Capricorn New Moon prepares us for the Fire Horse Year. This New Moon arrives grounded and potent, with the Sun, Moon, Venus, Mars, and Mercury all gathered in Capricorn in Uttarāṣāḍhā, the Nakshatra of victory. This is not the victory of applause or conquest. It is the victory that comes after endurance. Like a mother who has moved through intensity, surrender, and devotion, and then feels the moment when the child is placed on her chest. The process is complete. Life has arrived. Uttarāṣāḍhā teaches that true triumph comes after sustained effort. After staying when it would have been easier to leave. After carrying something long past the moment it felt comfortable. This New Moon is the final lunation before the Lunar New Year, marking our transition from the Year of the Wooden Snake into the Year of the Fire Horse. The Snake year has been about shedding. Shedding identities, skins, patterns, and old ways of being in relationship with life. In the human body, women understand t...