Welcome to the Aquarius New Moon, the time in the lunar calendar when our attention turns towards our lives played out on a larger scale — the communities we belong to, social threads and connectivity, the issues and causes we feel drawn to. The new moon is exact on January 29, 2025 at 7:35 am ET, 9 degrees. That’s 4:35 am Los Angeles, 12:35 pm London, 2:35 pm Johannesburg, 6:05 pm New Delhi, 11:35 pm Sydney, and 1:35 am Auckland on January 30.
New moons are new beginnings. They set the stage for the next four weeks and act as a lens for our experiences as well as for our inner life. Aquarius is the second-to-last sign in the zodiac. And if the zodiac is the wheel of life, Aquarius brings us into the collective and into the systems and networks that run our lives. These systems may be social in nature, such as our friends and community. Or these systems may be the framework that builds the world around us. Think systems of transportation and exchange, monetary systems, governmental systems.
If that sounds a bit zoomed out, that’s because Aquarius as an archetype is our world and our place in it. Aquarius is the digital reflection to Capricorn’s physical structures, like the radio or wi-fi signal emitted from a tower or router.
It’s in Aquarius that “as above, so below” becomes so apparent. The dance of our lives mirrored in the dance of the stars.
This Aquarius New Moon is notable for a couple of reasons. One, it points towards Saturn in Pisces. This is only our second Aquarius New Moon with Saturn in Pisces. (The Aquarius New Moon in 2026 will have Saturn in Aries.) Aquarius and Pisces are an interesting combination. They are the last two signs of the zodiac. Aquarius is the collective of humanity. Pisces is the river of stars that flows out of Aquarius’s pitcher and towards its two cosmic fishes.
With Aquarius and Pisces as the focal point of this new moon, we need to think big over the next four weeks — not just about ourselves, but about the larger world around us. Where do we belong? Who are our people? How do we build community? What is our mission and purpose? How do we create more fulfilling lives for ourselves and others? Where is mercy and compassion? How do we create balance, equity, and justice?
Jupiter, the ruler of Pisces, is still square Saturn, which is a way of saying that the Jupiter-Saturn square receives the energy of the new moon. Over the next four weeks we need to recalibrate our lives, rebuild where we need to rebuild, restructuring around the people, things, or organizations that hold greater meaning and purpose.
The second notable thing about this new moon is Pluto in Aquarius. While not closely conjunct, Pluto is 8 degrees off the new moon, which is close enough and adds a strong flavor to our experiences over the next four weeks. As you’ve heard me say, whether in my weekly videos or in my 3-hour Astrology of 2025 webinar, we’re in a new era now that Pluto is in Aquarius. The new moon may act as a lens for this new time and our shift in consciousness around community and society, systems and networks. Read Pluto in Aquarius: Sign by Sign to discover what new personal era Pluto is activating in your life.
Further, Uranus in Taurus stations direct just after the new moon, a ripple of energy that wants to inspire awakenings, new perspectives, breakthroughs, and reinventions. It’s another ingredient in our experiences in the next four weeks. (As an aside, it’s hard to believe that after six years, we’re nearing the end of our time with Uranus in Taurus. Yet here we are.)
Finally, the Aquarius Sun makes a trine to Jupiter in Gemini, needed support in an otherwise heavy lineup. Jupiter inspires us to look beyond ourselves, to think bigger, to want more. It stirs something within us. It engages us on a search or a mission. There are opportunities in the coming four weeks or perhaps a stroke of luck or grace. We may just have to make a leap of faith.
Join me tonight for a free 1-hour presentation on Energetic Sciences on January 29 at 8pm ET (recorded for replay with registration). Hosted by Mercia Academy, a Swiss platform I’ve been teaching for since 2018. Register for the webinar in the link below.
This webinar is a preview or introduction to an online weekend intensive that I am teaching, February 8-9, 11am to 5pm ET, on Energetic Sciences, the study of energy (tangible versus subtle), consciousness, and the Weft, also known as the 6th element, that weaves the invisible threads of our reality. In this weekend intensive, you will learn to shift your brainwaves in order to shift your consciousness and reveal the Weft. Learn more and register in the link below.
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Chart of the Aquarius New Moon, January 29, 2025
Free 1-hour Presentation on Energetic Sciences, January 29, 2025, Online (8pm ET)
Module 1 Energetic Sciences, February 8-9, 2025, Online (11-5 ET)
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