Dear friends, Chers amis: Welcome to the warm energies of the radiant Full Moon! Thank you for joining me in this exploration of the cosmic currents flowing at this time in late January and early February 2021. I feel that these new energies are quite powerful yet energizing, hopeful and creative. I trust that you feel it as well. As always, I invite you to share your perspectives as I love to read your comments as you reflect on these messages. Let’s dive in!
I believe that every Full Moon has a certain magic that brightly illuminates and infuses the collective consciousness with the life-giving power of the Sun and the Moon as they form an exact opposition or cosmic teeter-totter of energy in the sky. On Thursday, January 28th, Luna reached her fullness in the sign of Leo, in opposition to the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn in Aquarius. Jupiter is especially strong at this time because the mythological "king of the gods” is nearly perfectly conjunct the Sun, and is able to radiate more enthusiasm, joy and faith on the breezy airwaves of the mind. Jupiter and the Sun in Aquarius are inviting us to broadcast our ideas and express our authentic self with more confidence! With Saturn still strong as well from the recent Great Conjunction with Jupiter a few weeks ago on the Winter Solstice, we are invited to channel this exuberant energy in conscious, constructive ways.
On some level, whenever the Full Moon is in a fire sign, we feel some kind of emotional eruption of heat and passion that has been building up within all of us since the last Full Moon in a fire sign, which was in early October. When the Full Moon is in Leo, we feel the urge to express the creative and playful Lion, Queen and King that always live in the castle of our heart. Leo illuminates the divine and loving light of our heart chakra. I went for a walk just before sunset yesterday and thanked the sun for its healing life force energy. In that moment, I remembered that the Sun is also a star in our galaxy. I always love to remember that perspective! Leo the cosmic Lion is ruled by the Sun. So when we consciously open to feel our connection with the Sun, we also connect to the infinitely vast stellar intelligence of the universe. Here on Earth, Leo teaches us to be the the stars of our own lives, and shine our light with as much heart, dignity and sovereignty as we can. I have noticed many people in my circle shared new profile pictures this week, in perfect resonance with the self-love of Leo! The world needs us to shine our true light because that is what will fuel our collective growth this year and in the years ahead as we anchor a new and lighter vibration in the global mind of humanity.
The Full Moon in Leo always reflects the light of the Sun in Aquarius. Leo and Aquarius both need each other to play their roles perfectly. Just as the Sun shines as a star within a greater galaxy, Aquarius reminds us to shine our individual light within our community and in the world around us. Aquarius is known as the “Water Bearer” of the Zodiac. I recently heard astrologer Lynn Bell talk about these waters as the “aqua vitae” or waters of life that nourish and inspire humanity with new ideas and cosmic downloads. Elementally, therefore, Aquarius is an air sign and connects us to the realms of thinking and dissemination of knowledge that facilitate human evolution. With many planets in Aquarius in 2021, I see humanity making huge strides in technological innovation and creative collaborations all around the world. It is already happening!
In ancient times, Aquarius was ruled by Saturn, which gives the Water Bearer a somewhat serious nature and a focus on the well-being of society. In modern times, however, Aquarius is ruled by Uranus, the planet of freedom, awakening, powerful disruptions and lightning bolts of change. We are seeing and will continue to see strong movements of social reform and challenges to the status quo. The biggest and most important planetary configuration of 2021 will be the ongoing square aspect between Uranus in Taurus and Saturn in Aquarius. There is a tension that lives between these two planets in the very nature of what they represent. With Uranus, there is a strong impulse in the world to push beyond the known reality, beyond imposed limitations, and beyond our deep conditioning of what it means to be a human being. On the other hand, there is also a strong pull from the Saturnian aspects of the human psyche that strive for control, restraint, security and stability. This push and pull of tension is uncomfortable and yet it inevitably yields change as the old energies that no longer match the new impulses crumble in order to allow a new and better flow. We are witnessing this collective tension in many aspects of life in many countries around the world.
At the time of this Full Moon, Mars the cosmic Warrior is very close to Uranus in the sign of Taurus and they are both forming an edgy square to the Sun and Moon. The astrological weather is ripe for sudden and swift expressions of protest and reform. Currently, thousands of farmers in India have charged in to occupy the Old Red Fort in New Delhi, to protest the government’s new agriculture laws. This is an uncanny demonstration of the power of Mars and Uranus in Taurus, the sign of nature, agriculture and economic structure, which is squaring the structures of authority symbolized by Saturn. Mars and Uranus are releasing energy akin to earthquakes; it is intense. We can also constructively channel these energies by feeling them flow completely through our energy field and riding the waves of electrical energy to stimulate a creative renaissance in our lives. If you know your birthchart, you can see where the middle degrees of the fixed signs Taurus, Aquarius, Leo and Scorpio light up your chart.
This message from Archangel Gabriel through Shelley Young beautifully encapsulates the magic of Aquarius and Uranus in 2021. “You are all unique, and have your own strengths, your own soul agendas, your own desires, your own energetics, and your own astrological influences that will make your individual experiences different than anyone else’s while still focusing on that theme in your own way. There is no one size fits all ascension path, nor is there any one prediction that can be made for the times you are stepping forward into, for you will all experience the themes in ways that are absolutely perfect for you. Further, you are creators, pioneering in brand new energies that are full of new potentials and possibilities just waiting to be discovered. Allow yourselves to have your own experiences, to move with what is supported, and to follow your hearts as empowered co-creators who are driving the shift as you go.”
In recent posts, I have written about another important astrological pattern that is coming into perfect alignment at the time of this Full Moon. Neptune, god of the sea, has been swimming in Pisces, the cosmic Fishes since 2011. Around the time of this Full Moon, Neptune is finally coming to exactly square the South and North Node of the Moon. On one end of the spectrum of influences, Neptune can make us feel a strong sense of confusion and disillusionment as we no longer recognize the world as it was a short time ago. Much of humanity has been feeling at sea on planet Earth. At a higher level of consciousness, Neptune reminds us that we are also spiritual beings embodying a human experience. We have come to a point in our collective evolution where it is imperative to integrate the higher frequencies of Neptune and trust the intuitive and compassionate guidance system of our heart to ride the waves of change that are propelling us forward in our individual and collective journeys.
But for the next three weeks, in divine timing, we will have the opportunity to slow down a bit and reflect more deeply on the energies of 2021 since Mercury will be in retrograde motion from January 30th to February 20th. Mercury will be in Aquarius, the Genius of the Zodiac, all this time, which will give us more intellectual muscle to review all that we have experienced lately, revise our strategies and completely refresh our thinking process. Where in your lives could you benefit from a bold, new, outside the box, perspective? In 2021, thanks to the expanded use of communication technology, we will be building new information highways that will rewire and reconnect the collective human mind in fantastic new ways.
May this Full Moon fill your hearts and minds with the most beautiful light and warmest love you can imagine! Over the next few days, I will write a more detailed reflection on the cosmic currents for the entire month of February, exclusive to my Patreon community. If you really enjoy these Star Notes, I invite you to sign up on Patreon to support this service for only the price of latte or 2, depending on your membership option.
Blessings from the Stars,
Richard 🌟
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