Moon in Aquarius

Monday morning through Wednesday afternoon

Osezaki lighthouse, Japan

Monday's aspects offer a series of potentially illuminating contrasts, as the Moon steps into the bright, cerebral light of Aquarius. We're prepared to be objective, staying cool as we survey a landscape that has been, and still is being, reshaped.

The Moon enters Aquarius at 7:00am EDT exactly. Not long after, the Sun squares Pluto, cardinal Fire and cardinal Earth facing off. Are we combining these powerful energies to make bricks, laying new foundations? Or pursuing a scorched earth policy, destroying everything?

Then, the cool Aquarius Moon flows energy in sextile with Uranus in Aries. Uranus rules Aquarius, so we might see the radical trickster talking to himself in infinitely reflecting mirrors. But we also have the chance to align our emotions and our passions. Aren't these two the same? Yes and no, and the Aquarius Moon opens a window on the complex dance between what we deeply want, our passions, and the network of emotions and judgments surrounding those primal desires.

Monday evening, the Sun and Moon reach their waning sextile, a time of deep insight and understanding. The light of Aries' fire can illuminate the sometimes chilly Aquarian landscape, highlighting what we most need to know, right now.

Tuesday continues the theme of clarity and insight, as the Moon flows energy in trine with Saturn in balanced Libra, then flows energy in sextile with exuberant Jupiter in Aries. Different points of view, different ways of experiencing the world––what does each offer?

Meanwhile, Venus, newly arrived in Pisces, joins Chiron the wounded healer. Venus is the Lesser Benefic, a gentle messenger of beauty and grace. Joined with Chiron in the sign of dreams and visions, these two offer healing.

Wednesday morning, the Moon flows energy in sextile with Mercury in Aries. This moment of clear thinking comes early in the morning, 7:16am EDT, offering incisive insight in the last hours before Mercury turns retrograde, where he'll remain until the end of April.

In late afternoon, the Moon joins Neptune at the last degree of Aquarius, an emphatic reminder of the importance of dreams and visions, before swimming into Neptune's own sign of Pisces at 6:38pm EDT.

Clarity is not always comfortable; sometimes we prefer dim lights and fuzzy outlines. Given the magnitude of the changes swirling around, though, everything might be feeling a little too murky. This Moon transit through Aquarius offers a time to turn on the brightest lights, illuminating where we are and what we need to know.