by Robert Wilkinson
This New Moon will show us how to be successful in meeting the challenge of living at a higher level. Many will see how what they visualized or began in April 2009 that opened up between May 2010 and Jan 2011 is now an active part of their life. Beauty is in the air over the next 4 weeks, whether the beauty of what has been expressed, or the beauty of what is being expressed, as we all stand on the threshold of major endings and beginnings!
Because this Lunation falls at 22 Pisces, it jumpstarts Pisces energy wherever it falls in our chart. This New Moon has a social-emotional focus. Because it happens in Pisces, Jupiter and Neptune rule the Lunation. Expect opportunities to take aim and hit the mark as you navigate “psychic traffic jams” offering techniques of maneuvering in and out of the field of collective consciousness.
So this New Moon is ruled by Jupiter (the worldly ruler of Pisces) and in the spiritual dimension by Neptune. Of note is that Mercury is in Pisces and Jupiter is in Gemini. As Mercury rules Gemini and Jupiter is the worldly ruler of Pisces, it puts these planets in Mutual reception, a very powerful closed energy exchange loop. (I’ll be posting an update to that article soon, since the positions mentioned as examples happened a while ago.)
They are in a separating square, showing turning points in the past , but once Mercury goes direct, they’ll be back in a forming square. So this frictional aspect between the planets symbolizing the lower mind and the higher mind are in a dynamic relationship of conflict, or release, or turning a corner. It is certainly affecting anyone with a planet or Ascendant around 6-11 degrees of Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces. This includes those born at the end of May, August, November, and February.
The stellium in Pisces consists of Neptune, Mercury, Chiron, Venus, the Sun and Moon, and Mars. If you’re wondering why things may seem both obscure and crowded, under pressure but also unclear, that’s a natural expression of so many planets in Pisces. And if you consider that these planets rule all the signs except Capricorn and Aquarius (Neptune is the spiritual ruler of Sag and Pisces) then it’s no wonder there’s such an air of finality for so many across so many areas of life!
Of particular note is that Mars occupies the last degree of Pisces. 30 Pisces, being the last degree of the 360 degree phases of change before everything begins anew at 1 Aries, represents a degree of visualization, archetypalization, and the ability to envision and name the “new law conditioning future manifestations.”
We had a very important Venus conjunction Mars on that degree back in 2009 when Venus went stationary direct on that degree. What happens over the next 4 weeks is directly related to events set into motion then. We will also see those “closures conditioning openings” powered up when the Sun is on that degree for the 24 hour span that begins March 19 4 am PDT, 11 am UT leading into the Vernal Equinox on 4:02 am PDT, 11:02 am Greenwich March 20. (This is the Autumnal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere, ending Summer and leading to the harvest season down under.)
We shall see further developments of what we have visualized, or are visualizing, from about 10 pm PDT on March 20 to 8:15 pm PDT March 21 when Venus occupies 30 Pisces, so stay open March 21 to impressions and getting clear about what you want to see made manifest in the future. The final time this degree is triggered this year will be when Mercury finally crosses over on April 13 and enters Aries 7:37 pm PDT that evening. I’ve included a link to an entire article explaining the importance of 30 Pisces at the end of this article.
Even though it’s slightly separating, we still are within a larger stabilizing and productive field symbolized by Saturn sextile Pluto. Though most of the Pisces planets are no longer sextile Pluto this Lunation is quintile Pluto. This shows recent productivity will yield specialized circumstances and results over the next 4 weeks. Expect unique things to happen that a) show you your success in meeting a new life order, and/or b) show you that a new life order beckons once you get clear about what that would look like.
In any case, since once Mercury goes direct it will again trine Saturn and sextile Pluto, retriggering recent sextiles and trines made by Mars, Venus, Mercury, and the Sun. This will keep this powerful building energy at the forefront for a while, and help us understand that whatever we experienced recently involving loss, endings, and regeneration has made emerging life structures more secure and stable. We’re still learning a broader view of what can be done and when. Many have seen what is resistant to change in their lives, but also a longer view of what can be done in what sequence.
Of major importance in this Lunation is the extremely powerful Yod, or Finger of God, set into motion involving Jupiter as the nozzle for the Saturn sextile Pluto. This echoes the same Yod we first experienced in December which I wrote about extensively at the time. I’ll link to those articles at the end of this one.
That squeezed a lot out of our lives so we could refocus on whatever promise and openings Jupiter in Gemini indicates in our charts. Those sacrifices that helped us expand in some way have now led us to a major turning point in the Sag, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces areas of our lives via the house affairs where we have Gemini, Scorpio, and Capricorn. We shall see results directly related to the December “expansion through sacrifice” energies come to us over the next few weeks, so ride these shifting waves the best you’re able.
Neptune and Chiron at the Cusp of the Age:
I’ve given you this information in previous New Moon articles, but I figure it’s so important for all of us that it bears repeating once a month. We stand on the threshold of an entirely new era that will not resemble the old Age in any way within just a few decades. In fact, we’re already solidly in the Dreamscape, and are already seeing long wave manifestations of the ending of the old and the emerging field we’re all learning how to maneuver through.
Other than the brief look we had in mid-2011, this is only the fourteenth New Moon with Neptune in Pisces for the next 150 years. We had Neptune in Pisces for the 3 New Moons for May, June, and July 2011 which gave us a front end look at how Neptune will function through 2025.
Between August 2011, when Neptune retrograded back into late Aquarius, and the January 2012 New Moon, we were given one last look back at a greater ideal, and the changes of the last half of 2011 helped many to break out of our "chrysalis" and transform how we live and all our relationships. That is now established in the collective consciousness, as well as a growing sense of the larger light field in which all sentient Beings live and love.
If you want to know what's coming for many years to come, take a look back at the intuitions and sense of belonging to a vaster interrelated whole you were shown in May, June, and July 2011. It may help to give a sense of our collective lesson in dissolving our separateness as we finish this transition through "the Winter of the 21st Century" on our way to Spring, beginning in 2025!
During those months that both Neptune and Chiron were in early Pisces, we were offered chances to learn about bargaining and trade-offs, with the ultimate payoff a deeper and larger feeling of being connected to others. During the last half of 2011, Neptune retrograded back to 29 Aquarius, the degree where humanity was forced to emerge from its "chrysalis" as a new world is being born.
Chiron retrograded back to 1 Pisces. So those two dancing together kept us attuned to elements of this transitional span of experience for all of 2011 as we prepared to cut loose into the Neptune in Pisces era for many years to come. During 2011 both Neptune and Chiron revealed our unique part to play within a larger light/life field.
During that time, these planets at the beginning of Pisces and end of Aquarius occupied degrees representing "the Cusp of the Age," the span where the Age of Pisces and the Age of Aquarius meet. From one point of view, where we were collectively between February 2011 and March 2012 revealed what the period of (approximately) 1990-2140 is all about in the broader context of human evolution. I suspect that future generations will look back at 2011 and 2012 as being crucial in showing long range patterns of larger evolutionary necessities.
Neptune and Chiron dancing between signs on "the Cusp of the Age" had the effect of making it seem like we have all been occupying a very weird dreamscape which we'll be navigating for years to come. The trick for us is to apply our new strengths and understanding freed from the ghosts of the past, and by riding the waves of intense (but curiously steady) pulses of spiritual energies shaping our minds, we can find techniques where our efforts will lead us to forms of good fortune.
During the year they danced together in this critical degree span, they provided us a bridge to understanding the global lessons we all must embrace, and helped us graduate into a new view of how we are an essential part of a greater whole. I'll give you links to articles explaining more about "the cusp of the Age" at the end of this article.
As Neptune went stationary direct at 1 Pisces around the time of the last Solar Eclipse in Scorpio, Neptune was literally at the “Cusp of the Age” between April 2010 and January 2013. It was conjunct Chiron the entire time, showing that this era was about all of learning to heal into our Higher Selves through greater awareness and compassion, as well as feeling our place within the larger collective feeling-field.
In this chart, Chiron is at 11 Pisces. This will help us heal anew through our positioning within collective consciousness, helping us “enter the sanctuary” of a broader life. This awakened in everyone June 2005 through December 2006. We can now heal wounds from that time, or see how what we’ve awakened to since then has helped us healing into our higher Self.
In this chart Neptune has now moved forward to 4 Pisces, where we get another glimpse through intuition and a greater feeling-connection of our positioning within a vaster field. We can link to our community via the free flow of ideas, and all will begin to sense which relationships are truly significant and which are ending.
Again, Chiron shows us how we can heal into our Higher Self. During 2012 the focus was on healing into our Higher Selves through seeing what we’re dedicated to, what skills we’ve cultivated, what “call” we’ve heard, and how we’ve quickened our striving. During the next 4 weeks we can heal through allowing our minds to be introduced to the Soul-realms, and awaken to a new dedication while saying goodbye to old inner fears. This will awaken our individuality in new ways within a collective context.
More About Saturn's Universally Important Influence
Saturn has again come to the fore as an extremely important factor in the chart due to it being one of two “nozzles” for the “Bucket” Jones pattern. This is highly unusual, since ordinarily we only have one handle, or nozzle, through which the other planets express. I’ll explain in more detail in part 3 of this New Moon series.
For now, we’ll turn the spotlight on Saturn in Scorpio as the cosmic timekeeper, since it does symbolize the ongoing lessons and limitations within the larger field of existence. Saturn was in Libra through early October 2012, making this the sixth New Moon of the Saturn in Scorpio era!
What we learned from Saturn in Virgo in 2007-2009, returning briefly in 2010, has been of importance in the Virgo New Moons since then. We learned a lot about how to apply those lessons in forms of practical action when Mars transited Virgo between November 2011 and July 2012, and will get a review and renewal of those lessons when Mars is next in Virgo between mid-October and early November 2013.
We showed our skill in applying Saturn in Libra lessons since then while Mars was in Libra in July and August 2012, and had the light of understanding put on those lessons after the mid-October 2012 Libra New Moon. As a side note, Mars in early Scorpio the last week of August and first week of September 2012 gave us a front end practice related to Saturn being in that span of Scorpio from October 2012 through October 2013, so review what you were doing, since it symbolizes ongoing and coming Saturn lessons.
Saturn was retrograde in late Libra between early February and mid-June 2012. During the first 9 months of 2012, we were reviewing how to repair or reconstruct things from the past to come to a philosophical completion. The year between October 2011 and 2012 was about coming to a holistic philosophical view based in a life renewal, learning to read meanings in symbols and things, and moving beyond knowledge into true balanced understanding.
As Saturn rules Pluto in this chart in worldly affairs, it shows that when we are confronted with the need to deal with something or someone in an organized, efficient manner, reference Saturn in Scorpio and the lessons of focusing intensity. Feel what needs to be eliminated to achieve emotional stability or movement, and being efficient and truthful in getting to the core of any matter.
Naturally, the usual Saturn keywords will be crucial to effective behavior - patience, discipline, organization, patience, structure, maturity, patience, understanding, wisdom, patience, authority, responsibility, and of course, patience.
So as you open to the third New Moon of 2013, take stock of what larger holistic understanding you’ve achieved in 2012. See how you’ve moved from a theoretical ideal to a new way of living your life and relationships into a deeper connection with your ability to regenerate productively over the long haul, or a deeper communion with some inner or outer element of your Being.
In 2011 we learned about karmic consequences from a wider angle of view, while playing by the rules of whatever system we were dealing with, or acting within. We were challenged to show as much balance, grace, and equipoise as we could, given Saturn's penchant for heaviness.
We all learned a lot about how we use Libra energy to fulfill Dharma during Saturn's stay in Libra, as well as what we should not be trying to prop up through a misplaced sense of responsibility or obligation. As with all Saturn lessons, when we ran into roadblocks or delays it was teaching us about patience, as well as what limitations and burdens we could and could not live with.
As noted in previous articles, Saturn ushered in allies, friends, fellow truth-seekers, more balanced views, and corrective actions as techniques for community building or group awareness during the time it was in Libra. The transfigurations in our actions and relationships we went through between January 2011 and October 2012 led us to do forms of "repair work," where we confronted the consequences of past actions, whether our own or another's. The repair work could as easily been in the realm of our inner self as in outer affairs.
Saturn in this Lunation chart is still at 12 Scorpio, the degree where it went stationary retrograde on February 18, 9:03 am PST, 12:03 pm EST, 5:03 pm Greenwich. This is a threshold and from here through September we will conduct a review of what Saturn has taught us since November 2012.
We have finished our understanding in life areas related to Libra, Capricorn, and Aquarius in our charts which are now going through a Scorpio experience of an intensification of magnetics to attract what we need and repel what is not needed. Saturn in Scorpio will be a MUCH different manifestation of Saturn than we were used to between 2010-2012!
This Lunation shows us how to conduct ourselves at a higher social level of interaction, which will confirm our “social status” and help us be part of a refined display of interactive class, style, and culture. Where Saturn has been in the February New Moon and this one begins the larger Saturn lessons of 2013 which we’ll be learning until October.
Because of Saturn’s influence in Scorpio, we continue to eliminate and regenerate, let go of that which no longer works, and find ways to meet people at the highest levels of interaction. Now that the inner planets are all in Pisces, we have stabilized or are stabilizing Saturn’s expression. With Mercury going direct trine Saturn and sextile Pluto, we’ll still be getting insights and signals about these stabilizations through the next 4 weeks.
So Saturn continues to help us get focused and clear about what structures are worthwhile and which need eliminating or purifying. Due to the 2012 Scorpio Solar Eclipse, we’ve been looking back to rehearse the future after eliminating elements of the past. This opened the doors that we walked through in late December that continued through January. Whether we want to or not, we’ve all had to be willing to embrace a purification process, especially purifying the life of stuck feelings and desires, and open to a new game and a new way of playing that game.
As noted in other Lunation articles, with North Node still in late Scorpio, our greatest development is through our ability to eliminate, regenerate, attract, and repel as part of a greater effectiveness. Consider this as a time of learning more from our losses than what we hold on to. How we grow now will pay major dividends once Saturn moves into the second half of Scorpio at the end of 2013.
North Node in Scorpio show we can grow through understanding magnetism in a more focused, active way. Where it is in this Lunation chart shows we can grow through learning to listen to the inner voice, and bring down high realizations into everyday consciousness.
We will also grow these next 4 weeks through seeing how environment conditions understanding, and sending and/or receiving higher knowledge. Be more sensitive to how you can rework your reality using imagination to see a better ideal, and find your skill in bringing everything to serve your transpersonal aspiration.
We have numerous and powerful aspects forming in this Lunation, which I'll speak about in the next part of this series. The major influences are the Sun and Moon conjunct Mars and quintile Pluto, Venus conjunct the Sun and Mars, Mars conjunct Uranus (out of sign), and the two biggies, the Jupiter-Saturn-Pluto Yod and the ever-present radical transformational energy of Uranus square Pluto.
In the next part of the series we'll discuss the various aspects at play in the chart, as well as some important degree symbols and other interesting elements affecting all of us for 4 weeks to come.
Here's the article on 30 Pisces: 30 Pisces - It's Time To Visualize Your Heart's Desire
Since Jupiter has now returned to the exact degree it occupied during the December 2012 Yod, we're picking up the pattern and moving it into unknown zones these next four weeks! To learn more about Saturn sextile Pluto with both quincunx Jupiter at 9 Gemini, here's Astrology in December 2012 - The Yod, or Finger of God, Preparing Us For the Winter Solstice Shifts!
And as usual for the New Moon articles, here are two that are related to "the cusp of the Age."
Neptune Then, Neptune Now - The Cusp of the Age of Aquarius
Neptune Retrograde Into Aquarius - A New Look At the New Age This one has links to articles related to this theme, so enjoy following the breadcrumbs through the woods of time!
© Copyright 2013 Robert Wilkinson
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Posted by: chickie | March 11, 2013 at 10:34 AM
Happy New Moon everyone.
"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one-"
Let's use this Pisces energy to dream in the world that we are envisioning.
Namaste
Posted by: dcu | March 11, 2013 at 01:05 PM
I so remember that venus mars conjunction in 2009, things just went well into a really strange zone for me so I checked my chart, and saw that venus was conjunct mars, and with a venus ruled chart, mars energy is always a challenge for me and then noted that neptune was conjunct chiron in opposition to natal mars, so i conceded it wasnt my imaginations, things were actually strange in my life, thus my mind, at that time lol!
Hope this might be the harmonising of that as the effects are still present albeit still in flux?
Posted by: debbie | March 11, 2013 at 08:56 PM
it was around April 22 of that year if I recall correctly?
Posted by: debbie | March 11, 2013 at 08:57 PM
2009 was a nutty year for me too. But I am thinking it had a lot to do with having uranus in aquarius in my 7th house as well as neptune and chiron there. But mainly uranus in aquarius would have been squaring my natal venus which is about 2 d from my natal ic.
Posted by: Micheline | March 11, 2013 at 09:47 PM
I certainly feel the energy of Jupiter in Gemini and Mercury in Pisces. I usually have a barbed tongue that I can't control, but recently I've felt very convicted about my communications; I've been speaking gently to people and trying to help/heal them with my words instead of riling them (what? Who am I?). Furthermore, there's been a sensation of feeling at one with the world at large and that I have some sort of responsibility to be inspiring and unifying. This is not typical for me, because as a Scorpio I tend to be a separatist and a hardcore individualist.
As for the New Moon in PIsces ...yippy! Yes, the compulsion is to go higher and do the things I have been wanting to do to connect to a higher vibration, stop self-destruction and merge more with spiritual forces in my life. I've been trying to make some very important life changes for the last month but I keep falling back into bad habits. I feel buoyed by the lunar Pisces energy. Now or never...
Posted by: Synthia | March 12, 2013 at 01:07 AM