Today's astrology forecast | Friday, February 18th, 2022 - sun into pisces

 

We have moved on a bit from that Leo Full Moon (although it will play out over the next couple weeks and more fully over the next year). 

 

The Moon is in Virgo now - 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/focusing on wellness, taking care of our pets, taking care of our employees/co-workers, prioritizing quality over quantity, doing good work, fixing something (sometimes, yes, broken or not). 

She's busy today - trines Venus, then Mars, opposes Neptune and goes void off a trine to Pluto at 6:19PM EST. Mostly smooth flow with some Neptunian agitation - maybe some wet weather, a tendency to drift off course, some delusion/illusion, exhaustion. Still, that Virgo Moon has so much Capricorn support - we can be productive/get things done. She is then void until 10:51PM EST when she moves into Libra.

 

As soon as she gets into Libra she moves into an awkward inconjunct with the Sun who has just moved into Pisces. This month's Waning Inconjunct - Libra/Pisces. Kicking off Pisces season with a bit of a 'rock and a hard place' is actually not such a bad thing. The Moon here is reminding us of our partnerships/one-on-one relationships/the importance of balance before we get too swept away in the Piscean waters. 

The big news today, of course, is the Sun's movement into Pisces currently home to both Pisces modern and ancient rulers - Neptune and Jupiter, so locked and loaded. I have known alot of Pisces people and noticed Pisces are particularly proud of their Sun signs. I have never known a Pisces who would rather be anything else. Maybe it's because they are the last sign, I don't know, but Pisces really seem to like being Pisces. This time of year when the Sun moves into Pisces, we all start burning Pisces fuel, 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, hopefully more compassionate. Sometimes less focused, more lazy, lose our boundaries - keep this in mind. Often we need more rest, to take a break. It's like we all get a taste of a 12th house Sun for a while and need to find ways to rejuvenate 

 

 (we are also more likely to have childhood memories pop up to deal with and past life memories, if you resonate with that, any addictions/escapist tendencies can get our attention now, too). 

Of course, we still have our natal (and progressed Sun signs) running the show, but we get a little high-octane Pisces magic in our tank, too. 

 

It will start to be easier now to connect to other people, to see the hands of a loving universe at work in our lives. 

xo all

back with the U.S. Pluto return post this weekend

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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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the astrology of where we are right now plus the week ahead ...what has fallen apart starts falling into place, change is good

 

It's Aquarius season - let's take a step back and take a look at where we are! 

 

The Sun is in Aquarius for a couple more weeks. 

 

He is just coming off his meeting with serious Saturn. The reality check. That was exact on Friday. Yesterday, the Moon, in Aries, moved into a smooth sextile with Saturn and then the Sun. Aries is the warrior/the initiator. This speaks of taking action. The Aries/Aquarius sextile - opportunities through the new/through being ourselves/by not being too sentimental/not looking backward, but taking traditional things into consideration. Saturn requires maturity/patience/consistency. In Aquarius, maybe our responsibilities to the group, certainly our responsibilities to the future come into play. 

Mars, ruler of that Aries Moon, is in Cappy,

 

following in the footsteps of Venus and Mercury. He is squaring Chiron on Sunday while the Moon is squaring Mercury and then Pluto. Mars loves being in Capricorn, is exalted. But these squares are challenging. Not a time for pushing, impulsive or controlling language, power trips because our timing will be off somehow. Not a time for giving up either. The square to Chiron is painful, an old wound around masculine energy (being able to take care of ourselves/be ourselves/anger issues) is triggered. Maybe by authority, maybe as we try to take control of a situation. We don't want to/can't hide our humanness/vulnerability AND we don't want our head handed to us either or to be doing this to someone else. A cardinal square requires new action. Requires we MOVE. Mars in Cappy is about high noon/about doing the most important things, not doing everything. Imagine someone is watching what you are doing. What would you do and how would you do it? We are stepping into our responsibilities. Might feel over-burdened/lonely. If something is triggering you - you/your body is OVER-responding, in Aries maybe through anger/passion/impulsivity - think about other times you have felt this way. Not to wallow, because we want to keep moving, but to think about how you can grow through this, what this might be offering/teaching. 

THIS WEEK, Mars will trine Uranus. A trine is a smooth aspect, the brakes are off. If Mars in Cappy is exalted because limits/rules are HELPFUL then this trine is where we step outside these limits/rules/change things up and THIS CHANGE IS SMOOTHLY INTEGRATED. Uranus isn't tossing us a curveball that will drop us on our ass this time, this time maybe the curveball is bringing us to the HOME RUN. Changes are beneficial. Good energy for breaking bad habits and acting on new developments. 

As of last Thursday, Mercury is DIRECT! 

 

Yay! He is getting back up to speed. Things will start to pick up/catch up. Delays will end. Decisions will be made. Choices become more black and white. Answers will come in. Mercury is in Capricorn, too - so our words matter, our plans are solidified. Our words are our contracts. 

 

THIS WEEK, Mercury will meet Pluto for the third and FINAL time (they met the end of December and then the end of January) - what needs to be finished, what needs to come up to be talked about, truth can come out - and THEN Mercury goes on to trine the North Node in Taurus - putting us on our best path forward. This is about stability/security. The right words/conversations/information/ideas will find us and we will find them. Something slips into place. Can help with our finances/resources/self-esteem/bring greater stability. Note this 'falling into place' comes after Mercury's final pass under Pluto - facing death ONE MORE TIME.

Venus, like Mercury, is walking her final path through sober Capricorn, 

 

finishing up her 40 day and 40 night retrograde. She has worked her butt off to help us/stabilize us/show us what we really value. Mars is now within orb of Venus and they will remain together for WEEKS, instead of their usual meeting of a few days. This is VERY potent energy. Good for relationships/balance. For what we want working well with what we have to do to get it. This is the merging of masculine and feminine energies. From February 16th to March 6th they will be nearly EXACT. They will cross 0 degrees Aquarius TOGETHER - where Jupiter met Saturn in December 2020 and the world started up again and where Venus will meet Pluto next year. So, they start out together in Cappy - things get stabilized/maybe more traditional/serious, they will face Pluto (death, transformation, truth)  TOGETHER, oh my, then they move into Aquarius, the NEW, together. In Capricorn, Mars will pass Venus, but then as she gets up to speed, she will pass Mars in Aquarius. This part is VERY IMPORTANT. We will talk about this in its own post. 

 

Saturn, of course, is still in Aquarius, the sign of his ancient rulership where he is still quite strong. Everything in Cappy right now - Mercury, Venus and Mars -  is answering to him. Jupiter is flying through Pisces. If you have planets/points in Pisces check your chart - or email me and I will check for you - and see what dates you might be able to gain benefit from him here. Jupiter is the ancient ruler of Pisces and very strong here. Neptune, modern ruler of Pisces, is in Pisces for a few more years and Jupiter is going to meet Neptune here in APRIL. This conjunction is this year's BIG aspect and hasn't happened since the 1850's. We will talk about this in its own post, too.

The Moon starts out the week in Taurus, the sign of her exaltation. In Taurus, she will make mostly smooth/positive aspects other than a few hours early Tuesday EST when she squares Saturn and then the Sun. Her closing aspect, a smooth trine to Pluto, late Tuesday night is a good one, so things started during this Moon could be said to bring a good outcome. The Moon goes void Tuesday night, 11:48PM EST and is void until Wednesday morning, 5:27AM EST. 

 

Life gets busier when the Moon gets into Gemini (Wednesday morning) and starts answering to Mercury. Gemini again brings a mixed bag and a nice closing aspect. So, things began under this Moon could be said to bring a good outcome. The Gemini Moon will last until she trines the Sun on 3:23AM EST Friday. She will be void most of Saturday and then move home to Cancer at 6:27PM EST. So, we don't want to be starting anything brand new during that long void Moon on Saturday, if we need/want something to come of it.

I hope something here is helpful. I am still finishing up a few store orders for my jewelry lines and tending to some health stuff, but hoping to get part II of the Nodes series up this week and the first part of the U.S. Pluto return. 

More about this week in the monthly HERE. 

 

We have TWO Earth trines this week folks so something is falling into place for ALL OF US.

xo all

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