Yearly Astrology Trends Calendar

Thursday, JANUARY 21

The Moon spends the day in the sign of Taurus, and with this Moon position, we crave simplicity, comfort, and predictability. However, with both Mars and Uranus currently in the sign, we’d be wise to embrace some level of change and progress. The need to do our routines just a bit differently can arise. Nobody can force us to do anything just now–we are only in the mood to do things voluntarily. While the Mars-Uranus alignment is separating, the Moon aligns with Mars and Uranus today, and it’s strong in our hearts and memories.

However, a Mercury-Chiron semi-square challenges us to communicate with more sensitivity. There is some tendency to doubt our perceptions, and there can be impatience with rules, anxiety or guilty feelings, and conflicting viewpoints to contend with now. We may not have enough faith or confidence in our choices to make effective decisions at the moment, but this gives us a chance to learn more about areas where we feel uninformed.

Friday, JANUARY 22

The Moon spends the day in the sign of Taurus, and we seek comfort and pleasure. While Taurus is a placid sign, we’re heading to a Mars-Jupiter square, bringing hot-headed, dynamic energy to the day. Mars first formed an upper square to Jupiter in August 2020 while both Mars and Jupiter were in different signs, and then returned to this square when Mars was retrograde in October. Today’s third and final perfection can feel like the end of a story that began last summer.

With this transit, we tend to overdo or jump into action too hastily. We’re easily riled up, enthusiastic, or excited under this influence. We can be excited about our prospects, but perhaps too hasty, counting our chickens before they hatch, putting money into a venture that needs further review, or overestimating what we (or the world) can do. We may be so focused on what we think should be and lose sight of what is possible. A feeling of urgency may lead to coming on stronger than we intend. However, if we use common sense, this is a good time to stretch our imaginations and entertain new possibilities. Be watchful of making too much of a matter that doesn’t deserve so much attention.

The void Moon occurs from 4:28 PM EST, with the Moon’s last aspect before changing signs (a trine to Pluto), until the Moon enters Gemini tomorrow, Saturday, January 23rd, at 2:44 AM EST.

Saturday, JANUARY 23

Saturn recently formed a semi-square with Neptune, and today, the Sun semi-squares Neptune and then aligns with Saturn. We’re reminded of the constraints of time and motivated by the desire to manifest tangible results. It’s “nose to the grindstone” time as we begin to recognize the need to work hard at our priorities.

We may feel burdened, overworked, or restricted, and possibly somewhat disillusioned, but these things motivate a fresh start. We might also welcome some discipline in our lives. It’s a time to work on a revised plan for creating order in our lives or on an old project that requires a new commitment. Emotional energy is not enough to fuel us for the time being. As such, we could feel sapped on a physical level.

However, recommitting to goals, shouldering responsibilities, and making careful use of our resources could feed our need for structure and order in our lives and get us back on track.

We also experience a Venus-Neptune sextile, helping us cut through some of the tension. We are looking to see the best in people with this transit. We are inclined to see the spiritual dimensions of our relationships and to treat others with increased compassion. It also helps detach us just enough from our feelings that we’re less possessive.

The Moon leaves Taurus and enters Gemini early in the day, at 2:44 AM EST. The Gemini Moon harmonizes with the Sun, Saturn, Chiron, and Jupiter, boosting cooperation, particularly through communications.

The void Moon continues until the Moon enters Gemini today at 2:44 AM EST.

The Moon is Full in Leo on January 28, 2021, at 2:16 PM EST.

Full Moon in Leo Chart: January 28, 2021

The Full Moon in Leo marks the beginning of a new cycle.

The Moon is full when the Aquarius Sun opposes the Moon in Leo. The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. It is an emotional time–a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships.

The Leo-Aquarius polarity deals with the balance between all that is personal (Leo) and all that is impersonal (Aquarius). The energy of the Leo Moon is creative self-expression and the boost to the individual ego that we receive through pleasure and romance, while the Aquarius Sun rules the group, more impersonal friendships, and objectivity. This Full Moon urges us to strike a balance between romance and friendship, and between expressing ourselves in personal and impersonal ways.

The Leo Moon is proud and intensely individual–not content with simply being just one of the team. The Aquarius Sun, while individualistic as well, values independence and the “team.” The Full Moon illuminates this conflict. This Full Moon occurs when the Sun aligns with Jupiter, lending us optimism and courage to pursue what’s in our hearts, based on realism since it’s just recently moved away from alignment with Saturn. Still, it’s square Mars, suggesting some impulsiveness or combativeness to manage.

With the Moon full and bright in the sky, symbolic illumination occurs in our own lives. However, these new feelings and revelations are emotional ones, as there is a sense of emotions bursting forth into our consciousness. It’s time to express ourselves, and to let things out of our systems. Over the coming weeks, we will discover what this means for us. For now, we can’t sit on our feelings. We need to express them. Of course, we might want to exercise some care while doing so, knowing that what is coming out of us is not particularly rational as yet.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 9 degrees and 6 minutes of Leo, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 5 to 13 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) most significantly.

Mercury now turns retrograde at 26° Aquarius 29′.

Mercury is retrograde from January 30, 2021, at 26° Aquarius 29′, until February 20, 2021, at 11° Aquarius 01′.

Mercury Retrograde Cycle from January 30 to February 20, 2021:

Mercury Retrograde

Venus enters Aquarius

Venus is in Aquarius from February 1-February 25, 2021.

We move towards unconventionality, independence, and freedom as themes in our social relationships under this influence. Aquarius can be just as faithful as Capricorn, but it has to be on his own terms! Experimental relationships are more intriguing now. Being friends as well as lovers is important to us during this cycle. Allowing one another freedom of expression, and treating others fairly, unselfishly, and impartially, are themes now.

The Moon is New in Aquarius on February 11, 2021, at 2:06 PM EST.

New Moon Chart: February 11, 2021, in Aquarius

The New Moon in Aquarius marks the beginning of a new cycle. The Capricorn New Moon cycle ends and the Aquarius New Moon cycle begins. In the sign of Aquarius, friendship, brotherhood, group activities, social pursuits, group projects, trying something new, humanitarian efforts, or joining a group will be a strong focus. New beginnings regarding any or all of these matters are possible now.

This is a time during which we should solve problems that require thinking “outside of the box”; look to the future with a brand new, positive, and hopeful vision; brainstorm and socialize; focus on extending a friendly hand, receiving support, and expressing platonic love for those around us; give our emotions and passions a “break”, as we develop more objectivity and some detachment from past haunts; learn how something (or someone) works; revitalize ourselves through experiences that are new or simply different; reach out to people in our social circle and in our community, and recognize the value of our friendships and social networks; recognize that some level of detachment and distancing ourselves from our habits and attachment to the past will help us break away from destructive behaviors that are holding us back.

With this potent Aquarius energy, we have the chance to make progressive changes in our lives. For some of us, circumstances are such that we need to pay more attention to these matters.

An unusually large number of planets/bodies are in Aquarius at the time of this lunation. Besides the lights, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn are also in Aquarius. It’s a particularly hopeful, humanitarian, and progressive line-up, although this lunation’s square to Mars suggests we should watch for impulsiveness.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 23 degrees and 17 minutes of Aquarius, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 19 to 27 degrees of the Fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius) most significantly.

Sun enters Pisces

Sun is in Pisces from February 18-March 20, 2021. With the Sun in Pisces, we are guided by altruistic feelings. We are less motivated to do than we are to feel, imagine, and dream. A “what will be, will be” attitude reigns, and we are guided by a sense of universal correlations. Pisces rules empathy, selfless love, devotion, and wisdom. Its shadow side rules self-pity, a feeling of being victimized by life, passivity, and elusiveness.

Mercury ends its retrograde today and now turns direct at 11° Aquarius 01′ after over three weeks of retrograde motion.

Mercury first turned retrograde on January 30th at 26° Aquarius 29′.

Mercury Retrograde Cycle from January 30 to February 20, 2021:

Venus enters Pisces

Venus is in Pisces from February 25-March 21, 2021. Pisces never sees the world in black-and-white terms. Rather, Pisces sees all the colors of the rainbow. With the goddess of love in Pisces, our love is all-embracing, we are able to forgive and understand, we are seducible and seductive, and we show compassion to our partners. Venus in Pisces is tender and affectionate, although hard to reach nevertheless, as there is a longing for something that is hard to define and hard to satisfy. Borders and boundaries blur under Venus in Pisces. The shadow side of this position is allowing ourselves to be victimized or deluded, as well as evasiveness.

The Moon is Full in Virgo on February 27, 2021, at 3:17 AM EDT.

Full Moon in Virgo chart: February 27, 2021

A Full Moon occurs in Virgo when the Sun in Pisces forms an opposition to the Moon in Virgo. The Full Moon is a time of culmination and the promise of fulfillment of that which was started at the New Moon. It is an emotional time – a time of romance, fertilization, and relationships.

With the Virgo-Pisces service axis involved, this Full Moon presses us to find a balance between day-to-day functions and routines, physical health, and the need for order (Virgo) and vision, spiritual health, disorder, and the infinite (Pisces). Virgo rules the tools and techniques that we use to deal with day-to-day life, while Pisces rules the tools that we use to deal with our spiritual selves. Some sort of crisis (which can be a crisis of consciousness) or sudden awareness of a lack in our lives provides us with a golden opportunity to explore our emotional needs within the context of the house polarity where the Full Moon occurs in our natal charts.

This Full Moon urges us to strike a balance between work and service, practicality and impracticality, criticism and acceptance. With the Moon full and bright in the sky, symbolic “illumination” occurs in our own lives. However, these new feelings and revelations are emotional ones, as there is a sense of emotions bursting forth into our consciousness. It’s time to express ourselves and to let things out of our systems. Over the next two weeks, we will discover what this means for us. For now, we can’t sit on our feelings. We need to express them. Of course, we might want to exercise some care while doing so, knowing that what is coming out of us is not particularly rational as yet.

This is an eyes-wide-open time for our work, habits, health, and routines. We are likely to receive strong messages from our intuition.

This Full Moon harmonizes with Uranus, suggesting an easy acceptance of change and progress now.

This phase of the Moon occurs at 8 degrees and 57 minutes of Virgo, affecting people born with personal planets and points at approximately 5 to 13 degrees of the Mutable signs (Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, and Pisces) most significantly.