Astrology of the Day – Jupiter sextile Pluto - Tuesday 16th January 2018

The Moon continues its path through the sign of Capricorn and we keep the rather down to earth feel of the past day and a half. Capricorn likes structure and you will be planning and working out how to make every task you have go as efficiently as possible. There is a lot of self criticism associated with this sign and this contributes to the lack of emotion as well as Capricorn being hard on themselves, and we may feel a little emotionally repressed today. 

Now to start off today, Jupiter forms a sextile to Pluto. This aspect allows us to change something to gain some power and control back into our lives, be it through our beliefs, something we learn, our attitudes or something connected to the way we do things. This aspect can also be one where we show generosity in order to get some favour back in the long run. Following on from this, the Moon connects with Pluto and at the same time it makes a sextile back to Jupiter and so we get emotionally involved with this process of doing something to improve our situation. There will be an intense desire to expand what we have and luck might just be on our side today to achieve whatever we need to make things better for ourselves. If people have done us wrong in the past, we will be able to show forgiveness in order to bury the hatchet with them. It's a good day to some someone a hug, and tell them that all is forgotten and things are gonna be alright. 

The Moon has one more aspect to go today as it makes one more sextile aspect to Mars, an assertive connection that allows us to express our emotions freely and without any hindrance. Here is a desire to get things moving in our lives, although there is also a hastiness and enthusiasm about us that might see us having less patience than normal. 

Now Mars is sitting on a fixed star today and tomorrow, the star Agena in the constellation of Centaurus, the centaur. This is a star of teaching and healing, and our actions today will be centred around the ordinary things that we do. Anything we do to help others without making a great big fuss of things will be really appreciated, and as I said earlier, our deeds may be reciprocated at a later date. We may be able to set an example to friends or colleagues that they will able to follow and this implies a sense of responsibility over our actions that is the very watchword of Saturn in the sign of Capricorn. What we do and achieve now could set the scene for days and weeks to come, and help to get others to trust us and our judgement in the future.