there is so much going on this week i don’t even know where to begin. let’s start with the fact that the sun cross the aries point monday night, marking the beginning of spring in the northern hemisphere and fall in the southern hemisphere. the aries point is a pivotal turning point on the zodiac wheel. when something crosses it it passes from the last degree of the last sign of the zodiac (29 pisces) into the first degree of the first sign of the zodiac (0 aries). this is a shift from the omega to the alpha, Unconscious to the conscious, feminine to masculine, and from surrender to action. when planets cross the aries point things usually get activated in the collective as well as the personal spheres. just think back to last spring when uranus moved from 29 pisces to 0 aries- that is the same day that the tsunami hit in japan.
so the start of the astrological new year kicks off on monday, but we are in liminal space until thursday’s new moon in aries due to the dark moon energies that permeate the first part of the week. liminal space is neither here nor there, it is neither this or that. it is the spaces in between- that place where you exit one door and find yourself in a dark hallway, not knowing where the other door you are going to open is. liminal space is a deeply spiritual place. it is a place of surrender and trust. it is very pisces/neptune in nature- and with the sun now in aries approaching his conjunction with uranus and square to pluto (unfolding over the next 10 days) there is likely going to be an assertive, perhaps even aggressive energy underlying the surface of things. we know what we want and we want it now! yet with the dark moon/liminal space energies, not to mention the ruler of the sun and new moon (mars) being retrograde AND mercury in aries also retrograde, we are in a holding pattern so-to-speak. the first part of the week is best used by turning within, getting clear on the past, clearing it out and making space for the new energy/changes/shifts that are set to come into our lives as early as next week!
now on top of the equinox/dark moon/new moon energies we have a mutable grand cross forming with mars, chiron, juno and the nodes. retrograde mars symbolizes the masculine and the will, and right now he is internal, limited and restricted in some way. with his opposition to chiron all our wounds around the masculine (our own masculine or the men in our lives) are likely to be up this week. old pain, fears, anger and rage can come up to be processed. this mars/chiron opposition is in square aspect to juno, the asteroid goddess of commitment and marriage, who is conjunct the north node. evolution in relationships is not an option- it’s a necessity. some will be able to transform and rebirth themselves- others will be like slow-dancing in a burning room. with our wounds around the masculine, our anger, assertiveness, boundaries and feelings of victimization coming up this week- it’s going to be a field day (or week) in relationships!!! wherever sagittarius is in your chart is where you should focus your energies on evolving. yet all the mutable parts of your chart are going to be massively activated, especially so if you have planets/angles around 5-8 degrees of gemini/virgo/sadge/pisces.
clearly it’s an intensely activating week. but i kind of feel like a broken record as it seems we have had a lot of intense astrology so far. yet if you can think of intensity as the process by which a lump of coal turns into a diamond- then perhaps this week in the midst of it all you can take heart in knowing you are being transformed into something rare, precious and incredibly valuable. or maybe you are just now coming to realize that you have been this all along?
happy equinox…
~divine harmony