Full Moon in Aries, 21 October 2021
The fiery Aries full Moon opposes the Sun in Libra conjunct (next to) the planet Mars, ruler of Aries. This full moon is about standing in your sovereignty and taking action.
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The New Moon in Pisces takes place on 13 March 2021 9.21pm AEDT at 23deg 03’ Pisces. New Moons are a time for letting go, rest, reflection and renewal and this is particularly true under a Pisces New Moon. Pisces is the sign of compassion, introspection and a respite from everyday life. Pisces connects us with other states of being, with creativity through the imagination and with the Divine through prayer and meditation. It is a time of heightened sensitivity and intuitive knowing, of receiving insights through dreams, of healing for the self and others, self care and drawing inward … Continue reading →
New Moon in Aquarius
The Sun and the Moon are two great archetypes in astrology. The Sun symbolises our urge to shine in the world, to explore and express our unique essence; while the moon has a more instinctive and unconscious quality linked to our emotional and habitual reactions, our intuition and what we need to feel safe and secure. The moon is reflective and regressive and is constantly changing (waxing & waning) like the tides. In astrology a new moon happens each month when the moon and the sun join together in the sky, at which time the moon is invisible to us … Continue reading →
The Great Mutation
Every 20 years the two social planets, Jupiter and Saturn, which symbolise the structures of our society, come together in the sky in what is known as a conjunction. This “Great Conjunction” has recently coincided with the transition between decades i.e. coming together in 2000, opposing in 2010, coming together in 2020 and so on. This cycle represents endings and beginnings as old structures disintegrate and new forms begin to take shape in society. In this exceptional year of 2020 the Great Conjunction takes on an extraordinary significance. Typically the Great Conjunctions occur in zodiac signs of the same element … Continue reading →
Moving Forward
As we move towards the end of this exceptional year, the planetary energies are starting to move forward. Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto have all ended their retrograde period and are moving direct as of 13, 29 September and 5 October respectively. Mercury retrograde comes to an end on 4 November (3rd November US time; the day of the US election) and on 14 November the unusually long Mars retrograde finally ends and Mars begins moving forward again in his home sign of Aries. If things have felt stuck and slow moving over the past few months, the combination of these … Continue reading →
Once in a Blue Moon
The two most fundamental energies in our birth chart are the Sun and the Moon. The Sun is the light and life of our solar system and astrologically symbolises our sense of individual self and purpose. As the closest heavenly body to earth, the Moon affects the rhythm of the oceans and is associated with yin, receptive energy influencing the flow of our emotions. Each night, as the Moon distributes the light of the Sun, we experience the interchange of these energies as the “phases” of the Moon. A full moon occurs when the Sun and the Moon oppose each … Continue reading →
Embracing Retrograde
The concept of retrograde in astrology refers to an optical illusion from the perspective of the Earth. Retrograde motion is an apparent change in the movement of a planet through the sky because of its position and speed of movement around the Sun relative to the Earth. Planets do not physically start moving backwards in their orbit but just appear to do so from our point of view on Earth. Imagine two trains are leaving a station at the same time. If you are on the faster one, the one beside you appears to be going backwards; even though they … Continue reading →
Mars in Aries
In mythology, Mars was the Roman god of war and second only to Jupiter in the Roman pantheon. Similar to the Greek god of war Ares, Mars, was seen as a protector of Rome and the Roman way of life and as a defender of city borders and frontiers. The planet Mars takes approximately two years to orbit the Sun and spends on average about 6 weeks in each sign of the zodiac. Mars moved into the sign of his rulership Aries on 27 June 2020 where he will stay until 6 January 2021. The unusual thing about Mars’ journey … Continue reading →
Venus Retrograde
The concept of retrograde in astrology refers to an optical illusion from the perspective of the Earth. Retrograde motion is an apparent change in the movement of a planet through the sky because of its position and speed of movement around the Sun relative to the Earth. Planets do not physically start moving backwards in their orbit but just appear to do so from our point of view on Earth. Imagine two trains are leaving a station at the same time. If you are on the faster one, the one beside you appears to be going backwards; even though they … Continue reading →
Venus Morning and Evening Star
Enigmatic Venus is our closest planetary neighbour and is the brightest planet in the sky. She looks like a star with the naked eye but unlike stars that emit their own light, Venus is a planet and reflects the light from the Sun. Venus is the second planet closest to the Sun, Earth being the third, and never ventures very far from the Sun from our perspective on Earth. Sometimes when she is very close to the Sun, she is lost in its glare and becomes invisible. When she is at her furthest separation from the Sun –referred to … Continue reading →