Moon in Aquarius

Monday night through Thursday morning

The Moon surges into Aquarius just after midnight EST Monday, flipping into Tuesday, ready to electrify our lives. Tuesday is March 1, and the Aquarian Moon is ready to enter like a lion no matter what the outside weather is up to.

a bolt from the blue!

Aquarius is fixed Air, sign of the Big Idea, of innovation, radical change, the unexpected, and the trickster. Aquarius is humanitarian, committed to the greatest good for the greatest number, but not necessarily focused on individuals––you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, says Aquarius.

This is also an intuitive sign, the flash of insight that comes like a bolt from the blue. So, shake those dice, blow on them for luck, and roll them out!

To learn more about Aquarius energy, check out Ellen Longo's fascinating series on leadership. She profiles three Aquarian exemplars, highlighting the paradoxes of this complex sign: Yoko Ono, Franklin Roosevelt, and Sarah Palin. Fascinating reading.

Tuesday morning, Venus flows energy in sextile with Uranus, ruler of Aquarius. Venus ends her time in rock solid Capricorn today, entering Aquarius herself this evening. This morning's sextile with Uranus is a wake-up call, harbinger of change. If you've made some tough decisions around relationships these last weeks and stuck to them (Venus in Capricorn), you may now feel things begin to move (Venus in Aquarius). If your Venusian focus has been on creative work, look for visits from the muse.

Tuesday afternoon, the Moon flows energy in sextile with supercharged Jupiter in Aries, lending more energy (as if more were needed!). With Jupiter currently facing off implacable Pluto in square, the Aquarian Moon calls our attention to this context between the irresistible force and the immovable object, perhaps offering insight into what needs to happen next.

Wednesday's aspects create space for intuition. Mercury, now in visionary Pisces, meets Saturn in balanced Libra in an inconjunct angle that calls for adjustment. A few minutes later, the Aquarian Moon trines Saturn, an easy, supportive flow touching Saturn's practicality with intuitive magic. These are the last days of this waning lunar cycle. Perhaps we'll understand more fully what to let go of now.

Thursday morning, the Moon reaches the last degrees of Aquarius, where she meets Neptune and creates a semisextile with Uranus, once again touching the two great intuitive messengers, before slipping into her time between times. She surfaces in oceanic Pisces at 11:46am EST Thursday.