SEPTEMBER 27-29: GOOD CAPRICORN MOON

MOON ENTERS CAPRICORN at 12:24pm EDT on Wednesday, September 27 after a VOID OF COURSE morning and remains here until Friday, September 29 at 8:14pm. LAST ASPECT OF MOON: Moon Square Jupiter in Libra. Ruled by Saturn, this Cardinal Earth sign reflects the physical manifestation of form and structure. It symbolizes our drive for professional success in our careers. It rules Time and tends to 'delay but not deny.' It symbolizes old age and the crystalization of bones. It contracts, limits and tests. We may feel the need to limit our emotions fearing the results of their expression. Saturn brings karmic moments when life changing decisions are made. It's a time of editing out what no longer serves us. It is also associated with conventionality, tradition, government and leaders. It lends an ambitious, responsible, stick-to-it-ive-ness quality to any action. The aspect to Jupiter in general is beneficial; the only down side is that it might reflect that we take our ambition or any other of these qualities too far.  Having the motivation to get out and do your thing is perfect for this Moon period. Your ambition to succeed may be expanded to consider the morality involved in a project; this might bring with it conflicting issues. As long as you're aware of the pitfalls, actions initiated during this Moon period will tend to have Good resolutions.

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CAPRICORN SCENE FOR THE DAY: Citizen Kane, 1940; Director: Orson Wells. In this classic scene we witness young Kane's parents, having struck oil on their property, signing the contract that binds him and his future care to their banker Mr. Thatcher. We never see his mother or father again and imagine that Charles doesn't either. Kane becomes one of the wealthiest men in the country as well as obsessed with power and collecting objets d'art throughout the film. We see his two relationships self-destruct because of his Saturnian emotional distance. Charles Foster Kane, played by Wells, is the classic example of Capricorn Moon in Jupitarian excess - unconsciously accruing money and material possessions to cover up emotional pain. The climactic moment of the film is the discovery that what he really desires is the emotional connection to his childhood from which he was torn. Capricorn is naturally opposite the sign Cancer which symbolizes home and family. This scenario is a perfect representation of Capricorn's need to integrate ambition with the Cancerian arena. NOTE: I use this scene in film class to demonstrate the power of mise-en-scene which literally means 'placement in the frame'. It covers composition, movement, color and many other visual components of a frame. If you watch this scene notice how your attention is directed towards the mother, played by Agnes Moorehead, who also controls the narrative at this point. It is she who makes the decision to sign the contract - hence controlling her son's future. She visually instigates camera movement as well as looming largest in the frame. It's so cool to discern the cinematic elements that influence our experience of watching and interpreting a film - and Orson Wells was a master at it!