January is a threshold and a transitional month from a 9 year to a 1 year. It shows up like that friend who loves you enough to say, “Okay… holidays are over. What are we actually doing here?” Capricorn has entered the chat, the Hermit is standing at the threshold with his lantern, and Raven is perched nearby whispering, “Pay attention.”
In this episode, we walk right into the grown-up end of the pool: astrology, tarot archetypes, earth medicine, and humor — because otherwise the existential dread gets bossy.
We explore Capricorn season as devotion, not punishment — the slow climb, the long game — while Cancer’s Full Moon asks whether your heart is fed, not just your to-do list. We track big transits like Venus shifting into Aquarius, the New Moon in Capricorn, Mercury and Mars electrifying Aquarius, and the cosmic mic-drop: Neptune stepping into Aries and putting boots on our dreams.
Then we turn the lantern toward the deeper mythology of the Hermit — not isolation, but initiation. Not running away, but stepping back far enough to hear yourself again. From there, earth medicine arrives as the council:
Quaking Aspen teaching the truth of interconnectedness.
Lapis Lazuli calling us into honesty, vision, and ethical awareness.
Raven carrying voice, mystery, and threshold magic.
Together, they remind us how to carry our own light without abandoning ourselves — and how to return from solitude with something real to offer.
This month is refinement, integration, and holy practicality. Less confetti cannon, more “find the boots you can actually walk in.”
If you’ve been craving structure with soul, truth without cruelty, and spiritual work that survives contact with real life, this episode is your winter lantern.