This week Venus makes its direct station on Saturday, the same day as the Full Moon in Libra, a Venus sign. Exactly conjunct Saturn and the North Node, once again, this is not your ordinary station of Venus, the planet of ‘money’, relationships, and alliances, as these are now all being reevaluated this week. In addition, truth is speaking to power, as Jupiter makes its final sesquiquadrate to Pluto.

On Monday, Mercury makes its direct station, ending its retrograde phase. And perhaps thankfully so. Even though it may not be easy. For as Mercury stations direct it is also acting as something of a wake up call, letting us know precisely where we stand. Reality can no longer be denied.

On March 29th we have a partial Solar Eclipse at 9º of Aries. These eclipses serve as turning points in our lives, that can so change our perspectives that we never quite see the world the same way again. We are twisting and turning with the current astrological weather, which aims to turn us towards fulfilling our destinies while finding ever deeper meaning, through the way of the spiritual warrior. On Sunday, Neptune enters Aries. 

In the space between the two eclipses, the Lunar Eclipse on March 14th and the Solar Eclipse on March 29th we find this veil of uncertainty. But this particular liminal passage seems especially fraught with all sorts of karmic consequences, as well as indelible insights. 

Betwixt and between the 2 eclipses this month, we also have 2 retrogrades. The retrograde phase of Venus which began on March 2nd, and the retrograde phase of Mercury which begins this weekend. Tangled up with the eclipses, these retrogrades can feel like we are being drawn to consider our role in the scheme of things, and use the retrogrades to find our own personal niche.

On March 13th/14th we have a Total Lunar Eclipse in Virgo. Eclipses always come in pairs, so a partial Solar Eclipse will fall 2 weeks later on March 29th. And so we officially enter eclipse season, a time so rife with unpredictability and life-changing events, that we may not even know if we are coming or going.

As we come off the New Moon in Pisces, and the Moon begins to wax and grow, Venus makes its retrograde station this weekend which continues through to April 13th. Do note however, that this is not your ordinary retrograde. As we now enter Eclipse season, all things seem to be invested with ever deeper significance. Even this station of Venus.

This week we welcome in the New Moon in Pisces on February 27th. Much like the stationing Mars this week, we are being asked to pause and slow down. This could be difficult to do as we are being inundated by a tsunami of information, and an abundance of distraction. But if we take the time to pause, to slow down and turn within, it will be well worth the enchantment it can bring, if only for a moment. 

As an out of bound Mars slows to a stop, it is being regulated by stern, no-nonsense Saturn. In this way it allows us to channel some of that passion into something useful. But in order to do this all well, we are needing both patience and persistence. Know that something is stirring. It is not yet awoken. But it will. And you will want to be ready for when it comes. Patience.

There is a Full Moon in the sign of Leo on February 12th. Falling at 24º Leo 06’, this is also a Moon laden with unexpected surprises, sudden (and sometimes dramatic) outcomes, and impulsive emotional outbursts of declarations and promises that can’t possibly be kept. But what can also arise are illuminating truths, unexpected changes, and the adjustment to a whole new paradigm or outlook in our lives.