New/Full Moons

Stone Soup for the Soul

This Solar Eclipse brings together many diverse things – ideas, resources, hopes, determination. By using innovation and imagination it's possible to built something that's greater than the sum of its parts.

Into the Dark to Find the Light

Eclipse Season begins with the Solar Eclipse in Scorpio, while Venus and Mars continue their dance, taking turns as to who leads. Stationary Mars is more dominant, but Venus conjunct the Sun-Moon also has a strong presence. Stationary Saturn also helps to make this eclipse an unusually intense one!

Choosing Between Me, Thee & We

Eclipses are about change, and this Solar Eclipse in Libra shows a need to find a better balance between your own needs and priorities versus others'. It's about making choices – what to keep, what to let go of, and what to simply move into the background. The goal is to clear away a complicated dilemma so you can move forward with intention, confidence and fairness.

Harnessing the Bonfire

This powerful Solar Eclipse is in the last degree of Aries, and is the second New Moon in Aries in a row! This puts the spotlight squarely on Mars in Cancer and still Out-of-Bounds by declination. Mercury Retrograde also plays a key roll in this powerful New Moon Eclipse!

Weaving the Loose Ends Together

Virgo is about problem-solving, and to get the job done, we need to pay attention to details. There's oodles of potential in this New Moon chart, but it may be hard to pull it all together. Mars and Uranus are unravelling things, while Mercury becomes the weaver of the loose ends.

Three Doors...

Zodiac Sign Virgo chooses carefully because details matter. The New Moon in Virgo features three opposition aspects – like 3 doors you could walk through. Where will they lead? Mercury retrograde is now ending, so this is the time to decide on your best path forward. Each door is significant and valuable in its own way, but only one opens into the greatest far-reaching potential.

The Magic in the Mundane

Taurus brings life down to the everyday essentials – food, work, pleasure, comfort, patient progress. This New Moon in Taurus goes beyond the ordinary, and seeks expression in extraordinary and exalted ways. Are you ready to discover the many facets of Taurus?

Embracing the Fire of Transformation

Scorpio is known for its intensity, and this New Moon in Scorpio is no exception! Conjunct Mars and opposite Uranus, there is a catalyst for change swimming in Scorpio's deep, mysterious waters.

The Twisting Path of Possibilities

Stationary Jupiter turns direct at the very moment the New Moon in Sagittarius is exact, becoming a shining beacon of inspiration. Meanwhile, Mercury, Venus and Mars zigzag around the sky, reaching for visionary potential. The possibilities are endless! Just be careful what you wish for...

Well, Whadaya Know?

Sagittarius is known for knowledge, education, idealism, philosophy and hope. The New Moon in Sagittarius asks you to challenge your assumptions, beliefs and knowledge by giving them a second look. The next few weeks are the perfect time to discover reasons to change your mind.

Transitioning

We are approaching a time of change and transformation. It starts with the dreamy New Moon in Pisces, and Saturn moving into Pisces, plus Venus and Pluto being in the last degree of their signs. We float on the ebb and flow of Jupiter and Neptune, as we seek healing through Chiron. Indeed, there's an ethereal undercurrent to this Pisces experience we're in!

Through A Prism Darkly and Sparkly

The Pisces New Moon contains groups of planetary conjunctions and parallels, making it an intricate work of art or a tangled mess or both. Choose from the heavy Venus-Mars-Pluto conjunction, or the enlightened Jupiter-Neptune conjunction, or the determined Mercury-Saturn conjunction.

Getting To Love

Libra represents harmony, love, relationship and balance—implying that something is (or might go) out of balance and needs to be adjusted. This New Moon in Libra activates the Saturn-Uranus square with Jupiter in a stressful Arrowhead aspect pattern. Add Mercury retrograde conjunct Venus to the mix, and you'll need to stay alert to keep up with this intense lunar cycle!

The Lion's Roar

The New Moon in Leo roars to life under a brilliant trine aspect to Jupiter. Yet, disruption occurs between the urge to break free of old conventions and the need to retain what's still good about the old. This also has implications for Pope Francis' visit to Canada.

Who You Are, Who You're Not

Zodiac sign Leo holds your self-image, your creative centre, and your inner sense of self. Uranus squares the New Moon, which may shake loose parts of yourself that aren't who you are anymore, and introduce you to new facets of yourself. Get ready for a bouncing journey through the self!

Mercury and the Eye of Medusa

Although the New Moon is in Gemini, Mercury retrograde is still talking to the Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio and the fixed star Algol. They are not finished with us yet. What we see through their eyes can be heartbreaking, but these are also powerful energies for transformation.

Thinking in Multiple Dimensions

Zodiac sign Gemini and its ruling planet Mercury represent your thoughts, ideas and words, but there are many ways and reasons to communicate them. The New Moon in Gemini challenges you to combine both rational and non-rational thinking, creativity with greater meaning, and motivation with higher purpose.

An Acceptable Chaos

With 600 or so planets in Capricorn you'd think the New Moon would feel heavy and strict. And there's a wild, chaotic edge right now. But there are also brilliant opportunities to hope, feel free, dream, and receive a more tender touch from the Universe.

Raising Consciousness Out of the Darkness

There's nothing like starting off the New Year with a New Moon to emphasize the freshness and ambiguity of potential change! Normally when 4 planets are hunkered down in Capricorn, we might feel serious, sad, hard-working, and heavy with expectations. Indeed, many of us do, given the come-back of the umpteenth Covid wave, post-holiday blues, and entering yet another year of pandemic unknowns. Thankfully, there are many other factors in the Capricorn New Moon chart that point to a lighter, brighter, more uplifting frame of mind if you're willing to shift your mindset a little.

Laying Down Solid Stepping Stones

New Moon in Capricorn argues with the Lunar Nodes: where to go from here? Pluto goes back in Aquarius, Jupiter will conjoin Uranus in April. A gazillion cooperative trine and sextile aspects guide you into the New Year and beyond. Welcome to 2024!

People and Principles

By taking care of ourselves, we learn to take care of others, and vice versa. Deciding when, how and why to do this is the question. Be open to everyone, or say no when you need to? Embrace ideals and principles, or nurture our needs in the here and now? Yes, all of that!

Each Other

Zodiac sign Cancer holds our need for nurturing, belonging and connection. This New Moon in Cancer explores how we embrace and struggle with those needs, especially on a transpersonal level. The upcoming Venus Retrograde in Leo is a time to reach for and receive love, beauty and creativity. And then there are the complications that turn our path inward and outward and beyond.

The Aries Big Bang!

The New Moon is at 0 degrees of Aries - the very powerful first degree of the Zodiac! With a total of 5 planets in Aries, plus Saturn now in Pisces and Pluto moving into Aquarius, get ready for an explosion of fresh potential, passionate urges, and intense emotions.

Aries Burns Thru Jupiter-Neptune Fog

We are building towards the conjunction of Jupiter and Neptune in Pisces, which peaks on April 12th. With this conjunction as a backdrop, we arrive at the fiery New Moon with the Sun, Moon, Mercury and Chiron all in Aries.

Transforming Lightning Into Love

Aquarius is everywhere right now! The New Moon is in Aquarius, and is conjunct Pluto which starts to move into Aquarius in 2023. Venus is on intimate terms with both rulers of Aquarius, conjunct Saturn and ruling Uranus. Uranus is stationary, making his defiant nature extra cheeky. And the New Moon begins the Chinese Year of the Rabbit.

Back To The Future

Where do you see yourself in a year? In 5 years? The New Moon in Aquarius takes a step beyond Capricorn's mere manifestations and into Aquarius' future possibilities. Capricorn says, "This is what to aim for and how to get there" Aquarius answers, "Why stop there? Why limit yourself?" The Aquarius New Moon chart replies to them both: "Well, it's complicated... But anything's possible!"

Roses and Thorns

Even mellow Taurus can't seem to smooth out the jagged edges of this eclipse season, especially with ruling planet Venus having a hard time in this chart. But there are saving graces and ways to make the struggle worthwhile.

Echoes From The Past

Behold: the Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse in Taurus! Again we encounter the Saturn-Uranus square that has haunted our skies since 2020. In fact, this eclipse brings the last 15 years into focus, going back to the Uranus-Pluto square and the Cardinal Cross. Taking place on the day of the US Midterm elections, this eclipse will likely make for a very intense day, with this energy playing out over the next 6 months.

What's In Your Bowl?

Taurus usually loves and lives for stability, success, pleasure, relaxation and creature comforts.

A Full Moon in Taurus generally says it's time to appreciate and enjoy the fruits of your labours from the last 2 weeks (since the previous New Moon).

A Lunar Eclipse in Taurus says the same about the last 5 or 6 months.

However, this Lunar Eclipse in Taurus is likely to feel a bit more like trying to relax in a bubble bath in the middle of a hurricane!

Letting Go With Love

Welcome to the Lunar Eclipse and Full Moon in Scorpio! Uranus conjunct the Sun says this is a good time to let go of "stuff" in your life that's past it's best-before date. Mercury Retrograde conjunct the North Node helps you decide what stays and what goes. The Moon and Mars are in mutual reception, calling on you to balance courage with caring.

Digging Down and Reaching Up

The Lunar Eclipse in Scorpio can help you face the chaotic, conflicted, cynical world we're living in. Take your passionate depths and transform them into a higher understanding by building courage, faith and wisdom.

Embrace the Whole, Cherish the One

How do you make sense of the vast Universe? Grab it by the details! There are so many ways to do this at the Virgo Full Moon. The Venus-Jupiter-Chiron conjunction in Aries highlights your personal self, while the Sun, Mercury, Neptune and Saturn in Pisces illuminate your transpersonal potential.

Lessons in Surrendering

When the Full Moon is in Virgo, the Sun is in Pisces. The Virgo-Pisces axis shows how we seek to understand and work with the the universe which seemingly goes on forever. How do you even wrap your head around that?? Well, you can go in two possible directions: macrocosm or microcosm.

The Complicated Mysteries of Life

The Full Moon chart is a bit scattered in different directions. The energy of this Full Moon may be a bit weird, paradoxical, complex or puzzling. And yet, also down-to-earth and practical. Thankfully, Sagittarius is always up for a hike across the universe on a long and twisted road in search of the meaning of life.

Mixed Blessings

When the Full Moon is in Sagittarius, our hopes, dreams and aspirations can appear dazzling in their potential. Surprisingly, right now this is complicated by Neptune, yet more achievable with Saturn's help. Jupiter is ready for the adventure, although the Mars-Chiron conjunction might lead to second-guessing yourself about whether you're up to the challenge. However, Mercury, now direct and in Gemini, has lots of fresh ideas for getting past self-doubt. And Venus conjunct Uranus in Taurus want to help you discover that being outside your comfort zone can actually be a good thing.

Holding Your Ground On Shifting Sands

Jupiter and Uranus are stationary and going Retrograde. Venus has been Retrograde and is about to go Direct. Mercury is Retrograde again. There's a swarm of planets in the Mutable signs. And the Pisces Full Moon is conjunct Saturn. How do you stay upright when everything is shifting in so many different directions?

The Art of Diving

The Full Moon in Pisces beckons us to dive into the ocean of imagination and idealism, but it can be easy to get lost in the depths. This is a time to review and revise what you hope and fear is in those depths, and then find out what's really there.

The Light and Dark and In Between

Libra's ability to see both sides can keep you stuck in polar opposites. This Full Moon encourages you to take a down-to-earth view that reveals what's in between those extremes. Look to beauty, pleasure, comfort—and let yourself be surprised!

Balancing on the Edge of the Wedge

Libra seeks balance which is meant to be lovely and peaceful, but getting there can mean change and sometimes upset. This Full Moon in Libra offers so many options to rebalance your life, you may want to try them all...provided you don't get stuck in indecision. ;-)

Reflections of the Self

The Full Moon in Leo is almost upon us. This Full Moon is the epitome of one's light being reflected back to them. This is true of all Full Moons, but because the Moon is in the Sun's sign of Leo, there's an extra degree of potency in that message...

The Solar Side of the Moon

The Full Moon in Leo highlights Solar and Lunar energy, dark and light, feminine and masculine, internal and external, Yin and Yang. The Venus-Mars conjunction is a key point, as well as Jupiter sextile Uranus, and the Lunar Nodes. The fun is about finding ways to bring them together creatively.

Changing Your Mind

Under this Full Moon, you'll notice unusual events, "over-the-top" attitudes, and drama! You may be trying to make sense of "too much information." And yet, that makes it the perfect time to re-evaluate past decisions, conclusions, opinions and viewpoints. The lesson: Dare to change your mind about something or someone.

Thought Provoking Times

This Full Moon in Gemini is about focusing our thoughts and how we channel them into expression, conclusions and action. With Mars as a key player, impulsive voicing of snap judgments is possible, but Saturn too is there to hold you back with second thoughts. And then there's Neptune casting obscure shadows that ignite the imagination.

Textures of Consciousness

When the Moon is Full in Gemini, our focus is usually on information – gathering it, playing around with it, studying it, sharing it, exchanging it, and putting it into words. At this particular Full Moon, there's a wide variety of textures of information to be found in the chart.

Mercury is in Capricorn, which is important because he rules the Gemini Moon. With Mercury in this Cardinal Earth sign, our focus may be on trying to categorize, sort out, and make logical sense of the different kinds of information.

And yet, even with a busy Full Moon and Mercury, the dominant energy by far is stationary Venus in conjunction with Pluto.

Making Friends With Saturn

Saturn in Pisces is the planetary ruler of the Capricorn Full Moon. We often see Saturn as the stern authority figure, but there are other sides of Saturn that are more creative, mystical and cooperative. The Full Moon in Capricorn brings out this softer side of Saturn, giving you a chance to make friends.

Filling in Gaps, Connecting the Dots

This Capricorn Full Moon is... complicated. The Moon is conjunct Pluto, and they're opposite the Sun conjunct Mercury. Chiron is abruptly square to both sides, while Neptune and Uranus offer some calming opportunities. But not all of these energies talk directly to each other, so getting them to work together can be... well, complicated!

Planting Seeds for 2023

As you enter the new year, the Full Moon in Cancer encourages you to wrap your arms around a goal of where you want to be a year from now. The planetary weather is a bit stormy this month, so stay flexible, lighten up, and take good care of your Inner Child.

Holidays – A Survival Manual

A Cancer Full Moon, more than any other zodiac sign, can bring warmth of belonging and connection with loved ones. But it may also amplify loneliness, depression, and the fear of not being worthy. Your emotional state could be a little different this year, helping you detach in a healthy way or putting you in touch with deep down feelings.

Step Outside Your Comfort Zone

The Full Moon in Cancer invites us to stretch ourselves emotionally and psychologically, mentally and socially. Discover how to step beyond your usual familiar territory on multiple levels.

What Do We Do With Mars?

Mars takes the spotlight for the next few months, starting with the Full Moon in Aries. With Mars polarizing to Venus for control, we're likely to see themes of war vs peace, defiance vs cooperation, and how to use our Mars powers for the Greater Good.

Balancing through the Storm

Aries Full Moon brings a long list of fiery, erratic, passionate, fluctuating transits! Eris conjunct the North Node, Mars at the South Node, Venus square Uranus, and some rare aspect patterns. This stormy energy can help to clear your path forward or might just blow the clutter around, depending how you react to it. The key is to find a flexible, dynamic sense of balance in the midst of this wild energy!

Flying through the Storm

Full Moon in Aquarius offers a vision of how to express our unique individuality within the Big Picture of transpersonal evolution, without shutting down or spinning out. The Mars-Uranus-Node conjunction challenges us to keep moving, while Venus reminds us to celebrate the beauty all around us.

Each Other - Part 2

Aquarius is about "each other" in a different way than the Cancer New Moon. It's about community formed within groups and how we connect with each other on a collective level. At this Full Moon we explore who we are as individuals versus the groups we identify with.