Capricorn is all about ambition and working hard (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
New Moon come around once a month and, for the day before, during, and after, bring a ‘new beginnings’ moment.
They provoke activation, initiation, fresh starts, clean slates, and new beginnings. New Moons make you get busy and active.
This New Moon on January 11 occurs in the sun sign of Capricorn which brings this sign’s energy to the activation you will focus on – career, duty, responsibility, work, service, value, reward.
This is the date to not only make a career wish but to step in its direction and take action, so let the tarot guide you towards your work dream in 2024.
Aries
March 21 to April 20
Absorb all the knowledge this year (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Aries for the New Moon in Capricorn: Page of Coins
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is education, retraining, learning, professional development, possibly even teaching! The Page of Coins is the tarot’s student card and promises that your pathway to success lies in what you can learn, absorb, and maybe even teach to others.
We all need to keep refreshing our skills, knowledge, understanding, and scope of talent. We all have to keep up to speed and in the know. Make 2024 a year that delivers this for you, and reward will follow.
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Taurus
April 21 to May 21
It’s time for a step up (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Taurus for the New Moon in Capricorn: King of Wands
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is to be promoted, to take on a leadership role that you feel totally passionate and inspired to do. You can set an example here. This is an area that you already excel in and feel totally comfortable stepping up in because the foundation of skill and experience is there, as well as the interest and passion for it.
The King of Wands tells you to take chances, be bold, play a risky hand, demand your rewards, act like you already lead the pack. Success lies ahead.
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Gemini
May 22 to June 21
You’ll sleep easier knowing you’re making a difference (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Gemini for the New Moon in Capricorn: Justice
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is about doing the right thing, the moral thing, the ethical thing, the thing that makes you feel like what you do for a living makes a positive difference. That might mean reframing how you see and approach your current role, might mean on taking on a new role at work, might mean a total change of career (by October, so no sudden pressure or rush).
You need to feel good about your work. You want to contribute positivity to the world. Go make that niche.
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Cancer
June 22 to July 23
Money, money, money (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Cancer for the New Moon in Capricorn: Ten of Coins
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is to maximise your future earnings, security, reward and wealth. It’s all about the Benjamins after all. Well, money is important and if you’re going to put all that time in at work then you want to get out as much as you can from it.
Ten of Coins asks you to look ahead, as far as 10 years. What’s your earning potential where you’re at? How can you maximise it? Do you need to retrain or move or expand or adjust? Make big plans.
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Leo
July 24 to August 23
Aim for the stars here (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Leo for the New Moon in Capricorn: The Star
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is to finally, at long last, pursue your dream job. It’s time. You are ready. The Star brings you total wish-come-true energy in 2024 – starting this February. You can have a career wish granted, the bigger the better. The higher you aim, the better the outcome.
You will need to believe in yourself and make a bold move, but it will be met with good fortune and opportunity. So don’t hold back. If you knew you couldn’t fail, what would you do? That is what you ought to do, Leo.
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Virgo
August 24 to September 23
If you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Virgo for the New Moon in Capricorn: The Empress
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is make your job feel like a vacation, like what you’d enjoy doing all day anyway, like a place you feel at home, in flow, and able to achieve your full potential. Too much to ask? Not at all, not according to The Empress.
Let emotion and feeling propel your career goals and dreams. Do what you want to do. What do you truly love doing? Virgo, you’re so diligent and capable that you can make a success of whatever you turn your hand to… so it may as well be something you love, right?
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Libra
September 24 to October 23
What are you most passionate about? (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Libra for the New Moon in Capricorn: Seven of Cups
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is to get creative, inventive, and inspired. The Seven of Cups is a true imagination card – anything is possible, the only limit is your own mind (and you have a broad, enquiring, sharp mind).
Don’t dampen down your own fire. Don’t pour cold water on your hot ideas. Don’t ignore your fantasies and daydreams about your career future… they are blueprints offering you something powerful to work on. Manifest in 2024.
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Scorpio
October 24 to November 22
A soothing year at work for you, Scorpio (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Scorpio for the New Moon in Capricorn: Nine of Swords
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is to heal. Now, that might be you yourself. Perhaps work has gotten stressful, pressured, unpleasant… and you want to recalibrate or even retrain and try elsewhere, finding work that is fulfilling and peaceful.
Maybe it’s actually literally pursuing a form of healing – medicine, therapy, counselling, reiki, massage, teaching, social work, justice work etc. You want to soothe, calm, comfort and feel that what you do makes things better.
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Sagittarius
November 23 to December 21
The Death card signals transformation (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Sagittarius for the New Moon in Capricorn: Death
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is total transformation! Death is a very powerful card about change, top to bottom, inside and out. You are an abundant, lucky, positive person and you want more from this area of your life. You’re prepared to make big, lasting changes to achieve your dreams.
It’s likely there’s a big bang and then a process of evolution, maybe taking up to November to fully pan out. Be patient. Seek change. Keep going.
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Capricorn
December 22 to January 21
Let your leadership skills shine (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Capricorn for the New Moon in Capricorn: The Emperor
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is taking back control and power over your work, rewards, trajectory, potential and future. You want to be the boss, to dictate your destiny, to wield control over how, when, where and why.
Maybe this is achieved via reorganising your tasks and relationship dynamics in your team, maybe via promotion, maybe via striking out solo and going freelance or self employed. The Emperor puts you firmly in the driving seat. You need to instigate these changes by spring.
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Aquarius
January 22 to February 19
Look within (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Aquarius for the New Moon in Capricorn: The Moon
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is about finally solving the riddle, the enigma, that is you. What do you truly want? What don’t you want anymore? What aren’t you tapping into? What’s secret or hidden from others? What deep down fears or hopes are influencing you?
Get to the bottom of it all Aquarius! Ideally by March. And then act accordingly on your new level of insight and understanding. Wisdom comes from awareness vs age and your self awareness is expanding and deepening exponentially.
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Pisces
February 20 to March 20
If you can dream it, you can do it (Picture: Getty/Metro.co.uk)
Tarot card for Pisces for the New Moon in Capricorn: Nine of Cups
Meaning: Your career dream for 2024 is about activating a long held fantasy into reality. Something whimsical, creative, imaginative. Maybe it’s a full-time role, maybe a sideline, maybe a special project, maybe a training or learning opportunity.
It’s all about you and your heartfelt desires. A daydream that you suddenly see how to manifest in your real life. It can start now! And maybe manifests fully by summer. Be led by your very hopes in your career in 2024, Pisces.
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Capricorn is all about ambition and working hard.