Full Moon in Leo | February 16th, 2022 - choosing creativity over trauma and simplicity over drama, loving where we are and what we have, how kings fall

On February 16th, 2022 at 11:55AM EST, the Leo Moon will oppose the Aquarius Sun at 27 degrees (yes, another 27 degree Full Moon) - giving us this month's Full Moon, our annual Full Moon in fiery heart-centered LEO.

 

Full Moon are always oppositions. The Sun and the Moon are on opposite sides of the earth or more precisely the ecliptic longitudes of the Sun and Moon are 180 degrees apart. Full Moons bring things to a culmination, a conclusion or into the light. 

Happening conjunct the August 2017 Solar Eclipse degree that split America in two with the Sun now on the United States natal Moon (the people) as Pluto returns for the first time to his exact natal position in the United States birth chart during this lunar cycle. This is BIG.

Let's unpack the chart!

 

The Moon squares Sedna, Ceres and the North/South Nodes of Fate. The Moon inconjuncts Pluto. The Moon in Leo is answering to the Sun (Leo's ruler), also squaring Sedna/Ceres/Nodes. The Sun in Aquarius is answering to Uranus who is squaring Saturn (wide and waning) and sextiling Uranus (also separating, but still tight and in play). Venus is conjunct Mars (almost to the exact second). 

The square from the Moon, and the Leo Moon's ruler the Sun, to the Nodes of Fate speaks of an important CROSS-ROAD.  

 

With Sedna conjunct the North Node, there might be something here that looks too good to be true/a situation where we need to take a closer look. Or maybe this is something whose importance isn't totally evident and we need to know that, yes, this is an important crossroads/decision point, that will not be changed/unwound so easily later. Sedna also speaks of times we need to let go/times we are cut loose and also sometimes, health situations that bump us onto a higher path. 

The Moon/Pluto inconjunct is uncomfortable. A rock and hard place. Brings intensity. The Moon in Leo is wanting to SHINE and here is Pluto dredging up something we don't want to look at. Since this is kind of echoing the Sedna square, it's something we probably NEED to pay attention to. What don't we want to look at right now? And, Pluto, like Sedna, speaks of transformation. Before and after. Life after death. Ceres tossed into the mix pulls in nurturing situations, things outside our control, situations where compromise is needed and/or 'season of life' situations. Ceres has just moved into Gemini and is bringing in multiple choices/a time of decisions/nurturing through FACTS. This is echoing the Nodal square/decision.

A square to the Nodes of Fate is a crossroad. This is separating, so in a way, and maybe a literal way, has already happened at the Full Moon. We are married to the future. Decisions now matter. Maybe have just been made. Certainly should be take seriously. The Sun adds weight/our ego in the mix. The best way forward - the North Node/Taurus. Our Taurus natal house focus. The more simple. The more practical. What we already own. What we actually need.

 

The thing that makes the most sense/cents. 

The North Node in Taurus is answering to Venus, sitting pretty (although no doubt exhausted, an aged/mature beauty) with Mars in Capricorn. This is the merger of the feminine/masculine. What we want and what we need to do to get it. Cappy makes it serious/stabilizing. Speaks of grown-up situations that need to be handled soberly. The South Node in Scorpio is answering to that inconjunct Pluto, so we know the need to be releasing the complicated drama, the power struggles, the 'need for this life and death intensity' life on planet Earth the past couple years has made us comfortable/uncomfortable with (and think about how 'the need for intensity' differs from the 'need for love' and how those of us who grew up with chaos can get this stuff all mixed up) won't be easy. 

All these 27 degree Full Moons speaking to Pluto are us working THE PROCESS OF THIS - letting go of the old world. 

We come to this part of winter (in the northern hemisphere), and, our Sun, the ruler of Leo and this Full Moon, is in his detriment in Aquarius and he is all the way to 27 degrees now and he (as us) is just really needing this Leo Full Moon to recharge his (our) batteries!

Something here wants to ROAR. Leo represents royalty and generosity and fun and romance and children and creativity. The shadow of the Leo archetype is a kind of arrogance or greed or self-importance, but what you will find with most Leos is that they have a presence - they impress us. Sometimes it's hard for other people to relate to Leo as "one of us". There is a reason the king of the jungle is the king of the jungle after all. There is dignity here.

Leo rules the space we are meant to shine through self expression, so yes, the energy needs a lot of attention and needs to feel special and, yes, Leo cares what other people think because there is a need to leave a legacy here, and yes, this also means things can get overblown and dramatic. And Full Moons are overblown times anyway, so this is all something to keep in mind. 

I like this Full Moon - we point our energies toward the Taurus North Node (and this is through a square so this could indicate a tense/frustrating situation), take a look at the stuff we are tempted to push under the carpet (without obsessing over it) and deal with it, understand this is a powerful DECISION POINT - intensified by the energies of August 2017. There is a good chance of a good outcome with this one.   

 

There won't be any going back and changing this. So what do we want? What do we really value now? 

There is, of course, alot going on in the world. 

 

Russia's chart is very amped up - they have transiting Jupiter on their 7th house Uranus and applying to their 7th house Mars (7th house is their relationship house/open enemies). The North Node/Sedna exact on their natal Moon (the people, the future, transformation). Venus (who rules their 10th house) and Mars sandwiched between their natal Sun and Mercury. The transiting Sun crossing their DC (partners/open enemies) on Friday. Ukraine's chart is equally activated with the Full Moon sandwiched between their natal Mercury/Venus. Transiting Mars/Venus on their AC, exact and conjunct their Neptune/North Node. Transiting Mercury is exactly conjunct their chart ruling Saturn and transiting Saturn is conjunct their natal Moon (the people/pressure). The Full Moon is conjunct Putin's natal South Node/Pluto (powerful past life/powerful self-undoing possibilities). The Full Moon is exactly squaring Biden's Sun, tightly conjunct his natal Chiron/North Node and opposes the United States Moon (the people). Trump's chart is uber activated again, too. My apologies for being so U.S. focused here. The Leo Full Moon - maybe especially this one connecting us back to that big August 2017 Eclipse and speaking with Pluto - could be said to announce the "death of the king". 

 

And, maybe especially, because we are in fixed star Regulus's old stomping ground, the king needs to be thinking about what he is doing and why he is doing it. In Bernadette Brady's Book of Fixed Stars she says, "he is the Heart of the Lion and associated with the angel Raphael (healing). Regulus can bring glory and leadership, but his weakness is revenge. Power gained through Regulus is reversed quite dramatically if revenge is taken. Then comes the fall." Things may really get fired up when Mars hits 22 degrees Cappy on February 23-24th - as Mars passes Venus and moves onto the "time runs out" degree of Saturn/Pluto from January 2020.

This is all playing out in our own lives, too. Again, we focus on Taurus - what we have. Not Scorpio - what someone else has. Simplifying. Taurus is the farmer/Mother Earth. This is about persistent and gradual progress. We can ALWAYS find the next right step, even in the dark and even in times of challenges and confusion. The North Node, even in comfortable Taurus, is NEW energy. We are required to step outside our comfort zone in some way. The Full Moon is a time of ending/a space of RESULTS, but every ending/result has within it the seed of a new beginning. That square to the Nodes speaks of beginning something we have to ADAPT TO. We will gradually grow into the person who is comfortable in this new space.

 

All these Full Moons speaking with Pluto is spelling it out for us folks - it's create/live/change/love or die time - what's it going to be?

xo all

Today's Astrology Forecast | Monday, February 14th, 2022 - nourished by our heart, the conversation changes, releasing the complicated as we lean into the new

 

 

The Moon finishes up a short void at 6:17AM EST and moves into fiery, heart-filled Leo just in time for Valentine's Day.

 

She is headed toward this week's BIG Full Moon in Leo on Wednesday. In Leo, we are nourished/nurtured by following our heart, the spotlight, children, creative projects, romance, recreation, fun. Don't skimp on V-Day, with the Moon in Leo - we will all be wanting attention/to feel appreciated.

 

Mercury, still walking degrees he/she has walked before re-enters logical/intelligent Aquarius. We are returning to something from January 2nd - both older and wiser now. Here's where the ideas/conversations/information we have been working out/been back and forth over in serious Capricorn can lighten up/pull us into the future or, maybe, here is where we detach from something old or too-traditional and move toward something else. 

 

The conversation/our thinking changes.

This is also the day Pallas moves into Aries - we talked about this in the monthly HERE. In Aries, Pallas - our wise warrior energy - can make fast moves/decisions. Happening as Mercury returns to Aquarius, these fast moves will also be smart/more logical and likely less emotional.

This is also the day the Nodes of Fate move into a smooth trine with powerful Pluto. 

 

Our Taurus house is the way forward. Power moves can pay off if our sails are pointed in this direction. Good for finances, resources, our values and self-esteem. Plutonion energy might stir up some fear, but this is a good time to 'feel the fear and do it anyway'. With Pluto we commit as if our life depends on it and sometimes it actually does. Our brave Leo Moon and Pallas in Aries will help. Keep in mind with that North Node in Taurus - fixed earth - this is about things that make sense/cents. Things we can touch/hold in our hand. Lean into what is stabilizing/simple. This won't be about starting some huge complicated thing with a gazillion moving parts. 

 

What is your next best/most practical step?

xo all

 

Note - with the South Node sextiling Pluto - this is also excellent energy for eliminating whatever is complicating our life - clutter, old goals that are no longer relevant, third party entanglements, debts, bad habits, addictions, compulsions. This week is transformational energy and can change our life. 

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Today's Astrology Forecast | Sunday, February 13th, 2022 - feelings matter, maybe a duck isn't always a duck

 

The Moon is home in Cancer now. We are nurtured/nourished by home, family, mom and apple pie. She opposes Venus at 12:45AM EST and trines Neptune at 2:15PM EST (that Neptune trine is good for healing, meditation, music, rest, imagination).

 

From 25 degrees Cancer she inconjuncts the Aquarius Sun. 

 

Here is her final aspect before next week's BIG Full Moon in Leo. An adjustment is needed.

 

The Cancer Moon is emotional/sometimes needy - attaches to what it feels. The Aquarius Sun is smart/logical - can miss the trees for the forest/might even detach from what it feels. Cancer rules our past/our roots. Aquarius rules our uprooting/our future. Cancer is cardinal water/new emotions. Aquarius is fixed air. These are both signs that care about other people - Aquarius through a less attached concern about the 'greater good' and Cancer through an emotional bonding to what is familiar, 'my people'. 

 

So, we come to this space in the lunar cycle where some emotional conflict requires adjustment.

 

Maybe here is where we need to not take things so damn personally, or maybe, and maybe this is more likely, here is where we DO. 

 

Cancer/Aquarius is intuitive knowing (Cancer - think gut instinct here) vs perception (Aquarius - think of that circumstantial evidence in a courtroom trial - if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck it is probably a duck, but maybe sometimes it isn't). Both are valid AND neither is something we can count on 100% of the time. 

 

Maybe it is an imperfect blending of intuition and perception that is needed.

Or maybe this is a more literal thing, like we are being asked to move too far/too fast outside our comfort zone and the Cancer Moon is tugging us home. Or too much tech/group-think is making us wobbly/impersonal and a situation stirs us emotionally back into our physical bodies/spaces/back to 'our people'. Maybe we are a Cancer person dealing with an Aquarius person. Inconjuncts are rocks and hard places and require some adjusting on both sides. 

 

This isn't something that gets all wrapped up with a nice red bow, but being this month's Waxing Inconjunct is something that needs to be felt/seen (not stuffed) before next week's Full Moon. 

xo all

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Jupiter sextile Uranus | February 13th through February 22nd - lucky breaks and beneficial change

 

This is one of the best aspects of 2022 and we don't want to miss it. 

 

Jupiter (in Pisces) will sextile Uranus (in Taurus) at 11 degrees on February 17th. 

 

This opportunistic sextile is in play as it applies and wanes and will be within 1 degree from February 13th - 22nd and is really in play all month.

In our personal charts this creates opportunity between our natal Taurus and Pisces houses and pulls in our natal Jupiter placement and the house Jupiter rules (our Sag house) and our natal Uranus placement and the house Uranus rules (our Aquarius house). 

 

This sextile is earth and water - some action/effort will be required to get to the "opportunity". This is Taurus - our resources, money, what we value, what we can hold in our hand, the things that make sense/cents, our self esteem AND Pisces - our dreams, imagination, spirit, healing, connection, compassion, our ancestors, what is behind us. Taurus/Pisces - making the dream real.

Jupiter/Uranus is the fast win. The beneficial change. The "lucky break". 

 

Expansion through technology or groups. Confidence in our individuality. Changing our beliefs. Opportunities from doing something different or differently. Freedom. Risk. Unexpected/future-focused journeys. The road less traveled/thinking outside the box brings expansion, PAYS OFF. 

 

This reminds me of the Cappy/Pisces energy of "making the dream real", we had in play most of 2019. Except instead of stodgy Saturn (who, yes, does come into play through Taurus ruler Venus's placement in Capricorn) we get happy-go-lucky Jupiter. With Pisces we might have to sacrifice something (release something, maybe a belief) to get something else. Here is where we are taking concrete steps toward a dream. There is OPPORTUNITY/magic/help from the ancestors.

These word salads are making me hungry. 

 

Bottom line - change is good. You get the idea. More in the monthly HERE.

xo all

And, yes, buy a lottery ticket, too. It can't hurt.

 

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