Mercury in Capricorn sextile Jupiter in Scorpio
Mid January 2006
by Rebecca Brents

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The sextile between Mercury in Capricorn and Jupiter in Scorpio indicates that teamwork projects, the management of partner's assets or money, or involvement with "mutually controlled investments" -- efforts undertaken with other people and their property, skills, ideas, etc. -- will benefit in the coming weeks from careful, well-planned, sensibly applied initiatives and presentation.
When Mercury sextiles Jupiter, interests and intellectual projects involving law, religion, academic expertise, advanced education, ethics, philosophy, issues of social welfare and justice, and one's personal "laws of life" are up for review, improvement, and expansion.
Folks are curious about what "other people" believe ... and the values they hold. People are unusually broad-minded, willing to consider "foreign" concepts, and more likely to blend different cultural notions and new bits of knowledge into the fabric of their lives.
They want "deeper" knowledge more than surface trivia, so wisdom on a few special topics is favored over the tidbits of interesting "stuff" Mercury alone likes to gather. This energy prompts people to stop, study, and learn rather than to just "scoop and run" with new views and notions.
You are better able to see value ... and so, more apt to learn something you can use to make life better -- and wiser. You are eager to share what you know -- and what you are discovering -- through conversation, writing, thinking -- as well as study. This brings a thoughtful outlook ... with extra grace and eloquence to enhance the pure ideas.
This energy is inspirational, encouraging, optimistic, and constructive. It can show everyone more ways of turning thoughts into reality ... and how to bring good things to life.

To work productively with this energy:
If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Aries:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Your career and professional life
- Your status and reputation
- The public image you present
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Communal property and shared resources, investments, joint assets
- Teamwork efforts that have "improved profits" as their aim
- New arrangements and options to replace ones that have become obsolete, unsatisfactory, worn out or exhausted.

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Taurus:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Your "philosophy of life" -- the way you act on your beliefs
- Your efforts toward more education ... and ways to increase your status
- Your efforts to have more authority, influence, and respect -- how you teach others what you know
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Your relationships ... and probably your marriage
- Teamwork projects -- work where you cooperate with partners
- Your legal alliances and associations with "other people" in general

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Gemini:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Communal property and shared resources, investments, joint assets
- Teamwork efforts that have "improved profits" as their aim
- New arrangements and options to replace ones that have become obsolete, unsatisfactory, worn out or exhausted.
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Your work ... your daily job, routine chores and tasks
- The services and benefits you provide for others
- Your lifestyle concerns and health care matters

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Cancer:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Your relationships ... and probably your marriage
- Teamwork projects -- work where you cooperate with partners
- Your legal alliances and associations with "other people" in general
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Your creative projects -- self-promotion
- Creations that put you in the spotlight -- children and "brain-children"
- Productions that are "uniquely you" ... and that you love to do

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Leo:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Your work ... your daily job, routine chores and tasks
- The services and benefits you provide for others
- Your lifestyle concerns and health care matters
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Your private life -- your "foundations"
- Your home and family circle -- loved ones and living arrangements
- The way you use intuition, feelings, and emotions to gain information about the world

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Virgo:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Your creative projects -- self-promotion
- Creations that put you in the spotlight -- children and "brain-children"
- Productions that are "uniquely you" ... and that you love to do
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Your ideas and views -- how you put your ideas into action
- "Knowledge" you have -- things that interest you
- The way you share information, how you use what you know -- what you say and think

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Libra:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Your private life -- your "foundations"
- Your home and family circle -- loved ones and living arrangements
- The way you use intuition, feelings, and emotions to gain information about the world
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Money and income, the way you acquire and use assets
- Budgeting, spending habits, and financial management
- Your possessions ... and how these reflect your values

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Scorpio:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Your ideas and views -- how you put your ideas into action
- "Knowledge" you have -- things that interest you
- The way you share information, how you use what you know -- what you say and think
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Your personal appearance and presentation
- The way you "advertise" who you are to the world
- The first impression you make

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Sagittarius:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Money and income, the way you acquire and use assets
- Budgeting, spending habits, and financial management
- Your possessions ... and how these reflect your values
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Projects in the background, behind the scenes, in the planning stages
- Creative or private stuff you're working on but aren't ready to show yet
- Work that may be therapeutic, healing, and deeply meaningful

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Capricorn:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Your personal appearance and presentation
- The way you "advertise" who you are to the world
- The first impression you make
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Your long-term plans for the future
- Your social and professional network
- Your hopes, dreams, and ultimate goals

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Aquarius:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Projects in the background, behind the scenes, in the planning stages
- Creative or private stuff you're working on but aren't ready to show yet
- Work that may be therapeutic, healing, and deeply meaningful
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Your career and professional life
- Your status and reputation
- The public image you present

If your Sun, Moon, or Ascendant is in Pisces:
Be business-like, disciplined, and focus on sensible, practical ideas. Use what you know and what you learn responsibly. Concentrate on:
- Your long-term plans for the future
- Your social and professional network
- Your hopes, dreams, and ultimate goals
This mature attitude and levelheaded approach can bring growth and flourishing prosperity to:
- Your "philosophy of life" -- the way you act on your beliefs
- Your efforts toward more education ... and ways to increase your status
- Your efforts to have more authority, influence, and respect -- how you teach others what you know