Aquarius New Moon square Uranus: Liberating Energy
February 9, we have a New Moon in Aquarius. This is the first time we've had a New Moon in Aquarius with Pluto in the sign for over 250 years. The New Moon kicks off a deeper relation to this energy for all of us, giving us a hint of the changes, he may bring to whatever house he occupies in our chart. For example, if you're a Scorpio rising, Pluto is in your 4th house and will likely bring deep change around home, family, and ancestry.
This is also a significant new moon because it is squaring the planet Uranus, the god of liberation, sudden changes, and breaking free of old structures. Much like the lightening bolt hitting the Tower of Babel in the Tarot Card, Uranus can break us open to sudden new insights, for good or for ill.
We also have Chiron, an asteroid representing our deepest wound close to the North Node in the chart. Whenever the North node is with a planet or asteroid, it expands its energy. When you put all the aspects together, you get a feel that this New Moon may bring a sudden desire to break free of old structures, to free ourselves from wounds that may be holding us back from expressing ourselves more authentically in the world.
On the positive side, we also have Mercury, the god of communication applying to a square with Jupiter, the god of optimism, possibilities, and big vision. This makes it more likely that we will be open to the changes that may be coming our way. At the same time, the square is a tense energy, so there’s a chance our optimism runs hot—we overestimate how much joy the changes may bring us, a good thing to keep in mind as we work with these energies over the next couple of weeks.
A final thought, when you compare this New Moon to the Full Moon chart on February 24, you see a story unfolding; in the New Moon Chart Chiron, our wound is being emphasized and expanded by the North Node energy vs. in the Full Moon chart, the two are separating from each other, giving us a sense that we reach a resolution with the Full Moon. This fits with the nature of the Full Moon itself which happens in the first decan of Virgo, a spot in the chart that has a lot to do with humility, reflection, and growth coming from our observations of the natural flow of the universe.