New Moon in Pisces,
February 28th through Saturday March 1st 2014
at 11:59pm PST/ 2:59am EST/ 7:59am GMT.
"There are 4 planets changing direction around this New Moon, creating tidal energy shifts. We have a mix of elements—fire and water—that usually are at cross purposes.
How...ever, "Love is the water of life." ~ Rumi –
And a lover is a soul on fire!
The universe turns differently when fire loves water. Where there is too much passion (fire) we need the waters of love to turn it into compassion --controlling our passions and transmuting one element into another, like alchemy.
Do you have a burning vision? Perhaps what it yet needs is to be blanketed with love!
Mercury goes direct hours before this New Moon. What have you learned about your hopes and dreams? How clear sighted are you about your purpose? What do you envision for the future? Mercury and Saturn challenge each other and us to acknowledge the truth of the heart and let our rational mind help us find the way to meet our tests with courage, integrity and hope.
The Sabian symbol for the Sun and Moon at 11* Pisces is:
Pilgrims traveling a narrow path, seeking illumination.
This image speaks to the power of spiritual ideals, of a hoped-for mystical union.
It speaks of a pure and loving heart, of holding to our spiritual principles.
It opens our ability to see into others’ hearts and souls—giving us opportunities for spiritual unions with others.
Remember, Aphrodite was born out of the waters and so when you plant seeds this month, plant the seeds of love and compassion and wisdom.
We will need them this year, as we are still cooking in the cauldron of the Pluto/Uranus square. Look around the world. People are uniting and taking back their power from ruthless and parochial leaders. We can be the change we’re looking for. It starts within each of us.
This New Moon is joined in Pisces by Neptune, Chiron and Juno,
the archetypal energies of the Creative Imagination,
of the wounded healer and
of balanced partnerships.
Our old beliefs about the power of the imagination (Neptune),
of our wounded psyches (Chiron) and of our relationships (Juno)
are dissolving back into the collective unconscious so that they might be renewed.
What will it be like when we engage the Imagination to discover Wisdom, face our inner wounds to discover meaning and purpose, and come to understand that our partnerships can encompass the perfect balance of energies to create a new wholeness? Imagine...
Jupiter in Cancer, which is slowing down to turn direct on March 6th, is exactly trine (120*) this New Moon.
This angle generates a positive flow of energies, easy to incorporate and use. Jupiter in Cancer deepens our sense of our emotional body, our Soul; this expanded sense of the truth of our deepest needs gives us a stronger sense of the Self, of our archetypal wholeness.
When a planet slows down, its energy is more concentrated and forceful.
Jupiter’s energy is large anyway, so its impact might be more noticeable in your life right now.
Jupiter can bring you good fortune as well as make something you want to ignore more obvious.
Pay attention to your needs right now.
Accept them, accept yourself!
Cancer is the sign of the Mother, the watery sign that understands what is needed to make life blossom for you.
Whether it’s a new relationship to your inner life, to food, to your family or your country, the need to find your emotional security is going to be up for all of us.
Once we understand our own motivations and emotions, we are better able to understand other people.
You can find your emotional security by being truthful with yourself.
Saturn is slowing down in Scorpio, ready to begin its yearly retrograde on March 2nd until July 20th.
At 24* Scorpio, Saturn is entering the nurturing phase of its journey through Scorpio, but it needs to go back to find a little more compassion and understanding.
Saturn can give us the discipline and structure to bring our new vision of life into reality.
Saturn occupies the 3rd water sign of this New Moon chart, creating the likelihood that we can successfully integrate our emotional body needs (Cancer) and the needs of the Collective Unconscious (Pisces) into our daily routines and relationships (Scorpio).
Just as Mercury goes direct, followed by the Pisces New Moon, Mars goes retrograde on March 1st.
We’ve been learning how to integrate our personal energies with the cosmic energies of change since Venus went retrograde on Winter Solstice 2013.
When Venus (how we love) went direct at the end of January,
Mercury (how we think) went retrograde a few days later.
Now our desire nature—Mars—has to turn within to understand what’s worth desiring and even fighting for.
Mars goes retrograde about every 26 months.
When it does, it stays in a sign for about 6 months rather than its usual 6 weeks.
So we’ll have Mars in Libra until late July.
This will change the energy of Mars, because in Libra, we have to play fair and consider others.
When it comes to desires, we can’t let our passions get out of control.
We have to learn compassion—to share our passions consciously.
What better way than through relationships (Libra) and diplomacy.
Open to the spiritual forces surrounding and assisting us in these transformative times
~ By Cathy Pagano ~ abridged and adapted, full article at:http://www.wisdom-of-astrology.com/astrostarsarticles/the-cosmic-story-pisces-new-moon-2014
