The First New Moon of 2015 occurs on January 20th
at 8:14 AM with the Sun and the Moon mere minutes into Aquarius. The horoscope cast for that moment has a Fixed
Air signature with not a lot of Earth.
What this means is that there are a lot of ideas floating around, with
the Aquarian flavor of radical, revolutionary and new, but with no grounding on
the physical plane. While these ideas
may be great without the Earth energy they will be difficult to manifest in the
material world. Mercury going retrograde the day after the New Moon further
reinforcing this principle. Mercury
continues this retrograde motion through the four major phases of the Lunar
cycle. At the Last Quarter on February
11th Mercury turns direct again.
Despite these drawbacks this can be a very productive
time. It is at time to revise and
review, a good time to fix things and readjust one’s way of thinking. Great ideas you had in the past may not be
working now. Now is the time to tweak
them or dump them altogether. A little
introspection and quiet contemplation creates fertile ground for new ideas to
surface. Wait until after February 11th
to implement them.
Mars running with Neptune in Pisces with Saturn glaring
at them both from Sagittarius brings the religious fanatics out of the wood
work. The Saturn square Neptune aspect does not become exact until November
2015 of this year but the aspect is in range for quite awhile. Saturn is about the harsh realities of life,
constricting, contracting and conforming.
Neptune runs the gamut from high spirituality to lowdown deception,
ruling the saints as well as the sinners.
Neptune is the wild night on the town, while Saturn is the morning after
with its brutal hangover. Fiery Mars in
watery Pisces does not function well.
Mars is the action planet and that action is under water. The spirit it willing but the flesh is weak.
This Piscean energy dovetails very well with the Mercury
Retro period. Look within for the
answers. Pray, meditate and always take
the high road. It’s the only way during
this tricky time.
The week of the Full Moon on February 3rd brings
some energy shifts and creates a lot of action, some of it misguided. Venus has moved into Pisces and caught up
with Neptune. Venus Neptune aspects can
make you think you’ve found your soul mate.
If you are functioning on a high level of spirituality, maybe you
have. Be wary of getting involved with
someone who needs to be fixed. True love
is a relationship between equals. Avoid
being the savior or being the martyr.
During this week the Sun shines light upon Uranus. This is an anything goes aspect. Bright ideas surface but it pays to think it
through before acting. By Friday the 6th
Mercury the idea planet confers with Saturn getting some practical advice. The Sun mixes it up with Jupiter making us
all feel expansive and on top of the world.
Beware of exaggeration and those who promise more than they can deliver.
At the Last Quarter moon on February 11th Mercury
turns direct. This is the time to
assimilate those ideas and expect new information to pop up over the next week
or so that might alter your opinion. Dark Moon time is still a time of reflection
and going within. Act after the next
New Moon on February 18th when the new phase begins as the Moon once
again begins to wax.