Saturn enters Aquarius on the 21st of March, beginning the transition towards a new order. In the mean time we have some challenges facing us, as Mars, the ruling planet of the New Moon in Aries on the 24th, takes on some powerful forces over the week ahead.

The Vernal Equinox soon arrives. But the prevailing story is about the encroaching pandemic. The Full Moon last week saw a free fall in the stock market and was when the whole country of Italy was placed on lock down. Norway soon followed. Mars will cross first Jupiter, and then Pluto over the coming weeks.. We have to ask ourselves, what’s next?

Mercury slows for its direct station on the same day as the Full Moon in Virgo. A term coined by astrologer Richard Nolle, this is a Super Moon, meaning that it is incrementally closer to the earth in its orbit at the time of the Full Moon. With an opposition to Neptune, this Moon should be enchanting, but with a few undertones as well.

Mercury retrogrades back to Aquarius and Venus enters Taurus. Like ships in the night they will sextile one another that same day. Thankfully so after Venus squares both Pluto and Saturn… we will want a reprieve. This week’s post is about Mercury’s retrograde journey back into Aquarius.

We have a New Moon in Pisces on Sunday. It sits at the midpoint of the Mars/Uranus trine. Innovation, creativity, and magic.

Mercury stations retrograde in Pisces, the Sun enters Pisces and Jupiter is sextile Neptune… Pisces, Pisces and more Pisces to balance some of that Capricorn.

There is a Full Moon in Leo this week: the Full Snow Moon of February. It brings things into stark relief, brings things to conclusion, to a head, and brings our emotions to the surface.

Mercury enters Pisces where it will have a longer than usual stay. Normally Mercury only spends a matter of weeks in each sign. But thanks to its retrograde later this month, except for a few weeks in March it will be almost exclusively in Pisces until April 11th. Normally I don’t pay mind to the shadow periods before the retrograde, but this one looks a little special.

The New Moon in Aquarius is on January 24th. A time of healing, revelation and change.

This coming week we will be navigating some unpredictable but potentially enlightening Uranian squares.