Monday, February 12, 2018
This week, we begin the
thaw. I mean this in terms of the astrological weather. But, that
often coincides with the actual weather. You see, this week, the Sun
and Mercury both follow Venus into the sign of Pisces leaving the
frozen, metallic but sparkly world of Aquarius. These bodies dissolve
into open waters. Venus entered the sign last Saturday. Plus, the
Moon swims with the fishes following our New Moon in Aquarius
midweek. This is the time in my neck of the woods that, though it
still may snow, it feels different than when it snows in the dead of
winter. Usually the snow is wet and doesn't hang around long. You may
begin to see the emergence of crocus or even a few promising buds in
the trees. Birds begin busily choosing trees for their nest
building...the Earth slowly begins to re-enliven. It's a magical
time, really. In which Mother Nature is the magician sparking
something new back to life nearly everyday.
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For us, it is a time of
dream and gestation. We can feel the awakening of the Earth and the
promise that brings. We can dream of what the warmer days will be
like and what we will do with them. It's time to plan gardens...which
makes me a little sad since I probably won't have one this year. I've
plenty of other dreams to occupy my time, however. That part is
pretty key with Saturn in Capricorn. His recent mantra to me is
“Don't focus on what you cannot do right now. Focus on what you can
do.” I enjoy Saturn's no fluff, common sense approach. He doesn't
over-complicate. “It is what it is. Progress is progress,” he
says flatly. Very centering energy to me.
Today we begin with the Moon
in Capricorn. This is the growing dark moon. A time in which the
energy feels like a vacuum or black hole. As if the Universe pulls
from our body and atmosphere all kinds of gunk that needs to be
absolved. This is the wrap up, finish up stage of the Moon. It's a
great time for wrap up work, adding finishing touches, clearing out
space that you would like to fill with intention and purpose in the
physical, emotional or energetic realm. The emotional body is very
quiet and sometimes our physical bodies will crave the same.
When the Moon is so low, I
like to picture a Void. Almost likened to a huge swirling black hole
into which I can throw anything and have it disappear
forever...swiped to a different dimension...devoured in the aethers.
Sometimes, my trash can is that void through which I discard clutter
that I cannot recycle. Sometimes it is an energetic Void that I toss
stale emotions and outworn laments. Sometimes, I put my whole self in
that Void just to shelter in peace. No light. No sound. Nothing. Just
myself weightless in the empty. Sensory deprivation can be an amazingly powerful experience.
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At 2:23 the Moon meets Pluto
by conjunction and this “void” for emotional, physical and mental
purging opens wide. Let it suck all the impurities out of your energy
field. Recycle or rework projects that may not have turned out how
you planned. Clean your physical and energetic space. Release fears
or confront them. The conjunction does fall in sextile to Jupiter in
Scorpio (Moon sextile at 6:43 PM) that is a huge magnetic poultice
mixture that can...and likely will...work to bring lots to the
surface on several levels. The point? Inspect it. Acknowledge it. Let
it go. Mourn its loss then clean and purify the energetic space to
ready it for the better things/thoughts/ideas to fill it with. This
is also wonderful for dietary detox efforts, releasing/reforming bad
habits and severing negative attachments.
At midnight, the Moon is
unsettled by a square to Uranus. This is rarely a comfortable set up
for sleep. Usually when I see that, to me it means someone is going
to leave the TV on and it's going to wake me up in the middle of the
night. And, I'm probably going to be pissed. LOL. But, it is an
erratic unsettled energy that can make it hard to calm down.
Following this square, the Moon is rendered Void. We may be able to
catch some rest even if later than typical.
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
The drawing Void Moon
persists this morning until she is reawakened in the sign of Aquarius
at 10:13 AM. This lightens the mood a bit. But, she is still low and
strongly waning in preparation for the New Moon on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Mercury in
Aquarius and Jupiter in Scorpio meet in conflict at 5:39 PM. This
occurs at 23 degrees of their respective signs. The key to managing
this transit? Don't over think it. Don't over-complicate it. Don't
blow it out of perspective. Remember the beauty in simplicity and
common sense. And, realize there are plenty of gray areas we can
choose from between the extremes.
Jupiter moves particularly
slow right now as he prepares to turn retrograde in March ending our
period of “all planets direct” that we've had since early
January. During this time, templates have been made of the framework
we will work within for the entirety of the year. If you still have
things you would like to address upon the large timeline of the year,
you can still set intention toward those at the New Moon in Aquarius.
As for Mercury and Jupiter,
over-blown and over-complicated comes to mind. Again, you can use
these two by allowing Jupiter to excavate information and allowing
Mercury to analyze. It is a good time to seek out expert opinions in
an effort to gain expertise in the area of your choosing. It's a good
time to raise your social and communication expertise and mix that
with what you've learned about the language of the unspoken
(non-verbal communication, symbolism, etc.).
The downward end of this is
pure logical thought meeting with the theory of depth and mystery,
the non-rational, unexplained and sometimes that which provokes fear.
Mercury in Aquarius does not like stuff it cannot explain. It wants
to KNOW and without proof and measurable outcomes, to Aquarius, there
is no knowing. That makes him really uncomfortable. Plus, the set up
can cause tangled brains to become even more tangled and perhaps even
paranoid. But, employing the power of Aquarius in the highest way
allows us to step back in observation without need to draw conclusion
yet. In that way, Jupiter can theorize and excavate information
without getting wholly sucked into it. Then, Mercury can be the
scientific aide in this pointing out what may be too extreme or
abstract. But, on the low end, this is likely to cause disagreement
and discomfort in conversations with others especially in those
touchy realms like politics, religion, death, and sexuality.
Jupiter's subject matter is neither easy nor neat. It's messy.
Something Aquarius doesn't like much. But, again, Aquarius can help
us step back from that and observe rather than roll in it. Arguments
will probably center around who is more adamantly right in their line
of thinking when really neither person is right because they are too
stuck in their own experience and point of view without a smidgen of
willingness to budge. Fixed, fixed STUCK. Remember, that there may
not be a wholly right answer. The right answer may change according
to the situation. Absolutes “never, always” are traps that hinder
us from finding the best answer for the situation at hand. Usually it
is the ego or an unwillingness toward change that gets in the way of
an ability to negotiate here. Optimistic and innovative forward
thinking meets with an energy that wants to wallow in the shadows of
despair comfortably where it is. Because that feels familiar and
though not pleasant we know what to expect from it. Letting go of the
misery we know can be tough. But, this energy sure can help if we let
it.
Allowing the observation to
occur instead of trying to complete the puzzle just yet is greatly
bolstered by the Sun's waxing sextile to Uranus in Aries at 9:23 PM.
This can produce an aha moment as a result of our excavations and
observations. Or, if we've utilized the Void to clear space this can
be the elated feeling of lightness and freedom that follows. Or, it
could be the inspiration we were waiting on giving us the ability to
innovate and employ what it is we have learned so far.
Either way, that set up is
not cumbersome and encourages us to rise further above chaos in an
effort to see the pieces of the larger construct...like an eagle
soaring on thermals observing the whole of the world below.
Unattached. Free. Independent from what is seen as a “convoluted
mess” when we are actually on the ground in the mix of things.
Plus, it is a nice set up for light activities with friends or even
jetting off on your own to try something new.
Wednesday, February 14,
2018
Ah. Valentine's Day. Or,
whatever bitter name you want to attach to it. Listen, I get so
overly fatigued with commercialism and pressure. Not as much on this
holiday; but, on most of them. However, I've learned to kind of make
peace with this one. You see, one year I was single and pretty damn
bitter about it, to be honest. The relationship I had just lost was
one I thought would last a lot longer. But, the truth of it was, even
though we did truly care for one another...our dreams for the future
and our lifestyles simply didn't match up. Not that one was better
than the other. They were just different and involved points we were
not able to compromise. So, yeah. I was so freaking bitter, man. Not
to mention heartbroken and kinda pissed off.
Thing is, I love to see
Valentine's Day emerge. It's like the first sign of spring to me. Red
is my favorite color and everything comes that way this time of year.
Plus...chocolate! I didn't want to miss out on that because of a bad
break up. I wanted to enjoy the “feel” in spite of myself. So.
Instead of wallowing in the fact that I was not likely to receive a
sweet “I love you” gift from anyone, I decided to hand out my
own. I sent bouquets of flowers to the workplaces of all my friends.
They had no idea they were coming. But, as they were received, the
flow back of appreciation that came to me was overwhelming. I got my
love. My heart overflowed that day. Single. No gift. No lover. It was
a beautiful day. And, I'm a damn Libra...lol. Ok? Being single is
hard enough for us. Being single on a day in which flowery flittery
romance is in the air? Yeah. It's not fun. But, you know what, there
is so much more room in this day for things other than wallowing and
being bitter. I can't make that choice for you. But, I can promise
you that you won't likely regret it if you make it for yourself.
Besides, the Sun in Aquarius
is sextile Uranus still. Being free to roam, enjoy light social
activities without any kind of pressure or just striking out alone as
your tall cool self fits really nice here.
Our Moon in Aquarius finds
Mars in Sagittarius by sextile at 9:31 AM. Get out! Try something
new! Meet someone new. Dare to stretch out there and explore. The
morning is light and active allowing us to aim that energy at
anything we may choose.
If you are coupled, it's a
great day to go out and explore some new place. If you are single,
it's a great day and get out and explore a new place. Grab some
friends...make some new ones. Chase the horizon.
Thursday, February 15,
2018
This morning the Moon in
Aquarius is square Jupiter in Scorpio. Scrape the bottom of the
barrel. The Moon strongly wanes and this is your opportunity to take
out the final trash and bring things to completion. Don't allow the
square to Jupiter overwhelm you. Keep things in perspective. Don't
over-complicate.
At 10:08 AM a WONDERFUL
inspirational sextile between Mercury in Aquarius and Uranus in Aries
cracks the energetic atmosphere. This is active genius. A new and
wonderful idea for what we will fill our now scraped clean empty
spaces with. Plus, it's quickly followed by a Moon/Uranus sextile
(12:42 PM) allowing us to fully detach from heavier emotions and seek
hopeful and new experience instead. All this is very hopeful. And,
very active. We want to open up the windows and let spring in even if
it isn't really spring yet. However, talk about marvelous for taking
initiative on the freshen it all up cleaning efforts as if it were!
This is spectacular for that. But most won't likely feel like being
indoors to do so.
At 1:08 PM, the Moon meets
Mercury in Aquarius and they share their inspiration just in time for
the New Moon (blah, blah, partial solar eclipse) to come in allowing
us to set intention toward these sparkly promising new ideas.
The New Moon officially
occurs at 4:07 EST. She's rendered Void as soon as the aspect occurs.
So, setting intention as this waxes in works. Or waiting until she
enters the watery world of Pisces at 9:43 PM gets it done too.
Meanwhile, Venus finds
Saturn by sextile at 6:20 PM giving our dreamy heart imaginings power
to be manifested in the material world. Allowing our tender hearts
boundary and support. The soil is rich and Aquarian energy is ripe
for wishing...feel free to whisper a few and let “magic” take it
from there if nothing else.
I've written two articles on
the incoming New Moon if you would like to check those out. Our Guide
for this lunation is the 4 of Cups. You can find that blog entry
here. Then, for a look at the astrology, you can read how I used the
energy coming into this New Moon to create my project I called
Aquarius by following this link.
Otherwise, it is a very hope
filled day. The energy is light. Emotions are low. Venus is steady,
well grounded but still creative and compassionate. Drink. This. Up.
Friday, February 16, 2018
This morning the Moon
resides in dreamy, empathic and sensitive Pisces. At 9:49 AM, she is
gloriously in sextile with Saturn and moving toward a conjunction
with Venus at 11:37 AM. This is a time of manifesting dreams, folks.
Making something out of nothing. Learning to love with healthy
boundary. Creative mud. The influx of water toward Saturn eases him
up in his stoic nature a bit. It allows for creativity to wash into
our plans. We can take a relaxed pace toward our goals. Our tempo and
mood can both be set to music. It's not only a wonderful day for
creating lovely art visions. It's also a day in which we can imbue
our leadership efforts with empathy and compassion. It's a great day
for acts of charity and emotional support. Whether you have some to
share or need some, reach out.
Saturn is a nice entity to
have hanging around with planets in Pisces. It's like being given a
floating device when otherwise lost at sea. We can be creative,
gentle and productive. Either way, it's a really nice energy. I'm
ecstatic to be stuck with it for the entire month of my new Lunar
cycle. And, if you are an early degree Pisces Moon, you will likely
enjoy this as well.
We do meet with friction as
the day moves forward, though. Our quiet and recluse Pisces Moon
meets with the rambunctious energy coming from Mars in Sagittarius at
midday. Thing is, Mars is also waxing toward a square with Neptune
meaning our physical energy may be dissipated or compromised in some
way. Actions can become confused, ambiguous...or, we may feel the
initial tug from Mars to get out and engage in the world but the
following conjunction from the Moon to Neptune (11:32 AM) could have
us more inclined to take a nap. If you are struggling with the square
from Mars to Neptune...unsure of what you should do next, lacking
energy to do much or merely confused about your motives and
ambitions...laying tools down and resorting to the dream world can
actually help. Surrender your problems or questions to the Universe
and ask that it be settled in your dreams. Sounds nuts, right? But,
sometimes when you release your grip this way...the body and mind can
relax enough to seek a workable solution. Plus, sometimes the magic
of surrendering your own will to the powers beyond ourselves through
prayer, meditation or...yes...sleep...returns a similar magic by way
of a solution we were missing.
Mars officially squares
Neptune in tomorrow morning. This is NOT an ambitious set up. We are
more encouraged to follow where the flow leads us instead of
attempting to fight the current. Accept how you feel energetically
and just go with it. Allow yourself to be led for a change instead of
feeling as if you need to constantly take charge. We can rest and
allow the initiating energy that will find us (after Mars/Neptune
begins to wane) under our incoming Aries Moon. Pisces Moons are for
floating, dreaming, gestating and softer acts of creativity, dream,
art and music. Those opportunities don't come very often. Today and
into tomorrow, we are given free license to take advantage of it
before we take off sprinting into our new week with the Moon in Aries
on Sunday morning.
Saturday, February 17,
2018
Mars is square Neptune this
morning under our Pisces Moon as Mercury in Aquarius finds the Sun in
Aquarius both headed toward the 29th degree of the sign.
This happens between 6:21 AM and 7:28 AM. The body is less than
energetic but the brain space is quite active. The Sabian symbol for
the Sun/Mercury conjunction reads: “Metamorphosis completed, a
butterfly spreads its wings. Immortality of the real self. Graduation
into a new realm of being. Confident projection of self; lack of
self-confidence.”
Makes sense to me. Have you
ever watched a butterfly newly emerge from a chrysalis? It doesn't
jet off into flight right away. It's actually still kind of “hung
over” and maybe even a little weak kneed and wobbly. It stretches
it's lovely wings out so they can fully dry. It starts to learn how
to get used to its new shape, new body. A caterpillar has never flown
before. You know? And as you emerge “anew” you may feel the same
way especially with Mars square Neptune.
But, yet, the brain zips
with inspiration and new ideals! We want to act upon them but our
ability to engage is greatly subdued and softened. We may suffer
either extreme as depicted in the sabian...a pumped up sense of self
confidence (that usually is a defense mechanism for low self-esteem,
really) or a total loss of confidence. You know what? There's a
middle ground in that. Gentle, easy, warm confidence that is not
threatened by the shine of anyone else but content to settle in the
glow of itself.
Write down your wild
inspirations and aspirations. Allow your imagination to take you
through the possibilities of bringing these to fruition. Dream it up
the way you want it to go. Know, yeah, this might be brand new.
Something you have never tried before. You might make mistakes. But,
the only failure here is doubting yourself so much that you never
even give your dreams a chance.
Just before 1 PM the Moon
meets with traction, determination and grit while also feeling a bit
restored (especially if you rested in the earlier part of the day) by
way of a sextile to Pluto in Capricorn. This is followed by an
uplifting watery trine between the Moon and Jupiter in Scorpio at
5:15 PM. Then, Mercury dives into the sign of Pisces giving us a
beefing up the current stellium in the sign (Moon, Venus, Neptune,
Chiron...now Mercury). Tomorrow, the Sun joins this mix but the Moon
exits. The thaw continues. And, today is a good day to let things
melt into a dreamy water colored mix. Following the trine with
Jupiter, the Moon is Void until entering Aries at 7:06 AM tomorrow.
Sunday, February 18, 2018
This morning, the Moon is in
Aries as her ruler, Mars, begins to sober up after his conflict with
Neptune. Physical energy is likely restored a little bit allowing us
to take action toward some of the wonderful inspiration that the
Sun/Mercury conjunction provided us with yesterday.
At Noon, Aquarius season
officially comes to a close and the Sun enters the ethereal seas.
Here the ego melts, softens and becomes quite subdued. We've just
experienced about every aspect the Sun will make through this sign by
way of the Moon's passage through here on Friday and Saturday. Other
than potential conflict coming from Mars, the surrounding energies of
Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and Pluto...yes, Pluto...are glorious
things to have in a Pisces Solar return! Course, we still have
Neptune and Chiron in that mix, too. But, mostly, it looks like a
sweet year to be Pisces to me! Happy birthday fishes!
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The day mostly goes by
unencumbered. However, the Aries Moon does get called out by Saturn
at 7:16 PM. That looks a lot like the Monday dreads to me...we know
the reality of Monday is coming. Taking initiative to feel as if
you've accomplished something today is going to help offset this
square. Plus you can use all the creative energy out there to help
address your goals in imaginative ways. What you don't want to do is
caught in the Aries Moon's shadow which is to perceive everything as
a battle to be won or a challenge to over come. Sometimes things
don't need to be fought but accepted. But, Aries Moon would rather
headbutt obstacles than look for a gentler solution. The better way
to go about that is to take some of this initiating energy from the
Moon and the creative energy coming from the sign of Pisces and shape
all that around our “plan” or our “goal.” A softer more
indirect approach may be called for rather than straight up declaring
war on it.
Tomorrow morning, the Moon
has left the pressure of Saturn in favor for an active fire trine
with Mars in Sagittarius. We can accomplish a great deal in the early
part of the morning and actually feel like doing so! Rest up today
and get ready for that after chunking out some easier tasks during
this day so you don't feel like a totally washed up sloth and it
ought to go just fine.
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