Declutter and Keep the Balance: Virgo New Moon and Aries Full Moon After a memorable 44 day retrograde journey into shadow land and into reassessing relationships and what we value, Venus stationed direct on the 4th of September enabling a slow move towards achieving one’s new desires. Within hours of Venus’s pause to change direction, [...]
Finding your Unique Value: New Moon in Leo and a Full Moon in Pisces On Sunday the 13th of August, Venus and the Sun unite in Leo creating a once every 19 months sacred geometry Venus star point (an intricate astrological star pattern). In Leo, the regal sign of the Sun’s rulership, the desire for [...]
On the 17th of July 2023 the North Node moves into fiery and cardinal Aries and the directly opposing South Node into sociable and diplomatic Libra, bringing a whole new collective karma narrative for the following 18 months. The focus here is on rebalancing through finding the inspiration and courage to support our own goals [...]
Venus went into Leo for an unusually long five month sojourn on the 6th of June. In Leo, Venus adds a warm, enthusiastic and dramatic flair to one’s expression of affection. There’s a sense of optimism, fun and creativity in the air during this placement. By contrast Mercury’s stay in Gemini from June 11 to [...]
Perspective and Expansion: The Taurus New Moon and Sagittarian Full Moon Mercury stations to turn direct on the 16th of May and is ready to go over new ground by the end of May when it ends its shadow period. Mercury in Taurus brings ideas down to earth for practical application and the retrograde focus [...]
The Great March Shift and the Aries New Moon and Libran Full Moon Occurring a little more than an hour after the Astrological New Year or Autumn Equinox, the New Moon is in the very first degree of the zodiac. The reference at one degree of Aries is to A Woman Just Risen From [...]
Preparation for Big Changes at the Pisces New Moon and Virgo Full Moon The New Moon occurs at 5:04 pm on the 20th of February. The Moon joins the Sun for this event at the second degrees of Pisces which is characterised as A Squirrel Hiding from Hunters. This speaks to the need for an [...]
Breaking Free Creatively at the Aquarius New Moon and the Leo Full Moon While it will take some weeks for full forward momentum to build, in mid to late January 2023 Mars, Mercury and Uranus all return to direct motion. Mars goes direct on the 13th of January but will remain in Gemini, where it [...]
Trust, Changing Values and a Consequential 2023 Before giving an overview of 2023 I want to briefly mention the next New Moon and Full Moon. The Capricorn New Moon occurs at 8:16pm on the 23rd of December with Jupiter squaring the luminaries and coinciding with Chiron going direct after a six month journey retrograde. It’s [...]
The Vision Widens at the Sagittarius New Moon and Gemini Full Moon Having dominated the zeitgeist in 2021 and to a lesser extent in 2022, the Saturn/Uranus square is finally fading. It played a key role in the total lunar eclipse, which coincided exactly with the US midterm elections. At this eclipse Uranus was less [...]
