Moon into Taurus: The Inner Gardener

Monday morning through Wednesday afternoon
Eastern Standard Time

Monday, January 30

the inner garden

Moon enters Taurus 1:29am
Moon semisextile Uranus (Aries) 4:58am
Moon conjunct Jupiter (Taurus) 6:29am
Moon sextile Chiron (Pisces) 8:40am
Moon sextile Mercury (Aquarius) 11:15am
Moon trine Pluto (Capricorn) 6:26pm
Moon square Sun (Aquarius) 11:10pm

Tuesday, January 31
Moon trine the North Node (Sagittarius) 12:34am
Moon sextile Venus (Pisces) 9:08pm
Moon trine Mars (Virgo) 11:28pm

Wednesday, February 1
Moon inconjunct Saturn (Libra) 1:12pm
Moon square Neptune (Aquarius) 2:06pm
(begin void of course)
Moon enters Gemini 2:15pm
Mercury (Aquarius) semisextile Pluto (Capricorn) 2:38pm
Moon sextile Uranus (Aries) 5:54pm
Venus (Pisces) opposite Mars (Virgo) 6:41pm
Moon semisextile Jupiter (Taurus) 7:47pm
Moon square Chiron (Pisces) 9:40pm

The Moon stepped quietly into Taurus early this morning, leaving the heady passions of Aries behind for a while. Her first touch was a goodbye to fiery Uranus, acknowledging that while Taurus walks more slowly, the work of deep transformation is still underway. With this Taurus Moon, we tend the inner garden.

growing our dreams

In Chinese medicine, the image of the body and its energies is a garden. The meridians are irrigation channels, carrying qi to all structures as water nourishes growing plants.

Today, the Taurus Moon, patient gardener of the zodiac, walks with wise advisors––Chiron the healer-sage, Mercury the messenger, and Pluto the alchemist––to learn how to support the emerging seeds planted at the New Moon.

At the end of the day, the Moon squares the Sun, the First Quarter Moon and the first test of our newly forming intentions. Are we making goodl choices to nurture our dreams?

Tuesday, this question is asked again, as the Moon forms an awkward inconjunct to the North Node. Are we trying to move ahead too quickly? This is a day to look for missed steps.

Tuesday night, Venus and Mars each offer support for whatever we're working on. Venus in Pisces is a lovely dreamer and creative muse; Mars retrograde in Virgo is sure to notice important details that need our attention.

Wednesday, our commitment to manifesting our dreams is tested as the Moon forms challenging angles to both Saturn and Neptune. We had the chance to work with teachers and guides these last few days. Now these two want to know how we did. Did we stay stubbornly in place, refusing to move? Or did we take the careful steps that help ground our dreams in good soil? The Taurus Moon offers both choices. Consider carefully.
    

Moon into Aries: Friction and Flame

Friday afternoon through Monday morning
Eastern Standard Time

Friday, January 27
Moon enters Aries 1:28pm
Moon sextile Mercury (Aquarius) 1:31pm

burn!

Moon conjunct Uranus (Aries) 4:39pm
Moon semisextile Jupiter (Taurus) 5:46pm
Moon semisextile Chiron (Pisces) 8:07pm

Saturday, January 28
Moon sextile Sun (Aquarius) 5:01am
Moon square Pluto (Capricorn) 5:47am
Moon trine the North Node (Sagittarius) 12:13pm
Mercury (Aquarius) sextile Uranus (Aries) 1:25pm
Sun (Aquarius) semisextile Pluto (Capricorn) 2:28pm
Mercury (Aquarius) square Jupiter (Taurus) 11:07pm

Sunday, January 29
Moon semisextile Venus (Pisces) 1:31am
Moon inconjunct Mars (Virgo) 11:05am
Mercury (Aquarius) semisextile Chiron (Pisces) 4:16pm

Monday, January 30
Moon opposite Saturn (Libra) 12:21am
Moon sextile Neptune (Aquarius) 1:08am
(begin void of course)
Moon enters Taurus 1:29am
Moon semisextile Uranus (Aries) 4:58am
Moon conjunct Jupiter (Taurus) 6:29am
Moon sextile Chiron (Pisces) 8:40am
Moon sextile Mercury (Aquarius) 11:15am
Moon trine Pluto (Capricorn) 6:26pm
Moon square Sun (Aquarius) 11:10pm

The Moon flames into Aries this afternoon like an electron jumping into a higher quantum orbit. Connecting right away with Mercury in let's-get-'er-done Capricorn and then joining revolutionary Uranus, this Moon is emotionally ready to light up the night. Edgy contacts with the sages Jupiter in Chiron might sound a note of caution, but will this Moon listen? Maybe, maybe not.

Saturday we enter yet another transformation zone. The day opens with the waning sextile between the Moon and Sun, our first change to see the intentions we set at the New Moon beginning to send shoots out into the light.

Those shoots had best be hardy, because the Moon challenges alchemical Pluto, who is only stronger now we\ve entered the Year of the Dragon. Trining the North Node, the Aries Moon is ready to hit the road, boldly taking the next steps on our life path.

sharing tales around the fire

Meanwhile, Mercury joins forces with Uranus, giving the trickster's latest ideas some legs. The Sun makes and edgy contact with Pluto while Mercury challenges Jupiter. We feel the urge to move, take action, do something, but what?

Different paths may call to us, with the best one not obvious. This is where the reflective time we spent with the Pisces Moon might direct us. Which hero story are we in? What is our role now?

Sunday's edgy connections between the Moon, Venus and Mars, and between Mercury and Chiron, offers warning to choose carefully. We're also reminded here that Mars, ruler of Aries, is now retrograde and so our fiery Aries urges might be pointing more to inward action. Pay attention to where your energy wants to flow.

Very early Monday, the Moon opposes Saturn and we confront the perennial issue of the balance between self and other. What does our heart call us to do? Where are our responsibilities? The flowing sextile with Neptune that follows can offer innovative solutions, so don't let the old oppositions define the current situation. When the Moon moves into calm Taurus, we'll have time to consider the right path.

During these days of the Aries Moon, listen to what your heart is saying. Pay attention to your desires. Channel these potent energies into transformation.
  

Moon into Pisces: Watching the Current

Wednesday morning through Friday afternoon
Eastern Standard Time

Wednesday, January 25
Moon enters Pisces 4:11am

reflecting

Moon semisextile Uranus (Aries) 7:02am
Moon sextile Jupiter (Taurus) 7:48am
Moon conjunct Chiron (Pisces) 10:13am
Moon semisextile Sun (Aquarius) 1:54pm
Moon sextile Pluto (Capricorn) 7:31pm

Thursday, January 26
Moon square the North Node (Sagittarius) 2:01am
Moon conjunct Venus (Pisces) 8:12am
Moon opposite Mars (Virgo) 11:53pm
(begin void of course)

Friday, January 27
Mercury (Capricorn) square Saturn (Libra) 4:19am
Mercury (Capricorn) semisextile Neptune (Aquarius) 9:21am
Moon inconjunct Saturn (Libra) 12:19pm
Moon semisextile Neptune (Aquarius) 12:58pm
Mercury enters Aquarius 1:11pm
Moon enters Aries 1:28pm
Moon sextile Mercury (Aquarius) 1:31pm
Moon conjunct Uranus (Aries) 4:39pm
Moon semisextile Jupiter (Taurus) 5:46pm
Moon semisextile Chiron (Pisces) 8:07pm

The Moon swam into Pisces' cosmic ocean early this morning, while most of us were asleep and dreaming. We do dream, even when we don't remember. With the Pisces Moon, we can ask to connect in dreams with All-that-is, and to wake with remembering of who we are, even if the details of the dream dissolve into mist.

strong roots

Here, I am on the Pacific Ocean, on the Nosara peninsula, an ancient place of celebration. Ancient cliffs reach fingers out into the water, creating shallow bays of sand and rock, sting rays and scorpions, warm, salty, Piscen waters. And so today, we may encounter the warmth of gentle birth, or the sting of a scorpion, if we are unwary.

This Moon is a bit uncomfortable with the fiery arrows of Uranus and the Sun, preferring to bask in the healing waters of Chiron and the nuturing support of Jupiter. Later, though, we seek the scorpion: The Moon and Pluto flow together to create alchemical change.

Thursday, the Moon squares the Nodes of the Moon, walks in beauty with Pisces and opposes Mars. On this day, we remember something important we forgot, perhaps a long time ago--some piece of our larger selves we need to continue walking our path in this life. With Venus, we weave this piece back into the fabric of our lives, even as we ask Mars to wait. This is easy for Mars, actually, now he is retrograde. So, we reflect, we watch, we weave.

Thursday night's connection with Mars marks the last classical aspect of this Piscean Moon, creating a larger space for floating, for resting.

Friday, hmmmm... This day, the energies shift. Mercury in hard-nosed Capricorn challenges Saturn and Neptune. Perhaps we wake from our Piscean dreams with clear knowing of what to do. Today, we know what the next step is. With the Moon making awkward aspects to Saturn and Neptune, we feel a bit unsure, but today, we go with that mind and allow the intellect to speak.

Friday afternoon sparks into action. Mercury lights up in Aquarius, ready to innovate, communicate and electrify. The Moon ignites in Aries, first sign of the zodiac, the birth of Fire within and without.

During these days of the Pisces Moon, we incubate, we flow, we dream. Then, when rebirth comes, we are ready.