What a powerful (super) New Moon we have at the Aries Equinox this year. At the first degree of the first sign of the zodiac, this Moon is in total alignment with the World Axis. It is also exactly sextile Pluto, which then enters Aquarius (for the first time) on March 23rd. To read more about the New Moon in Aries, and a bit about Pluto dipping its planetary toe in the sign of Aquarius next week, click below.

On the ides of March we have a rather confusing and confabulating last quarter Moon. This is the time of the month when we begin to tie up loose ends, release and let go. This last quarter moon on the 14th is also overlaid with all sorts of obfuscation and confusion. Also this week is the culmination of the Jupiter/Chiron conjunction in Aries. To read more about these, click below.

This coming Tuesday, there is a Full Moon in Virgo. This is our Spring Cleaning Moon that sweeps out the remnants of the year that was. But it is the ingress of Saturn into Pisces on the same day as this month’s Full Moon that is the big astrological news of the week. The last 3 times that Saturn was in Pisces were in 1935-37; 1964-67; and 1993-96. To learn more about the transit of Saturn in Pisces, click below.

Saturn has been in the sign of Aquarius since March of 2020, and is about to leave Aquarius for the sign of Pisces on March 7th. From the 26th of February thru March 7th, Saturn will be at the the very last (29th) degree of Aquarius, referred to by astrologers as the ‘anaretic’ degree of the sign. It is at this last degree of the sign that we find ourselves tying up the loose ends of the previous cycle in preparation for the one to follow. 

The Super New Moon in Pisces falls on February 20th (or 19th depending on where you are in the world) in the very early degrees of the sign. This only just further emphasizes this idea of impending or very real New Beginnings. Although Saturn is still in the later degrees of Aquarius, it is still conjunct this New Moon. The Moon in Pisces aims to inspire and dream, and Saturn sitting in the wings will cross this degree one month from now.

This week opens with a conjunction between Mercury and Pluto in the very last degree of Capricorn. What astrologers call the anaretic (29th) degree of the sign. Pluto, the planet of birth, death, and renewal, rarely does anything without an element of drama and finality. But know that when Mercury enters Aquarius this weekend, it does so with a promise for hope and possibility. A bigger vision emerges out of the ashes and rubble of what remains. 

There is a Full Moon in the sign of Leo this weekend. Falling on Sunday, February 5th at 16º Leo 41’, this is also a Moon laden with unexpected surprises, sudden (and sometimes dramatic) outcomes, and impulsive emotional outbursts of declarations and promises that can’t possibly be kept. But what can also arise are illuminating truths, unexpected changes, and the adjustment to a whole new paradigm or outlook in our lives. 

One of the fixed cross quarters of the Solar Year, February 1st-2nd, Imbolc, is the midway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. A time of fertile potential, we too can see this as a time of potential in our own lives. All the more so now that all the planets are appearing to be moving direct.

The New Moon at 1º Aquarius on January 21st is not only a Super Moon, but a powerful Moon in other ways as well. With a conjunction to Pluto in the last degrees of Capricorn, and a supportive sextile from Jupiter in go-getter Aries, this is an excellent time to set our intentions and proceed with any plans that had been simmering on the back burner. For on January 22nd, with the apparent direct station of Uranus, all the planets will be in apparent direct motion until April 21st.

Mars has finally stationed for its direct phase. And this is to be followed shortly after with Mercury’s direct station on January 18th. We are in the process of positioning ourselves for a rare forward momentum that will come after the New Moon on January 21st, when all of the planets will be direct. Until then, use this period before the New Moon to tie up loose ends, fix what needs fixing, and pause when we just need to pause.