Ceres Retrograde in Capricorn | Just Sayin'
This is quite an interesting retrograde to have in this sign Because Ceres is quite opposite the wintry and earthy energy of capricorn. We're also at an in between or 'threshold' time when things can be very changeable and mutable as spring turns to summer.
So how is this going to affect you based on what placements you have in capricorn? First up -
Solar flare activity and increased aurora borealis can also indicate changes in the cosmos as a whole. I think. Ancient astrologers would probably know better than me if they has access to our technology :)
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Ok, a lil' backstory here...
Capricorn is a dark and earthy sign, it can be very serious, and at the worst times all about restriction. But looking at the planets you have in capricorn can allow you to see what you are restricting and what you may need to let out.
Asteroid Ceres is named after the Roman goddess of crops and harvests. Meanwhile Saturnian Capricorn can bring energies of tradition and 'reaping what you sow'
SEASONALLY RELEVANT ASTROLOGY... my first shot at it
Depending on where you are in the world, you may be emjoying the lush colors of spring. However, we are in the sense reaching the death or end of the spring season and moving into summer. Energy changes from growth and new life to heat, stillness, and ripening. However, in the modern world we are disconnected from these kinds of seasonal shifts.
Depending on what's in Capricorn, it can be a great time to reconnect not just with the natural world but with your internal nature, dreams, shadow, and unconscious desires by focussing on what is ripening or preparing for harvest over the upcoming summer months for you. Ceres retrograde amplifies these energies. Plus the liminal time period we are in... kind of makes us all more sensitive to this kinda stuff
Sun - capricorn sun signs need no introduction, but at this time of year, with ceres retrograde in your sun sign, you may find yourself challenged by new ideas and having to overcome emotional blocks to do with what you are and aren't open to. Ceres in this sign can challenge your view of what is and isn't possible. However, this also makes it a great time to learn new things.
Moon - those with the moon in capricorn may struggle with the constraints of tradition on their emotions. This may take multiple forms depending on the rest of their chart and how able they are to rebel against the society around them. This can also be an emotionally limiting position, restricting the range of feelings that people can access. If you have been struggling with shadow work or emotional blockages and you have a moon in capricorn, it may be that your emotions have been fixed into place or limited by early childhood influences and the traditions around you. Ceres retrograde is conventionally a time for embarking on new ventures to strengthen your professional life but the themes of fertility that come up now - especially as we are experiencing the retrograde as spring gives way to summer - and there may also be more emotional fertility to look at the world from new angles, views, and perspectives.
Ascendant - ascendent in capricorn can have a complicated relationship with tradition as it can sometimes be a position that indicated subterfuge. As the ascendent governs public image, those with this placement may feel that image is everything and that they must adhere to the conventions around them in order to maintain the image they desire. Ceres in capricorn at this time going retrograde can indicate he fertility of new ground opening up and new social and public opportunities for those with this placement that may allow them to break free of some of the self imposed constraints that hold them back.
Mars - mars in capricorn can sometimes feel torn between the drive to embark own headstrong and personal ventures, and the need to be part of a group or organisation, although this often tends to be in a leadership role. Mars here can be great at business and entrepreneaurship, ceres, with it's mythological connections to venus, planet of the economy, can indicate the start of a new bysiness venture, a windfall, strong leadership skills, or new opportunities that mars in this placement may be perfectly poised to catch.
Venus - venus in capricorn tends to be very sophisticated and have an abundance of ideas and creativity, but often directs this aý an official as opposed to underground level. You may clash often with those who have uranus or neptune in capricorn as their underground nature and lack of orthodoxy come into conflict with your plans. Ceres in capricorn going retrograde makes for a good business venture but for you to have the most success, it's best to work with your natural energy and direct this towards a structure, group, or organisstion of people who are familiar with your ideas and can help you refine them. Otherwise you may struggle with whether opportunities do or don't open up, although check your natal uranus and neptune to see how taking the path less travelled may serve you this time around.
Jupiter - Jupiter in Capricorn tend to struggle with moderation and conflict between novelty and tradition, giving and taking, harvesting and sowing. For example if you have this placement you may have the issue of having lots of different projects but not knowing how to finish or even start them. This time around, Ceres retrograde may be able to help you, but only if you are able to harness it's energy correctly. The ample amount of new opportunities and positive, directed, nd organised energy that it brings can help you see ways to tie up loose ends and finish what you started. However, it could also make you overwhelmed with the amount of new possibilities that there are. Look for positive aspects with planets in your 9th and 10th houses for more info on this, as well as check your third house for any transits at this time that can help you.
Saturn - saturn in capricorn can bring about pragmatism, at it's best, you can be disciplined, wise, organised, and capable, at your worst, overly strict, hasty or hurried, nd you find it hard to stop and smell the flowers. This retrograde offers you a choice - you can either take advantage of the bounteous opportunities which it offers to their fully extent, doing shadow work to try and leave behind the emotional blockages which may cause your characteristic caution and conservativism to go into overdrive sometimes. Or you can follow the same path as akways but risk opportunities at a deeper level by being unable to go with the flow. Check transits for your moon placement and neptune placement to see what emotional or creative energies can help you free these blockages.
Uranus - Uranus in capricorn may have an inner longing to overhteow traditions but sometimes may not have the full capacity to do so and may feel torn between different factions of their life. Uranus may try to change the systems and society around them but may end up becoming the thing the swore to fight in the process. However, the more grounding earthy energy of ceres in this position can help uranus see the lie of the land before making any moves, meaning that their revolutionary spirit is tamed and counterbalanced, leading tı better than usual decision making around this time. If you are planning to do something big and you have this placement, now is the time to do it, while ceres is in retrograde, you may have a clearer head and make more confident and judicious choices.
Neptune - neptune in capricorn can be a complex and difficult to understand placement, sometimes it can be an oxymoron. You can be deeply intuitive and drawn to mysticism yet need structure and authority to see this to it's full potential. You're most likely to join a secret society, study something like tarot or astrology in a structured official way, or lean back on ancient books and writings. Ceres retrograde in this sign can amplify the potential of opportunities available to you so that you may find yourself drawn to new ventures and schools of learning whether a new philosophy, an ancient language, or even training your brain to do something like lucid dreaming.
Pluto - pluto in capricorn can be summed up in the themes of reawakening. This placement is often associated with the depths of winter, it brings themes of winter melting into spring and the thresholds of the world bringinf energy from eksewhere into this existence. It's all about unconscious upwellings and old information sich as lost or buried ideas coming to light - for example, a great placement for retuening to the wisdom of the past or for archaeologists and those who work in forensics. If you have this placement you can live quite an unconventional life that could be described as having lots of 'jump scares'. But at this time of yesr, with ceres retrograde indicating the fertility of new opportunities, this indicates a BIG MASSIVE CURVEBALL coming into your life if you have this placement.
Lilith - lastly Lilith, or the black moon, provides a counterpart to pluto influenced by more lunar rnergies. Expect amotional and intuitive stuff coming to the forefront at this time. However, as much as this is also a time for unearthing stuff, ceres retrograde also makes it a time for receptivity and making space for new emotions. This is one of the times that you can clear genuine emotional blockages at a deep, rooted level. Check transits with venus, the moon, and check what is in cancer for you too and how it may interact with your lilith (if at all)
