☄️An Interstellar Fly-by, Sagittarius New Moon and Solstice: Seeding the New💫

Aim for rest, renewal and reset this upcoming week

On Saturday, December 20th at 01:43 UT, we have the New Moon in Jupiter-ruled, truth-seeking and meaning-making Sagittarius. This announces a reset in your Sagittarius house, unfolding over the next six months. It’s a potent time for setting intentions, goals and plans in this life area—but keep it real for maximum potential.

The New Moon is applying to a square with Neptune (dreams, dissolution and illusions) while separating from a square to Saturn (boundaries and limits). Venus is also applying to a square with Saturn, exact on the 20th, and to Neptune, exact on the 29th. Mercury follows suit, forming squares to Saturn on the 29th and Neptune on January 1st. Boundaries, limits, and the dissolving of illusions may feature heavily over this holiday period.

The New Moon sits within the bound of Mars (severing and initiatory action) and the decan of Saturn, creating friction as our starting point—expanding the potential for Saturn’s limits. Yet it’s ruled by the great benefic Jupiter, who is retrograde in his exaltation of Cancer and within his own bound and the Moon’s decan, softening any potential harshness from malefics Mars and Saturn. Jupiter, the ruler of this new moon, is separating from a flowing trine with Saturn—neither overly restrictive nor expansive.

Let’s look at the nature of a square to better understand these aspects. Squares challenge us through constraints. Yet here we have a deeply spiritualised Neptune and Saturn within Jupiter’s mystical sign of Pisces—responsibilities or capacity that may limit our goals, yes, but also spiritual depth to draw upon.

Seeding the new despite obstacles brings growth with meaning—very Jupiter! This is where Mars cuts through and Saturn provides the necessary limits. Initiation meets delay or obstruction, which can equal frustration. Or it meets Neptune’s illusiveness and dissolution. Perhaps the incoming 3i Atlas energies (see below) will simply make any long-term plans or goals obsolete as our reality shifts in unexpected ways? The astrology certainly fits.

Neptune sits in the bound of Saturn and decan of Mars; Saturn is in both the decan and bound of Mars—reinforcing themes of cutting through illusion to reach bedrock truth.

Any new moon intentions or goals will need to include courage, discipline, structure and a reality check. Plan for some obstacles and delays, remembering that Jupiter, who has your back, wins through in the end, and you won’t be disappointed.

A lovely flowing trine between Venus in Sagittarius and Chiron in Aries brings the potential for relational healing without too much effort during the solstice and new moon period, if we focus on that outcome.

At the same time, Jupiter squares Chiron, an aspect that offers the chance to integrate healthy self-assertion with emotional wisdom. Jupiter’s benefic nature in his exaltation suggests that healing is possible—we can learn to be warriors for our own well-being while remaining open-hearted. The wound becomes the teacher, showing us that genuine care includes self-advocacy.

Mercury squaring the Nodes suggests incoming messages that bring challenge or changes to our destiny. I’m aligning this one as a possible signature of 3i Atlas outcomes (see below).

Winter Solstice

The winter solstice occurs when Earth’s axial tilt positions one hemisphere at its maximum distance from the sun, resulting in the shortest day and longest night of the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, this happens around December 21st. Astronomically this marks the beginning of winter, though many ancient traditions recognise it as midwinter—the very heart of the dark season—which is reflected in its pagan name, Midwinter or Yule.

At this time, the Sun appears to remain at the same place for approximately three days at noon and is said to “stand still”—which is where we get the meaning of Solstice, derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still).

From this point forward, the days gradually lengthen as the sun’s path across the sky begins its slow climb higher. Astrologically, the winter solstice coincides with the Sun’s entry into Capricorn, a cardinal earth sign associated with ambition, structure, and perseverance. This moment has been celebrated across cultures for millennia as a turning point—a symbolic death and rebirth of the sun. Many traditions view it as a time of introspection, renewal, and the triumph of light over darkness, as it represents the promise that warmth and vitality will gradually return. Ancient monuments like Stonehenge and Newgrange were precisely aligned to mark this celestial event, underscoring its profound significance to human civilisation.

With all the squares forming and separating, it’s not a great time for action, but with the solstice and Sagittarian new moon, it’s the perfect time for envisioning and intention setting while allowing matters no longer aligned to dissolve.

3i Atlas: An Interstellar Visitor

Adding to this potent mix, on the day before our new moon, we have our newest interstellar visitor to our solar system, 3i Atlas, making its closest pass to Earth. Interestingly, it has been suggested that this object hailed from the direction of the Galactic Centre, and the new moon is close to this degree. While we don’t know much about this object, its trajectory and timing has been rather synchronous and continues to be so. It’s almost as if it purposefully made a pit stop on the far side of the Sun to take on energy - it was blasted by a huge coronal mass ejection - with a resulting dispersing of these same energies upon Earth at a symbolic death and rebirth moment (the incoming new moon and solstice).

We live in epochal times, and we are definitely in new territory with the arrival of 3i Atlas and its potential outcomes. What it all means, we cannot tell, but those who have been channelling this entity believe this is good news indeed. The overall message appears to be that it is here to wake us up with the love energy of the heart as it flies past, dispensing its new energetic frequencies to us and our local planets via Light codes. Let us hope so—humanity could do with some!

Moving Forward

This forthcoming week, leading up to the new moon and winter solstice, represents the darkest phase of the lunar cycle together with the darkest phase of the solar cycle—a time for rest, reset and inner work of release; quintessential bear retreats to cave time rather than the busyness the holiday season prep might normally produce. At the same time, we are being advised to expect massive downloads and energetic imprinting from 3i Atlas, which calls for grounding and integration.

My hope is that you can find some time for respite, some grounding in nature to hold the incoming energies healthily, and the opportunity to release the outworn while envisioning what is alive for you as we move into a new year and potentially exciting new beginnings. Despite the constraints and dissolution this new moon presents, remember that Jupiter’s benevolent hand guides us towards growth, meaning, and ultimately, truth. The light is about to return, perhaps in more ways than we can imagine.

Do let me know in the comments if and how your feeling the incoming energies and downloads.

Wishing you New Moon, Solstice and Yule Blessings on your journery 🙏💜

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