Exploring the Impact of the Latest Astrology Update on Our Lives: What You Need to Know

As we prepare to move in to a transit rich period of the year, it’s a good time to have a reflect on what’s been happening and what is approaching through the astrological and seasonal wheel.

Grab a warm drink and settle in…..

Astrological Imbolc was on 4th February, in the Northern hemisphere we can see these energies reflected back to us in nature, the first buds are poking through the ground and bravely signalling that fertility is returning to the lands, we are awakening from the deep slumber of winter and beginning to poke our heads out of our homes and take a look around at the landscape. In the Celtic lands this is the time of Brigit, the white snowdrop flowers are blanketing the ground and are seen as a purification, so that the soil is cleansed and ready for new planting. What seeds are you planning on cultivating for the coming months?

The Sun, our conscious awareness. has moved in to Pisces so we can take some time in dream like states to envision the future of our personal hopes and dreams, connect to spirit through deep meditations, channels words of beauty, and appreciate that our sleeping dreams may have a prophetic quality to them. Pisces can connect us deeply to the energy of the Muses.

Mars, the planet of action, direction, passion, empowerment and will, has been retrograding through the signs of Leo and Cancer, digging up any shadow material around childhood issues, family conditioning, safety and security that keeps us small in our creative expression in the world. It has reached the final point of 17 degrees of Cancer and will station direct here now until it comes out of backwards motion on the 24th February, making a final trip over the retrograde degrees back up to 6 degrees Leo on the 4th May when we will be free and clear, this is a period of integration and embodiment of the growth gained over the last 6 months.

Venus is preparing to retrograde over the final degrees of Pisces and early degrees of Aries. Venus always asks us about what and how we value, love, resources, and desires. In Pisces She is full of compassion and forgiveness, sometimes lacking that all important discernment for boundaries. In Aries She is self-leadership, the initiator, and the freedom to authentically express ourselves, sometimes lacking the ability to be vulnerable or compromise. We may have already been experiencing some of this as she moves over the retrograde degrees prior to stationing on the 2nd March. These energies will deepen in intensity, and remember, this is the first retrograde over that all important 0 degree point of Aries that Saturn and Neptune will conjunct on next year, so themes of what is to come globally may be seen in the collective. Especially when Mercury joins Venus in the same retrograde pattern, over the same degrees, at the same time.

The eclipse season opens on the 14th March with a Full Moon eclipse at 23 degrees of Virgo and then 2 weeks later we have a New Moon eclipse at 9 degrees Aries, these are always periods of rapid transformation, so I will speak more to them as the energies approach.

Collectively we are experiencing a period of uncertainty as we see changes that can feel out of alignment with the hope many held for the move of Pluto in to Aquarius. As with any turning of the ages, these take time and usually have to regress before we can see progress. Neptune will reach the 0 degree point of Aries on the 31st March, as this is an outer planet it is unlikely to be felt instantly and with the foggy nature of the planet it can sometime feel like we are looking in to a hall of mirrors with distortions and tricks of the light, it may take time for the mists to clear, so discernment around what we see and feel will serve us well during these times.

For now, we can look to the process of embodying whatever Mars in Cancer and Leo has surfaced in our lives so that we can feel proud, confident, and centred in sharing ourselves with our creative expressions.

Hannah x