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PISCES NEW MOON - 23 February 2020

2/20/2020

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Exact at 5.47pm GMT, 12.47pm EST
 
This New Moon has quite an energetic, exciting feel to it, as it is helped out by a harmonious trine between Mars and Uranus which can help us to have the motivation and courage to release ourselves from stifling or stuck situations or patterns of behaviour. Indeed, Mars is rather a big player in this Moon, so it is possible that we are currently being called to step into our sacred warrior energy and stand up for ourselves. In the meantime, however, the Sun and Moon have just moved into spiritual Pisces as well as Mercury being retrograde in Pisces, so we can all benefit from turning inward and listening to the subtle whispers of our soul. This is a perfect Moon to open ourselves up to guidance, meditating and tuning into spirit so that we allow ourselves to be shown the way. As we move towards the New Moon on Sunday we are invited to rest in the dark of the moon and reflect on what we might need to leave behind us so that we can start anew.  
 
Pisces is the last sign of the zodiac and we are also in the final phase of the moon, so this is a very Piscean time! Pisces energy dissolves any barriers within us that might prevent direct contact with spirit. As such, this Moon has the potential to make us feel quite sensitive, as if our skin is somehow a bit thinner than usual. Pisces is the part of us that feels compassion and empathy for one another and, indeed, all of creation. We are reminded that we are not separate beings, but rather we are all connected by a giant invisible web. What happens to one affects us all. Pisces also teaches us acceptance, which is truly a gift. As such, this Moon could be a very good opportunity to contemplate upon whatever we might be struggling with in our lives and see if we can reach a state of acceptance of what is. There are some things that we find challenging either within ourselves, other people or the world, and while it may be hard to forgive, we at least have it within our power to accept “that which we cannot change”. This can bring a greater sense of peace and serenity that makes it easier to cope.
 
Pisces also represents the act of surrender. Many of us have had that moment in our lives when we have literally had enough. We are at the end of our tether, with nowhere else to turn. At that moment we give up, let go, we surrender, we “crack open”. It is the moment when we give ourselves up to something larger than ourselves and admit that we can’t do it on our own. We might fall on our knees and “pray”, surrendering to forces larger than ourselves, reaching out to whoever and whatever might be out there to help, hold and guide us. In that moment of darkness, when we have lost all hope, we crack open and allow the light in. This Moon could be a reminder to tap into that force, surrendering our will and allowing ourselves to be guided to wherever we need to go and whatever we need to do next. This Moon invites us to let go and allow ourselves to simply go with the flow of the river instead of fighting it. The path of least resistance!
 
Mercury is currently retrograde in Pisces, which really is a perfect opportunity to allow our rational,analytical, logical, conscious minds to take a break and to tap into the subtle realms. Forcing ourselves to focus too hard on the mundane, nitty gritty details could be a fruitless exercise with the planet of the mind and communication going backwards in intuitive, imaginative, dreamy Pisces! There is the potential for overwhelm if we push ourselves too hard, so it might be good to allow time for meditation, reflection and giving our minds a bit of a rest. Pisces can be a bit confusing at times, as it is hard to know what is real and not real. Our imaginations can run wild, and all in the wrong direction at times!  
 
Mercury Retrograde is known for bringing miscommunication and misunderstandings, and in Pisces it could become downright confusing! This is a perfect time for reflection, retrospection, review, re-visiting; anything that involves going back and looking over things. It is quite possible that our blind spots could be revealed during this time, as anything we may have pushed into the back of our unconscious may pop back up to remind us that it is there and still needs dealing with, rather than pretending that everything is perfect and rosy. Mercury went retrograde on Monday 17 February and will turn direct on 10 March.
 
Mars and Uranus are helping out during this Moon, as they are working well with each other, and not only harmoniously aspecting the Sun and Moon but also the Nodes of the Moon, which makes it very significant in terms of our soul growth and evolution. The combination of Mars and Uranus could help us have the courage to revolutionise our lives and release ourselves from any stagnant ruts we may have fallen into. We are less likely to just “put up with” situations that are unhelpful or unhealthy. Mars is also sitting right on top of the South Node in Capricorn, and so we might be called to recognise any unhelpful habits, patterns or conditioning around Mars issues such as anger, how we assert or stand up for ourselves and our attitude to authority and the “system”. Do we control our natural impulses and suppress our anger and rage, or is anger something that need to harness in a healthier way? What messages have we received around anger, sexuality and assertion?
 
With Uranus in Taurus, which is calling us to make rise up and find solutions for the ecological crisis we are facing, aspecting  Mars in Capricorn, the sign of government, the patriarchy and societal structures, are we being called to find our righteous anger and stand up to “the system”, demanding action? Are we being asked to find our courage and motivation to make the changes we know must happen? With Mars on the South Node, are we being shown how history is repeating itself?  Mars in Capricorn could bring out the aggressive side of those in authority. Indeed, it could bring up our anger AT those authority figures! There are already five celestial bodies in Capricorn, including Pallas Athena, and now the warrior planet has been added to the mix! This could definitely heat things up, as it brings the potential for some strong battles and anger to come to the fore in the world arena.
 
Mars in Capricorn calls for us to act with integrity and also to have the courage to step out of our conditioning and embrace the Cancer North Node. The Cancer North Node is calling us forward, teaching us to express our emotions instead of repressing them, to ask for help when we need it instead of feeling like we have to have it all under control. It takes courage to be vulnerable, and Mars is here to assist with that. It is hard to unravel our conditioned responses and try something else on for size, but the help is here at the moment for us to do exactly that. However, we may become all too aware of our old habits and tendencies, especially within the realm of anger, assertion, sexuality and having the courage to express our needs.
 
Chiron the Wounded Healer is also forming a challenging square aspect to Mars and the Nodes of the Moon, which is significant indeed. It is interesting to note that Chiron has been forming a square to the Nodes of the Moon during the coronavirus outbreak, highlighting Capricorn South Node issues around hard control, boundaries, barriers, suppression, government, judgement, intolerance and prejudice. The square between Chiron and Mars is exact on Friday 21 February and is particularly potent because Chiron is also in Aries, the sign ruled by Mars. It is a call for courage and action. This combination could call for us to be really honest about our core wounds, as they could be brought to the surface in no uncertain way.
 
Who and what are we angry at? Do we repress this anger or do we have a healthy outlet for it? What still needs healing within us? Are we dealing with unresolved trauma around violence or sexual abuse? What might we need to stand up for in our lives? How good are we at expressing our needs? What is our conditioning around anger and assertion – do we direct it outwards in a destructive way or turn it inwards in a self-destructive way? Who and what do we need to forgive? How might we take a more active approach in our healing process? How might our repressed anger, both personally and collectively, be showing up in the physical realms, in the form of illness, for instance? This is a very good opportunity to look into our relationship with all things Mars related. It seems like this is important work right now.
 
There is definitely an emphasis on all things Pisces during this Moon, encouraging us to find a greater acceptance of what is and to turn inward, allowing spirit to guide us. This is an ideal time to meditate, spend time in nature and to nourish our spirits. However, this is set against a backdrop of a plethora of Capricorn energy, which is very different energy from Pisces! Pisces is boundless and knows no barriers, while Capricorn is structure itself, and is that part of us that can be judgemental and needs to feel like we are in control. Indeed, an excess or distortion of Capricorn can be very controlling indeed and bring about repression and suppression of natural emotions and instincts. Pisces encourages us to simply surrender and let go of this illusion of control, allowing ourselves to be swept along with the natural flow of the river. It reminds us to have compassion for all beings, including those who it is easy to judge as being “evil”, “bad” or “wrong”. They all have something to teach us, and when we hate the only person we are really hurting is ourselves. The most important message of a Pisces Moon, however, is to find compassion for ourselves.
 
“There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in”
 
Leonard Cohen
 
Much Love
 
Amy
xoxo  
 
Painting: Spirit of the Night - John Atkinson Grimshaw
 



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LEO FULL MOON - 9 February 2020

2/7/2020

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 A Leo Full Moon, combined with the Sun in Aquarius, has the potential to lighten and brighten things up, though not without a bit of drama, as is the Leo way! Leo represents the creative impulse in all of us and the urge to express all that we are. Aquarius is the visionary that can come up with creative solutions to make the world a better place to live in. While the Leo part of us tends to be more subjective and “self” centred, the Aquarius part of us has the capacity to step back and see ourselves more objectively, contemplating how we can contribute to the larger whole. A Full Moon in Leo has the potential to bring some rather big, dramatic emotions to the surface that may simply demand expression. Leo is the diva, the star of the show and its ruler is the Sun, around which everything revolves. As such, our Sun signs are a very big and obvious part of our chart, as they represent the energy we express in the world and the light we shine outwards. The Sun represents our purpose in this lifetime and the urge to be the master of our own destiny, creating the life we want to live.
 
This is the kind of Moon that may help us to come up with some creative solutions to anything that we may be currently facing. Leo is a very playful, joyful, romantic fun loving sign that likes to follow its bliss and also has the capacity to be somewhat melodramatic, so this Moon could be flavoured by this energy. Leo is also the little child in all of us that needs attention and likes to feel appreciated and validated by others. If you picture the little girl who has just finished a painting she is really proud of, saying to mummy “Look what I did!!” or singing a song at the top of her lungs, then you get a good idea of what Leo is all about! However, if we don’t receive the attention and encouragement we so craved as little children, which can lead to self-worth and self-confidence issues and seeking validation from others as adults. This Moon could certainly bring out our inner child and some diva-like behaviour! This is a great Moon for expressing all that is in our hearts and not holding back, although the Aquarius Sun does remind us that it is not all about us!
 
While we do have a nice boost of creative energy of playful Leo and eccentric Aquarius for this Moon, we do still have Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto and the South Node of the Moon in Capricorn. Pluto in Capricorn is currently exposing the rot in the power structures everywhere, so that we are able to see them exactly for what they are. The dark side of the Capricorn is being revealed as the power structures are made more transparent. This is both helpful, as it strips away any illusion and helps us to look reality squarely in the face, and also unsettling as there is no getting away from what this reality brings up for us. Pluto takes us into the deep underbelly of all things Capricorn, such as government, societal structures, corporations, the Patriarchy, status, career, judgement, control and our parental and societal conditioning, bringing the potential for a profound transformation and detoxification to occur.  
 
Pluto is forming a nagging inconjunct aspect to the Leo Moon, which could bring some quite intense emotions to the surface and force us to be very honest with ourselves. This combo could bring up control issues and power games, showing us how we might manipulate to get the attention we crave. Pluto represents the subconscious, our compulsions and power/powerlessness, while Capricorn is control and the “governor”, and Leo is the king/queen and “diva”. This is quite a combo, which could highlight our need to get our own way and help us to see where and how we feel the need to be in control. Often we feel the compulsion to control people or situations in order to somehow feel “safe”, and this Moon could highlight that tendency, giving us greater insight into ourselves and our psyches.
 
The South Node of the Moon is still in Capricorn and will be until June. The Nodes of the Moon are very much in focus during this Moon, because Venus and Chiron are forming a square aspect to them. The South Node in Capricorn is highlighting any tendency to maintain control or to put walls up to hold others at arm’s length, or working too hard at the expense of our emotional health, or acting from fear, while also showing how societal pressures and patriarchal regimes are taking a toll and no longer serving us, if indeed they ever did!
 
The North Node in Cancer is beckoning us forward, asking us to nurture our emotional health, to take care of ourselves and those close to us, to let down our protective walls and allow ourselves to be more vulnerable with our loved ones, to contemplate what is more important to us in terms of work/life balance, to do things that nourish us, while moving towards a more feminine, inclusive way of being that takes into consideration the well-being of all forms of life on this planet, as well as Mother Earth herself. We are seeing the effect that greed and the desire for power and control have on this planet and all who live on her, and now we are being urged to find another way. And it starts from within.
 
This Full Moon is definitely bringing the energy of the Nodes into focus, through the square from Venus and Chiron the Wounded Healer. Chiron and Venus are joining forces in Aries, as Venus will have just moved from sensitive Pisces into honest, forthright and assertive Aries on Saturday 8 Feb. Aries is a sign that acts first and thinks later and can be quite reactive and even aggressive. This combination could cause us to say or do things within our relationships that are quite spontaneous, impulsive and ill thought out and which could potentially trigger pain or sadness. However, there is also the potential for amazing healing to occur as things that may have been hidden or festering are brought out into the open. Whatever pops out during this Moon could certainly trigger our old wounds and insecurities, but could also help us to let down some of the Capricorn South Node walls of defense and share our true feelings. Aries is a brave and pioneering sign, and it does indeed take great courage to allow ourselves to be vulnerable instead of suppressing our real emotions and pretending that we are ok when in fact we are feeling scared, angry or hurt.
 
The conjunction between Venus and Chiron will be exact on Monday 10 Feb, but will be very strong during this Moon. Venus will move on to directly square the Nodes of the Moon on Thursday 6 Feb, which definitely brings the potential for us to see how our relationship patterns may be tripping us up and holding us back from getting to the growth potential of the North Node. It may become all too obvious how we hold back from voicing our needs through fear, and how we suppress our true feelings in order to somehow feel “safe” or because we are scared of how they may be received. Venus in Aries is a very open and forthright way of relating that could help us to express things to our loved ones that we may usually find it hard to show. Aries can help us to break new ground in our relationships, finding new ways of relating that open us up and allow the walls to come crashing down. And while Chiron can mean that we could feel quite triggered or reactive, it can also help guide us forward towards a more honest, open way of relating. We have a chance to undo some old conditioning around the way we relate, which could be very healing indeed. Anyone with personal planets, nodes or angles between 0° and 7° of Aries, Cancer, Libra or Capricorn will feel this energy most acutely.
 
The Sabian Symbol for this Full Moon, at 21° Leo, is:”Intoxicated chickens dizzily flap their wings trying to fly”, which on the one hand is quite an amusing image, but is also unsettling, because the chickens are out of control and probably don’t feel very well, having probably eaten fermented fruit of some kind. The chickens are dizzy and disoriented, and don’t understand why. This is a strange symbol, as the chickens are trying to do something that would usually come so naturally to them, but instead they are completely incapable. It is possible that this Moon could bring similar feelings up in us, making us feel confused and giddy so that we may feel excited and euphoric but also disorientated and unable to actually do whatever we are trying to do.It’s like we can’t quite take off! What is interesting is that Neptune is also inconjunct the Moon, which also holds the potential for confusion, disorientation, over-sensitivity and not knowing quite what to feel. It is possible that alcohol or drugs could heighten the energy of this Moon and while it may be fun, and a means of escape, it may not agree with us as the energy of the Moon peaks, causing us to lose ourselves and creating confusion and irrational behaviour.
 
This Moon has a twinkle to it and a hint of creative sparkle! Overall, the energy of the planets is most definitely lighter than it has been in recent times, which is quite a relief. On the one hand the Leo Moon brings the potential for a bit of fun and joy, while on the other hand it could cause us to behave like spoiled little children looking for attention and acting out our more unconscious, irrational impulses.However, there is hope here, as we have the opportunity to follow our bliss and simply have fun, while possibly coming up with some creative solutions for whatever we are currently facing, which could certainly lighten the mood somewhat.The Leo/Aquarius team are certainly very creative and help us to envision a better way of being. We are also encouraged to express all that is in our hearts. Also mixed in with this Moon, however, is the Venus/Chiron conjunction. This is an important energy to look out for, as it could bring some interesting material to the surface to be healed which could have far reaching effects on our lives and relationships.
 
Much Love
 
Amy
xoxo    
 
Picture: Latina Jazz Diva by Allegretto
 

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    Amy Bird

    I love writing about the Moon and the effect it has on us all, both collectively and personally. We all look at the same Moon and feel her energy, albeit in different ways. It reminds us that we are not alone and there is something very comforting about that!

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