Astrology for Thursday, 2 January 2020:

Today Mercury makes a conjunction to Jupiter in Capricorn. Good news may be on the move, and it may be that it is yours to share. How might you use today to express gratitude, to share ideas that have supported you in growing into the person you are becoming, and to put words out into the world that make it more of a world in which you want to live? The Moon in Aries then moves through squares to Jupiter, Mercury, and the Sun in Capricorn. These aspects can describe the effort it takes to overcome resistance or adjust your direction to accommodate conflicts of interest. It may not be easy to align your immediate impulses and desires with your long-term growth and development. You may find that resistance is coming from the inside, the ways that words you’ve spoken—or words that have been spoken to you—have lodged in your body, making it difficult to commit to the action that you’re taking. This could be a moment of crisis in which you are asked to devote yourself to a new direction that is not where you thought you were headed but that is more in alignment with your core purpose. As the Moon enters the waxing quarter phase, we may find that processes that were planted during the solar eclipse on December 26 are starting to demand attention. Remember, the path of least resistance is not usually the path to which we are called because such paths have been worn down and smoothed out not only by our own habituated behaviors but also by the currents of cultural norms that structure both privilege and oppression. Encountering resistance can be an indication that we are forging a path along which new possibilities and new ways of living are being made available.