The New Moon in Aries is always invested with vital energy, but with sextiles to Mars and Jupiter this Moon is even more so.

With a questionable Mars/Neptune square, and Mercury joining Sun, Venus and Chiron in Aries, we are all going to be reacquainting ourselves with our Chironic wounds this week, while also being given tools to heal them, once and for all, if we so choose. And intertwined in all this are some of the most remarkable gifts we could ever receive.

There is a Full Moon this weekend on Sunday, March 28th at 8º Libra 18’. With an exact opposition to Chiron and Venus, both closely conjunct the Sun, it is shining a light on our wounds. Some that we thought safely tucked away in a box so long ago. Yet out of that same box, interlaid with all those wounds, are some of our greatest gifts.

The Vernal Equinox occurs at the Aries Ingress, the first degree of the first sign of the western zodiac. Electric and vibrant, Aries is a sign of rebirth and renewal. Welcome to the Astrological New Year.

The New Moon in Pisces on Saturday is conjunct Neptune and Venus. What does it mean to connect with that divine spark within? Each year at the Pisces New Moon we are asked to pause, turn down the noise in our inner and outer world, and allow the divine to speak through us, in whichever way is most meaningful to each of us.

With Neptune square the Nodes for the past year, we can feel as if we are adrift at sea. Neptune confuses, distract, confabulates. The Last Quarter Moon allows us to release that which no longer serves us, is unraveling and distracting. Preparing us for the New Moon on March 13th.

We see the results of causes that were already set in motion, coming to fruition; and see the impact of changes made manifest. But Full Moons can also open a door, and make things more evident. In this case that can include finding a better way to resolve any conflicting circumstances in our lives.

As Mercury slowed for its direct station last week, it was heading for restrictive, reality-centered Saturn, making us all too aware of the obstacles that will need to be overcome in order to be able to move forward with our goals. But now that Mercury is appearing to pause and shift direction, all that we have learned, and made aware of, is being interlaced with vestiges of what may feel like hope.

There will be 3 exact Saturn/Uranus squares this year, designating 2021 as a transition year. The first of these squares will be on February 17th. A tense aspect between two very different planets.

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.