On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. PST, the planets, Sun, and Moon align at the following degrees in the following signs:
Sun 16/23 Aquarius
Moon 9/58 Capricorn
Mercury 10/53 Capricorn
Venus 15/55 Capricorn
Mars 17/18 Scorpio
Jupiter 21/57 Virgo, retrograde
Saturn 14/30 Sagittarius
Uranus 17/17 Aries
Neptune 8/38 Pisces
Pluto 16/14 Capricorn
Chiron 19/0/58 Pisces
North Node 22/18 Virgo, retrograde
This week opened with what is
An abundance of energy in earth signs, with three planets and the Moon in Capricorn, make today a day for getting things done and being very grounded in practical matters and firm planning. Mars in Scorpio helps us connect intuition, ideas, and energy into creating and producing in order to bring our ideas to life. Jupiter in its retrograde phase finds us being reminded of how much we have to be thankful for, and what we have already achieved, produced, and brought forth. We now spend time connecting to how to use what we have learned to influence the work we are currently engaged in and in formulating our plans for the future.
Neptune and Chiron in Pisces continue to plumb the depths of our subconscious and unconscious realms, bringing insight, ignition, and impulse to ways we are learning, healing, and growing. What we have learned through the wounds we have healed from should have sensitized us to how we fall into traps and impulsive choices and decisions when beginning along new paths. Neptune and Chiron both square the planets in Capricorn, nudging us with reminders of what traps we need to avoid, and what areas still need to be better understood or acknowledged (in our selves and in our perceptions of others).
The energy alive in the area of transformation in our lives—Capricorn—finds us intimately connected to how our emotional temperment, our ways of communicating (both transmitting and receiving), and our ideals and ideas about what and how to love, are being reshaped and/or reformulated at this time. Pluto’s deeply transformative nature digs deeply into these areas at this time. This also the time of the dark of the moon, just before the new moon, so it is a crucial time for observing what we want to carry forward and what we need to leave behind.
As this week opened, we marked the special turning point days of Candlemas and Imbolic, both symbolic times for cleansing, renewal, and reawakening.
Today, Friday February 5 Venus forms an exact conjunction to Pluto in Capricorn. A passionate time for relationships, partnerships, and fruitful time for friendships. We may be more demanding or have someone make greater demands on us, all a desire to go beneath the surface to the intensity and depth of deeper passions. This aspect is an all or nothing aspect as well. Notice how this energy might be affecting your perceptions and actions.New insights can arise in such areas of our lives where Capricorn rules. Avoid becoming too possessive.
On Saturday, February 6 Venus in Capricorn forms a square to Uranus in Aries. Issues revolving around the tension between freedom and intimacy become more important and are highlighted. Strange and unusual behavior or attractions may momentarily set off some sparks, but are unlikely to have much of a lasting effect. Try to keep things lighthearted and enjoyable, but let things brew slowly and avoid making long-term commitments or promises. Keep your head in the game, and remember again, what you’ve learned about how you miss signals or misread or fail to discern what is going on within you or another person.
Also tomorrow and Sunday (Feb. 6-7) Venus forms a sextile to Mars in Scorpio. Look to the houses where both planets are transiting, and see what is indicating a deepening of personal connections and a sense of feeling at peace and in unison with a mutual type of relationship or choice. It’s a positive time for finances, creativity, romance, and all forms of social and romantic pleasure. We feel emotionally satisfied, and see the potential for forming and maintaining more permanent ties and connections.
On Sunday, Feb. 7 and Monday, Feb. 8, the day of the New Moon, Venus forms a healing sextile with Chiron in Pisces. Love heals all wounds if we are open to allowing ourselves to let go of the past and receive what is beginning in our lives now. Notice where you are healing into a greater openness to connecting on a heart-felt level.
Mars in Scorpio forms a quincunx to Uranus in Aries late this week. This aspect calls for adjusting our goals and finding ways to relieve ourselves of any drains on our energy. We may feel a bit restless or impatient, and can use this energy to do whatever it takes to put our lives in balance and order.
The Sun in Aquarius forms a sextile to Uranus in Aries, making us more willing to be open to new circumstances. Our lives are changing, and much seems unfamiliar in some areas. Find ways to get the support you need. Be open to finding creative ways to solve problems and dealing with old issues in new ways. Be flexible, and open to new alternatives and unexpected opportunities to open for you in, especially in the areas where Aquarius’ Sun and Uranus are transiting.
Mercury in Capricorn is trine to Jupiter in Virgo. Our thoughts are on pragmatic details and thinking involving new ways of cooperating and dealing with ongoing issues. Good news is likely, and perhaps something or someone from the past will bring us news we’ve been waiting for or options offers we hadn’t expected. A short trip, communication (letters and other forms of writing), and paperwork might be in the offing. Consider new ways of looking at old problems or situations. Knocking our heads against the same old walls, will only bring more headaches. Now is the time to change our perspective and be alert to other choices we have either refused to consider or given up on. Finish the application process or fill in the forms, and get the paperwork done so that you can be ready for what is offered. ]
The New Moon in Aquarius occurs at 14:38 (GMT) on the 8th February 2016 at 19 degrees, in the second decan of Aquarius. This is a very Aquarius New Moon. The cool detachment of Aquarius and/or the area of your life ruled by the Water Bearer, is challenged by the square of the Sun and Moon to Mars. Mars in Scorpio concerns itself with one’s own deepest desires, and Scorpio seeks control over all situations affecting it, and uses fear and/or is controlled by their own fear of being overpowered by anyone or anything that threatens those desires. Mars is supported by sextiles to Neptune in Pisces, the North Node in Virgo (opposite Neptune in Pisces) bringing a strong, passionate, and outspoke expression of needs. The North Node (gateway between the past and the future) marks a turning point time for everyone (the start of the Chinese New Year of the Monkey), and may push some to force their views and needs on others. Watch how you enter this time, and stay alert to how you and others around you use their power and handle their fears.
Notice what is going on within at this time too. Our own inner struggles may be strongly activated. Which aspects of yourselves are warring with one another? How are you using rationalization, fear, or need to outweigh and disregard your growing need for growth and change? Watch how the old part of you, that part you’ve worked so hard to overcome or grow out of (habits, patterns, perceptions) come up to poke you and disturb or distract you from what is good and healthy. What new seeds are you planting now? What weeds still need to be plucked from your garden? What needs nourishing and tending? You do have a courageous spirit right now, so allow yourself to act with valor in an area, relationship/s, and ways that are mutually responsible, supportive, and affirming. Avoid past mistakes and old outwork alliances. Allow that moving on means feeling emotional about endings, and then let it go.
This New Moon in Aquarius comes at an ideal time to step out into the new you, the new path, or the new role you have chosen to take on. With the Moon sextile its ruler, Uranus (in Aries), ample opportunities now arise to fulfill some of your deepest desires and fondest dreams. Follow up on intuitive hunches, and pay attention to whatever you have sensed through your own abilities to perceive, discern, and know what is right for you.
The lovely Sabian symbol of this New Moon at 19 degrees of Aquarius is that of a large white dove bearing a message. The Dove, a symbol of the peace, the Holy Spirit, and promise, calls you to make peace within yourself, and tune into the visions, intuitive messages, and signs from the Divine and universal energy. Lean toward love, hope, and understanding, and fear not, but trust in the the gifts of Spirit which inform and protect us. Allow yourself to be infused with the message of Spirit, and allow yourself to see better days ahead. Receive the good news that you are meant to live, love, and thrive.
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