I see a man here needs not live by shifts,
When in the streets he meets such golden gifts.
- Antipholus of Syracuse in Shakespeare’s
The Comedy of Errors (III.ii.142-3)
Horoscopes for 12-21-2022
- Jupiter enters Tropical Zodiac Sign of Aries 12/20/2022 8:33 AM
- Sun enters the Tropical Zodiac Sign of Capricorn 12/21/2022 3:50 PM
- New Moon 1° Capricorn 12/23/2022 4:16 AM
- Mars (Retrograde) in Gemini to an almost stationary position
- (All times are local, accuracy is not guaranteed.)
The essential notations for this noise, right before the accepted high holy days of Xmas? Jupiter has just re-entered Aries, and just a day later, not even, the Sun enters Capricorn, marking the shortest day of the year. Then the moon goes “new,” or dark, depending on one’s orientation towards the phase of the moon.
The Sun and Jupiter typically get tense about 3, maybe 4 times in a year. This one is more pronounced because the tension angle, a square, is rocked by the New Moon phase plus Winter Solstice. Fold in a layer of Xmas crap? Just more pressure to perform, and less willingness to see that there might be any bright side.
While not retrograde just yet, Mercury is headed into its retrograde pattern, and Mars, while slow at this time? It’s still in its retrograde pattern.
Gift giving by zodiac sign? The twisted, astrofish.net version.
Capricorn
Ulysses
Ulysses by James Joyce
Aquarius
The Comedy of Errors (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Bare Foot Astrology
Pisces
Aries
Coriolanus (Folger Shakespeare Library)
Taurus
Gemini
Portable Mercury Retrograde: astrofish.net’s Mercury in Retrograde
Cancer
William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Folger Shakespeare Library)
The Leo
Virgo
Libra
Scorpio
It’s a secret. Don’t tell anyone.
Sagittarius
The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain
Running gags rarely work for me, and I’ll suggest this was a miss, but I’ll be back next week, with the usual scheduled dose of insanity.
