Pisces New Moon
The Pisces New Moon profects at 20 degrees on March 10th at 4:01 am est. The New Moon is caught in between Saturn at 11 degrees Pisces and Neptune at 27 degrees Pisces. This juxtaposition between Saturn the realist and Neptune the dreamer, has both Piscean fish swimming in two directions. I like this for Pisces, a mutable water sign that sits between winter and spring, dark and light, this is a familiar place for the slippery fish. The cord that binds the two keeps them in check from swimming too far into one direction, and I feel like this particular lunation is a reality check, or a grounding point to our bigger dreams and plans.
Shifting Waters
Both Saturn and Mercury are swimming in the darker waters, the underworld. On Feb 28th, they will each get pulled out of Hades, encouraged by the cord that binds, and respectively enter the heart of the Pisces Sun.
Tensions & Upgrades
Pisces-Hope Restored
It is quite the watery ingress for Pisces season this time around in 2024. Here in Michigan, all 3 water signs are being activated, with a Scorpio rising at 0 degrees, Pisces Sun at 0 degree and a Cancer Moon at 0 degrees. The Sun and the Moon are in a waxing gibbous phase, which first began at the Aquarius New Moon on Feb 9th. The Moon is elevated in Cancer too, this is Luna’s safe space. Here the Moon is well-fed and cared for. This 0 degree mark initiates a coming Pisces season with all the marks of heightend sensitivity, intuition and emotional reception, and a perfect time to tune into the divine and the divinity within. This is a season of the spirit and soul reconnecting through faith.
Aquarian Planetary Parade
The water-bearer’s vessel overflows with planetary pressure. Sun, Moon and a multitude of planets are building and swirling in the sign of Aquarius, complemented by a New Moon February 9th.
Any planet currently joining Pluto isn’t exactly light and easy, but it is also the first time since the late 1700’s they joined the underworld lord in the sign of Aquarius. This is a point of observation and study, it will lend hints to what exactly we will be encountering as individuals and/or collective in the next 20 years during Pluto’s extended stay. The 3 personal planets, Mercury, Venus and Mars parading into Aquarius are very much directed to us individually, and if we have any personal planets aspecting these transits, the volume may be turned up full blast. These transits are all adding to collective compost soup could enrichen and enliven the soil. It is up to us to filter out the waste that is antithetical to future life.
First Principle: Sun & Moon
We are all the Fool on the journey. Exploring first principles in astrology, the Sun and the Moon and the connection to the first two cards of the tarot major arcana, the Magician and the High Priestess.
Pluto & The Chariot
This charioteer is ready to explore the future and perhaps the past, always remaining connected to the divine and also feeling protected from what is ahead. He knows he is moving into unchartered territory, and yet he holds strong and confident in faith.
From Earth To Air
Aquarius season begins with Pluto’s arrival on January 20, 2024. Let us first reflect where we have been, so we can be aware of the twenty year path forward.
New Moon, New You!
Capricorn New Moon reminds us of what we placed on the altar at the new year, and encourages us to fortify our path forward.
Winter Solstice 2023
To our ancestors, this period of growing darkness gave way to various rituals and celebrations, honoring the dark and the return of the light. All festivities and rituals were focused around the gradient aspect of light, and ultimately the return of the Sun. Darkness is just one side of the scale, yet it always is light that remains, and this is the beauty in our relationship to solstice.
Mercury’s Reversal
Mercury has stationed retrograde today. Second to Full Moons, Mercury retrogrades are pretty common knowledge.Those of us who even follow astrology loosely know that Mercury retrogrades can affect communication, technology, and transportation. This can show up as a computer failing, cracking the screen of your phone, getting in a car accident, or car not starting.
Not all retrogrades of Mercury will be felt by everyone, as always it is natal chart dependent.
Obscured by Clouds
Full Moon in Gemini, the ruler of this lunation, Mercury is squaring off to Neptune in Pisces. Clarity is hard to access, indecision haunts.
Hunting Old Ghosts
The house of Scorpio is heavily activated all of November. This is the sign of the scorpion, the one who was dispatched to hunt the great hunter, Orion. It was the scorpion who emerged from a deep underground cavern, ordered by Gaia herself, to take down the giant Orion, who boasted he could and would kill all wild beasts that roamed the earth. It was quite a battle, but Scorpius prevailed, eliminating Orion and gaining the intrigued eye of Zeus.
On Monday, November 13, the Sun and Moon meet in the sign of Scorpio, a lunation that is no longer an eclipse, but a very significant new Moon. This new Moon is also sharing the same space with Mars who has only recently opposed Uranus, which has the markings of Orion’s brashness, aggressiveness and ego. It also has notes of explosive courage, sudden creative surges, increased competitiveness, and assertiveness that can quickly transmute into authoritative control. This New Moon will also oppose Uranus, and will quickly be followed a Moon and Mars conjunction, again enticing the warrior to draw swords, hearts and hearths to protect.
Planetary Apothecary: An Eclipsing Opposition
October 28th, we have the final lunar eclipse along the Taurus*Scorpio axis at 5 degrees in Taurus. This will be a partial lunar eclipse, blotting out the full Moon partially, nonetheless potent and important to a nearly 2-year storyline of this specific eclipse cycle.
Bela Lugosi- The Undead
Honoring the forever vampire’s mortal birthday, October 20. For good or bad, I explore Bela Lugosi’s natal planetary placements that may have attributed to the archetypal role of Dracula sinking his teeth in and never letting go.
Casting of Shadows
The two luminaries, the Sun and the Moon, are being occulted October 14th, many ancient cultures viewed eclipses as bad omens, fortelling misfortune. Eclipses in general are not ideal spaces for playing around ritually or with magic, but rather more quiet, passive practices like prayer, journaling, and observing are advised. Watching the thoughts that flow in and out, like the wave sets of eclipses, let the ripples bring it into consciousness and just observe it slipping away, do not try to possess it. The etymological root of eclipses in Greek is ekleipsis meaning “the abandonment” or “the downfall.” This is a period of letting go, shedding, and releasing.
Mutual Reception - A Working Relationship
This week we endure two planetary sign changes, October 4th, Mercury moves into the sign of Libra and Venus bids adieu to Leo who has housed her since early June and enters Virgo on the 8th.
There is a hidden strength for the month of October, and that is Venus is in Mercury’s home sign, and Mercury is in Venus’ home sign, the two have mutual reception.
Liberation & Lunation
Full Moon in Aries, ruled by Mars in Libra, warming us up for next month eclipses. Very same day we receive the third and final square between Venus and Uranus. Both transits remind us of our own personal self-worth and desires.
Autumn Equinox Tarot
Currently I am enrolled in Archetypal Tarot School with Marianna Louis, I decided to use the technique my teacher has us currently doing for weekly pulls. The first card represents the conscious material and the second card that crosses represents the unconscious orientation, or repressed wisdom. I applied this pull in honor of the upcoming Autumn Equinox and the Sun’s ingress into Libra, the first card representing the collective consciousness orientation to this equinox and the second represents the collective unconsciousness orientation to the equinox. How are we moving as a collective into autumn consciously, and as a collective, where is the deeper repressed wisdom lie with how we should approach the changing seasons here in the northern hemisphere. Oddly, but not surprising, it aligns with my initial write up of the Autumn Equinox, which can be found here Autumn Equinox.
Libra’s Search for Balance
On September 23rd, 2:50 am EST, the Sun moves from the maiden Virgo into the scales of Libra. This is marked by the autumnal equinox, equal day and night and marks the first day of autumn in the northern hemisphere.