Moon into Aquarius: Look to the Future

Saturday afternoon through Monday evening
Eastern Daylight Time

Saturday, March 17

The Fool, Maat Tarot, Spring Equinox card

Moon enters Aquarius 12:12pmMoon semisextile Neptune (Pisces) 3:08pm
Moon sextile Uranus (Aries) 7:46pm
Moon sextile Mercury (Aries) 8:46pm

Sunday, March 18
Moon semisextile Chiron (Pisces) 12:24am
Moon inconjunct Mars (Virgo) 3:22am
Moon sextile the North Node (Sagittarius) 4:30am
Moon semisextile Pluto (Capricorn) 5:32am
Sun (Pisces) inconjunct Saturn (Libra) 5:55am
Moon square Jupiter (Taurus) 7:22am
Mercury (Aries) conjunct Uranus (Aries) 1:21pm
Moon square Venus (Taurus) 2:39pm

Monday, March 19
Moon trine Saturn (Libra) 4:31pm
(begin void of course)
Moon semisextile Sun (Pisces) 7:39pm
Moon enters Pisces 11:16pm

In one hour (as I write this––less by the time you read it), the Moon steps into cerebral, forward-looking Aquarius. This is the Moon as messenger, bringing our attention to larger patterns in the sky. Tomorrow, Mercury and Uranus reach the second of their conjunctions in Aries during this Mercury retrograde cycle. Overnight Monday, the Sun enters Aries to begin the new astrological year. Time to look ahead!

Tonight offers an intriguing opening for receiving messages. The Aquarian Moon is already attuned to the heavens, looking for signs and patterns. Her first aspect for this transit is an edgy touch with visionary Neptune, and tonight she flows energy with Uranus and Mercury. Questions we ask at this time are likely to get answers, although perhaps not the ones we'd expect.

Captain Future!

Sunday's focal aspect is the Mercury–Uranus conjunction. Mercury is moving backwards at this time, and this retrograde connection alerts us to where we need to change. Yes, we're already working on the changes we know we need to make. (We are, right? Mostly? Maybe?)

Now the places we're stuck, holding on too tight to the past, or outworn thinking, or bad habits, feel more irritating than ever. Mercury–Uranus wants to rip that bandaid right off––the sting only lasts a second.

The Moon feels conflicted about all this, as we're likely to be. After the lovely flowing time with the Grand Trine in Earth, all calm and peaceful, we're gritting our teeth and wondering why it takes so long for positive change to happen. I might not be quite ready to (fill in your essential change here), but it really bugs me that everyone else is moving so slowly.

Early Monday, the Moon trines Saturn, a time when our thoughts and feelings might settle and a plan of action emerges. Hold that thought, though, because this is the Moon's last classical aspect in Aquarius and the void of course will last all day.

We're entering a liminal time, the doorway between one zodiac cycle and another. All day Monday, the Moon is void of course in Aquarius, entering Pisces, last sign, Monday night. This is the end of the waning lunar cycle too, so we're entering a time of release.

And yet, the Sun is ready to move. Overnight Monday, he steps boldly into Aries, reaching the Spring Equinox, the Aries point of new beginnings. The Aries New Moon, flanked this year by Mercury and Uranus, is not far behind.

With a highly energized Equinox and New Moon ahead, we welcome this Aquarius Moon time to look ahead, realign with our own grand plan, and prepare.