Aquarius New Moon
JANUARY 21, 2023
The first New Moon of 2023 is a harbinger of hope & change. Aquarius is the energy of the collective consciousness. It holds all of our thoughts & all of our dreams. It is from this collective that reality begins to take form. It is only when we reach that critical ‘tipping point’ of a collective vision that this can happen.
As this New fresh Moon begins her cycle of growth, the Sun & Moon are newly entered into Aquarius @1*32” (rounded up to 2*) underlining the sense of initiation. This is further emphasized by the direct movement of all of the planets. Here is the rundown:
Mercury has just stationed direct @ 8*50’ Capricorn on January 18, 2023. Though he is still within the ‘shadow’ of the retrograde, he will begin to pick up steam & by mid-February, he 
will have entered into Aquarius. Monitor your thoughts & be on guard for negative thinking, anxiety & paranoia when he rushes past Pluto from February 6- February 15, 2023. (I am using an orb of 5* on either side of the Pluto position.) The structured & authoritarian energy of Capricorn provides us with certainty & stability. As he shifts into Aquarius, he becomes more relaxed and more open to experimentation & the creation of new ideas. It is time to change the way we examine the world around us. It is time to alter our vision for the future. Let’s get rid of the tyrants & let’s create a community that is supportive & functional.
At the New Moon, Venus is aligned to Saturn @ 23*28’ for Venus & 24*40’ for Saturn in Aquarius. This reinforces the hopeful, altruistic feel of this lunation. Such close collaboration between these two archetypes suggests that it is time 
for all of us to stand firm in the truth that speaks to us & to be bold & fearless as we hold to that truth. What is really of value to you? What kind of reality do you wish to create for yourself & your community? Be of good faith & carry on.
Mars has also stationed direct and is in a trine relationship to the lunation. This, after several months of ‘runaround’. If you have been experiencing indecision, muddled thinking, sudden incoherent action, or a complete lack of focus, things should start to stabilize. The upside of this retrograde of Mars through Gemini is that old ideas could well be re-ignited & circular thinking could give rise to creative expression. Gemini is associated with all things informational, data, facts, and knowledge that is gathered & compiled. Gemini is also a distribution center so during this past retrograde period the 
DISPENSATION OF INFORMATION was UNDER REVIEW! As Pluto continues to uncover the corruption present within the governing structures of our current societies, Mars, the lower octave of this transformational energy did a little clean-up of his own. What have you come to realize about facts you thought were accurate & now find to be completely NOT accurate? Are you beginning to see the web of lies that permeate through the informational institutions that supposedly give us ‘the news’? More to come in the days ahead as Mars works his way through the ‘shadow’ degrees of his journey through Gemini.
Jupiter is newly reentered into Aries @ 4*14’, & nicely sextile to both the lunation & Mars. Here is the hopefulness, the rekindling of initiative & a vision of a brighter future in the making. Aries energy is unstoppable even under challenging conditions but combined with the aspirational impulse of the Aquarian New Moon & the inquisitive fact-finding energy of Mars in Gemini, we have an environment that is charged with electric potential for growth, initiative & rebirth.
Saturn will continue in direct motion until mid-June so the next 5ish months are a good time to restructure proactively whatever it is that needs to be overhauled. Saturn regulates & administers both individually & collectively. We can do much to improve our reality structure by aligning with values that are meaningful to us individually while collectively, we, as a society would do well to explore alternative methods for governance. Aquarius is a hopeful energy that has a belief in inherent goodness & Saturn will work hard to find that inherent goodness, given half a chance. Let us all pray for the ‘voice’ of the ‘everyman’ to be heard!
Uranus stations direct just a day after this new Moon @ 15* Taurus. The next few months give us all the opportunity to integrate any changes that we have experienced personally while the collective is definitely 
attempting to adjust to the ongoing upheaval of our fundamental supporting structures. It’s about trust. It’s about survival. It’s about getting back to basics. Can we do it?
Neptune will remain direct until the end of June this year, lending supportive energy to the sense of forward proactive movement within society. Now in the 3rd decanate of Pisces, the Scorpio decanate, the call to action for all of us on a spiritual level, is to ground out our sense of connection to the divine, to deepen our commitment to truth & justice. Discover reasons to believe!
Finally, Pluto is moving direct in the last degrees of Capricorn & will dip into Aquarius on March 24, 2023. This will be the beginning of the end of Pluto transiting Capricorn & by November 2024, he will move into Aquarius for good. More on this in future Moon blogs. For now, we are in the integrative portion of this long & challenging transit. Much of our fundamental infrastructure has been shaken to the core. Many of us are 
concerned about our basic survival & what, exactly, we can actually put our trust & faith in. As Pluto shifts into Aquarius, we are bound to discover potential solutions to the problems that have been uncovered over the past few decades. We must gird up our loins & be willing to think outside the box, take that wild chance if one presents itself & attempt something new, something completely different. Though we cherish tradition & value what has stood the test of ti
me, we must be willing to incorporate new ideas and new initiatives into our routines. There is room for both conservations of what is useful & initiation of that which progresses us into the future in this reality. We must have the courage & wisdom to embrace both options.
The Sabian symbols for this lunation are:
AN UNEXPECTED THUNDERSTORM
AN EPIDEMIC OF MUMPS
These symbols are indicators of the need to purge & the need for a radical approach to that purge. It is time to clear the air on a multitude of levels. It is time to use unexpected & sometimes even shocking methods to institute change. There is nothing like the aromatic scent that is released by a thunderstorm though the actual storm itself may be frightening to endure. And just like an epidemic that runs its course, the after-effects can be cleansing as the cause of illness is eradicated. As a society, we certainly have been through a
sudden & totally unexpected epidemic that caused fear, foreboding & distress to many. Now, on mostly the other side of this event, we can look back & evaluate the pros & cons & how we were individually affected by it. With any contagious illness, those who survive are stronger for it. And, as with any singular radical event, it does eventually pass. The dynamics shift & life continues. How did you get through the past few years? Are you ready to move into the future, cleansed, purged & immune?
Full Moon blog coming soon…