cosmic chatter in the sopris sun

Cardondale’s hometown weekly free newspaper

PUBLISHED ON JANUARY 29, 2026 -

“Throughout January, the Sun, Venus, Mars and Mercury assembled in Capricorn to examine the potential in our personal lives. I wonder what new ideas you’ve tried on? What values you’ve reflected on? With the Capricorn new moon on Jan. 18, our emotions and needs came to join the crew. What intentions did you set? Now that we’ve moved into Aquarius season, internal composting work can be applied to the common good.

The full moon in Leo on Feb. 1 is the symbolic flowering of a plant that was seeded at the new moon. Intentions are seeds. At the new moon we plant them. As the moon waxes, we nourish them, their coiled bodies emerge from the surface of the soil. At the full moon, the young plant stretches for the sun, full of life and expression, and beginning to flower….” 

Beginning again can be a daunting process, but Life pulls this way, ever cycling through life - death - life. Here I begin again, something new. Again, I come out. My identity expands, this time into “astrologer". I’m happy to be here, grateful for a new opportunity, excited to write, & absolutely stoked to make audio. Ah 2025, a year of great shifts, both internally & externally. To be a beacon of light & provide a place of grounding, I ask. To do the right work, I continue to be led. Let’s go!

- Sus

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