Thankfully, as we enter yet another surge and another round of pandemic fatigue, the new moon is in Leo: a masculine sign of extraordinary strength and power. We are certainly going to need it. Additionally, there are more planets in masculine signs than in feminine. This requires extraordinary mindfulness in order to access our core strengths and integrate those strengths with the heart, the love and generosity that Leo is famous for. There are currently four planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Pluto - in retrograde, along with Chiron, and the North Node. This will aid us enormously in slowing down, so we can be more present with the moment, to review our intentions and actions, and choose more carefully. We are at Lammas, the beginning of the Harvest Season, which is always a time of reflection, leading to more appropriate self-expression and then even more reflection. Lammas and the harvest process always has us reassessing the current status of our deepest wounds: as individuals, as families and as a nation. This is a time of reckoning.

Today the new Moon and the Sun are conjunct, and in the wee hours of the morning they formed a ring of fire eclipse. Joining them in Gemini - the sign of community and communication – is its ruling planet, Mercury, who is currently retrograde. The North Node of the Moon, an indicator of karmic opportunities, is there as well. Together, they remind us to choose carefully: the way we speak to our community members will either clean up old karmic messes or make more. Pluto is now retrograde in Capricorn, reminding us of right use of power. Saturn is retrograde in Aquarius, reminding us of our interdependence, and showing us how to better integrate our individual selves with our communities and the collective as a whole. As spring wanes and summer waxes, as Jupiter and Neptune retrograde in Pisces, as Covid and our responses to it continue to evolve, the possibilities and opportunities to start over, to begin again with the different members of your community are practically limitless.

Today, the new moon, the Sun, and Uranus are all in the sign of Taurus. Venus, Mercury, and the North Node are all in Gemini. Pluto is now retrograde, Saturn and Mercury are about to be, and we have a pair of eclipses right around the corner. As spring wanes and summer waxes, as covid and our response to it continue to evolve, the possibilities and opportunities to start over, to begin again are practically limitless in some extremely specific areas.

Tonight, the new moon, the Sun, Venus, Mercury, and Chiron are all in Aries, the first sign of the Zodiac. Every new moon is a chance at a fresh start, but the new moon in the sign that rules beginnings provides you with exceptionally powerful opportunities. Factor in all those delightful other celestial bodies and the possibilities are practically limitless.

Today, the new moon, the Sun, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and a retrograde Mercury are all in Aquarius, the sign that rules both change and the humanistic future. In Aquarius, these planets serve to inspire and impel us to imagine and embrace all that lies just beyond the horizon, all that may be possible. If that weren’t enough, it is also the Lunar Imbolc (the first of the annual planting festivals) and the Chinese New Year. Additionally, the grace and reflection of the Lenten season is just ahead. The possibilities of moving society and humanity forward toward a more perfect union, one that serves more of us, are very real now. We can get there from here.

Each planet has its own specific realm. As planets move through each sign, that realm takes on a uniquely different flavor and offers uniquely different opportunities. The more planets there are in any given sign and at any given time, the more focused and amplified that sign’s energy—and the opportunities presented—will be. Right now, it’s all about Capricorn. The Sun, the Moon, Venus, and Pluto are all there. So let’s look at what the opportunities are and how to make the most of them.