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. 

This week we have Jupiter stationing direct aiming to fulfill promises, and restore hope. And to do so even in the face of vast uncertainty. Neptune is conjunct the North Node making us feel as if we have been cast out to see with nary an oar or a map to guide us. And yet we are being asked to have faith (and hope) that we are being precisely where we need to be, even if it does not look like it yet.

On January 29th, we welcome in the Chinese New Year with the year of the Wood Snake, and the Aquarius New Moon. Lucky, expansive and filled with potential, what big vision for the future would you want to make manifest? To learn more about this year’s New Moon in Aquarius, click below.

On January 19th, the Sun enters Aquarius and will then make its conjunction to Pluto over the next few days. This highlights not only the recent ingress of Pluto into the sign of Aquarius, but also the Saturn/Pluto semi-square that has been hovering in the background of our lives, and can no longer be ignored.