More mad March

Capricorn

No-one needs to reveal to a Capricorn The Awful Truth – the knowledge that each of us is ‘all alone in a terrible world’ seems to come imbued from an early age. Typically, Capricorns learn as they grow older another, less chilling truth; that human warmth and love are as much a part of the human condition as isolation.

This month you likely get a taste of both flavours. Today’s new Moon in Pisces finds a slew of planets in your horoscope’s communications zone, perfect for good company, the shaking of hands on mutually beneficial business deals, or a whirl round the dancefloor with an intriguing other party. For the next couple of weeks at least, making common cause comes easy, and with an exalted in the same zone after the 27th, you have at least one true heart to whom to turn.

On the other side of the equation come heavyweight planets determined to make their point. The ongoing square of Saturn represents the prickly side of business and professional affairs – routine stuff for a Capricorn, though the ringed planet’s clash with Jupiter late in the month sounds a decisive note, especially for birthdays around 5 January. Since Jupiter and Saturn meet and oppose rarely – every 20 years – decisions you make now resonate forcefully. If you have the years, the issues in play now are those from 1981 and 2000.

With home and career now in opposition, the respect due to each has to likewise be brought into balance. Your glorious Capricorn career may have to go on hold while you sort out the homestead. Here, given the uproar at the exact root of your ‘scope at the Equinox, nothing is going to be the same again anyway. Embrace domestic change.

The annual showdown between the Sun and Pluto in late March likewise nudges property and professional issues to tipping point. Mercury’s three week retrograde in April will doubtless strew minor obstacles in the way but for making Big Decisions, the time is now.

The weekend of the 26th/27th is a personal power spot when you can force anyone’s bluff, find out who’s as serious as you. Friendship circles are on the move anyway; the new pattern in your personal life won’t become apparent until summer. Right now, it’s about business.