Every year at the turn of the year the Sun is at about ten degrees Capricorn. This means that every New Year the same part of your natal chart is illuminated. All the other planets hit your chart in different places from year to year, but the Sun is always the same (within a degree). The reason it’s such a good time for setting goals (New Year’s resolutions) is that it’s a regular benchmark for seeing how things are going.

For me the New Year’s Sun is always applying into a conjunction with my Moon, a personal new moon. This makes it a particularly good time for me to set intentions for the coming year. However, you can look to the ephemeris to find the date when the Sun hits your own Moon every year, your own new moon, if you want to find the most powerful day for setting intentions for yourself. Monthly, you also have the date when the Moon hits the degree of your Sun. That’s a particularly good time for short term goal-setting.

In any case, it’s interesting to look at the yearly aspects the transiting Sun makes to your chart from ten degrees Capricorn. Every year with the Sun on my Moon it also sextiles my Mercury Sun and squares my Venus. It sets off the most personal and also problematic areas of my chart. This is reflected in the way I experience the holiday every year. However, I can also see clearly the growth (or lack of growth) from year to year. It’s a great learning tool.

Do you know when your own personal new moon occurs? How is the New Year’s Sun hitting YOUR chart?