Planetary Transits
February 1 to March 20, 2004
Imbolc to Ostara-Spring Equinox
THE BIG PICTURE:
The planets are
partying in Pisces and Virgo! Much of the focus in the coming seven weeks is
on cultivating a balance between the big picture or macrocosm (Pisces) and
the minute details or microcosm (Virgo). It’s all in your perspective, since
both are equally valid and are simply different ways of looking at the same
thing. Do you see the forest or the trees? They’re both there, and both
serve you well in their own way. Take time to meditate on switching back and
forth between these extremes, viewing one from the perspective of the other.
Then hug the saplings that start to grow in between.
Feb. 1 - IMBOLC
Feb. 1 – Mercury conjunct
Chiron (in Capricorn)
Here is an
opportunity to begin a healing cycle in your communication, perceptions and
awareness. This time (give or take a few days) may bring a new awareness of
how your communication needs some fine-tuning, restructuring or skill
building. This new awareness can be used to creatively offset tensions in
relationships or to counterbalance biting off more than you can chew
financially.
Feb. 2 – Sun conjunct Neptune (in Aquarius)
Give or take a few
days, this can be a time of creative genius by taking unusual sources of
inspiration and channelling them into self-expression. A great time to be
romantic, creative, intuitive/psychic or spiritual. Just remember that
inspiration still means you have to work for the results. Don’t confuse
creative intuition with being able to take divine intervention for granted.
Feb. 3 – Mars enters Taurus (until Mar. 21)
Forward progress
comes in slow, steady steps. There will be lots of opportunities to
manifest, grow and bring new life to your ambitions, but it’s not likely to
happen quickly. Stay focused on concrete realities and what you’re aiming
for. And be alert to the differences between inspiration from spiritual
sources and pie-in-the-sky shortcuts.
Feb. 6, 3:46 AM EST – Full Moon in Leo (Sun in Aquarius)
This is the
fruition of the New Moon energy that began on Jan. 21st. This time sees the
emergence of the need to amalgamate the great and the small, marrying them
together to form the beginnings of expanding your spiritual peripheral
vision. The Full Moon urges you to first discover what this means to you
personally and how it impacts your sense of Self. Do you live in view of the
forest or in the trees themselves?
Feb. 6 – Mercury enters Aquarius (until Feb. 25)
Your best mental
focus for the next 3 weeks will be on science, objectivity, detachment,
innovation, and the value of uniqueness. You may struggle, then surrender,
in finding a delicate balance between independent individuality and
cooperation within the hive mind. Achieving a spiritual clarity in both
places will ultimately empower you.
Feb. 8 – Venus enters Aries (until Mar. 5)
For about the next
4 weeks, you may find yourself with plenty of attitude in relationships,
interactions with others and your approach to material abundance. Let your
desire to be direct and daring with others break through your old outworn
roles and habits, and not to simply posture against perceived authority
figures.
Feb. 15 – Mercury conjunct Neptune (in Aquarius)
With this aspect
in orb on Valentine’s Day, romance is in the air and you may find you are
particularly creative, intuitive, spiritual and romantic at this time. Share
this with your loved ones and then be different – write yourself a special
Valentine that affirms and celebrates the best of who you are and who you
want to be. Then mail it to yourself!
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Feb. 19 – Sun enters Pisces (until Mar. 20)
This time brings a
good time to focus on spiritual source, creative imagination, universal love
and surrender to our highest purpose.
Feb. 20, 4:18 AM EST – New Moon in Pisces
This lunar cycle
promises to be exciting and unpredictable...in a
“surrender-to-the-spiritual-angst” kind of way. Structure and stability are
unexpected allies during a time that may stir you up at a deeper level than
words can adequately describe. The challenge is both to embrace the Big
Picture in its vastness, as well as grasp the minute details that compose
that Big Picture.
Feb. 21 – Sun conjunct Uranus (in Pisces)
Your creative
genius is lurking behind the scenes around this time and can be brought
forward and utilised with a bit of effort. Reach to manifest your highest
potential as a God(dess)-in-training.
Feb. 25 – Mercury enters Pisces (until Mar. 12)
Creative
imagination and intuitive inspiration are omnipresent in your conscious mind
during this time. Try learning new magical techniques. Discover how the
Divine lives equally in minute simplicity as well as the Grande Spectrum.
Feb. 27 – Mercury conjunct Uranus (in Pisces)
Creative genius
and inspired clarity can be utilised consciously around this time, if you
apply some conscious effort and mental discipline. But be careful not to
over-structure it, but be flexible, innovative and break out of your old
habits.
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Mar. 3 – Sun conjunct Mercury (in Pisces)
The inspired
purpose and intuitive genius you’ve been cultivating since the New Moon on
Feb. 20 can now start to be brought together at a new level. The need to
balance the macrocosm and microcosm is particularly evident. Let go of the
need to control the process and allow this balance to find its best level in
you.
Mar. 5 – Venus enters Taurus (until Apr. 3)
Venus enters her
own sign for a month-long bubble bath in pleasure, sensuality, practical
progress and material abundance. Opportunities abound to manifest that
inspired genius energy in concrete, structured ways. Make plans to regularly
make yourself and others feel good, integrating this into more serious
plans.
Mar. 6, 6:14 PM EST – Full Moon in Virgo (Sun in Pisces)
The New Moon
challenge (from Feb. 20) to balance the macrocosm and the microcosm is now
front and centre, as the Full Moon brings into sharp focus the need to
utilise both perspectives over the next 2 weeks. Helping to stabilise this
balance are your ability to take gradual, concrete action, and your capacity
to accept human limitations. These are your allies as you transform and heal
the split between the urge to let go (and maybe the temptation to give up)
and the compulsion to micro-manage the specifics (and get stuck in the
minutia).
Mar. 7 – Saturn Stationary Direct (in Cancer)
After a 4˝ month
retrograde journey through Cancer, Saturn is finally ready to move forward,
bringing with him new (if gradual) progress in your projects, processes,
goals and ambitions. This Direct Station (give or take several days) may be
a turning point for any project, closure, manifestation or developmental
process you’re involved in. Build flexibility and freedom into new rules and
guidelines that are required for implementing what you’ve learned in the
last 4-5 months. Don’t let go of your balance between the simple and the
complex.
Mar. 12 – Mercury enters Aries (until Mar. 31)
Your creative
consciousness bursts forth in exuberant excitement, ready to take on the
world! You may, however, encounter some initial disapproval or consequences
from the status quo, necessitating some adjustment of expectations (your own
and others’). Keep your fire fed by seeking self-improvement and
transformation through empowerment and self-assertion that are true to your
highest aspiration.
Mar. 20, 1:48 AM EST – OSTARA (Spring Equinox)
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© 2004
Wendy Guy.
Originally published in Cauldron and Quill Magazine, and The Burning Times
Newsletter, Imbolc 2004 Issues. |
