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Astrology for Healing and Transformation with Katie Sweetman
We go into the weekend with a Moon in Cancer, a Moon that picks up on the watery energies of a Pisces sun alongside Saturn and Neptune. It’s a weekend to connect back with what’s in our hearts, to nourish our passions and invest in what has deeper meaning.
It’s the first-quarter moon before a lunar eclipse, a critical juncture that directly ties to the Virgo Lunar Eclipse on March 14. We may receive news or we may need to make a decision. Family and relationships are in the spotlight. What are we investing our time in?
Mercury in Aries gets support from Pluto today, a sextile that is an opportunity for conversations that reveal hidden information, or present a deeper message. Mercury and Pluto are known to be able to deftly navigate psychological themes and material.
The Moon is in Taurus today, a Moon that seeks pleasure in the material world. It’s a day for food and creature comforts. With Venus now retrograde, it’s also a day to take stock of what we own, what we value, and what we invest time and money in.
We’re in a new lunar month, one that brings us to our first eclipse next week, a lunar eclipse at 23 Virgo. With Mercury arriving in Aries this week, another page turns in our ongoing eclipse story. Mercury brings an energy of renewal and new beginnings.
Mercury makes moves as we start the week, leaving Pisces for Aries. If Pisces is the end of the zodiac, Aries is the beginning. The planet of communication, curiosity, and choice brings its energies to a sign that is about action and the renewal of life.
Venus prepares to turn retrograde, taking the baton from Mars, which recently completed its retrograde. Like Mars, Venus is a planet that reveals our day-to-day lives. It is a review of what we love, how we connect, and what we invest time and money in.
Welcome to the Pisces New Moon, the time in the lunar calendar when we come to the end of the zodiac. Pisces is finality, the liminality between one life and the next, one breath and the next. It governs over our dreams and illusions as well as our search for meaning.
It’s the dark of the moon, the last few days in the lunar month before a new moon. In this case, it’s the day before the Pisces New Moon, a time to rest, to go inward, and to integrate our experiences since the previous new moon on January 29.
Mercury and Saturn join up in Pisces, a precursor to next month’s lunar eclipse in Virgo, on March 14. Saturn makes us aware of our boundaries, but also our maturity and growth. It’s a day of metrics, a measure of how far we’ve come, and where we need to go.
After two months, Mars is now direct in Cancer, a release of pent up energy. We’re also coming to a Pisces New Moon on February 27, the official kick off of Eclipse Season. We enter a lunar month marked by an eclipse on March 14. Serious decisions to be made.
The Moon’s in Capricorn as we start the week, a Moon that has us looking towards the future. Community and social connection is in the spotlight. So is accountability, leadership, and maturity. With Mercury conjunct Saturn in Pisces, we are weighing serious options.