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PISCES NEW MOON - 2 March 2022

2/25/2022

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Exact at 5.34pm UK time (GMT)
 
This is a very special new Moon that has the potential to bring some kind of spiritual upgrade and a continued shift in consciousness as we move into a more transcendental and connected way of operating in the world. Pisces invites us to live from a more sensitive, compassionate, intuitive, empathetic and loving place, whereby we “do as we would be done by”. Pisces is the part of us that knows that we are not as separate as we might like to think, and that what happens to one happens to us all. It is the part of us that experiences that beautiful sense of unity when we are all singing the same song at a concert; as if we are all singing as one. It is the part of us that can put ourselves in another person’s shoes and is willing to sacrifice our own comfort for the greater good. Pisces invites us to find true acceptance and to surrender to the flow of life, delighting in the synchronicities and truly realising what it means to be the co-creator of our reality.
 
Pisces is what is at play when we simply let go and give up control, allowing spirit to guide us where we need to go. Sometimes, when things are simply too much to bear and we honestly don’t know what to do and where to go, we have that moment when we proverbially “fall to our knees” and call out to the divine for help and guidance. And when we ask, with an open heart, to be shown the way, we receive an answer, in the form of a message, a sign, a moment of grace, an omen, an inner knowing or a feeling of deep connection and oneness. This Moon brings the potential for us to find a deep place of connection to the divine, as we are invited to turn inward and heed the whispers of our soul. This Moon is an ideal time to be still, to meditate and reflect on how we can be of service in this very special time on earth. Indeed, we might literally want to ask how we can be of greatest use and then simply let go so that the divine can work through us and we can live out our true dharma. It is time to find out why we are here.
 
Jupiter is sitting right next to the Sun and Moon in Pisces, bringing a sense of growth and expansion to the picture. Jupiter is very much at home in Pisces, helping to bring a greater sense of faith, hope and trust that we are somehow guided and protected. We are invited to harness the power of Jupiter in Pisces and ask for what we need. We can use our Pisces imagination to dream a new life into being! This is a very special time in our history, as we have an opportunity to open our hearts and see where we are guided when we just let go and allow something larger than us to take over. As long as any intentions or prayers come from a place of purity and altruism, we could find that we experience amazing synchronicities, serendipitous experiences, moments of grace and a sense of surrender and flow. Jupiter will be in Pisces until 11 May and will join Neptune in Pisces on 12 April, which could be a time of deep connection,awakening, transcendence, expansion and flow.
 
Venus and Mars are continuing their elongated journey through Capricorn together, and will meet up with Pluto, the planet of soul, transformation and power during this Moon. Quite a potent and powerful combination of energies! This is an important time in our evolution, which can help us to align our personal will and desires (Mars) with our higher will and soul desires (Pluto). Pluto combined with Mars can bring about superhuman strength and steely determination to achieve our goals, but can also bring up rage from the depths of our subconscious and actions that come from a very deep, unconscious and compulsive place. It is great for focusing our energy, but can also be quite ruthless, vengeful, war-like, cutting and obsessive.
 
This could be a time of considerable intensity within our relationships, whereby our true feelings are revealed and subconscious complexes are exposed. This combination could reveal the heart of the matter, bringing out any secrets or shadow material that we may usually find it easier to deny or hide from sight. It's hard to hide from the truth when Pluto is around!  Pluto can also bring out issues around control, manipulation, power and powerlessness for us to deal with in our closest relationships. Anyone with personal planets or angles around 27° of a sign will feel the energy of this Pluto, Venus and Mars conjunction most acutely, especially in the Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn.
 
Something to note is that Pluto is the ruler of the South Node in Scorpio, while Venus is the ruler of the North Node in Taurus, and they are currently joining forces. Not only that, but Pluto, Venus and Mars are also forming a helpful and supportive aspect to the Nodes during this Moon. This very much highlights the current Nodal themes around finance, currency, the economy, self-sufficiency, living off the land, food supplies, banking, money lending, taking one’s power back, finding a more peaceful way of being and moving away from the drama and intensity that we have grown used to in the past few years - the feeling that the rug could be pulled out from beneath us again at any minute.
 
The Taurus North Node is calling us forward to a more solid connection to the natural world and greater self-reliance and the capacity to sustain ourselves with less reliance on those in power. Taurus is calling us forward towards a life of greater simplicity, urging us to get back to basics and leave behind the Scorpio South Node themes such as loans, mortgages, taxes, money lending, debts, secrets and power abuse in the banking and financial sector. Taurus invites us to strip it back and find a place of greater simplicity, self-sufficiency and self-empowerment.
 
Saturn and Mercury are also joining forces in Aquarius during this Moon, which could make it a little difficult to think positively. Mercury is the planet that rules our mind and the way we think and communicate, while Saturn represents control, limitation, authority, responsibility and discipline. As such, we may find that our capacity to communicate is somehow suppressed, limited or controlled, with censorship becoming more rife. Freedom of speech could also be curtailed, or at least it could become more obvious that it is. We may need to make some kind of weighty decision that has long term implications. With Saturn involved we could certainly find ourselves experiencing some kind of stark reality check that forces us to see things as they really are rather than how we would like them to be. The conjunction between Saturn and Mercury will be exact a few hours before the Moon is exact, and anybody with personal planets or angles around 18° of a sign will feel Saturn’s energy most acutely, especially the fixed signs Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius.
 
The Sabian Symbol for this Moon, at 13° Pisces, is: “An ancient sword, used in many battles, is displayed in a museum”, which Dane Rudyar describes as: “Through the effectual use of his will a consecrated man can become a symbol of courage for all those who follow in his footsteps. Will power is the ultimate spiritual weapon, and its undeviating use is the certification of individual worth. Wherever found, this symbol emphasises the imperative need to make use of the will in meeting the basic challenges of the inner life as well as outer adversaries. Here we see singled out and strongly emphasised the one power in man which is an assurance of victory in the contests generated by social  (or occult) processes, in which he has become an active part. The individual must use that WILL POWER, yet it is not really his own once he operates at a spiritual level. It is God’s will operating through his mind, which focuses its thrusts. It is, occultly speaking, the power of the brotherhood – the energy of the Whole operating through the one-pointed individual who has made this Whole aware of the need for its use in a particular situation”.
 
This symbol is interesting - it seems to reflect the combination of differing energies involved in this New Moon. On the one hand we have the very refined, gentle, spiritual, sensitive and loving energy of Pisces, while at the same time we have the quite powerful, wilful, focused energy of the Pluto, Mars and Venus conjunction. Pluto and Mars can certainly help us to cut through to the heart of the matter, finding the courage and willpower to do whatever needs to be done. However, Pisces is calling for us to find a way to be of service to the whole and to allow the divine to work through us. This is certainly an important time to put some effort into our spiritual practice and to find our most effective way of connecting to spirit and dissolving ego. This symbol seems to ask us to align our will with the higher will of the divine, finding a way to serve spirit and help the whole. Again, we seem to be prompted to discover our true Dharma. Why are we here, right now, at this time on Earth?How might the Divine best make use of us?
 
The Sabian symbol for Neptune, the ruler of this Moon, is also very interesting, at 23° Pisces: “A “materialising” medium giving a séance.” which Rudyar describes as “The ability to give one’s own vital energy to substantiate one’s ideals or unconscious desires. The person who believes he or she has a mission or mandate, or any special gift that can be of value to his community, must substantiate this belief. He has to produce results. Sometimes this involves difficulties and special conditions or circumstances; it always demands to some extent the gift of some power of value which is deeply one’s own. Something precious involved in a deeply personal experience has to be surrendered, offered to others. The medium’s psychic substance provides the materials made visible in the phenomena, if the latter are genuine. After the séance, the medium is usually exhausted. The performer gives of his very life to the performance.”
 
This symbol certainly seconds the sense that we are being asked to somehow find a way of giving ourselves up to the divine and allowing it to work through us in service to the whole. This certainly could be a fruitful time spiritually, during the next month or so, as we move towards the Jupiter Neptune conjunction on 12 April! As such, it is a good time to do whatever brings us a deeper sense of connection to all that is, whether it be through prayer, meditation, breath work, music, dance, nature, song, art - however we find it easier to surrender, let go and connect to the bliss and find that sense of oneness. There are some challenging energies around that are more intense, tough and potentially destructive, but Pisces is calling us to turn inward and connect to our compassion, inner knowing, empathy, sensitivity, faith, trust and capacity for unconditional love. The power of love will always win.
 
“Love casts out fear; but conversely fear casts out love. And not only love. Fear also casts out intelligence, casts out goodness, casts out all thought of beauty and truth.” Aldous Huxley
 
Much Love
 
Amy
xoxo  
 
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LEO FULL MOON - 16 February 2022

2/13/2022

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Exact at 4.56pm
 
This has the potential to be a pretty profound Full Moon that could have a big impact on our personal and collective destiny. Full Moons always bring to a head anything that may have been simmering away beneath the surface, making the unconscious more conscious, so to speak. This Full Moon is in Leo, a very creative, playful and expressive sign that reminds us to listen to our hearts and follow the path of joy. As such, this is a good time to truly contemplate what sparks joy in us and what does the opposite and brings a sense of dread or foreboding. Leo reminds us that we are the master of our destiny, the director of our own play, with the capacity to carve out the life we want for ourselves with the strength of our own will. What do we truly want for ourselves? What is our heart’s true desire that sparks a sense of joy?
 
We are coming to the end of Aquarius season, a time when we have been given the opportunity to throw the rule book out and liberate ourselves from some of our old patterns and conditioning. With the Sun in Aquarius we are encouraged to observe ourselves from a more detached place, gaining a bit more objectivity and watching ourselves when we fall into old patterns that no longer serve our highest good. It is a powerful moment when we realise that we are able to see ourselves more clearly and gain more perspective on any ingrained patterns and behaviour that have been repeating unconsciously, time after time after time. Aquarius helps us to bust out of the mould, questioning the rules and finding our true, authentic self, beyond the layers of conditioning that may have kept us prisoner.
 
And now we have a Leo Full Moon that can help us to express all that is in our hearts, from a place of truth and authenticity. Being utterly authentic is not easy, but it seems that this is what is currently being asked of us. We simply have to be true to ourselves, but what does that mean exactly? What might need to fall away that is no longer serving our highest good? We all know what it is, in our heart of hearts.
 
In the approach to this Full Moon we have a conjunction between Pluto and Mercury which will be exact on Friday 11 February. This could really help us to get to the heart of the matter, thinking and communicating from a very deep place of profound truth and integrity. Pluto forces us into a state of emotional honesty, even if it’s uncomfortable. It exposes our darkest secrets and reveals the truth of the matter that may have been lurking in the shadows. Freudian slips are always a possibility when Pluto and Mercury come together, as this combination of planets is bit like soulful truth serum! Pluto will continue to play a part in the approach to this Full Moon, as it is forming a nagging inconjunct to the Moon.
 
Anyone with personal planets around 27° of a sign will be feeling the transforming, soulful, exposing energy of Pluto at the moment, especially the cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. However, the Sun and Moon are also sitting at 27° of Aquarius and Leo, forming a direct square to the Nodes of the Moon in Taurus and Scorpio, so anyone with personal planets and angles in the fixed signs will feel the impact of this Moon most acutely.
 
It is very interesting looking at the visual chart for this Full Moon, as the square between the Sun, Moon and the Nodes of the Moon makes me think of crossroads, or some kind of turning point. Whenever the Nodes of the Moon are involved there is the possibility of some kind of shift in our personal and collective destiny, with the potential for soul growth and stepping onto the path less travelled, which is something we might fear yet also yearn for.
 
The Nodes of the Moon have recently shifted over into Scorpio and Taurus, which could signify an emphasis on financial matters and the economy for the next 18 months. We could be called to somehow take our power back and come to a place of self-sufficiency, self-reliance and self-sustenance. The South Node, which symbolises familiar patterns that may be hindering growth, is in Scorpio, the sign that represents power/powerlessness, other people’s money, money lenders, banks and suchlike. The North Node, which symbolises our potential growth, is in Taurus, a sign that encourages us to learn to take care of our own needs, becoming more self-sufficient and less reliant on others for money or power. It will be interesting to see what the next year and a half will bring; what will happen to the economy and how we will respond to whatever occurs.
 
There is another facet to this Nodal combination, however, that feels important. When the South Node in Scorpio there is a sense of us having got used to having the rug pulled out from underneath us. And this is certainly where we are at the moment, having had two years of having the rug pulled out and being conditioned to expect some other crisis or drama to come our way. However, the North Node is in Taurus for the next 18 months, inviting us to move forward towards a greater sense of peace, simplicity and stability. There is some hope in this Nodal combination - a sense that possibly we can allow ourselves to relax a little, or at the very least get ourselves to a place whereby we are not so easily knocked off kilter by drama and intensity. Taurus represents Mother Earth, so when in doubt, we are invited to seek a bit of nature to ground and centre ourselves so that we can find a state of calm, watching the storm rage around us instead of getting caught up in it.
 
Mars and Venus, the cosmic lovers, are incredibly prominent right now, as they are forming a conjunction that will be exact on the Full Moon but will also continue from around 9 February until 23 March. This is a very long time for the planet of love and relationship to be travelling alongside the planet of desire and action! This is a very important, powerful, karmic and potentially testing time for our relationships which could help us to redefine what it means to be in relationship and what we really, truly want from them. What we think we want from our relationships may not be what we truly need or are actually capable of. This is a very good opportunity to take off the rose-tinted specs and do any work on ourselves that is necessary to help ensure the success of our relationships. We may find it easier to express our needs than at other times. It is also possible that someone significant could come into our lives that could have an impact in the long term.  
 
Until 6 March Venus and Mars will be travelling together through Capricorn, the sign of realism, commitment and accountability, calling for us to be utterly realistic about our relationships, stripping away layers of illusion and redefining what it means to be in relationship. We may find ourselves making deeper commitments and laying down some structures and foundations that are grounded in reality and actually have a chance of surviving in the long term. Around the Pisces New Moon on 2 March, Venus and Mars will join up with Pluto, the planet of soul, power, death and rebirth, which could bring a profound transformation of the way we relate to one another and could even bring about a deepening or even a literal death of a relationship if it is not viable or serving our highest good. However, the death could be more metaphorical, as the relationship could simply metamorphose into another form that is more authentic, realistic and aligned with our personal truth.
 
Anyone with personal planets or angles around 16° could feel the energy of this Venus Mars conjunction most acutely during this Full Moon, especially in the Cardinal signs of Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn. This could be a good thing or could be quite challenging, depending on what aspect they are making! Venus helps us to feel sociable and loving, while Mars brings to the fore our desires and anger, forcing any issues out into the open. It certainly could ignite our passion and creativity, making us more honest about our feelings, more sociable and amorous than usual.
 
The Sabian symbol for the Venus Mars conjunction, which is exact at exactly the same moment that the Full moon is exact, is very interesting: “A repressed woman finds a psychological release in nudism”, which Dane Rudyar describes as “The escape, from bondage to social inhibitions, and a reliance upon the wisdom of the body. Under the pressure of religions that have created a sharp and unwholesome division between soul and body, society has produced strict codes of values regarding the play of natural instincts, and has glorified them under the name of “decency” and “modesty. Men and women are demanding a psychologically, as well as physically, healthful freedom of the body as a means of overcoming the hypocrisy and constrictions of social behaviour. The symbol is a call for RELEASE FROM INHIBITION.”
 
This is a very potent symbol, which could have many implications, given the current climate. One thing that comes to mind, however, is that Uranus has been forming a supportive trine to Venus in recent times, calling for us to find a way of being in relationship that is unique to us, rather than being bound by societal norms, expectations or conditioning. As we move into this new paradigm we could find that the way of being in relationship shifts in order to be a better reflection of our true nature. A new model of relationship could be forming which brings a greater sense of freedom and authenticity. It is important to be willing to be open and honest about who we are, what works for us and what feels right, rather than how we think we should be within our relationships.
 
The Sabian symbol for the Full Moon, at 28° Leo, feels very positive and promising indeed: “Many little birds on the limb of a big tree”, which Rudyar describes as ”A wide and perhaps confusing, openness to a multiplicity of inspiriting potentialities. There is stage in the spiritual life – which is not different from the everyday life – during which the consciousness, aspiring to greater realisations of more impressive forms of self-expression, feels itself flooded with new ideas and new possibilities. This can be very exciting, yet also quite confusing. It becomes necessary to focus oneself by limiting one’s field of vision and activity. We should try not to be OVERWHELMED WITH POTENTIALITIES, yet should enjoy the wonderful lightness of feeling this may bring after perhaps many days, months or years of frustration or darkness”. This one speaks for itself, really!
 
This is a powerful and potent Moon that could ignite our passion and help us to express what is in our heart. Leo is a very warm-hearted, playful, enthusiastic sign that could encourage us to let our hair down and have some fun! The Sabian symbols certainly do bring a sense of us being liberated somehow and feeling a greater sense of hope and positivity. However, we also have this Grand Cross between the Sun, Moon and the Nodes, which could signify some kind of a shift in our destiny. It will be interesting to see what happens within our relationships as Venus and Mars join forces for this Moon and also the New Moon on 2 March. It certainly feels appropriate that the cosmic lovers are together in the heavens for Valentines Day! This Leo Full Moon truly is an invitation to express all that is in our hearts and to allow our romantic, creative, joyful self to come out and play!
 
Much Love
 
Amy
xoxo
 
Picture: Cosmic Love
 


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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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