New Moon in Aquarius: It's the Future, That's Why it's Unfamiliar!

We have been through quite the intense Eclipse season, but now we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel as new things come into being with this New Moon in Aquarius tomorrow (January 24th 2020). 

During Eclipse season we majorly let go of an old reality as Saturn and Pluto were conjunct at the time of the Lunar Eclipse. Although, with the Solar Eclipse we also entered a new reality. It was an intense time. Now we are past that. Hopefully you feel like you have majorly transformed and released a lot because now we are stepping more into this new reality. Aquarius is futuristic. It's about moving forwards in this future that doesn't look like anything we've seen before. Saturn finally moved a degree ahead of Pluto. It was behind it for so long. Radical transformation was nearing, but Saturn was still caught up in the old ways of being. Then with the conjunction during the Eclipse major transformation, purging and death of the old happened. Now that it's finally ahead, it's like the phoenix has finally risen from it's ashes and we can create a new world and new structures. 

Right before this New Moon, the Sun sextiled Chiron in Aries and squared Uranus in Taurus. As we move forward there's a lot of healing that has occurred recently that we can integrate. Also, Uranus shook us up and is urging us to break free and embrace change. Uranus is the planet that rules Aquarius as well, so that energy is strong right now. Change may look too weird and different and we may not want to embrace it. Have no fear though. Keep moving towards the new, the radical and the different. 

Mercury is also in Aquarius at the time of the New Moon and it's about to sextile Mars in Sagittarius. It's time for a fresh new mindset as well. To think outside the box about things. To detach from things and see them from an objective perspective. With Aquarius and Sagittarius energy joining forces, keep your eye on the future only! Lots of future focused energy. 

It won't impact the New Moon, but Venus in Pisces is moving towards a square with Mars in Sagittarius and a conjunction with Neptune and Mars in Sagittarius is moving towards a square to Neptune as well. There may be some confusion this weekend especially about where the future is going and what direction to go in. It can get sort of spaced out, tired and weird. With Venus and Mars in square there could be a focus on relationships. Perhaps even some relationship tension. About what the future holds. Between emotions and between wanting stimulation and excitement. Between going towards the future you want a bit headstrong instead of what it is meant to be. The key is to tap into Neptune and Venus's conjunction. It's about going with the flow, going with what feels 'right' vs anything else. Going with the dreamy, romantic, other worldly feelings and not second guessing where they are taking you. Your soul knows what's best. Trust the love that feels divine. Trust your true pure feelings. Not the ones tainted by fear. Trust your heart, your dreams and the flow and you will be able to move in the direction that's best for you. 

It's an exciting time filled with change and newness. An intense period of release is waning. We can step fully into the new now. Don't hesitate just because it's unfamiliar. Don't stop just because it seems a bit foggy or doesn't quite make sense. Embrace the radically new, follow your feelings and trust that all will be well. 

Lunar Eclipse in Cancer: Release the Old Reality and Step Fully Into the New

We started the Eclipse season off with a Solar Eclipse on Christmas night. Ushering in a new world, a new reality. Now we are completing this Eclipse story with a Lunar Eclipse in Cancer today (January 10th 2020). We have started a new reality, but now we must release the past, old realities, old beliefs, rules and ways of being completely in order to step into the new. 

The Nodes are the points in which the Moon crosses the ecliptic. There's the North Node, which is in Cancer and the South Node, which is in Capricorn currently. Astrologically the North Node is an energy that as a collective and as individuals we should be moving towards. The South Node represents an opposite energy that is at times a balancing force and also represents an energy to let go of. Through certain series of Eclipses we deal with this energy. Moving in a better direction and learning new things. 

This Eclipse cycle is about the North Node in Cancer, where the Moon is at during this particular Lunar Eclipse. It's all about getting in touch with our emotions and feelings. Opening up emotionally. Opening up our hearts. It's important to follow this first and foremost at this time. 

With the South Node in Capricorn, which is where the Sun is at during this Eclipse, we need a solid foundation and structure from which to safely explore our feelings, open our hearts and follow our hearts as well. Basically we need a reality that is aligned with our hearts and feelings. Capricorn rules the bone structure in our bodies. If we think about it like that, we need a solid bone structure in which to contain our hearts and keep them safe. 

While that's the balancing energy of the South Node, there are certain things to let go of. Living life from a place of feeling obligated, fitting in with the so called 'rules', following the path set up by society, adhering to tradition and outdated modes of thinking. It's also time to listen to the voice of the heart instead of the voice of fear or restriction. Even the voice of reason some would say. 

Overall with this Eclipse we've reached a culmination point. A time to fully release. Hopefully our hearts have been opening, we're following them more and we've already realized a bit of what this new reality will be like quite recently. Now we need to fully release the past. Fully release blocks to our heart. Fully release fear. Fully release the old world. Old traditions. Old outdated ways of doing things, being and thinking. This is a big final release as the new continues to come into being. 

Now there's lots going on around this Eclipse. So much energy in Capricorn. We have the Sun, Mercury, the South Node, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto and even asteroid Ceres here. We are totally building a new foundation and world as we release the old reality. The core spark of our beings (the Sun), our minds (Mercury, our drive to expand (Jupiter), our inner authority (Saturn), our drive for transformation (Pluto) and our nurturing instinct (Ceres) are all teamed up now to create this new reality and release the old. With the Sun, we need a life that honors our truth, our inner spark. Old identities, old selves, need to go. With Mercury we need a new mindset. The old way of thinking, especially negative restrictive thinking, needs to go. With Jupiter, we need to allow our realities to expand and grow. To expand past what we thought was possible. To step into a new way of believing. The old way of belief,  old belief systems, need to go. With Saturn we need to regain authority over our lives. Realize the power we have to manifest and create the lives we desire. We need to create new healthy structures and know that all these good things must fit into this physical reality. We need to release giving our power away to authority figures. Adhering to old structures, rules and traditions. With Pluto we need to let the old reality die. Be destroyed completely. We need to rise from the ashes of the past. Transform into a new reality. A new you. With Ceres, we need to nurture and tend to our dreams of this new reality, so that it can become more real and continue to grow. Bring the quality of care and nurturance into this new reality. Let go of a cold world where there was no nurturance. Let go of old things in the past that you don't need to tend to or give your care to anymore. 

So let's talk about it all a bit more individually. Jupiter is exactly conjunct the South Node. We really are growing out of the past. Out of the old reality. It's like shoes that don't fit anymore. We are really being faced with old beliefs in order to let them go. Life is always what you believe it to be. Which is why you need to expand what you believe and be rid of negative beliefs. 

Mercury and the Sun are exactly conjunct during the Eclipse. There may be lots of communication and information coming through at this time. We need to align our minds and thoughts in a better place. Get our heads in the program. It's imperative to release negative thinking and fear based restrictive thinking at this time. There may be some difficulty and tug of war between our minds and feelings however as Mercury aligned with the Sun, means it's also exactly opposing the Moon. Our monkey minds may be in a tug of war with our feelings. You must not let your mind get the better of you and keep following your heart. Our hearts just feel what is right, but with Mercury in Capricorn we could over rationalize, get fearful and try to reason our way out of following our hearts. The heart's path is where true success lies however. 

The biggest news of this whole Eclipse is Saturn and Pluto's conjunction in Capricorn. This is not a transit that has happened since 1518. This is literally life altering on personal and collective levels. The old structures, rules, traditions, reality (Saturn) is dying, is being eradicated, yet transforming into something new (Pluto). Never have we experienced such a huge shift of the old reality literally ending and a new reality coming into being. 

I mean this is intense. The old has absolutely no place in your reality anymore. The past has to go completely. Old lives. Old versions of yourself. Old people that don't belong in your reality anymore. Old jobs. Old homes. Old anything. It has to go. A new beautiful reality is here and you're going to want to step into it. It may not look like anything you've ever seen before. That's a good thing! You don't want anything you've had before. Everything now must align with your heart. Your new reality must be heart based. This is a powerful transit bringing the new into being, but it can be harsh. This could be the biggest purge of the old. Lots could come up. You must release it. It has no place in the new. Anything you're holding onto will be eradicated. 

What's crazy is that the Sun and Mercury will meet up with this conjunction of Saturn and Pluto over the weekend. Some of this crazy, purging, transformative energy will continue throughout the weekend. It will be a intense energy building these 3 days. We will be releasing and stepping into the new this whole time. 

The asteroid Ceres' involvement is very interesting. Ceres rules the principle of nurturance. We are nurturing this new world as it comes into being. Ceres is at 21 degrees Capricorn smack dab between the Sun and Mercury conjunction at 20 degrees and the Saturn and Pluto conjunction at 22 degrees. In this new world we must nurture ourselves. Remember to care for ourselves. We must nurture our minds. Bring them into a softer energy. Ceres is a mother energy and Saturn is the father energy. Its interesting these are together and with Pluto! I'd say for anyone with residual parental issues, it's best to eradicate them our of your system at this time. The old dynamic that has been in grained in you. The patterns that stemmed from them. Let it go. The way you weren't nurtured perhaps as a child, you can release now. You don't have to carry these templates forward. We can majorly release parental issues. We can't carry them forward any longer. I mean, we're really eradicating everything from the past, as much as we can, but so many issues begin with our parents, it's no surprise to see this energy now. Even with the whole Capricorn, Cancer dynamic, mother and father energies are brought up. 

It's also interesting to consider Ceres aligned with Pluto. Mythologically Pluto was god of the underworld and he kidnapped Ceres daughter Persephone and eventually came to a compromise that Persephone would come back to the surface half the year and bring life. It's weird to see these energies meet up because of this myth. They're meeting up, making an agreement. An agreement for a balanced world with both winter and spring. Ceres energy is perhaps showing that yes we've been down in our personal underworld facing our demons, but it's time to let go of the struggle. It's time to come back to the surface. It's time for spring. It's energetically been winter as we've dealt with our shadows, but this energy marks that spring is on the horizon. It's time for new life and growth. 

Another asteroid that is playing a big part in this Eclipse is Juno. Juno is in Libra and is square the Sun and Mercury. Juno in Libra is about perfectly balanced committed relationships. There's a lot about relationships with this energy. The best fair relationships are coming into being. There's a ton of serious commitments within the good relationships aligned with this new reality. If you're in a relationship not working out this time though, oh boy get ready to release it. Even if you're holding on to residual committed relationship hurts especially in your mind with the square to Mercury. Thoughts connected to that must go. Also it could be about other things that you're committed to, but shouldn't, that you should release at this time. Old commitments must go as new ones form. 

This is such an intense time! The biggest week in astrology that I've seen yet. Life is changing! Reality is changing. Embrace the new reality. Release the old. Completely. Abolish it. The energy is pushing so strong in that direction. Let the old die way as you run with an open heart towards the new. It's already here. Just embrace it and let it keep growing. 

Solar Eclipse in Capricorn: A Whole New World

Late last night we had a New Moon Solar Eclipse in Capricorn. Eclipse season is here again and lots is changing! 

Think back to summer, especially to July and what was going on in your life then. How has that led to now? What's connected? Those Eclipses back then are an important part of what's happening now. back then it was all about the Cancer energy and the Cancer North Node. Following our hearts. Connecting to emotions. Paths we take in life must be connected to that even now, but it really started back then and releasing anything in the way of that. 

Now we have to tend to the opposite side of things. The Capricorn energy. We need to figure out the material/physical side of things. The practical side. A Solar Eclipse is a powerful new beginning point. This time in a more tangible sense. We must have a new reality to go with our new path of following our hearts and feelings. A reality in alignment with what we feel. This is what is occurring at this time. It's literally a time to enter a brand new reality. A whole new world. It's really important to allow yourself to enter this whole new world at this time. To not hold yourself back. Don't cling to the past. Or be held back by fear. This Eclipse is positive, but the downside of Capricorn energy can be a sense of fear or restriction. Think bigger than that and don't let fear of this new world hold you back. 

The Sun and Moon will actually be conjunct Jupiter during the Eclipse, which is really positive. Jupiter is about luck and expansion. Even in Capricorn. It's time to grow. Expand your reality. This is a really positive part of this Eclipse. Also, a couple days before the Eclipse, Uranus in Taurus was trine the Sun in Capricorn. This energy is still affecting the Eclipse. This energy is influencing a lot of change. A lot of shakeups. You can't stay stagnant in an old reality, you have to shake it up. 

Saturn and Pluto are also in Capricorn, but not conjunct the Eclipse. They are still influencing it though. They are moving closer and closer to their conjunction and will more impact the upcoming Lunar Eclipse. Still though, we have to do away with the old. Accept the end of a cycle and beginning of a new one. It's time to transform the structures in your life. Create new ones. Gain some new power and authority over your life. 

Capricorn also has tons to do with the structures of society and the government. Tons is changing in that area too with the Eclipses, but that's not an area I personally like to dive too deep into with astrology. My niche is more personal astrology. Still though, some of the biggest changes we may see for a long while may happen within these areas. 

~It's been interesting lately. So many changes for so many people. Realities are changing. Changing for the better. Allow it to happen because trust me, you don't want to cling to the old world. The old world is crumbling. Both on personal and collective levels. Build new worlds. It's about time. ~

New Moon in Sagittarius: Taking a Leap of Faith Into a Bright Future

Boy oh boy has the energy leading up to this New Moon been intense! We had a three week Mercury Retrograde taking us down into the depths and shadows confronting inner truths and demons. Lots of inner transformation hopefully took place. All of this was leading to outer change. Over the weekend Mars opposed Uranus bringing change, shakeups and the unexpected. Venus and Jupiter were conjunct and right in line with the center of the Milky Way Galaxy bringing so much growth, hope, expansion, love and a doorway into a bright future. Now to top it off right after that energy is a New Moon and new start in Sagittarius. 

There really aren't big aspects to the New Moon. It's more about the lead up to it that was important. Change is here. New beginnings. The New Moon in Sagittarius is about looking towards the future, out towards the horizon, with hope, faith and optimism. Ready to expand and grow. Ready for a new adventure. We've done the inner work and confronted truths hopefully (we're still processing and integrating it all.) We've experienced some change or shakeups already. Maybe desire (Mars in Scorpio) for change (Uranus). For some there may be endings. We've experienced a doorway of just the best possible things you could want with Venus and Jupiter. This New Moon is way tied into Venus-Jupiter because it's in Sagittarius and we won't see a New Moon in Sagittarius with Jupiter there for 12 years. This is lucky. Take this positive opportunity. Dream big and move into this bright future. If you believe and have optimism, the world really can be your oyster right now. This energy this week/past weekend can be intense, edgy and bring with it some endings, but truly what's overwhelming about this energy is just how dang positive it can be. So much opportunity! Step into this doorway of light. Choose this positive new path and look out towards a bright future. 

Full Moon in Taurus: Confronting Your Inner Truths While Preparing for Intense Change

Tomorrow (November 12th) early in the morning we have a Full Moon in Taurus. There's lots of change in the air, yet we are still in Mercury Retrograde gathering information. 

The New Moon cycle we had was opposing Uranus. Yet Mars was square Saturn and then Mercury Retrograde came shortly after. The cycle was about radical change and transformation, but some restrictions and blocks in the way of moving forward. Not to mention Mercury Retrograde showing up and saying we need more information. Still lots of change in the air. 

This Full Moon shows this as well. The Sun is in Scorpio. It's the season of transformation. It's a Full Moon, it's a culmination point, but also right after a time to release. Especially in Scorpio season. It's autumn, trees are shedding their leaves and you must shed the old. With the Moon in Taurus, release foundations that are old. Stop hanging on to what is stagnant, dead and not working. Or others may be in a different situation needing to let themselves build new foundations. Allow the new changes to come in and take root. It's kind of like our lives are like trees. Some people have an old dead tree on their hands and it's time for it to go. To be chopped down and turned into firewood or something. Other people are tending to a new tree, letting those roots grow deeper and really anchored into the earth beneath it. 

While we are in a time of release, transformation and change, it is still Mercury Retrograde. Change is still happening regardless, but maybe more internally as we prepare for the actual more external change. There's lots to be looked at, processed and let go of within yourself. It can get uncomfortable, but it's necessary. There's also lots of information that can keep coming up as well. More to be discovered. Especially since at the time of the Full Moon Mercury had just previously been aligned with the Sun. A lot more information may be coming to light. Sometimes Mercury can get blocked out by the Sun, so right before the Full Moon we could either be like 'aha' or not quite get where things are going. Regardless afterwards it emerges with new information. 

While not exact the Sun and Moon are moving into an aspect with Pluto at this time. Again confirming change and transformation in the works. Whatever changes are being wrought internally and about to be externally, will be for the best. There's an intensity though with all of this that's for sure. All this Scorpio energy is making us delve deep. Look at our shadows. The past. Confront truths. Even be overwhelmed with our desires. It's forcing transformation, but it isn't easy. It's a time that can bring about some discomfort. There's a bit of a squirming quality as we're faced with the underworld, the hidden shadows, truths and secrets previously kept. It's all for the good though! Positive transformation is here! 

While all that Scorpionic stuff is intense, we do have a super positive aspect going on at the same time as the Full Moon. This aspect is Mars in Libra sextile Jupiter in Sagittarius. There's expansion and growth happening. There's even a sense of luck and positive opportunities. It's funny cause at the New Moon Mars squared Saturn, so while it was a new phase there was a lot of restrictions and blocks. Now Mars is sextile Jupiter. Now we can grow! Now there is opportunity. We can see a glimpse of a bright future. With Mars in Libra this can bode well for one on one relationships and connections in particular. Opportunities to see how to move forward. Optimistic feelings of future opportunities for positive relationship growth. 

Also, Saturn in Capricorn just finished it's final sextile with Neptune. Reality and dreams can work together. If you so decide and put a bit of effort in, your dreams can come true. Amidst the intensity, deep reflection  and change, there's a lot of positivity as well at this time! 

It's been intense lately, that's for sure. With a Full Moon while the Sun is in Scorpio and Mercury Retrograde is in Scorpio it can get emotional and the emotions can run real deep. It's also a little too easy to get too caught up in the dark. Everything is moving towards positive transformation though. I'm telling you, once this Mercury Retrograde is over there will be lots of change unfolding. Right now its happening internally. We are processing and discovering new bits of important information. It's all pushing us towards major change in our lives and there's so much opportunity. We can totally make our dreams reality. Just be willing to transform.To shed your snakeskin. Be brave enough to face your shadows and your truth. It's all good, it's also just intense as fuck.