MIND POWERED BY HEART     Feb 4-12

 THEMES

·      The Aquarian New Moon offers opportunity to open to new POV’s, which synthesize insight with willing muscle to ignite imagination. Take advantage!

·      Listen to the strong impulse to re-align subtle body circuitry.  Bathe the over-stimulated nervous system in long, slow breath and warm baths.

·      The Aires master and commander impulse is a strong polarity to Capricorn’s methodology and security platform. Discover ways and means for these counterpoint energies to support one another.

·      February rituals include Imbolc, marking mid-winter, Candlemas, Groundhog Day on the 2^nd. The Aquarian New Moon on the 4^th. And Chinese New Year of the Earth-Pig on the 5^{th. .}  Just in case you needed an excuse to celebrate.

THE STORY                                                                                                                                Because Mercury nestles into this New Moon, and manifests well in Aquarius, pay attention to thought process.  Are you caught in old vernaculars? Are you reaching out to others? Are your visions outside the box? As observer, do you see judgement influencing your perception?  Can you track the trajectory of ideas and thoughts creating your life?  Can you see how your version of reality shapes and affects others?

Aquarius is about peer-ship, chaotic destruction, the collective, the unique mind, the tribe, and futuristic ideals of a humanitarian community.  Uranus, ruler of Aquarius, is the higher octave of Mercury, expanding Mercury’s ideas into Aquarian transcultural ideals. To move us toward greater possibility, we are struggling with shadow issues of resentment, and reaction, rather than a listening response.  We are pushed toward darker expression by Mars squaring Pluto, and opposing Uranus. We always have choice.  Between Feb. 1-12, you can channel these potent energies into streams of strategic creativity.   Pay attention to what triggers you, take a deep breath, and stop before the finger pulls the trigger.

In Northern climes, February often feels like a month to survive, rather than thrive.  Find an excuse, see above, to celebrate what is germinating, perhaps waiting to ‘bloom’ at the Spring Equinox, in six weeks’ time.  The Chinese New Year of the Pig/Boar is a receptive, yin energy, nurturing stability and community.  It is the 12^th and last sign of their zodiac, and as such holds a sense of completion, and realization.  Ask, what am I prepared to give up? What is ready to harvest? How might I share that harvest?

The truth is, we can make any day sacred. The only excuse needed is- intention.  We can fill any celebration with ritual and meaning, like each day taking a moment to be born anew.  It requires nothing more than a conscious awareness, a passion to be present.  At this pivotal time, be passionate about your ideas.  They are growing and connecting to others in unseen ways.  More important than ideas, is the heart behind them.  We live lives of desperate loneliness when the mind is not ruled by the heart.