Dear friends,
It’s been a bold, exciting week in the sky as we head into the Lunar New Year and the first new moon of 2023.
Mercury stationed yesterday, Wednesday, January 18 at 8:11 a.m. Eastern US time. The chart (below) finds Mars out of range in Gemini, corresponding to stationing Mercury, at the tip of a Finger of God with Mercury and the Moon’s South Node. Things that need to go will go under these aspects – let them go.
Mercury invites you to look back at the past month: it entered its retrograde shadow on December 12 and posted retrograde on December 29. Now it moves forward, following the same patch of sky for the third and final time, before leaving its shadow in the first week of February.
When Mercury changes direction, all the planets it rules (in Gemini and Virgo) follow it. He and Mars have a bit of a power struggle, while Mercury tries to harness the God of Action.
Out-of-bounds, new-direct Mars wants to roam, but Mercury says: You gotta pay attention to the details! Time to get to work.
Mercury’s stationing also forms a trine with Uranus, which is just off the World Point of 15 degrees Taurus. The God of Change is now retrograde – but he’s also preparing for a change when he directs on Sunday, January 22.
After this weekend, all 22 planets will be direct and moving full steam ahead to Pluto’s station in the spring. There is also a New Moon this weekend, a juicy New Moon in Aquarius. It’s an extremely AMAZING time to initiate projects, set goals and create. (For more on this, check out my New Moon Manifestation Circle webinar – here is the link to buy the recordings and slides!)
The Sun and Pluto recently met in Capricorn, for their last conjunction in that sign in 250 years! You have a stronger sense of the power dynamics, what your intentions are and your lines in the sand.
Think about all you’ve learned and how much stronger you’ve become since Pluto entered Cap in 2008! His lessons are clear and you are ready to make changes more effectively than ever before.
If you want to learn more about these power dynamics, and Mercury, and the playful New Moon, and how to best use the energy in YOUR horoscope and life – I invite you to listen to recorded the webinar Friday, January 20.
Big hugs,
Anne
Mercury Stations Direct
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
8:11 a.m. EST
Chart for Washington, DC
