Grace McGrade is an intuitive astrologer and priestess based in Los Angeles. She is the host of the podcast, “Bitchcraft: Spirituality for Bad People.” Her sessions include birth chart readings, tarot, energetic clearings and psychic consultations.

The primary month of 2023 kicks off in hard working Capricorn season, the sign of the Sea Goat, infamous for its ability to work, achieve and climb every mountain. We start the brand new yr with a way of sharp resolve, wanting to set pragmatic goals and match them with decisive motion. We is perhaps liable to bouts of cynicism, and commencing the yr with Mercury stationed retrograde in Capricorn actually gives us a harsh reality check. We’re evaluating our place on the earth at large, wanting to trim the surplus from our every day load, and refine our focused responsibilities. As all the time with Mercury retrograde, we’re aware about the occasional communicative hiccup and delay, and it’s advisable to present ourselves more leeway when preparing.

On a more positive note, the Sun radiating through Capricorn ensures that we commit to our Latest 12 months’s resolutions. With Jupiter newly in Aries, January is a month of beginnings, as we enterprise into 2023 with our give attention to recent potential. Venus enters cerebral Aquarius on the 2nd of the month, encouraging us to hunt solutions in our relationships, inciting a time of respiratory room from family and reconciliation with community. Venus in Aquarius shows us everyone’s angle, and might offer solutions for relational issues that were previously obscured. In the identical vein, we are able to want our space, need our freedom, and be ferocious trailblazers. A sensitive, tender full Moon in Cancer on the sixth may bring a way of emotional release to a sensitive situation. 

Mars, planet of motion and physicality, finally leaves its retrograde motion and moves forward in Gemini on the twelfth. Our energy levels are replenished and we feel more confident in making moves that suit our sense of non-public mission. This restored and reinvigorated sense of purpose bodes well for setting intentions for the yr ahead. We’re more decisive and direct, able to take motion that mirrors our accelerating goals. On the 18th, Mercury stations direct in Capricorn, followed by the Sun’s ingress into Aquarius on the twentieth.

With the Sun in futuristic, forward-thinking Aquarius, we’re looking for reinvention. Aquarius season means embracing our eccentricities, amplifying our sense of independence and specializing in our hopes and desires. We turn out to be rebels with causes, able to dedicate ourselves to respective missions, wanting to be of service to the planet. Utilise the magic of the Latest Moon in Aquarius on the twenty first to set intentions in your most avant garde hopes and desires.