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New Moon: 17 Feb 2026 10:02pm (local time - Kurrajong NSW, Australia)
Moon in Aquarius

This New Moon is a Solar Eclipse in Aquarius, trining Uranus (the modern ruler of Aquarius) in Taurus. With Saturn (the traditional ruler of Aquarius) just having ingressed into Aries on 14 Feb, where he will stay until April 2028. This eclipse also is the first of the Leo-Aquarius axis series of eclipses, marking the beginning of the shift from the current series of Virgo-Pisces axis eclipses. What that means is that we will all be feeling the eclipse energy of "beginnings and endings" in a new set of houses in our personal charts.
This is a pretty potent New Moon even though much of the energy at play is obscured either through the shifting of new cycles, the eclipse energy or because the personal planets are all currently still hidden "under the beams of the Sun" - so close that they are still "invisible" (roughly 15-17 degress from solar conjunction). Mercury is the exception and has just pulled away far enough to regain visibility. Even though there might not seem to be a lot "going on", THERE IS!
Elipses bring change. Normal understanding and logic tend not to apply. Things can feel a bit out of tilt and more unmoored than usual. Its like our usual filters for seeing and understanding the world and ourselves are blocked or removed allowing a different kind of sense perception to manifest. It is striking enough, that when eclipse season passes, something different has entered into our awareness which shifts the trajectory of understanding and perspective in those areas of our charts. This current eclipse season goes from 9 Feb - 11 March. So it builds and ebbs before the 1st eclipse falling on the 17th and the last on 3 March. Those eclipses are like peak points but with the entire time between the two eclipses acting as a period of activation. So pay attention between these two lunations and see if you can notice the seeds of major changes in your life and awareness. Because the nature of eclipses, these seeds will be small and potentially seem inconsequential, but they will mark important changes in your houses where they fall.
When the New Moon is in Aquarius we can expect some radical vision or almost otherworldly 'message' to inspire or take root inside of us. Aquarius energy is that of fixed air, so it is a bit cold and hard to reach. It always reminds me of deep space. Something about Aquarius is unknowable, but as the natural ruler of the 11th house, it is also an energy that is deeply commited to community, networking and broader hopes. Eclipses are less a time to be actively planting seeds unless you can be very detatched from outcome, and more of a time to just really pay attention and keep your heart and mind open. Flexibility and non-attachment are key during the unpredictability of eclipse season. Energy does not follow its normal patterns and so neither will magic or intentions of rituals and manifestation practices. This is a good time to just rest and breath and notice what arises for you and within you.  Sometimes it is beneficial to be the Magician, using what influence you have to guide outcomes, but other times it is more beneficial to be the Mystic, using what influence you have to quiet your mind and be present, seeing what is actually there and awake enough to act and move clearly in the unfolding mystery of the moment.
Saturn and Neptune make a momentus conjunction (exact on the 21 Feb), but truely the shift in this new Aries energy pattern begins on the 14th when Saturn entered Aries. Neptune's ingress back in January was like the first shoe dropping into Aries. This sign change marks a whole new era for our spiritual and visionary prowess and focus as well as our ability to check out and delude ourselves. Saturn's ingress is like the 2nd shoe dropping into Aries, bringing with it the consequences of material reality and finite resources as well as the need to grow up and build things that will last. This eclipse falling so quickly after Saturn's ingress, is the wild card energy that will initiate the unfolding of the new Aries vibe. Aries while on the one hand expresses itself as very martial and confrontational, it is also the energy that embodies courage and the focus of will. We cannot change the energies that are playing out, but we can choose how we respond to them. This is the beauty of having an Aquarius New Moon at this time, because Aquarius is the most far seeing and prophetic sign in the zodiac. It understands how to put aside its small self and focus on the needs of the larger community. It is the Path Finder and also the Visionary. It's symbol is the "Water Bearer", which seems a strange symbol for an air sign, but at its root speaks to us of the one who comes and brings life-giving sustainance to those who are weary and those who thurst. With this New Moon trining Uranus, we also have this energy of the Water-Bearer in supportive aspect to the cosmic Change Maker, who is still in the sign of Taurus the builder. It means that we have a precious magical moment - a portal if you will - where ANYTHING can happen and take root and grow. So my advice is to stand clear and strong in your own roots of loving kindness and compassionate presence - whatever that means for you - as we all get to be in our authentic individuality with Aquarius. If we do this, than THIS is what we offer to the eclipse energy to "play" with. If however, we bring distraction, fear, aggression and small stories of self and other, than this is what the eclipses will have to play with as well. Remember we are always co-creating with the universe and Aries is not so much about fighting and conflict, as it is about BEING. So what can you BE at this time? If you can envision it, you can BE it... this time is not about becoming, it is about BEING. Be the Change you want to see in the World. 

Full Moon in Leo

Full Moon at 13 Leo (Sun at 13 Aquarius)

2 February 2026 (local time - Kurrajong, NSW, Australia)


Wow, well the past couple of weeks have felt both heavy and intense with so many planets moving in to dance with Pluto in Aquarius. We will find that this Full Moon still carries much of the flavors that have been awakened for us on both personal and collective levels.
Leo is a fixed fire sign and so while it sits opposite to much of the Aquarian energy by sign, it is really keyed into the major move of Neptune ingressing into the sign of Aries (also a fire sign). Leo energy always asks us to be authentic in a naked and vulnerable way - when we respond poorly what usually happens is we are inauthentic in a very loud and dramatic kind of way. Naked vulnerability is not what we are wired into or taught through culture. It's why Leo energy gets such a bad rap and is so deeply misunderstood. When the Moon is full here we have this opposition between the intuitive truth of our soul (Moon) and the conscious vision of our minds and intellects (Sun in Aquarius). I say it all the time, opposition does not have to mean conflict. Yes, it can be a tug of war or a see-saw but it can also be two people holding hands and thus each able to lean farther out in opposing directions than they would be able to without the balancing weight of the other. Oppositions when used in this way can be both anchoring and innovative. We are stronger together than we are separate.
This is the lesson of this Full Moon. As fixed air, Aquarian energy can run the risk of being too cold and removed and often if feels like it is on the outside looking in to "belonging". Leo too is looking for belonging. Its something both of these energies have in common. For Leo the trick to belonging is to stay grounded, true and authentic and when applause isn't happening to go and search of the right audience. For Aquarius belong come from allowing itself to be a hollow bone - to stay grounded and true to its values and vision and allow itself to be a channel for whatever messages need to come from that place into now. Neither Leo nor Aquarius are guaranteed applause. Messengers and prophets (Aquarian energy) are known for being shot and stoned, and Leo - well, we can see how well it is received by all the disparaging press this sign gets for being a self absorbed loud show pony with big hair.
For me it is way more interesting to try to understand why an energy is present in this way. If someone spent a lot of time being made small - don't you think learning to step into themselves fully and be big and loud about it might be in order? And if someone was in a position of authority and thus spent a lot of time with folks hanging off their every word, maybe some time is needed where they needed practice getting out of their own way. In both cases there there is a quality of humility and authenticity that is required - the same but in different ways. And that is the key here - the anchor point. All aspects are about integration.
Yes, during Full Moons, the lunar energy is very loud, but with so much energy in Aquarius i think we are well balance to feel pulled very strongly in two directions. This can be some crazy making. It can be very tense and uncomfortable. We might have big emotions or want to retreat into a dorsal vagal state (think of a turtle hibernating). With Mars having just had its conjunction with Pluto things can seem really grim. Again the key here is authenticity and humility. They are the ways we actually get to the sense of belonging that we are really after.
Belonging after all is just a longing to be.
We are in changing times. There are no 'fixes' just like there is no 'going back'. With Neptune changing signs and Saturn just about to follow we are embarking into new territory. Our old stories and patterns and habits won't serve us the way they have in the past. We have to find our bottom lines. We have to stand in our own individual truth. We have to find our rightful place. This is not about becoming something different or about learning or growing into something. It is about BEING just as you are in this moment and meeting it with the vulnerability of your own authenticity. It is no small ask. If not now... then when? We are the ones we have been waiting for.

New Moon in Capricorn

19 Jan 2026: 6:53am (exact, local time)
The New Moon in Capricorn gives us a rare 6 planet out of sign stellium with Mercury-Mars in tight conjunction to the Sun & Moon from Capricorn, with Venus and Pluto joining the stellium from Aquarius.

"Start as you mean to go on" - is a good motto for this New Moon. Capricorn is cardinal earth, it wants facts and step by step action for strong foundations. Capricorn always brings themes of integrity and longevity to the fore. Aquarius is fixed air. Pluto wants our honest evolution, aiming deeply and intensely to do so. Venus wants our values and connectivity, she moves through grace and aesthetic. Both teach us about power dynamics. Air activates the intellect and the mind. As we step forward into 2026, things will continue to move slowly until midyear and so we may feel stuck in a doorway or threshold, anxious and wondering what we are doing with our lives and our energy. Trust the process. This pause can be very useful if we don't dissipate our attention thru frustration.
Use this New Moon as a time to seed a message for yourself and the collective. We can remember that instead of acting rashly from a place of anxiety or stuckness, we can choose to use this time to center ourselves and ground (Capricorn) into our collective (Aquarian) ideals (Venus), not by ignoring our shadows, but by acknowledging them (Pluto) and have the courage and willpower (Mars) to walk our talk (Mercury) from where we actually are at now in this moment. Stelliums really highlight focused embodiment of energy. So we keep our feet grounded in the truth of where we actually are, and from here turn and face our shadow and the discomfort that is just a part of growing. "Responsibility is simply the ability to respond", and we can do so taking our shadow by the hand and walking into the unknown from this more integrated and evolved place.
When there is a New Moon, the Sun and Moon are in conjunction and so both are bringing forth the same energy through their different lenses. The Sun is our yang - our conscious day time awareness that moves linearly and outwardly. The Moon is our yin - our intuitive, reflective night time awareness that moves circularly and inwardly. Together they form the energy of the spiral, a pattern on which much of the known universe - from our DNA to our galaxy, sunflowers to seashells - is based.
What do you fear more - Change or things staying the same?  "If we keep doing what we've been doing, we'll keep getting what we've got." Venus conjunct Pluto in Aquarius advises us to lean into one another, without turning away from or avoiding our shadows and the messiness of our actual growing and humanity. In Aquarius, they promise that by reaching into creativity together, we are able to envision something totally different from the old forms and what we have been habituated to seek. So let us embrace the discomfort of this time, knowing that only by doing so can we evolve into the change we want to be in the world.
Saturn and Neptune are sextiling this New Moon from Pisces and so there is tangible magic in the air, but we will have to actually work for it. Pisces is mutable water and these days between now and Feb 15 we can seed prayers and intentions more easily into the ether. When Saturn and Neptune form the exact conjunct at 0 Aries on the 15th of Feb, it marks a very tangible shift into cardinal fire energy, where the vibe of intensity and force, initiation and transformation will tend to dominate. Aries is known for being rash, blustery and impervious. Think of a seed deep in the dark earth at the point of germination - it requires those qualities to grasp the spark of life and push through heavy soil into light where it can unfurl its still vulnerable new possibility. It means that the seeds we sow now while the gods of form (Saturn) and formlessness (Neptune) are still drenched in compassionate driven, empathetic Pisces energy are really key to what we will be harvesting in the future.

New Moon in Leo

New Moon in Leo

5:11am, 25 July 2025 - local time, Kurrajong, NSW Australia

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This is a very complicated New Moon, with lots of big players getting into the game... or rather this New Moon really initiates some of the big picture energies of the outer planetary alignments that have been moving into new positions over the past weeks.

In and of themselves, New Moons are initiations periods - that dark moment when a seed germinates in the soil, invisible and yet highly potent. They are times when energies are ripe for manifestation. In Leo we are getting a bright glimpse, something is shining forth and showing both its teeth and its vulnerabilities. Leo is ruled by the Sun and because all New Moons are conjunctions between the Luminaries, Leo New Moons always have extra potency. Leo energy always asks two things of us - unabashed authenticity and the bold willingness to walk off the stage in search of our rightful audience if the current one is unable to appreciate our true selves.... and not in a hissy fit or a cloud of shame, but in non-judgmental curiosity for the better fit that awaits us all. Your current audience might actually need a love story and what you were born to give is action and swashbuckling adventure. No one need be wrong or bad here... it's just about finding what actually goes together. Think of it like a puzzle - don't force the pieces, just keep plugging away until they actually match.

This New Moon is opposite Pluto, the lord of shadows and obsessions and things that make us cringe and want to turn away. And so a very big part of this means facing our fear demons head on. Allowing ourselves to feel our insecurities and vulnerabilities and just allowing the discomfort of it to be there without needing to tell ourselves a story about it. Well, sure we could... this is a New Moon in Leo after all - drama queen galore if that is the path we want to walk down, but remember that you are in your seed and germination stage... is that really what you want to grow? especially given the big picture nature of the outer planetary patterning that is being initiated? We stand on the cross roads and we can allow our small selves to carry the day and choose the next 8-14 year chapters, or we can stand strong in our center and face the onslaught of our own discomfort and by doing so, help to turn the tide of the global story by showing up in our authentic truth. Being naked in public is never comfortable.... and even though it is going to be hard to sense and realise, know that everyone is in the same boat at this time. So your individual bravery and loving compassion and authentic vulnerability will by its very nature help others to realize their own possible potentials (Leo and the Sun are both known for their generous giving life force energy).

This Moon is also sextile Uranus in Gemini, so it is really a time when we can catapult into new paradigms by leapfrogging with one another - for good or for ill. Ultimately Uranus wants freedom, but if we cannot harness our courage and dare to reach for what our soul authentically hungers for - to be seen and appreciated for who we actually are - we will choose petty rebellions to fuel our discontent and waste this golden opportunity for mind blowing growth and change. And again this will set the tone for the next 8 year Uranus cycle.

This Moon is also trining the Saturn-Neptune conjunction in Aries - both of these planets are retrograde and so it means we need to revisit our responsibilities for our own spiritual growth. Saturn conjunct Neptune asks us to get real and grow up, to do some hard and honest work on our spiritual evolution. The Aries energy lets us know that it is going to take the fire of our will power to actually stand in our rightful place. And with Aries' ruler Mars in Virgo conjunct the South Node we know it will be key for us to give up and let go of our need to be right or perfect as well as our stories of guilt and shame that go along with those needs. Those stories are all tied up with the ways we by-pass spiritually. In order to really evolve as individuals we need to first connect with our real and true selves - warts and all... and without the shame and guilt. Because unconditional compassionate love means we ALL belong. "God don't make no junk." When we can show up as our whole selves and share that with one another, then we easily can begin to create community and belonging that flips the table on all the fear mongering and scarcity mindset patterns that have come to dominate the global reality. Or we can get righteous and insist we have already done our work and have risen above all that nonsense, slamming the door to what actually shows up on our path... sure.... that's an option. Just know that Neptune's passage through Aries is a 14 year story. Start as you mean to go on, because if there is one thing that Saturn is known for - its determination and that means it will follow a long and harrowing path to its very end as much as it would be determination to scale the legendary heights of Shangrila.

And before you scoff and go on your merry way, I offer the words of my wise teacher, Steven Forrest 'to see the glass half full is just as true as to see the glass as half empty. One perspective is far more liberatory and leads to much more creative and generative solutions to the real problems that plague us than the other'.  

I will say it again... we are at a crossroads, your choices and where you choose to place your foot next matters - not just for you personally, but for the wider we. Each of us casts a vote every moment, and some moments are more potent and decisive than others. This New Moon is one of those decisive moments, so stay present and stay rooted in your true heart. When you notice you have drifted off course - and you will - give yourself all the love and compassion you have to offer in that moment as well as a big hurray for noticing and then get your ass back in alignment with you deepest truest heart centered attention and set your determination to stay present and mindful and true to yourself for as long as you are able. We are the ones we've been waiting for... not our fantasy super hero selves, but the true rickety, shamozzle of humanity that we actually are. Creation in all her wisdom, made us just right for this moment. So be Honest and be Vulnerable. Shine YOUR light and trust in what made you.

Go Team!

Solar Eclipse in Aries 2025

New Moon: Solar Eclipse 29 March 2025, 9:59 pm - local time: Bilpin, NSW Australia

The astrology world is a-buzz with a lot of talk and predictions to get your heart rate up these days, especially with this upcoming Solar Eclipse in Aries along Neptune moving into Aries on the 31st. Neptune usually stays in a sign about 13-14 years on average, so yea this is a big shift. The outer planets govern our collective zeitgeist, so we can expect change a big energetic shift in our collective energy and focus - over the next 14 years or so. This energy will not erupt overnight, but rather build momentum over time. Neptune governs 'possibility' so we need to consider the whole range from the spiritual to the delusional. This past cycle was in Pisces, an energy that wants to dissolve and abdicate its own smaller ego self into a larger mass. This could be unity consciousness or conspiracy theories and we surely have seen a flowering of spiritual focus within the collective as well as mass delusion. Astrology can't show us where anything will land in the spectrum - that part is up to the individual players and the work we have each done and are willing to do to evolve our individual consciousness.
The point of Neptune is simply to get us to question the nature of reality and thus widen the scope of probability. Pisces is a very different kind of energy than Aries. Aries is considered the 'beginning energy' of the zodiac, so here we can be both a bit naive and a bit reactionary, but most often - just blundery. This energy is known for learning about itself by bumping into things. As the outgrowth from the previous energy of Pisces which is porous and in its shadow says "i can be whoever you want me to be", Aries is more about boundaries and claiming its own space and autonomy. It says "i am" and wants to exercise 'beingness'. Be careful not get rigid in your imagination when considering Aries. It is not an earth sign, which would make it about form and manifestation of the body. It is a fire sign, which is mostly about transformation and the spirit (earth=body/form, air=mind/intellect, water=heart/emotions, fire=spirit/essence). In 4 element pattern theologies fire transmutes what water has dissolved (Pisces is a water sign). So while water softens the connections and loosens boundaries, fire burns complex forms down into their base parts and then reforms them - a bit the way the liver works in the body.
This solar eclipse lands near the North Node, meaning that it is metabolic or about taking in (when an eclipse lands the Moon near the South Node we know it is catabolic or about purging). Eclipses are always considered wild cards, when the normal patterning of energy is suspended and something out of the ordinary can emerge. It is that chaos moment, when anything can happen. So as what we have collectively been focused on and dissolving into, gets shaken around and served back to us, pay attention to where you land and what feels like your boundary - where you stop and another begins. Will you claim what belongs to you and work to transmute and transform THAT, nothing more - nothing less?
This eclipse is certainly a threshold. The doorway into possibility thrown open and we are all collectively about to step into a new paradigm regarding our individual comprehension and interest into the nature of reality. As individuals within a collective, we will be learning about personal autonomy and how actual individual choices contributes to the larger field of probability. I suspect we shall all be bumping into a few things as we figure out who we actually are and how that beingness interacts with all the other beings out there doing the same. Remember this next Neptune cycle is about fire energy, so we have an opportunity to transmute the very nature reality. Steven Forrest, in his most recent podcast called up the beautiful words of Ram Das : 'It doesn't matter if we are on the verge of an apocalypse or on the verge of a flowering of enlightenment... - the work remains the same.'
(Here, here!) So let us work to love ourselves more completely... and not just because it means that we can then love others better too. But rather because when we make our shadow as welcome to sit with us as our super hero, we might finally begin to grasp that we are neither our worst selves, nor are we our best selves. We are simply ourselves - more complex and nuanced than that binary model allows for. I for one, suspect that the unfolding collective moment we find ourselves in, will require just such delicate and unfathomable blend of complexity and nuance to meet it. Aries demands that we us get our feet wet. It asks us to begin. Aries energy is never about planning, nor strategy - it is simply the doing of the thing. So set your fears aside, grab the tool at hand and charge into the moment. You are enough.