New Moon in Aquarius | February 1, 2022 - the start that comes after the disruption, dealing with where we are and what we have to do, the future, new leadership, new commitments

On Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at 12:46AM EST the Aquarius Moon meets the Aquarius Sun at 12 degrees giving us this month's New Moon - our annual New Moon in Aquarius.

The Moon isn't comfy cozy in Aquarius - the Moon ruling our roots/our past and Aquarius ruling uprooting/our future. The Moon in Aquarius is answering to Uranus (in Taurus) and, through an ancient rulership, Saturn in Aquarius, so back to Uranus. Uranus is answering to Venus, who has just stationed direct in Capricorn, so back to Saturn. This, along with the Moon's position in relation to both Saturn and Uranus, pulls last year's mega Saturn/Uranus square into the New Moon's story.

The Moon/Sun are conjunct Saturn and this aspect is applying. This is sort of echoing the "all roads lead to Saturn" lunar rulership - and we have Mercury, Mars and Venus in Saturn's sign of Capricorn headed toward their pow-wow with the big guy when they get into/back into Aquarius - Saturn is definitely the BIG player here and he is strong in Aquarius. 

So, maybe here is a reality check. A boundary/limit/line in the sand that is drawn by us or someone else. Here is a commitment. Something now that needs to be taken seriously. The Moon meets Saturn quickly, the Sun, in a couple days. So, we will FEEL the reality of the situation, the pressure or responsibility of it, the need for seriousness and then we will SEE what we have to work with/where we are with this.

The New Moon is the time of starting (consciously or unconsciously) and we know with Saturn this start will require our perseverance, effort, probably take longer than expected, BUT, it will almost certainly have long term benefits/bring greater stability. Saturn always brings rewards.

This also speaks of stepping into responsibilities, growth through older people/mentors, father/patriarchal story-lines, changes in group leaderships, an amplified relationship with our natal Saturn, making something that is REAL, something lasting. 

Mature love. Saturn/Moon/Sun (and probably that empty Leo leg of the chart) is making me think of this Sigmund Freud quote.

"we must learn to love in order to not fall ill" ... Sigmund Freud

 

The Moon is squaring Uranus - this aspect is unwinding. This is the disruption/change that is pushing us to CHANGE. This is what brings us to the New Moon/new start. At the time of the New Moon this DISRUPTION has already happened.

So, we have had some kind of disruption requiring change that demands to be taken seriously. Is probably intended to 'grow us up' in some way. And we have a New Moon requiring a START. In Aquarius, the sign of the future.

 

Another thing to keep in mind, is that Saturn's close proximity to the Sun can activate old energies (that we might carry and not even remember), maybe stories about "overbearing" authority/Saturnian situations that did not 'end well'/situations tied to 'emperors/leaders/fathers' - this Moon might make us overly prudent/tentative/fearful. If we are waiting for someone else to tell us what we can do/to recognize us, we can too easily cede control outside ourselves that we are intended to EMBODY. We can spend the entire lunar cycle (with all its amazingness) tied into a story-line where whatever power/authority is needed is JUST OUT OF REACH. The next two weeks, especially after Mercury stations direct on February 3rd, is a time for ACTION. As long as we don't make some crazy rebellious, erratic move from that square to Uranus (and if we already did that, well, then let's just know that is what we needed to do and now here is where we can start to build something new/something stronger) almost ANY deliberate/practical action we take toward what we want can be the right action. 

The New Moon is sextile Chiron - this aspect is also separating/unwinding. This is about what we have done to try and heal or the healing. Maybe the disruption itself has been healing, maybe the lessons that have come from it are. Chiron is in Aries, so maybe there is something here about being able to take care of ourselves, be ourselves, stand up for ourselves.

 

Venus is conjunct Vesta EXACT and trining Uranus, Ceres is conjunct the North Node EXACT. Asteroid Hygeia is opposing Uranus EXACT. Uranus is conjunct asteroid Child. Mercury is conjunct Pluto. Pluto is conjunct Juno. Now, all these things are happening irrespective of the New Moon, but since the New Moon is a event chart, too, and the way something starts matters, they matter, too.

Venus, after her back and forth through Cappy (and keep in mind she is still making her final walk over those old degrees) meets up with Vesta. HERE, at the time of this New Moon, is what we need to tend to/here is what will keep us up at night. So, what is going on? What has our ATTENTION? Venus/Vesta trining the New Moon ruler Uranus speaks of the changing conditions this New Moon brings being to our BENEFIT.

Ceres is conjunct the North Node - this is very supportive/reflective of that Venus/Vesta. Ceres pulls in mothering story-lines and nature, season of life issues, things that are outside our control, situations that require negotiation. She is very happy in Taurus. The North Node in Taurus speaks of our best way forward being a way that is simple/practical - this start is not going to be some big complicated thing and if it is we had better break it down into bite size pieces because Taurus rules the throat and we don't want to choke on it.

Uranus is conjunct asteroid Child and in EXACT opposition to Hygeia. The virus and its ramifications opposing our freedom/liberation/children. Ugh - what ARE we doing to these poor kids? A retrograde Mercury is conjunct Pluto. Juno is conjunct Pluto. Powerful words/conversations. Secrets coming out. Maybe involving contracts/partners. Fear of endings/death.

Here is a serious new start after a disruption/breakthrough/breakdown. The change comes through a square which is challenging, so probably wasn't comfortable. There is an old wound activated here by way of an opportunistic sextile, so we can work with the assumption this CHANGE is healing, even if right now we can't see our way to that just yet. Saturn is the big cheese now. Restrictions/limits/responsibilities can be helpful with Saturn - for example if we are needing to be healthier, it will be easier to eat LESS now. If you are trying to reach a goal, it will be easier to LIMIT our distractions. It's not about some big thing, but it is about the future/inspired by our need to be part of the future. This start will bring greater stability/longevity. Rome wasn't built in a day and this won't be either. Keep in mind benevolent Venus's trine to the Moon's ruler  - the change is BENEFICIAL.

Shortly after the New Moon, the Moon will move into Pisces and a Pisces Moon with Jupiter and all those nice aspects to the Cappy planets is going to be pretty nice PLUS it has a good closing aspect, and remember we only have Jupiter in Pisces for a couple more months, so THAT would be a good place to start (February 2nd-4th). If you miss that one, the Taurus Moon (February 7th-8th) also looks good. We want to avoid void moon periods during those days. 

 

In the meantime let's think about/set those intentions because it helps line us up with the energies at play.

NEW MOON INTENTIONS

 

As we work with the Aquarius positives - innovation, genius, advancement, the new/modern, the power of groups, the power of the individual (yes Aquarius has both!) and eliminate the Aquarius negatives -  too much detachment, too many distractions, our feelings of alienation and our need to get lost in the crowd and hide out in the audience - if we do our work - and we are not required to do our work perfectly - we are left with a cool head, an open mind and enough emotional distance from whatever we are creating to allow the magical forces in play to work for and through us RIGHT NOW!

 

AFFIRMATION TIPS for our monthly New Moon: always make affirmations from a  positive place (positive meaning both happy and certain) - write your affirmations down by hand in script, speak them out loud. Then release your attention from these things knowing that your intention is known.  

 

Know these things are already yours.

(you don't want to miss setting your intentions this month - millions/billions of Chinese people are celebrating their brand New Year and really powering this up!)

 

xo all 

Something to keep in mind if you are reading this BEFORE the New Moon, is the Sun's square to Uranus the prior day (this can make us accident-prone, so slow your roll a bit) PROACTIVE CHANGE IS GOOD, BEING OURSELVES IS GOOD, but burning bridges impulsively probably not - we can see SATURN IS COMING, the reality check, so, anything too irresponsible/rebellious is not a good idea right now. There is probably a "no" up ahead somewhere, so how far out on a limb do we need to go right now. The Moon is dark/balsamic, it's a time of rest/reflection. ALL the inner planets are going to have to go through Saturn over the next few weeks (miracles are coming, too). Save your strength.

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | Today's Astrology Forecast - paying attention to what catches our attention, not shooting ourselves in the foot

 

The Moon is in intense Scorpio now. We are nourished by power/collective resources/merging/purging/diving deep. Our emotions might be more intense, situations can feel more "life and death". 

 

She squares Saturn at 12:41AM EST (tension/frustration maybe around authority/rules/limits), trines Neptune at 11:47AM EST (great for our intuition, making art/music, prayer, meditation) and sextiles Pluto at 9:09PM EST (passion, transformation, change, power). She will go void off a sextile to a retrograde Mercury at 12:27AM on Thursday morning. She will be void until 9:44AM EST tomorrow, when she moves into fiery Sagittarius.

This is the day Mercury (retrograde in Capricorn now) perfects his smooth trine to the North Node in Taurus. We are looking backward to move forward now. 

We talked about this aspect in the WEEKLY:

Mercury (retrograde), at 29 degrees Cappy trines the North Node at 29 degrees Taurus. It's no coincidence we have THREE planets in Cappy as the North Node has shifted into Taurus and we get these smooth energetic connections with HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET WHERE WE'RE GOING/fate/the future. Good news can come in. Arrows lit up that point us OVER THERE. The right book can fall off the shelf. The right conversation can happen. A seriously good idea come in. Send the email/take the call. Say it/think about it AGAIN.

 

Keep in mind with Mercury retrograde this will not be a totally new thing. But with the North Node in Taurus now, we are connecting different dots! Also keep in mind with the North Node in Taurus, this will not be some big, complicated thing.

This is also the day Black Moon Lilith, still in Gemini and answering to Mercury - so this can be all part of the North Node trine - squares illusive Neptune at 21 degrees Pisces.

Maybe old words, information, conversations can come back to haunt us/deceive us. BML is rebellious feminine energy and, quite frankly, pissed off for thousands of years. In Gemini, she pulls in choices/options/information, but this square to Neptune looks self-sabotaging. Be careful with what you are saying/thinking/believing. 

 

Double check the details. Don't gossip/scapegoat. With the Moon in Scorpio trining Neptune, Neptune's square with Lilith might speak of sabotaging "connection" because we are afraid to be controlled or to read what we want, that isn't actually there, into situations - so stay frosty. Avoid addictive substances and unhealthy escape mechanisms/mergers.

The BML/Neptune 'heads up' is also a good reminder to keep in mind that Mercury is RETROGRADE. Yes, she/he (as we) is trining - BRAKES OFF - the North Node (how we are going to get where we're going), but this is still a re-flective energy. 

 

We are re-viewing, re-thinking, re-vising, re-visiting. In Cappy, this could be about old goals, father issues, security issues, career, the way we show up in the world. 

 

There is no need to rush this stuff. What is truly ours will be there for us when we are ready. 

xo all

artwork by the talented Tammy Wampler

weekly astrology forecast for creatives | january 24th to 30th, 2022 - change, back to the future, commitments, endings, information that pulls us forward/wakes us up, liberating breakthroughs

 

With two inner planets changing signs and another one changing direction, we are guaranteed something is changing/shifting gears this week - are we ready?! 

Let's unpack the week.

 

MONDAY - Mars into Capricorn, Juno conjunct Pluto

TUESDAY - Mercury retrograde enters Capricorn, Third Quarter Moon

WEDNESDAY - Mercury trine North Node

FRIDAY - Sun sextile Chiron, Mercury conjunct Pluto

SATURDAY - VENUS STATIONS DIRECT

SUNDAY - Sun square Uranus 

On MONDAY, Mars enters Capricorn - the sign of his exaltation. Capricorn is VERY good for Mars - anchors his fire. Gives him (as us) goals/limits/boundaries - that can create stability. The fly in the ointment with Mars in Cappy is pushing ourselves and other people too hard. Mars/Saturn can get alot done, but can also be cold/brutal - keep this in mind. With Mars' change of signs, life is moving forward and we ARE taking action, even as we (through Mercury retrograde) are still looking back. Unlike Venus and Mercury, Mars will NOT station retrograde here, so his travels over the HOT Cappy degrees and meeting with Pluto will all be fast. In Capricorn, Mars is going to meet up with Venus, their dance will be a BIG part of February's story-line. We talked about this HERE. 

This is also the day Juno, at 26 degrees Capricorn, meets up with Pluto. This is a transformation regarding a contract/relationship. Plutonian contacts add a 'before and after' flavor to situations/events. We can't go back. People with planets/degrees at 26 degrees of the cardinal signs will feel this one strongest. In Cappy, commitments made now will be serious/bring stability/be long-lasting. Endings will be permanent.

On TUESDAY, our retrograde Mercury backs into Capricorn. Now we are taking the ideas/information/whatever we have been re-thinking/re-vising and begin testing things out in the real world. Since Mercury was last in Cappy, Mars has joined the Cappy party - we now have Venus, Mars and Mercury ALL in Cappy without the Sun, very unusual I think, especially when you consider they are all answering to Saturn in Aquarius where the Sun is now. Our Cappy/Aqua houses and their themes are uber ENERGIZED. Collectively this is re-activating conversations and information - career/goals/authority related - from the past. Also activated, although some of this is more through Venus, are the re-considerations of the ways we push ourselves and others (maybe too hard), don't take care of ourselves, neglect to value home/family/the small beginnings of things or think love/resources must be earned.

This is also the day of our Third Quarter Moon - last challenge to our Full Moon before next week's BIG New Moon in Aquarius. The Moon at 5 Scorpio squares the Aquarius Sun. This is fixed water vs fixed air. The Aqua Sun wants to detach/see things from a distance and the Scorpio Moon is requiring we go deeper/maybe get more emotionally involved. Our outsider/rebel tendencies might be confronted via our own or someone else's passions. Squares are tension/frustration. Within minutes of this square the Moon will trine - brakes off/smooth flow - Jupiter (in Pisces), so the intensity/deeper emotions will bring us into a smooth flow with something bigger than ourselves once we get past the square. This might come through expansion, stepping outside our comfort zone, being more compassionate/forgiving, using our imagination/art/music, prayer or meditation. This can also speak of the need to rest.

On WEDNESDAY, Mercury (retrograde), at 29 degrees Cappy trines the North Node at 29 degrees Taurus. It's no coincidence we have THREE planets in Cappy as the North Node has shifted into Taurus and we get these smooth energetic connections with HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET WHERE WE'RE GOING/fate/the future. Good news can come in. Arrows lit up that point us OVER THERE. The right book can fall off the shelf. The right conversation can happen. A seriously good idea come in. Send the email/take the call. Keep in mind with Mercury retrograde this probably will not be a totally new thing. But with the North Node in Taurus now, we are connecting different dots!

On FRIDAY, the Sun, at 9 degrees Aquarius sextiles Chiron and Mercury (retrograde) meets up with Pluto for his second of three conversations (26 degrees Capricorn). 

 

Mercury met Pluto on December 30th and will meet Pluto again on February 11th. This is their "re" meeting when power is being re-vised/re-hashed/re-visited. Truth/secrets that have come out are being re-discussed, re-looked at. This might also speak of the re-peating of an important conversation/piece of information. Keep in mind, nothing is set in stone now, we will be back here, older/wiser, in mid February. At the same time, the Sun in Aquarius is sextiling (opportunity) healing Chiron in Aries. Maybe this time whatever Mercury/Pluto is digging up doesn't have the same 'sting' and so is able to heal very old wounds. In Aqua, we can step back/not take things so personally/see the big picture.

On SATURDAY, Venus, having done her job, rock-solid Goddess that she is in Cappy, stations direct at 11 degrees Capricorn. Now she begins to walk these Cappy degrees for the third and final time. Venusian/Cappy themes can turn around here. Money that was held up can start to come in. Romances/things we have been newly attracted to during her retro might fall apart (do we still want this?), just as other attractions her retro put on hold or revised can begin to move forward. Collectively this speaks of progress with our goals/ambitions/professional relationships.

On SUNDAY, the Sun, at 10 degrees Aquarius squares Aqua ruler Uranus (in Taurus).

Happening within hours of Venus's station (with Uranus in Taurus answering to her and the Sun in Aquarius answering to Uranus - so all roads lead to Venus here) - this is freedom/liberation - whatever is changing with our finances, what we want, our resources, value or self esteem is ROCKING THE BOAT. Breakthroughs. Breakdowns. Breakups. All possible. We had a Saturn/Uranus square for all last year and Saturn has had the upper hand since October when he stationed direct, but now Uranus is direct, too, and the Sun is in Aquarius. This change is going to be a good thing even if it does come with our backs against the wall.

 

The Moon will be in Aquarius, too, building toward Monday's NEW MOON. Her only aspect today is her own square to Uranus, so we will be feeling the tension/frustration of whatever we have 'rocking and rolling' (the change/disorder) and it will be pulled into our New Moon story - as 'what we are going to do about this change' plays out. 

At the time of the New Moon, which will be. a serious new beginning, Pluto (in Capricorn) will be trining the North Node, Mars will be in tune witb Uranus, pulling us forward and activating HOW WE ARE GOING TO GET WHERE WE'RE GOING, so remember this  if changes now are upsetting. The changes are lining us up with the future. And keep in mind with that North Node in Taurus, the solution/path will not be some complicated thing, it will be the simplest thing.

We'll cover the Aquarius New Moon in the next post I think. And then get to the U.S. Pluto return series! Hope something here is helpful. Keep in mind I write about these aspects on the days they are most exact, they may actually show up stronger for you as they apply (wax) and sometimes even unwind (wane) depending on how they are interacting with your personal chart and some aspects are naturally more potent when applying.

xo all

artwork by the talented CharonCreates

Today's Astrology Forecast | Thursday, January 20th, 2022 - avoid micro-managing, opening that oven door and making mountains out of molehills

 

 

The Moon in Leo goes void at 3:15AM EST off a trine to Mars (right on my natal Mars and I was BOING awake or maybe it was the guy next door dragging his trash to the curb). She is void until 9:02AM EST when she moves into Virgo. 

 

In Virgo we are nourished/nurtured by being of service, dotting our i's and crossing our t's, a well organized closet, being helpful, being practical, being right/critical (ouch, let's avoid this one), taking care of our physical body, taking care of our pets, taking care of our employees/co-workers, prioritizing quality over quantity, doing good work, fixing something (yes, broken ... or not). From Virgo, she will oppose Jupiter at 5:58PM EST. This can be a productive day, just avoid making a mountain out of a molehill or overdoing something. Detail oriented approaches are best, but know when it's time to say when. Get some extra sleep (maybe this is just me).

This is also the day Mars, at 28 degrees Sagittarius, inconjuncts Ceres in Taurus. This sounds like rushed/over-the-top mothering/nurturing that won't get us what we want. We can't be opening the oven door every five minutes to see if the muffins are cooking and expect the muffins to cook. Sag wants to go big or go home and Taurus wants to go slow and steady. This isn't about the tortoise beating the hare, but some things can't be rushed. This is reinforced by Ceres domain of 'season of life' situations and 'things outside our control'. Inconjuncts require flexibility/some give and take (and even then there is really no winner here) - we don't want to 'roll over' anyone/anything AND we don't want to (Taurus being fixed earth) grow cobwebs either. Maybe just know those muffins are cooking. Work with the Moon/Jupiter. Have some faith. The Sun is in Aquarius now, we are all smarter than we look. 

I hope something here is helpful. 

xo all

February post is up if you missed it. It is HERE

artwork by the amazing Duy Huynh

the astrology of february 2022 | a time of miracles, the rising feminine, the future and soul growth ....

 

 Yes, we are taking an early look at February! 

 

I saw some good stuff for us personally and think we can use some good news. We begin the month with a BIG New Moon in future/equality-focused Aquarius, so we will feel the NEW right out of the gate. The Moon's square to Uranus brings in, through tension/frustration - uncomfortable change over the next month. That's OK, we've got this thing. Mercury quickly stations direct, right on that powerful 24 Cappy where Pluto popped a LONG squat in 2021 - delays will end. Things will start moving forward. The month has multiple sextiles and trines - lots of opportunities and winds at our back. Maybe the biggest opportunity is mid-month's Jupiter/Uranus sextile (luck through change, miracles from chaos) and Pluto's trine to the North Node - letting go of fear/moving past the death through a smooth alignment with the future. ALL MONTH lovers Venus and Mars are traveling together, meeting at the BIG Leo Full Moon (cardinal cross) mid-month and closing out the month - feminine and masculine energy combined/balanced, what we want/what we have to do to get what we want - with their own smooth energetic trine with THE FUTURE.

Let's unpack the month!

 

 (I will probably add to this as we move along)

FEBRUARY 1ST - New Moon in Aquarius (12 degrees), Juno enters Aquarius - the month kicks off with a BIG New Moon in Aquarius, so it will FEEL like a new month right away. The Moon meets the Sun at 12 degrees - they are both applying to Saturn conjunctions, so we will feel the weight of our moves/decisions now. Something is getting shored up/becoming more solid. There are limits/rules. Maybe we are drawing a line in the sand. Ceres will be conjunct the North Node. Venus will be conjunct Vesta. Season of life situations will pull us forward/important compromises are possible. What we want could be keeping us up at night. That's OK, it is just becoming more REAL. Mars will be approaching his beloved Venus. What we want and what we have to do to get what we want are coming together. They will be exact around the middle of the month, but this is really in play all month. The feminine and the masculine coming together in a serious/sober sign - cardinal earth - starting something real. The sign that builds things that last. The Moon is squaring Uranus - so this New Moon is birthed through uncomfortable change. We are used to this. We can do this. We were born for this. That is the 2020's - uncomfortable change. Maybe toss some rocks under your mattress - let's get used to this and get on with things.

 

FEBRUARY 3RD - Mercury stations direct at 24 degrees Cappy - this is the flashing GREEN LIGHT we have been waiting for (maybe give him/her a couple days to get up to speed). Delays will end. Stuck situations will start to move forward. Minds will change.

 

FEBRUARY 4TH - Mars sextile Jupiter (8 degrees Cappy/Pisces), Sun conjuncts Saturn (15 Aqua) - the Sun meets Saturn - this is the serious part of our New Moon story. Reality checks/commitments/responsibilities. Here are the rules/the limits. What we can't do/have/be. At the same time, Mars, uber productive in the sign of Capricorn moves into an opportunistic sextile with Jupiter. Here is EXPANSION, LUCK. Take sober action. Step into your authority/responsibility. Big girl pants on. As long as we aren't in lalaland (taking that Jupiter in Pisces too far) this is a SOLID GOOD THING. Stay optimistic/have faith. Take something further. Note - this is earth and water and in order to 'get lucky', we need to take action. We want to be building bricks and not just hoping (although hoping and staying optimistic is good, too) that the earth and water will come together and make something other than a mudslide. Saturn shows us the reality of the situation and Mars/Jupiter says, "OK, but let's do this".

 

FEBRUARY 6TH - Mars squares Chiron (9 degrees Cappy/Aries) - now, Mars is hitting the painful squares to Chiron that Venus/Mercury/the Sun did last month. Something is standing in our way - probably ourselves with Chiron in Aries. Chiron in Aries is answering to a strong and stable Mars in Cappy, so I think we need to be brave here. Standing up for ourselves/being ourselves/knowing we can take care of ourselves is challenged. But look, Mars is applying to a smooth trine to change-maker/higher-mind Uranus - here is a way through.

 

FEBRUARY 8TH -  Mars trines Uranus (11 degrees Cappy/Taurus), 1st Quarter Moon (19 degrees Taurus), Ceres enters Gemini - so now, Mars, the general in Capricorn is trining Uranus. The trine is arguably the best aspect in astrology. Something is falling into place. This is Cappy/Taurus - something makes sense/cents. This is earth, so we need to be practical, but this is chaotic Uranus, so we need to do something differently. We are leaning into the future here and the future is leaning back into us. Take new action. At the same time our New Moon from the beginning of the month has worked her way into Taurus and is squaring the Cappy Sun. This is tension/frustration between the future and the now. The change and the comfort. New money and old money. The Sun, not happy in Aqua, is answering to Uranus and we've already said he is making a trine to a strong Mars, so here is our way through - sober, practical action. This is also the day Ceres leaves her garden and ventures out into the local community - Gemini. Ceres was on the North Node (how we are going to get where we are going) at that New Moon last week and now she is ready for more choices/to ask new questions. This is about smart nurturing. We learn and then we respond to what we have learned. More change.

 

FEBRUARY 11TH - Mercury meets Pluto (third of three, first time at 27 Cappy)- we've been here before. Mercury met Pluto on December 30th, then retrograde on January 28th and now we get the final pow-wow today. This is the 27 degrees that has been powering up all the Full Moons. They have met before, but not exactly here. Something has moved on. Things have changed/shifted. Mercury/Pluto. Words/ideas are powerful. Truth/what has been buried can come out.  This aspect increases our focus. Conversations/information can be intense. Feel like life and death. Mercury is applying to his smooth trine to the North Node, so it is likely whatever this is, is part of how we are going to get where we are going.

 

FEBRUARY 12TH - Mercury trines North Node (27 Cappy/Taurus) - fresh off his pow-wow with transformative/deadly Pluto, Mercury (our thinking, communications, commerce, movement, transportation, tech, siblings, local community) moves into smooth flow - the brakes are off - with our best future. PAY ATTENTION. Good news can come in. Ideas/information are like apples READY TO BE PICKED. With the North Node (way forward) in Taurus - this can be about our money, values, self-esteem. Maybe one door is closed (if something closed with that Mercury/Pluto it is permanent, don't spend alot of time wallowing because you need to see this open window over there) and now another door/window opens. Make/take the call. Earth trines are mega-powerful.

FEBRUARY 14TH - Pluto trines North Node! (27 degrees Capricorn), Pallas enters Aries, Mercury enters Aquarius - so, now here is Pluto, fresh off his pow wow with Mercury, trining the North Node, too. HERE is the way this dead earth is going to be repopulated. HERE is what we can plant now. HERE is a smooth way forward. This is real power/strength. HERE is where we pour our energy into the future - THAT Taurus House (we'll look at the North Node by house before this date and I will link to it here, in the meantime HERE is our first North Node Taurus post). Keep in mind these trines to the North Node are sextiles to the South Node - so an opportunity to release a fear/something that is dead/something that is too complicated. This is an incredibly powerful aspect folks. Earth trines are mega-powerful and when Pluto is involved this is very potent and amped up.

 

Our warrior queen Pallas enters Aries. Yes, she is answering to her brother now and their relationship can be testy. Still, she surely likes Aries much better than Pisces. Here she can take new action. Merge smart strategies and COURAGE. Mercury re-enters Aquarius. We were last here on January 8th. Now the ideas we have been re-thinking/re-working are moving forward. This is fixed air, so people are not so flexible, but at least we get some fresh air and Mercury likes air/works well here. Mercury in Aqua is about clear-headed/dispassionate thinking focused on the future. Its clarity comes from a space of detachment. We mentally step back a little bit and the picture in our head gets a little clearer/our words a little more sharp. I like that this is happening as Pallas (maybe a future co-ruler for Aquarius) moves into fire.

FEBRUARY 15TH - Sun squares North Node (27 Aqua/Taurus) - we knew with the Sun in a fixed sign and the North/South Nodes in fixed signs we were going to have this square this month (we will have another one with the Sun in Leo next summer). This is tension/frustration. A light on something we need to get past/release, etc before we can go any further. Don't disregard problems now. Don't push things under the rug. We NEED to deal with this before Mars/Venus trine the North Node at the end of the month. What is in your way? What can you do about it? This is pulled into our Full Moon story, so will play out over the next couple weeks. We will look at the Moon here as we get closer to this to see what she is up to.

FEBRUARY 16TH - Full Moon in Leo (27/28 degrees Leo), Venus conjuncts Mars (16 degrees Capricorn) - the Leo Moon opposes the Aquarius Sun at 27 degrees (and 59 seconds). The Moon is squaring the Nodes of Fate. The Moon is in the Sun's sign and the Sun (the king) is in the sign of his detriment (opposite his sign) so neither is very happy here.

 

Not sure I like the looks of this Moon for the U.S./Biden - although whatever is happening fate is playing her hand and the masculine/feminine energies are uniting/equalizing through it. The Moon is inconjunct Pluto which is applying to the first ever U.S. Pluto return - exact in this Full Moon cycle, pretty much exact right now. The Moon is conjunct asteroid Damocles - the peril that hangs over power. She opposes the United States natal Moon (the people). The South Node is on Biden's Sun. The Full Moon in Leo is conjunct Biden's natal Chiron/North Node conjunction (also his progressed Chiron/North Node exact now on his descendant - natally he has Uranus on his descendant just as the U.S. does) and forming a Grand Cardinal Cross (seeds of change) with his Sun and the Nodes (the North Node on the U.S. natal Wuhan/Pandora conjunction and Kamala Harris's natal Jupiter). This Moon trines (brakes off) Kamala Harris's Sun. This Moon is also conjunct, within seconds, the 2017 Leo Solar Eclipse that split America in two. We talked about that one and her connections to Trump and covid - HERE, HERE, HERE and HERE.

 

We will talk about this in the U.S. Pluto return series coming up next.

We'll talk about this Moon in more detail for us personally as we get nearer, too, of course. Full Moons are times of peak energy/culminations/endings. With the Leo Full Moon squaring the Nodes of Fate - something has to change before we can go any further.

 

FEBRUARY 17TH - Jupiter sextile Uranus (11 degrees Pisces/Taurus) - Jupiter had a tense/frustrating square with Uranus from Aquarius on January 17, 2021, now, this year, with Jupiter moved into watery Pisces we get an opportunistic sextile. 

 

BIG moves/faith can pull us into the future/shore up our resources/make us money. The unexpected/different/chaotic can make us lucky. Miracles can happen. Again, with Jupiter in Pisces we can't be in "lalaland here", can't sleep/drink/escape our way through this. Keep in mind this Jupiterian LUCK will come in through bigger hands than ours/may not look the way we are expecting. We can't force our size 9 feet into size 7 shoes, even if they look way cuter. Something here is bigger than we are. Again this opportunity is water and earth, so cue the 'building bricks/clay' - requirement of a little action on our part. What's that story about the guy who asks God when he gets to heaven why he never won the lottery and God answered, "well, did you ever help me out and buy a ticket?". Buy a ticket.

 

FEBRUARY 18TH - Sun into Pisces - the Sun leaves Aquarius, the sign of his detriment, and moves into idealistic/imaginative Pisces. Our Pisces house is LIT. Our attention goes THERE. And we can all feel a little bit of what it's like to be a Pisces - we get more sensitive, more intuitive, more imaginative/artistic, more spiritual/connected, maybe more nostalgic, able to grieve what needs grieving, hopefully we become more compassionate. Often we need more rest. It's like we all get a taste of a 12th house Sun for a while and need to find ways to rejuvenate. While in Pisces the Sun will meet up with Jupiter and Neptune and sextile (opportunity) with the North Node and Pluto. How does Pisces energy work with your own Sun sign - give that one a think.

FEBRUARY 23RD - Mars sextile Neptune - (13 degrees Cappy/Pisces), Last Quarter Moon (5 degrees Sagittarius) - Mars reaches 13 degrees Cappy and moves into an opportunistic sextile with Neptune. Here is our solid/practical actions making the dream real. Note - Neptunian dream-making can sometimes require a sacrifice - we give up this to get that. Sometimes I find it's sleep I need to give up to get everything done that needs doing. This aspect speaks of gentle AND productive actions. This is also the day that Aqua New Moon/Leo Full Moon reaches her final square with the Sun - this time from 5 degrees Sagittarius. Maybe our beliefs are tested. A hope can fade. This is tension.frustration. We have that Mars sextile - sensible action/stepping into responsibility/our authority to move us through this one.

FEBRUARY 24RD - Mercury sextile Chiron (10 degrees Aqua/Aries), Venus sextile Neptune (22 degrees Capricorn/Pisces), Mercury squares Uranus (11 degrees Aqua/Taurus) - with Mercury squaring Uranus maybe some upsetting or disruptive news/information comes in. Conversations can be challenging. The good news here is Mercury's healing opportunity with Chiron, so the conversation needs to happen. The words spoken. The potentially shocking news absorbed. Very old/very deep wounds are being healed here. At the same time Venus, still in Capricorn (and how is this even possible?!) moves into an opportunistic flow with Neptune. She is doing what Mars did yesterday, so this is probably all the same thing. What we want/what we have to do to get what we want in line with our dreams/our spirits.

 

FEBRUARY 28TH - Mars/Venus trine North Node  (25 degrees Cappy/Taurus) - the month that starts off with a brand new vibe, brings miracles that sometimes hits us like a pouncing lion, finally closes out with this combining of the masculine and feminine energies in a beautiful/productive trine to our North North (how we are going to get where we are going) and sextile (opportunity) with the South Node (what is holding us back). Something forward-leaning can fall right into place here. Losses/letting go of fears and complications also create opportunity. We are moving into the future from a less fractured/more balanced position.

xo all

artwork by the talented Borda

weekly astrology forecast for creatives | January 17 - 23, 2022 - powerful endings, Aquarius season kicks off, changes with our money and values, lightbulb moments, new instructions

MONDAY - Full Moon in Cancer

TUESDAY - Uranus stations direct (in Taurus), Nodes enter Taurus/Scorpio

WEDNESDAY - Sun enters Aquarius and trines the North Node

THURSDAY - Mars conjuncts Galactic Center

SUNDAY - Sun conjuncts Mercury (retrograde)

Aquarius season kicks off with a BANG. Let's unpack the week!

On MONDAY - the Cancer Moon opposes the Capricorn Sun giving us this month's Full Moon, our annual Full Moon in Cancer - we talked about coming home to ourselves HERE. 

 

The Moon opposed to powerful Pluto will make endings/transformations PERMANENT.

On TUESDAY - Uranus stations direct at 10 degrees Taurus AND the Nodes of the Moon (fate) back into Taurus - North Node, how we are going to get where we're going - and Scorpio - South Node, what is holding us back. 

Uranus is our 'awakener' energy. Think hive-mind. Think rock-n-roll. Think earthquake. He gets us from point A to point B in the most efficient fashion (SUDDEN CHANGE), sometimes dropping us on our ass in the process. Uranus has been retrograde since August 19th. Our planets/points from 7-9 degrees Taurus can relax. Uranus is done with you. He won't be back here. Now, he starts moving forward from 10 degrees Taurus - steamrolling through our collective house of resources, money, our values, our self-esteem. Changing what we own. Changing what we value. Changing how we make our money and how our money connects to how we see ourselves. Pulling us into the future and the future back to meet us. Change is not an option. We've been here before, so if something changes direction now, it's not like we didn't see this coming ....

At the same time, the Nodes of Fate, after 18 months, leave Gemini/Sagittarius (breathe a sign of relief Gemini/Sags!) and move into Taurus/Scorpio. Collectively think - financial RESET.

 

We started talking about this in Part I - HERE.

 

With the North Node answering to a retrograde Venus, her way through Capricorn (or wherever she is, she is currently retrograding in Cappy) becomes OUR way through life. Build her a shrine. #kidding #not kidding. Actually the way to 'build her a shrine' is to respect Taurus's Venusian energy. Take care of what you own. Make a budget (I am not talking about being a tightwad, but consciously knowing where your money is going). Grow some food and eat it. Slow your roll/take time to savor what matters to you. 

 

I also like Ceres as at least co-ruler for Taurus and she has just stationed direct (in Taurus). Both Venus and Ceres are BIG players as the United States rolls into her first EXACT Pluto return on 2/20/22. With transiting Ceres EXACT on President Biden' Uranus that day and transiting Jupiter conjunct the U.S. natal Ceres AND transiting Venus conjunct both the Cappy HOT degrees "time runs out/power is cemented now updated to omicron" and Mars. 

 

We'll talk about this in the U.S. Pluto Return series.

 

With the South Node's move into Scorpio we aren't going to get anywhere mired in fear/death/obsession with CRISIS. If we don't start rising from these sweaty death bed sheets (also with Uranus in Taurus, stop scapegoating 'the other') we will be stuck. And Scorpio kind of stuck isn't like Sagittarius kind of stuck. Scorpio stuck is STUCK. Like big old wooden box in the ground kind of stuck.

 

EXAMPLE for Scorpio Rising (we'll get to all the signs in Part II). The North Node in Taurus will require you, in order to get where you want to go, to point your arrow toward OTHER PEOPLE. Yes, the unpredictable partners/contracts, etc, that have been shaking and quaking your world for the last couple years. The stuff/people you used to count on once upon a time, that haven't been so stable since Uranus entered Taurus in 2018. A focus on yourself/your physicality/your brand (Scorpio South Node and your first house) is going to keep you stuck - somewhere in here is the stuff you need to leave behind. The good news - the focus on partners/OTHER PEOPLE (and they are not going to stabilize, so here's the challenge) and making things more simple will reap you GREAT REWARDS. And you know I am not talking 'doormat' here, but going it alone isn't going to work. Unusual people can show up over the next 18 months. Maybe it's time to think about - who can I partner with and what's in it for them?

 

(this is not because what's in it for you doesn't matter Scorpio, but a focus on what's in it for them will get you 'what's in it for you') 

On WEDNESDAY - the Sun trines the North Node in Taurus and then moves into intelligent/detached Aquarius

With Uranus (Aqua's modern ruler) change of direction this week in Taurus and the North Node's entrance here and Mercury applying to his retrograde conjunction to the Sun - think "aha moments/flashes of insight" - maybe involving the future and our money/resources/what we value, so PAY ATTENTION to what comes to your attention. 

 

The Sun's trine to the North Node is his final aspect in Capricorn and the North Node's first aspect in Taurus. Both are POTENT. Our goals/responsibility/authority/Cappy house theme align us with the future. We won't have to push too hard/bang our head against the wall - something should fall into place here. The fly in the ointment is the Leo Moon will oppose Saturn today which is a depressing aspect, so we might need to check our ego at the door somehow. There could be rules/limits/restrictions. We will have to work for our 'applause/rewards' here and they will come over time/not immediately, but that's OK. The Moon's final aspect is a smooth trine to Mars. Keep going.

Once the Sun gets anchored in airy Aquarius things can start to lighten up. We can detach a bit from those Cappy goals/ambitions. Our Aqua house theme gets our ATTENTION/our life energy. This is a space we naturally 'step outside the box' and do our own thing. Sometimes as part of a group/cause and sometimes on our own. It's the space we connect to the 'future'. With Mercury here we can more easily translate 'the future' into words/ideas. Mercury will back into Cappy on January 24th, so we get a chance to see if these ideas/conversations/information have legs, before returning to Aquarius on February 14th (direct) when we will be full-steam ahead. 

 

The Sun will be in Aquarius until February 18th. 

On THURSDAY - Mars, nearing the end of his journey through fiery Sagittarius, crosses the Galactic Center - our homing signal/center of our Milky Way Galaxy. THIS is conjunct where the Sag South Node story started back in the spring of 2020 as Mars was opposing the Galactic Center and conjunct fixed star Algol and asteroids Pandora/Wuhan in the U.S. natal chart and we know what was blowing up back then. 

 

Now Mars (as us) is given a new comic download, new INSTRUCTIONS. New actions, new beliefs, new adventures. People with planets/points near 27 degrees of Sagittarius will feel this energy strongest, but it will be impacting everyone.

 

On SUNDAY - the Sun meets up with a retrograde Mercury at 3 degrees Aquarius. This is the mid-point of Mercury's retrograde cycle and his/her 'inferior conjunction' - the part of his retrograde cycle where a LIGHT SHINES ON WHAT THIS MERC RETRO HAS BEEN/IS ABOUT FOR US. 

Clarity. A future focused/logical conversation, idea or information comes in. Here is what we need to know NOW or the reason for what has previously been delayed/changed course.

(note this is also the day Mercury will inconjunct the North Node and semi-square Saturn, so it's more a time for insights than action)

 

Also note - this is a moment of clarity, but not an all-systems go signal. Big new moves should still wait until after February 3rd if possible. There is a New Moon in Pisces on March 2nd conjunct Jupiter that looks especially BENEFICIAL/potent - so time something for the days that follow as that one waxes if you can!

 

xo all - I hope something here is helpful.

artwork by the inspiring Duy Huynh