If you're finding yourself trying to do and be everything right now, afraid you will miss out on the good stuff like love, healing, opportunity, and abundance you heard the astrology of March is bringing, then keep reading.

While this IS big love and money astrology on in March (especially the first two weeks), with blessing-bringer and ruler of resources and relationships, Venus, first meeting up with gift- and growth- bringer Jupiter 3/1, then wounded healer Chiron on 3/3, and then Jupiter and Chiron coming together to begin a new 50 year cycle on 3/12, it's also big healing astrology, and specifically around our sense of "enough-ness" - our inner sense of worthiness and deserving-ness.

So, if you're finding yourself a little panicky right now because you think you're going to mess it up and miss out, not to worry - this is precisely how this astrology works.

If you are feeling discomfort and dis-ease right now, that means these energetic dynamics are literally calling out your lack mentality, fears of not enough, and limiting beliefs around not good enough, not worthy, not deserving, and not lovable.

And the point is, to call your attention to it so that it can be healed and you can transcend this pattern once and for all.

Like in the quote below, when the discomfort of being in the old pattern and beliefs becomes more painful than the fear of transcending them, you'll blossom. 

​And that's exactly what this astrology can help you do!

Because all of this is happening in Aries, we are talking specifically about your sense of self and right to exist, and how you put yourself out into the world in an authentic and confident way, because Aries is the sign of the self and of going after our desires.

While Jupiter rules growth, luck, expansion, beliefs, and opportunity, Venus rules relationships and resources, love and money, by way of our value of ourselves.

With this line up in Aries in March, the good stuff will come to us when we are confident in our sense of self, who we are, what we are about, and in our inherent value and worth.

These planets both passing over Chiron in Aries will be helping us become aware of and heal any old core wounds to self still holding us back from that, like fear of rejection and abandonment.

Remember this.

You are right where you need to be.  You don't need to be more or do more.  You don't need to audition, campaign, or prove yourself to anyone (or the Universe).  

But you can block yourself from being in your inherent value and worth and thus lose access to your number one most valuable resource in life for living in wealth  - you in your full authenticity and inherent value and worth.

The more you want more - the more you feel a sense of lack in life and yourself - the more you will be feeling pressure now to be  more and do more so you don't miss out.  This pressure will be internal, but quite likely will also be reflected back to you externally - as within, so without.

The more dis-ease you are feeling as this builds, the more healing is available to you, if you open to it and allow it.

So, what wants to shift?

What old familiar pattern of living life is outdated and no longer serving?

What skin needs to be shed so you can grow?

​Where are you ready to blossom?

3/7 Saturn Enters Pisces:  Our first big shift lands on March 7th with the Virgo full moon when Saturn leaves Aquarius and enters Pisces for the next 2 1/2 years.  This softens Saturn's influence.  Not only is it not as powerful in Pisces, it won't be making those pesky challenging aspects like it has been for years now, and it is actually going to be in a much better position to be a helpful and supportive influence - helping us ground our inspiration and ideas in to reality.

3/23 & 3/25:  Pluto Enters Aquarius; Mars Enters Cancer:  By the end of March, we have Pluto in Aquarius and Mars into Cancer just a couple of days apart, and this completes our major shifts.

Mars into Cancer is a big deal because Mars agitates and activates whatever sign/area of life it is transiting, and while typically it only spends about 2 months in each sign and retrogrades only every 2 years, from late October til mid-January it was retrograde in Gemini putting extra focus there, which made it's total transit of that sign four times longer than normal, beginning in late August and not ending til late March.

But the bigger deal is Pluto's shift from Capricorn to Aquarius - it landed in Capricorn in 2008, and will spend this year going back and forth over the cusp, finally landing in Aquarius for good next January.  It will remain there until 2044.  

While this is a large part of what I mean by "the beginning of a new era," it's not the only thing.  Saturn's sign change is part of it, and by May 2026 Uranus and Neptune will have changed signs too.  And that's a big deal.  

It isn't just those big outer planet sign changes or the end of a long string of Saturn-dominated astrology heralding a new era.

On March 12th, Jupiter in Aries conjuncts Chiron, "the wounded healer."  Jupiter is one of the two "benefics," (blessing/gift bringers) along with Venus.  In the first half of March, they both just happen to be hooking up with Chiron, as well as each other, as they transit Aries.  While Venus moves through the zodiac in about eighteen months, it takes Jupiter about twelve years, spending about a year in each sign.  So this is a big deal.  Jupiter won't meet up with Chiron in Aries again for another fifty or so years.

Jupiter represents growth, expansion, luck, abundance, and beliefs.  Chiron represents our core wounds to self.  In Aries, Chiron is about our wounds specifically around our right to exist and stand up and be counted in the world.  These wounds are the ones that keep us doubting ourselves, not speaking up, not self-asserting, and playing small.  They keep us from truly sharing ourselves and our gifts with the world, and Chiron says it's precisely these wounds that are our gifts that need to be shared.  So it's time to transcend all that shame around who we are so we can shine those lights bright! 

Jupiter is the planet of belief, faith, hope, and optimism.  As we begin this new phase on March 12th, it's time to shift any old limiting beliefs and start nurturing new ones that are more supportive and aligned with the gifts Jupiter wants to bring.  (Keep in mind Jupiter lands in Taurus mid-May for an entire year, and this is historically known to be a prosperous and fortunate period across the board.  Get your sense of self-value and worth aligned now!)

But even before the big Jupiter-Chiron conjunction mid-Month, Venus will be working her magic in Aries.

We kick off March with Venus conjunct Jupiter in Aries on the 1st, and that leads us right into her meet up with Chiron on the 3rd.  (From the 3rd, the Jupiter-Chiron conjunction will be palpable and building to exact on the 12th, but it's really in play from February 23rd until March 29th - the entire month.)

We associate Venus with love, money, and beauty, but Venus rules the principles of the divine feminine ~ receptivity and attraction.  In fact, Venus rules the law of attraction ~ like attracts like.  Venus as ruler of Taurus rules resources and money, and as ruler of Libra rules relationships, harmony, balance, peace, and cooperation.  

At the heart of the matter, Venus rules self-worth:  how we value ourselves as our number one resource and put ourselves out in the world - how we align with and attract love and money, relationships and resources.  The key principle here is:  as within, so without.  

3/1 Venus conjunct Jupiter in Aries:  As Venus first meets up with Jupiter in Aries, the sign of self and self-assertion, we get the opportunity to take advantage of a confidence and self-worth boost that brings all sorts of good things our way.  Love, money, joy, abundance - it's yours for the taking - maybe it even just seems to flow to you.  Maybe you just feel "up" and in a good mood.  What's really happening here is your inner love and abundance is getting a boost, unblocked and allowed to shine forth, and the world around you naturally is responding to that.  Be sure to take this one out for a walk, because getting out and socializing is how to make the most of this.  Opportunities can't find you on your couch.

3/3 Venus conjunct Chiron in Aries:  As Venus passes over Chiron, paving the way for Jupiter mid-month, we get a chance for any necessary heart-healing before the bigger Jupiter-Chiron conjunction on the 12th.  Remember what Venus is about - love and money, but by way of our value of ourselves and unshakable knowing of our inherent worth.  It's time to heal any past wounds that have damaged our sense of worth, value, and desirability/lovability.  It's time to let down our guard and soften, to be vulnerable, and to crack open the armor over our hearts to let the light, and love in.  Open to allow love in, to love and be loved - love is what will allow us to transcend the fear - the fear of pain.  Walls around our hearts may feel necessary for safety and protection at first, but in the end, we end up only starving ourselves of what we most want and need.

It doesn't end there - the next two new moons are both in Aries, and they will help us really solidify this new beginning!

The first one will be March 21st (equinox) at zero degrees Aries, and the second one will be April 20th at 29 degrees Aries - the anaretic or karmic degree - and it will be our first eclipse of 2023.

Here's a secret:  the dark moon, or two days or so preceding every new moon is the secret to superpowering your new moon new beginning, because the dark moon is the time for releasing everything that no longer serves that you don't want to carry through the new moon portal.  And as you might have noticed, these next two new moons in Aries are potent new beginning portals, so showing up for the dark moon is going to extra powerful alchemy in your life.

I do a special dark moon live every month in the private Facebook group and on the SatMom sacred social platform, just click on either or both links to join!

On Sunday, February 19th, we arrive at an important opportunity to tap into deeper connection and support as Venus in Pisces aligns with Pluto in Capricorn.

This is an "opportunity" aspect, and Venus rules love and money, relationships and resources, and at the very heart of it all, our value of ourselves and what we attract into our lives as a result of that.

I say "important," because this is occurring between Venus in the end degrees of inspirational and idealistic Pisces, and Pluto in the final degrees of its once-every-couple-of-centuries-transit of Capricorn. Its been in Capricorn since 2008 bringing transformation to that area of our lives and won't be back in our lifetimes.

And this is Venus' last aspect to Pluto in Capricorn of this nature in our lifetimes too.

Pluto rules the underworld - both power and resources - and our insecurities and shadow. When Pluto is in a challenging aspect to Venus we might experience power dynamics in relationships or around money and resources, stemming from our own inner insecurities that fuel unconscious behaviors like manipulation and control tactics, jealousy, possessiveness, and even ultimatums.

But this aspect is a supportive one, the opportunity aspect, and its position now suggests something good coming through around deepening bonds of love and affection and/or the support of resources and wealth, and quite possibly because of the transformation we've experienced with Pluto in Capricorn since 2008.

Its all energy, and it all begins with your value of yourself. That's your throne. Your life right now, your life experience, is a perfect reflection of the energy of your inner realm and the quality of your belief in your inherent value and worth.

I've never had "premonition dreams," where future events were foretold.

I have had a few power animals dreams with distinct messages - in one I was visited by a black jaguar, in another, a wolf. There was one where I shapeshifted into a raven and flew high over a green river valley. These are easy to distinguish from other dreams as they have a very unique energy and clarity to them.

Looking back, I can pick out dreams that were clearly messages from my higher guidance and intuition about what was really going on in certain situations, but at the time, I didn't get the metaphors - or I refused to, clinging to denial.

But mostly, what I experience in my dreams is a different kind of message from my subconscious, that comes from my mind playing out my deepest fears as I sleep.

Sometimes I don't even remember them - I just wake up feeling the yucky energetic residue of the fear, worry, confusion, and struggle I played out in my dream that night.

It's easy to dismiss these and move on, but they contain a very important message.

WE CREATE FROM OUR SUBCONSCIOUS.

If your dreams are filled with fear, searching, and confusion, it is a clear signal to start addressing that consciously and take a good hard look at your beliefs and daily thinking and feeling habits, because this is where you are creating from - if you are creating it in your dreams, it will be coming through in your waking reality too.
This is your clue that there's some work to do in your inner realm.

You are a Powerful Creatrix, always creating, and what's going on in your mind is directly link to your feelings and energetic vibration, and that determines what you create.

But how do you shift yourself out of deeply held fear and doubt?

That's where I come in. As a coach, this kind of shift is what I specialize in, and my 3 session mini private Creatrix Coaching package is the perfect place to start.

If you're interested in learning more, just click here.  The first step is us meeting via a free clarity session via Zoom to see where you are at and how I might help.  It's that simple.

Reclaim your throne and reclaim your power over what you are creating in your life.  There's no time like the present!

Mercury, ruler of the mind, thinking, and communication, lands in Aquarius Saturday, February 11th.

While Mercury transits Aquarius annually, and its influence is considered "fleeting," this time, its arrival into Aquarius will feel bigger for us, as it's been in Saturn-ruled Capricorn since December. 

It was there longer than usual because it retrograded from mid-December to mid-January, and this retrograde was a significant one.

You see, Pluto has been in Capricorn since 2008, and it's getting ready to move into Aquarius in late March until 2044.  This is a big deal.  Pluto takes 200+ years to transit the zodiac, spending more time in some signs than others due to its elliptical orbit.  That means this was Mercury's last retrograde in Capricorn for a couple of centuries, and its conjunction with Pluto on Friday, 2/10 will be the last one for approximately the same length of time as well.

We are in the process right now of ending one era and beginning a new one, and Mercury is helping us with the mental part.

In this post, I'm going to break down working with the moon in daily life, and specifically how to harness the magic of this particular waning Virgo moon, arriving on the heels of Sunday's intense rut-buster of a Leo full moon amped by change-bringer and liberator, Uranus.

I'm going to do it in four sections:

1) "Lunar Cycles & Transits - The Basics,"
2) "Waning Moons & the Waning Gibbous Moon,"
3) "The Moon in Virgo," and
4) "Harnessing the Magic of This Particular Waning Virgo Moon," (happening February 7th and 8th, 2023). 

​Whether you no nothing about working the moon, or are more interested in this particular Virgo moon and how you can use it in within the bigger picture of what's happening currently astrologically, I've got you covered.  So let's dive in!

Let's quickly go over the basics of lunar cycles and transits first. 

The lunar cycle is 28 days - what our months are based on - and it is the time it takes for the moon, as viewed from earth, to move completely around the zodiac.

The lunar cycle begins at the new moon, when the moon and sun are conjunct, waxes for two weeks, climaxes at the full moon, when the moon and sun are in opposition, and then wanes for two weeks.

Waxing moons are times of growth, action, and cultivation.  Waning moons are times of integration, release, and rest.

Astrologically, we view the sun and moon as the two luminaries - the difference being that the sun generates light and the moon only reflects.  The sun is the light of consciousness, and the moon is the subconscious - even at the full moon, when the moon is fully illuminated by the sun - we only ever see half of it.

Thus, new moons are times of planting seeds and really when we are most inward turning and in touch with the subconscious, and full moons are times of culmination, graduation, fruition, illumination, and/or realization.

Lunar transits refer to the moon's movements through the zodiac.  It changes signs about every 2 1/2 days, and from each sign, it makes aspects to all of the other heavenly bodies.

Because the moon is our subconscious, it is strongly linked to our everyday moods, feelings, and intuition.  The moon is tied to our sense of emotional security and belonging, so by looking at the moon's phase, sign, and even current aspects (quickly passing - and it's important to note in general and to your natal chart), we can better understand where to direct our focus and energies on any given day to feel best about ourselves and life.

This Virgo moon comes on the heels of Sunday's Leo full moon (February 5th).  

The full moon was the climax.  It isn't just this month's lunar energy climax, it is the point of completion or graduation for what began with the Leo new moon six months ago.  What began in your life in August that you are now "harvesting?" (Either getting insight and illumination around, or bringing to full completion, or graduating to the next level?  Knowing what house or area of life Leo rules in your natal chart will give you further insight.)  

The waning moon covers the two weeks from the full moon to new moon each month where, just like it sounds, the lunar energy wanes.  We are done with the growth, cultivation, and action from the waxing moon.  Now it's time to take stock, ease up, and appreciate the fruits of our labor.  

The waning gibbous moon is specifically the week from the full moon until the last quarter square moon.  The last quarter moon is a choice point where we decide what it's time to release before we cross the threshold of the coming new moon.

The waning gibbous moon is the time to focus on easing up, practicing appreciation, and giving ourselves the necessary space to fully integrate and become aware of whatever has come to light with the full moon.  

The moon in Virgo can feel challenging because the moon's wants connection but Virgo's nature is to refine, perfect, organize, and sort. That doesn't feel so good to the emotional body, the moon's domain.

Virgo moons are wonderful times to schedule medical and surgical procedures, and a great time for anything that requires focus, organization, and precision.  This could be editing, or it could be cleaning house.

Virgo is mutable earth, ruled by Mercury.  It can have a nervous, critical, and perfectionist quality - it wants to refine, so it's important to channel the energy of the Virgo moon productively and in ways that feel supportive.

Keywords: attention to detail, routine, health, diet, desire to sort, separate, and organize, desire to be of service, devotion, perfectionism, criticism.

Harness it: get organized, find sacred in the mundane, devote yourself to daily routines, perform acts of service, fine tune and perfect things (with love).

Affirmations: "I release myself and others from the condition that I need to be perfect to be loved. I find joy in being of service. I take this opportunity to focus and streamline my life. I am tolerant of myself and others."

Body Sensitivity: Watch for sensitivity in: pancreas, small intestine, cecum, colon, digestive tract, duodenum, rectum, sense organs: eyes and ears.

To put it in perspective, Mars usually only spends about 2 months in each sign, and retrogrades every two years (the least amount of any planet), and it has been in Gemini since late August, and retrograde - in review mode - late October to mid-January.  Mars activates and agitates wherever it is in our charts, and it has spent an extraordinary amount of time focusing in Gemini.

Saturn changes signs every 2 1/2 years.  It moved into Aquarius in March 2020 - same time as pandemic lockdown really began for most of us.  It's transition into Pisces mid-March is going to likely be a welcome shift for us collectively.

Pluto entered Capricorn in January 2008, and the event that marked this was the Global Financial Crisis.  On March 23rd, it will begin it's year-long transition into Aquarius.  (It retrogrades back into Capricorn for a clean up round June til January 2024.). This is a monumental energy shift for us - Pluto will be transiting Aquarius and the house it rules for each of us personally until 2044!

Saturn is the Roman god of the harvest.  It's about the actions and discipline that get the results we want.  While Saturn is the task-master and it "crystallizes" - either helps us make our fears real, helps us make our dreams real, or shows us where we need to show up and be responsible, Pluto in transit first strips and exposes. 

Pluto is the cycle of death and rebirth, so many times Pluto transiting sensitive points of our chart will show, often through power dynamics, abuse, stripping, and exposing, where we need to let go fully.  Because Pluto rules the underworld.  It's about the buried, hidden, subconscious - all of our fears and insecurities that our personal power is wound up in.  

Uranus meanwhile is in the middle of its 7 year cruise through Taurus.  It's the "change-bringer."  Uranus is like a catalyst.  It can work through out of the blue insight or sudden knowledge, or events that disrupt - either way, it wants to shake up the status quo and help us innovate and move into the future.  

While Saturn rules the third dimension of conditions, Uranus rules the 4th dimension, and the way to access it is through appreciation.

Uranus has been near the north node of increase and destiny in Taurus for a while now - these two together means what we desire and are moving toward is all things Taurus.  Taurus is a Venus-ruled earth sign concerned with values, resources, abundance, material possessions, and living life with pleasure through the five senses.  Uranus here since 2018 means we are being asked to innovate the way we feel secure, especially through material possessions and resources.  We've seen that get challenged through the pandemic, and especially from February 2021 to October 2022 as Saturn (lack, limitations, and restrictions, fear and doubt) challenged Uranus four separate times.

However, as of Uranus stationing direct in late January, it did so for the first time in two years WITHOUT Saturn waiting to challenge it.  

Now that's a good feeling, but after how long we've been dealing with the other dynamic, it can also feel a bit unsettling - and Uranus IS an unsettling energy.  It's unpredictable, and it brings change.

So as we arrived at the Leo full moon on Sunday, February 5th, we arrived at a big energy full moon already high in intensity, in square to Uranus, in its full power.  

You may have noticed the big energy over the weekend, possibly experiencing upset or at least anxiety and nerves/agitation/irritability, or maybe an actual upsetting event.  Maybe it was a big breakthrough, new ideas, or realization, or a release of really old pain and trauma.  Maybe the full moon brought all of these things into your realm.

But now, the dust is settling, and as we land with this waning gibbous moon in Virgo, and Mercury leaves its retrograde post-shadow and prepares for its final meeting with Pluto while in Capricorn for the next couple of centuries or so, things are clearing out indeed, and quite possibly deep things having to do with your experiences over the past decade.

Time to clear the air, and everything else while you're at it.

Optimizing the waning Virgo moon energy means clearing space both physically and psychically to truly integrate whatever has come up and come to light with this past full moon.  This one had Uranus fueling it, so it was a rut-buster.  Uranus with the north node wants to move us out of the old, the outdated, the stale, the status quo, and right into the new, and what most likely was coming to light was whatever needs to go before we move into March and all the big changes it is bringing.

1.  Clean up, pick up, declutter, and organize - first things first.  With moon, emotions, in Virgo, refinement, order, and perfection, organizing your physical realm will organize your mental and emotional realm.  Make sure a couple of doors or windows are cracked to let in fresh air (and let out other things) and that shades are up so sunlight can get in.

2.  Clean.  Dust, vacuum, do the laundry, wash the dishes - whatever needs doing to get your nest feeling sparkly. ​

3.  Start making your magical floor wash - put sea salt (moon, sea, cleansing, rebirthing, banishing, grounding, and balancing) into a bowl.  Add rosemary  (cleansing, purification, healing, and protection), and rue (Diana, moon, purification, protection, and uncrossing).  Pour boiling water over the mix and begin stirring counterclockwise.  State out loud your intentions for this mixture: to cleanse, purify, and to remove any and all negative energy or energy not in alignment and in support of your spirit, truth, and highest good, across all time and space and all dimensions, within and without, as you continue to stir.  Then stop stirring.  Now add bay leaves (solar, sun, Apollo, Leo, protection, success, victory, releasing and manifesting), sage (Jupiter, protection, wisdom, as well as lunar, clearing, cleansing), and nettle (the herb of consent, sense of self, thresholds, boundaries, and coming into clarity after winter).  Now stir clockwise, stating out loud what you are calling in and creating:  strong sense of self, strong protective boundaries, knowing where you begin and end, what threshold you are now crossing, what you are calling into being, what you are awakening to, or choosing to awaken, abundance, expansion, success, love, happiness, high, bright energy.  Add lavender oil for Mercury, calmness, happiness, and high vibration, and add geranium oil for balancing.

4.  Let the floor wash sit while you smudge.  Make sure you have a couple of doors or windows cracked.  You can use basic sage, or maybe you prefer yerba santa or palo santo, but in this case, after such a big energy full moon, at this highly transitional time, as we are releasing a lot of stuff around the past decade of Pluto in Capricorn (because of Mercury's recent retrograde - it's just leaving the post-shadow 2/7), I recommend going all out with loose mugwort on a charcoal round.  Go to the left (counterclockwise around your space), setting your intention to clearing out anything across all dimensions that is not in alignment with the present moment and your highest good.  This includes stagnant energy, arguments, anxiety, etc. that's hanging around from the weekend or before.  This is especially important if you had a big emotional release over the weekend with the full moon.  (You might play Schumann resonance or music you like, or drumming while you do this - I like to follow moving clockwise burning something like lavender or dammar resin focusing on what I'm bringing into the space like happiness, love, and laughter, and then follow that with a 528 hz tuning fork.). ***I know this full moon was actually on my Leo sun and the past decade of Pluto in Capricorn involved a lot of trauma and abuse for me as Pluto opposed my 1st house Saturn and Venus, bringing on a full rebirth of self and identity.  It was challenging to say the least.  Interestingly enough, over the past couple of weeks I've been doing somatic exercises for releasing trauma stored in the hips, as well as taking a custom blend of flower and gem essences I made for myself (I've started making these for clients) focusing on releasing deep grief and anger.  Everything came out at the full moon!  In a healthy way, not sideways in triggers.  Full body shaking, crying, release.  So it feels really right and natural to use this waning Virgo moon to take it all in and clear the space on every level.

5.  At this point, now you can burn any incense you like or frankincense to "set the space."

6.  Now strain the floor wash you made - add vinegar or borax to it for extra cleaning power, or you can mop first with a stronger cleaner, then follow with the floor wash.  As you mop, remember all of the attributes of the mixture you just poured your energy, intent, and love into.

7.  Get your favorite flowers, play music, be of service, and enjoy your clean, beautiful, healing space!  I also like to wipe all the door and window frames and thresholds with rosemary oil, and wipe wood with sandalwood oil - especially in the bedroom.  Take an alchemical bath.  (I did a detox bath this time personally, with sea salt, bentonite clay, and activated charcoal - I also added some of the floor wash to it, and then extra geranium oil for balancing chakra, emotions, and masculine/feminine and easing anxiety, and lavender for peace, calm, high vibes, happiness, and harmonious communication.). Sink into your warm, cozy, clean and clear space and journal and nourish yourself!

There is so much wisdom and guidance within you - if you know how to listen.

Our feelings, our emotions, our dis-ease and aches and pains.  The little synchronicities, the gut yesses and no's.  The sudden flashes of insight and ideas that lead you to exactly what you needed.

Even our dreams.

Being professionally trained in hypnotherapy, I am very familiar with the subconscious mind and how it works.  It speaks to us in imagery, in metaphor.

So when I woke up this morning after dreaming all night that I couldn't move because there was a 12" long giant black scorpion (that was hefty) asleep draped across the top of my head spanning from ear to ear, you can bet I was intrigued.

Interestingly enough, eventually it stirred and I felt it crawl slowly off my head and slide off and as soon as that happened, I immediately woke up.

The first thing to take into account when analyzing a dream is the feeling that came with it.  In this case, it was intense - I couldn't move for fear of being stung, and couldn't speak loudly, and it was a heavy weight, so my neck and shoulders were burdened.  And I kept trying to get people around to help but no one knew what to do.  

But it was asleep (over my crown chakra).  And I could feel this strong vibrational pulsing energy emanating from it.  

And then it just moved on, on its own.  Suddenly I was free.

There was no actual threat or attack.  No sting.  Just a giant scorpion asleep on my head that finally went on its way.

Scorpions are associated with healing, transformation, death and rebirth.  They are protective and extremely vibrationally sensitive.  In many cultures, black is a protective color.  

In the dream there was a definite "weight being lifted" sensation - in fact I woke immediately.

Also, astrologically right now, the south node of past, karma, and release is in the sign of the scorpion, Scorpio.  

The Egyptian goddess Isis is strongly associated with scorpions.  In the myth of Isis and Osiris, at one point she travels with seven scorpions for protection.  

She is associated with healing - most famous for re-membering her beloved Osiris - and with magic, as is zodiac sign Scorpio, and the associated 8th house that isn't just themes of shared resources and other peoples' money, but also the deep psyche, the taboo, sex, death, loss, inheritance, and the occult.  

The 8th house being Scorpio's house (the 8th sign) means its modern ruler is Pluto.  As a Cancer rising, guess who just happens to be landing in my Aquarius 8th house in late March?  You got it - Pluto - the scorpion is of course about power too.

Interesting that it was covering my crown chakra and even while dreaming the pulsing energy I felt was palpable.  

Maybe this is a sign of releasing the past and clearing in preparation for the new coming in March.

Maybe it is a metaphor for major healing.

Maybe it is a sign of a period of major transformation coming to culmination.

Maybe it is all of the above.  Time will tell.

Whatever the meaning, it was significant.  That's for sure.

What are your thoughts?  Have you ever had dreamt of a scorpion?  What is your experience with dreams?  I'd love to know!

Yes, you read right - I said good news and breakthroughs are on for this weekend (January 27th through January 31st, 2023)!

Now, you might be feeling a little anxious, nervous, or uncertain right now, which is perfectly natural for this astrology.

Uranus is the outer planet that brings big change, and usually by disruption, sudden upheaval, and/or out of the blue insight.  Its methods can have us feeling impulsive, dissatisfied with the status quo, restless, and even rebellious.  It can feel like something big is about to happen but we don't know what, and we don't know if it will be good or bad, and that can lead to us impulsively acting and creating upheaval in our own lives.

Right now, we're feeling Uranus like we haven't in a few years.  That's because Uranus just stationed direct for the first time since 2021 without having Saturn in Aquarius right there waiting to block its expression.  

So you might feel a bit "out on a limb," as not having Saturn in square (and not to Uranus but just in genera) is something we haven't experienced in years.  Collectively, we aren't used to feeling this level of openness energetically right now.  It feels good, but at the same time a bit unfamiliar or even unsafe.  Just keep in mind this is big energy.

It's not just Uranus - Mars and Mercury are freshly direct too as of January.  This means we have all planets in forward motion for the first time since last April.  

But Uranus is the planet of breaking free, breakthroughs, and out of the blue insight, and this weekend, exact on Sunday, January 29th, it's making its third and final flow aspect to Mercury, the messenger.

This sets the stage not for just good news, but also big aha's and fresh insight that have been brewing since mid-December.  These planets are both in earth signs, so this may see us moving forward in very real ways.  

Plus, this is a trine aspect.  It's a positive, or flowing, aspect linking planets at the same degree of signs of the same element - this one happens to be earth to earth - but what it's really best at is speeding things up, so no matter what's been up, now we can expect it to move, and fast - it's going to break free, break loose.

At the same time, this weekend we have Venus freshly into Pisces and Mars in Gemini in trine (that same flow aspect) to the Aquarius sun.

Venus in Pisces is a lovely vibe shift since Our Lady of Love & Money has been in the Saturn-ruled signs of Capricorn and Aquarius since mid-December.  This by itself brings more flow.  Pisces is the water sign of healing, dissolving walls between us, forgiveness, creativity, and even romance, so Venus in Pisces feels really good.

Venus in Pisces also means she is in supportive aspect by sign to Uranus in her own sign of Taurus.  She won't make the sextile exact until a bit later, but we can feel it building already now.  Sextiles are less potent than trines but still positive, and speak to opportunities.  

Mars trine sun is again a flow aspect that speeds things up and helps us rut-bust and break loose, and this one is air to air, meaning it's in the realm of thoughts, words, ideas, and mental processes.  

This aspect is a bit like the Six of Swords in the tarot - it's the energy of victory, of winning.  It brings us confidence and enthusiasm, and boosts us with the courage and motivation to initiate action.

As we move through this weekend, on Saturday, January 28th, we also turn the corner from the waxing crescent moon to the waxing gibbous moon with the first quarter moon.  This is the halfway point between the new and full moon, and as we pass the first quarter moon and move into the waxing gibbous phase it's full speed ahead towards the full moon climax.

We'll feel energized to take action and push towards our goals now as we head into the February 5th full moon at 16° Leo, which just happens to be in square to Uranus and trine to Chiron in Aries.  

This means the big Uranus energy of restlessness and possibly even anxiety is going to be building all week along with lunar energy to the full moon climax.

The key will be to stay grounded and embodied so this energy doesn't push you around! 

I'll be going over this full moon, what to expect, and how to work with it in detail in the lunation report out to subscribers next week, so make sure you are on the list!

​With this new moon, it's time to fully and completely release the past (specifically the "pandemic years" up to the past decade) and look forward, and step forward into the new.  That means moving away from what feels familiar, and moving toward what feels exciting but also unknown, because it is completely and totally new.

This new moon is a potent new beginning for us - let me explain why.

Here's the thing:  this isn't just the annual new moon in Aquarius, and I'm sure you're feeling the difference. 

Uranus, the modern ruler of this new moon, stations direct just one day after, on Sunday, 1/22.  Now Uranus retrogrades every year - the past couple of years it has gone retrograde in August and direct in January.  However, since January 2021, it has been stationing direct with the traditional ruler of Aquarius in Saturn, waiting to challenge it. 

We had a total of 4 squares between Saturn in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus between February 2021 and October 2022.  That's that frustrating feeling of wanting to break free but being blocked by forces out of your control that was so prevalent over those years.  But that's done.  In fact, we won't see any squares from Saturn to outer planets for something like the next decade, and that's really good news, because that is part of what has made the past few years feel so challenging.

So, at this Aquarius new moon, we are also feeling Uranus stationing direct for the first time in years without its energy being blocked.  It's also the final planet left in retrograde, so as of this weekend we are all forward until April. 

If you're feeling excited to the point of being ungrounded and almost unsure which direction to go first, THIS is why!  Don't worry - you don't have to do everything at once.  In fact, the key to accessing this magic is to stay grounded, to not rush or act impulsively, and to really fully form those ideas and action plans, anchor them, and nourish them.  

In fact, Saturn is supporting this as Venus conjuncts it on Sunday.  While Saturn and Venus together can always have us feeling a little restricted, held back, or like our parade is being rained on, the other side of it is the energy of fresh starts in love and money that are solidly foundationed, long-term, and built to last.  This means right now we can access Saturn's practicality and integrity to help us not rush or cut corners.

Looking deeper, there's even more magic to this new moon.

This new moon is at 1° Aquarius, and that means it is conjunct Pluto at 28° Capricorn.  Pluto has been in Capricorn since 2008 and is in its final weeks of that long transit, which truly has defined an era that began with the global financial crisis.  (Capricorn rules big systems like banking and government, Pluto strips and exposes so that, the old and rotten can be composted and that energy transformed into the new - just like the phoenix dying to the flames to be reborn from its own ashes.).

On March 23rd, Pluto officially moves into Aquarius.  2023 will actually be a transition year as Pluto will retrograde back into Capricorn from June til January 2024 for a final "clean up round" before returning to Aquarius to stay until 2044, but the new begins in March.  

That means this new moon is our introduction to the new, serving as a bridge between the two eras, as it is firmly planted in Aquarius with Uranus stationing direct and the Saturn-Venus conjunction speaking to a new beginning, but also conjunct Pluto still in Capricorn.

As we move through 2023, one of the defining astrological signatures will be Pluto in T-square to the nodes of the moon, the head and tail of the dragon, the points of destiny/future/increase, and fate/past/release, respectively.

Pluto brings transformation - Phoenix-style transformation - and from March until December as it moves back and forth across the Capricorn/Aquarius cusp, it will be challenging those points of destiny and fate, future and past.  

What does this mean for us?

It means that the magic this year is to be found in fully and completely letting go of the past so that we can be free to move untethered into the new, towards our future, our destiny.  And yes, that is much easier said than done, but this year is here to help us do it.  

Moving into the new always means moving into the unfamiliar, which can feel uncertain and uncomfortable, but the energy is clear:  with Pluto involved like it is, when we cling to the old and familiar and what was secure in the past, we will suffer.  This is a "let go or be dragged" situation.

Here's a secret:  later in the year, Leo energy is going to be a big help, so keep that in mind. 

Stay tuned, because I'll be filling you in on how to work with it, and all of the other energies this year as we go!