is a hard worker that stores up facts and figures for future practical use ... it is cautious and highly methodical as it knows what it wants and exactly how it plans to get it ... the mind as well as the tongue are serious and sensible ... communication is made cautiously, and for those born with this energy in their youth there could be doubt as to ones mental ability therefore yielding a need to prove ones self as having a good mind ... there is sometimes this doubt associated with limited educational opportunities in childhood that may be overcome by further study in adulthood ... words here are usually not spoken until they are well thought out unless, of course, MODIFIED by something else in the natal chart !!! 

One can appear to be rather formal, authoritative, reserved and self-sufficient which can sometimes inhibit communications with others ... natural logic and cautious planning are oriented towards material success and/or personal responsibilities ... thinking is well-organized ... learning is achieved through persistence, dedication, and steady progress ... one might become a little pessimistic under  this energy by mistakenly focusing on limits rather than potentials ... here we have a Mercury/Saturn (ruler of  Capricorn) "working relationship" that will ultimately give a very structured, organized and well thought out quality to the mind and communicating if there is no other energy adversely modifying it !!!

Mercury in Capricorn can make one ambitious, careful, calculating and very patient ... one excels at handling detail and rarely loses sight of the overall picture ... people born under this energy often obtain positions of leadership due to their dependability and their air of authority ... one must guard against becoming too dictatorial though ... the darker side of life is often viewed under this energy, yet a redeeming trait would be the very dry sense of humor bestowed here ...

Mercury in Capricorn teaches us how to think and communicate through what it is we are "building" ... the mind rules the matter ... it's the organizer ... there is the capability of extended concentration and excellent organization ... one becomes realistic rather than idealistic in the approach to their goals ... little of practical consequence escapes ones attention due to a keen sense of awareness ... think of Mercury in Capricorn like a laser beam - pointed and locked on exactly what it wants and it will know exactly how to get it ... ultimately it is not only the facts that ones mind contains that determines its quality - it is how you use your  mind and what you use it for that counts ... another essential lesson of Mercury in Capricorn is to learn to USE concrete facts but NOT be weighed down by them ... when you achieve this, you realize how ridiculous it is being enslaved to material status and belongings ... the energy of Mercury in Capricorn can be expressed in the following ways:

POSITIVE: good timing, mentally cautious, not easily fooled, retentive mind, methodical mind, orderly mind, serious when necessary, level-headed, clever, discriminating, shrewd, profits from little, employs others, sober, clear and deliberating mind, strong concentration, painstaking, patient

NEGATIVE: procrastinating, slow learner, skeptical, mentally overloaded, lacking originality and imagination, given to melancholy, boring and rigid, suspicious, devious, avaricious, uses others, stern, dry minded

Mercury now joins Pluto in the sign of Capricorn with the Sun to follow in 12 days ... this is a LOT of very serious, focused energy encouraging us to build something in our lives that will be practical and long lasting !!!

Use this energy well and you will never lose sight of what really counts the most - your resourcefulness ... be sure to give your mind a break when it needs it, or IT may break !!! ... help to inspire others with a goal that you are able to see more clearly than they can ...

Mercury remains in the sign of Capricorn until February 13th - WHAT ??? ... it will actually complete a full transit through Capricorn but when it leaves Capricorn on January 1st it will get no further than 1 degree 3 minutes Aquarius at which point it will begin its first retrograde journey for 2016 lasting from January 5th through January 25th going from 1 degree 3 minutes Aquarius back to 14 degrees 55 minutes Capricorn ... Mercury will enter its shadow point on December 19th which could make the final weekend of Christmas shopping, which is usually the busiest, as well as the final week of shopping very interesting to the point of potentially becoming a comedy of errors - gotta love that cosmic sense of humor now don't you ??? ... especially as Uranus, planet of the sudden and unexpected, is stationing that same time period - likely sending out its disrupting and extremely restless energy - to resume direct motion ... it might be a good idea to get those really important gifts purchased and wrapped by the 19th !!!

Gemini and Virgo born, your ruling planet now shifts into a new sign ready to teach you new lessons ... and though this can be challenging as you normally like to proceed at break neck speed, your ruling planet transiting through a earth sign like Capricorn helps slow you down somewhat in order to bring more solid, stable form and structure into your lives ... in fact, we all can benefit in this way if we are willing to be patient and let the universe do its job !!!

No doubt my fellow Capricorns and I will come up with some truly scathingly brilliant ideas as Mercury passes through, reverses halfway back through and then passes forward through the last half of our birth sign - a lot of thinking and rethinking we must do !!! ... and perhaps during the 60 days Mercury will be transiting through Capricorn, many of us may come to realize that what we want is expressed clearly and succinctly by the very well known phrase made famous from the television series Dragnet - "JUST THE FACTS MA'AM" !!!