New Moon in Aquarius: Taking the Wheel

Early Monday morning
Eastern Time

The New Moon arrives early in Aquarius––2 degrees––and early in the day––2:39 am EST. We've been through some times of pondering, planning and plodding with Capricorn and Saturn, and this New Moon says, enough, already! Let's move!

Aquarius is the sign of the revolutionary, the idealist, and the innovator. In this sign, we connect to our vision of a better world at the same time we embrace our unique selves. In Aquarius, we know that our best contribution to our communities will emerge from our own talents, developed and delivered our way.

This New Moon is also the Chinese New Year, opening the Year of the Water Dragon. This will be a year of strong water events, with the Dragon bringing change.

An energized sextile from Uranus, ruler of Aquarius, channels plenty of just-do-it power into the New Moon, wanting to see big changes right out of the starting gate. But wait... this New Moon is at the apex of a T-square that challenges us to look before we leap.

Jupiter in Taurus squares the New Moon, ready to shower his good luck on our new endeavors if we're sure. Have we committed to nurturing our dreams? With our intentions be planted in good soil, so they develop strong roots and healthy branches? Have we got good self-care plans in place to avoid burnout?

Saturn in Libra squares off from the other side. He'll also be on our side if we've got good blueprints. Are our concepts well grounded? And if we meet that test, are we ready to walk our talk? Are we behaving responsibly, thinking through to seven generations?

Although the challenges are strong, this doesn't feel like a fight to me. Venus also has a strong presence at this New Moon, bringing in beauty and diplomacy. She's squaring the Nodes of the Moon, asking whether our life path is aligned with our cosmic vision. And, she rules both Taurus and Libra, the signs Jupiter and Saturn are sitting in as they square the New Moon.

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Picture a conference on a major new project, one you really want to go well. To get everyone on the team on board, you need to walk in with your best presentation: great ideas, solid supporting data, and the creative juice to get things going.

Your team includes some hard-nosed players who will challenge you every step of the way, yet you know their intentions are good. Once things are hammered out, the project will be stronger, its chances of success improved.

In these last days of the waning Moon, let go of whatever is gumming up the works. Mars is in detailed-oriented, analytical Virgo, already slowly for his approaching retrograde. Use his eagle eye to clean things up.

Check your birth chart. Where does this New Moon fall? That house will be energized to move in new directions. What does this Moon touch? If you have 

Once the New Moon arrives, harness all that vibrant creativity to flow energy into your wildest outside-the-box dreams. Mars will turn direct Monday evening, so plan to make your wishes and set intentions on Monday, especially ones focused on actions in the outer world.