New Moon
in Aquarius
January 22/23, 2011
Here's
the chart for the Aquarius New Moon, which is also celebrated as the beginning
of the Chinese
Lunar New Year of the Water
Dragon:
Aquarius
Aquarius
is associated with brotherly
love, ingenuity and innovation. The house
holding Aquarius in the natal chart shows an area of our life where individual
freedom is extremely important. Aquarius is an intellectual sign ruled
by the planets Saturn and Uranus, with an
emphasis on abstract thought and idealism. Issues around social welfare,
science, and futurism become emphasized during Aquarius.
Sun
& Moon square Jupiter; sextile Uranus:
Restlessness leads to extravagance. Conditions
are erratic and unstable. Judgment is impaired by optimism. Expenses are
higher than anticipated. Changes bring opportunities for reform.
Mercury
trine Mars:
Information stimulates initiative. Intellectual
challenges motivate action. Business pursuits are favored.
Jupiter
semi-sextile Uranus:
Expansion into new areas is charged with
tension. Or is it excitement? Novel ideas produce tangible results.
Saturn
trine Neptune:
Conditions that appear to be dissolving
are actually opening up to new opportunities. Community service will have
concrete results.
Alert!
Mars
retrograde in Virgo (January 23 - April 13) Attend
to details. Act with discretion.
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Mars Retrograde in Virgo brings to mind the concept of "Wabi
Sabi". In art books it is typically defined as "flawed
beauty". Philosophically speaking, the meaning is often condensed
to "wisdom in natural simplicity".
"In
a nutshell, Wabi Sabi is imperfection, or more fully, appreciation
of the value and beauty of imperfection. Wabi Sabi celebrates the
preciousness of all things imperfect, which is truly all
things.
The way of Wabi Sabi honors the quirks, the oddities, the perfectly
imperfect uniqueness of you and me and everything. Wabi Sabi highlights
the value of objects, events, and the entirety of your life "as
is", unpolished, unpredictable, and natural."
~ Taro Gold
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Our
advice for this cycle:
This
is an excellent cycle for focusing on the development of individual skills
that can be used in support of humanitarian goals.
Exercise
your mind. Acknowledge
your genius. Curb your appetites. Limit
expenditures. Combine
your efforts with others. Make patience and tolerance to be your allies.
Questions
you might explore for personal insight include: When do you feel most
rebellious and why? What triggers your idealism? How do you express your
individuality? Where and with whom would
life be easier if you were a little less detached or a little more progressive?
What organizations are you affiliated with and what is your role within
them? Examine your friendships and social connections. Are they nurturing
and supportive or draining and subversive?
Affirm:
I
look for and find beauty in the imperfections of life.
Attune
to the qualities of Aquarius with a 3-minute tarot meditation on The
Star.
The
Star is the flow of cosmic energy coming to earth to be made manifest.
It depicts the depth of inner consciousness that is attained through meditation.
It teaches us to release our fear of isolation and to love and serve humanity.
Confer
with The Star to increase self-confidence or to generate a new flow of
energy and resources.
Quote
for this cycle:
"Geniuses
are like thunderstorms: they go against the wind, scare people, purify
the air."
~ S. Kierkegaard (1813 –1855) Danish philosopher, theologian,
and religious author
A Mandala
is a powerful meditational devise for creating sacred intentions. We encourage
you to create your own mandala, or color the one Sandra created, while
meditating on your intent for this cycle.
Download
a larger version of this mandala for coloring
or
simply meditate on Sandra's mandala for this cycle - click on mandala
for larger image:
You
are invited to send your colored mandalas to us for placement in our Mandala
Gallery.
Please
check out our newest feature, Lynn
Keefer's Mandala Journal, where Lynn shares the mandala she colors
every month, along with her meditative process. Click on the mandala below
or the link above to see a larger version of her Capricorn New Moon Mandala
and read about the symbolism it evoked for her.
Find more
on the nature of this lunation cycle
and how it relates to your
Sun sign in our What's Up Guide.
Keep up with what's current: Mars
retrograde (January 23 - April 13)
Keep
up with each phase of the 3 most current lunar cycles by visiting our
on-line Moon Phase Calendar in your time zone. If you use and like
our calendar, please click on the facebook icon in the upper left corner
of the time zone you use.
Donna
Drozda's LifeCycle Forecast
gives us a complete overview of the year 2012, calling it 'The YEAR OF
THE MIDDLE WAY: practicing heartfelt honest communication'. She gives
suggestions for making
the best of 2012 and the best of this
lunation cycle.
Margaret
Koolman illuminates more about this month for us in her Soul
Astrology column.
In
addition to what you can find at our web site, there are some outstanding
astrology resources on the web in the form of blogs. We encourage you
to visit and/or subscribe to the ones listed below:
In
honor of the Chinese New Year, here are two sites that offer Feng Shui
information and/or products for aligning the energy flow in your home
with the energy of the year:
- Astrologer
and Feng Shui practitioner, Elliot
Tanzer, offers an illustrated Annual Feng Shui Cures Newsletter
(pdf) at his web site Free
to Download. Most pages are for Feng Shui students, pages 10-11
gives a summation for those who just want to know what to do.
- Amber
Delwey, an Energy Management Consultant, sells a kit called Energy
Grid-Power For Your Life. It's like Feng Shui in a box. Simple to
use and inexpensive.
Stephanie
Gailing's Planetary
Apothecary Blog offers daily insights. You can visit her blog or receive
her daily entries in your mailbox via an e-mail subscription. We also
recommend your buy her book Planetary
Apothecary. Stephanie shares her insights on the Aquarius
New Moon where she supplies information about maintaining
wellness during this cycle.
Astrologer
extraordinaire, Donna Cunningham, offers some excellent information on
Saturn in Libra. Although this blog article is aimed at those born from
1951 - 1953, who are having their 2nd
Saturn return, she includes informative links at the end for those
born from 1980 - 1983 and are experiencing their 1st Saturn return.
Speaking
of Saturn Returns, there's a brand new book out receiving high praises,
Saturn
Returns: The Private Papers of A Reluctant Astrologer by Elizabeth
Spring.
CJ
Wright, also known as Auntie
Moon, provides penetrating astrological insights, as well as information
on cooking with astrology and gardening by the moon. Check out her
post, Aquarius
~ The Friend of the Zodiac. She recently posted a
review of a new cookbook, Lobster
for Leos, Cookies for Capricorns by Sabra Ricci , which I've already
added to my wish list.
Our own
Donna Drozda
maintains a blog of her Art/Life and sends out a monthly newsletter titled
"Luna See", with updates to her LifeCycle
2012 Forecast.
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