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Writer's pictureRichard Malette

Aquarius New Moon: Riding the Edge of Lightning

Dear friends, Chers amis,

Welcome to the super-charged energies of the New Moon in Aquarius! If you read these Star Notes regularly, you have seen and felt the imagery that I often share of gigantic waves thrusting humanity forward to the new shores of our collective evolutionary journey. Recently, since the massive shift into Aquarius energy, I now see these waves shooting us up into the Air element, which stimulates our intellectual electricity and the increased power of conscious communication to change our reality. You can picture yourself on a magical carpet ride or flying strongly on wings of light; either way, we are entering the eye of the storms of change and are learning how to ride on the edge of lightning. Thank you for joining me as we explore the transformative power of these unique and historic Aquarian skies.



Luna was in Aquarius from February 9th to 11th or 12th, depending on your time zone. During that period, the Moon had the opportunity to align with Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury (retrograde) and the Sun! It was a huge power-up of 6 planets in Aquarius that initiated not only a 4-week lunar cycle ripe with extremely potent seeds of change, but a radical beginning to this whole year and decade. This is also the time of the very important Chinese New Year and Imbolc, which is an ancient Pagan Earth wisdom holiday that marks the half-way point between the winter solstice and spring equinox. We have not experienced this much Aquarian energy since 1962, which was an explosive period of human progress linked to freedom, emancipation and equality that rippled through the 1960s all over the world. That period gave rise to the Civil Rights Movement, Women’s Liberation Movement, and to the independence of many countries from colonial powers.


Aquarius is a fixed air sign, which means that it can hold onto ideas for a very long time. It has amazing determination, resilience and legendary stubbornness, just like Taurus, Leo and Scorpio. Like everything in astrology, the massive amount of fixed energy in the air at this time has a purpose. Think of an inventor who won’t give up her experiments after many failed attempts because she knows will all the cells in her brain that her ideas will work. Think of any marginalized group that just knows in all the fibres of their being that the oppression will end, but also knows it will take some time to accomplish the goal. We are in the midst of a global revolution in consciousness that realistically will take a long time to achieve. We need to embody that fixed determination and passion to maintain the highest evolutionary frequency for the best outcome.


Aquarius is also the Genius of the Zodiac, meaning it has the ability to generate ideas that have never been expressed before. This part of our human circuitry is tapped into knowledge and thinking that is often ahead of the times, and that’s why many Aquarians have felt ostracized, like the “Outsider” on the fringes of social acceptance. Good news, Aquarians! We are now entering a period when a greater number of people will be more receptive to fresh, new ‘outside the box’ thinking, because it is just time for Aquarian energy to lead the way.


We can learn a lot of astrology by simply observing the sequence in the Zodiac signs and in the planetary order of our solar system. Just like Aquarius follows Capricorn, Uranus is outside the orbit of Saturn, which means that it is outside the field of control and influence of Saturn. When Uranus is strong in the cosmic conversations, like it is in 2021, we enter new realms of unchartered possibility, and can access the “creative power of the universal mind.” (astrologer Dane Rudyar) Can you feel this energy more and more? Just like astronauts began to overcome the gravity of Earth in the 1960s, we are now experiencing a surge in “outside the Earth” thinking that will revolutionize our capacity to envision a brighter future for our planet.


I am noticing more and more people standing up and banding together to voice their truth in well-organized groups and petitions to demand changes they want to see. People power is back and is so fantastic to see! This New Moon happened at 23 degrees of Aquarius. You can see where that falls in your chart to understand where this new and powerful wind of change is blowing in your life. The greater number of people who come together, united in mind and heart, the faster we will pull a new Earth into manifestation. This mind - heart integration is also reflected in the fact that Leo is naturally always in opposition and balance with Aquarius. In fact, it will be increasingly important to energize all 3 sources of intelligence in our body in order to clearly navigate these wild and windy life currents: the brain, heart & gut instinct. A friend of mine initiated a 30-day cortices self-care challenge that does exactly that! I find it really helpful to stay grounded! Thank you Victoria!


This momentous New Moon also includes the most important astrological signature of 2021, which is the intense 90 degree square aspect between Saturn in Aquarius and Uranus in Taurus. Life is not always a smooth ride. It is an ebb and flow that blends turbulent times of tension, challenge and crisis with periods of calm and serenity. A crisis is never a comfortable or easy experience, but it does gift us with an immediate increase of our focus and instinct to find solutions that will end the crisis and stabilize the energy. Astrologer Richard Tarnas recently said: “The hard aspects put more demands on us, they shape our character in our personal lives and as a civilization in certain periods in history. Our participation is necessary. These times are volcanically intense evolutionary pressures for the radical reconfiguration of all life structures.” Will we rise to the occasion, seize our power, create solutions and become empowered individuals living within an enlightened community?


In these times of uncertainty, I believe that it is the quality of our combined response to the challenges that will dictate the outcome or resolution we desire. Contrary to mainstream media, the pandemic is not the only crisis we are facing, despite its massive toll. There is social, racial and gender injustice, unfair distribution of wealth, a top-down hierarchical power structure that benefits only the wealthy and many more. From one perspective, the purpose of the pandemic was to slow the whole world down so that humanity can become more conscious of itself and its relationship with the planet. 2020 was about seeing the darkest shadow aspects of life and the beginning of the deconstruction of a very long phase of human development. 2021 is about the acceleration of this process and the birthing of a new era of human growth.


Uranus rules sudden and powerful surges of energy like earthquakes and lightning bolts that disrupt the status quo symbolized by Saturn. It is dangerous, volatile, wild and unpredictable; just like a revolution, once it starts, there is no stopping it. We can easily get swept up and blown away by these winds of change, and/or channel some strong winds to make any spontaneous and inspired change in our own lives that are in alignment with our most authentic soul self.


With Uranus in Taurus, the cosmic Bull, and especially in this Year of the Ox, we need to make sure to stay grounded in our bodies and to the Earth. We need to channel the lightning strikes of energy with our feet firmly planted on the Earth, and allow this Uranian stimulation to energize our body and get as physically fit and strong as possible. “Un esprit sain dans un corps sain.” (A healthy mind in a healthy body.) This is the interdimensional magic between Sky & Earth, Aquarius and Taurus.


In this New Moon chart, Venus and Jupiter, the planets of love and joyful expansion are exactly conjunct and so we can benefit from this electric and expansive energy for the next 4 weeks in the complete lunation cycle. Let’s take some time to get crystal-clear in our New Moon intentions and dream big because this New Moon is perhaps the most inspirational and aspirational lunation of the whole year. The cosmic currents are gifting us with powerful opportunities to nourish the world with new ideas that will inspire the rebuilding of a new Earth. Valentine’s Day is coming! Let’s express the most united love to every person, animal, and all life in this strange and magnificent planet.


Voilà! I would like to spontaneously celebrate this amazing Aquarian New Moon energy by offering everyone a 25% discount on any astrological reading with me, until the end of February. You can see all my reading options listed on my website: richardmalettestrology.com


Lightning of love,

Richard 🌟💙🌟


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