We have an abundance of planets in Aquarius this week culminating with a New Moon in Aquarius on February 11th (which also ushers in the Lunar New Year of the Metal Ox). We are thoroughly awash in Aquarius this week.

Mercury retrograde in Aquarius can bring its usual mayhem and distraction, but it also has some hidden benefits. Are our lives going to be riddled with distraction for the next 3 weeks? Or might we find some much needed illumination?

It is in these liminal times of change, where we seem to be riding along on this roller coaster of change, that doors can open, glass ceilings can be smashed, even while we we wade through waves of chaos. We are crossing a threshold.

Yes, this weather looks utterly and mind-bendingly unpredictable, dangerous, and chaotic. But it is also the sort of weather that can open doors and awaken possibility, as we stand on the brink of something new. Make sure you are strapped in tightly. We’re in for a bit of a roller coaster ride. Hang on everyone.

2021 is a transition year. Change is never easy. There will be growing pains and there will be resistance. And things are probably only going to get a little crazier over the next few weeks. Hold on to your hats everyone, and strap on those seat belts, we’re in for an unpredictable and unprecedented ride.

As we stand at the precipice between the old year and the next, I think many of us will be happy to see the back end of 2020 receding into the past. May we clear out all the lingering vestiges of the year that was, in order to make room for much, much better things to come. Happy New Year to one and all.

The Full Moon in Cancer is normally a time for gathering with family and loved ones, as well as a time for nostalgic celebration of the year that was and gazing with a healthy resolve towards the year to come. And even though we may have to see family on Zoom or FaceTime, and there is nothing normal about 2020, the annual ritual of saying goodbye to what was (perhaps gleefully so) and greeting the New Year to come (maybe with a little trepidation), remains the time honored tradition that it always was.

On Thursday, December 17th, Saturn entered Aquarius, followed by Jupiter entering Aquarius on the 19th. Then on the Solstice, December 21st they will be exactly conjunct. The last time this close a conjunction was this visible was in 1226! These conjunctions of the two largest planets in our Solar System are known as Great Conjunctions. May the Great Conjunction of 2020 lead us onward to greater and more magnificent horizons.

The transition is begun. And once it is started there is no going back. Therefore may we grow back not to what was, but instead towards what we can become. A Total Solar Eclipse on Monday is followed by Saturn and Jupiter entering Aquarius next week.

We are now in the void between the Lunar and Solar Eclipses. Things fade. Other things are trying to unfold. What that exactly is, is still somewhat uncertain for now. Eclipses are so unpredictable. All the more so when we are under a Neptunian fugue. Therefore all we can do is proceed on faith that everything will turn out as it should.