Full Moon in Cancer opposing Pluto January 18 2022, nodal shift, direction change for Uranus and Venus’ heliacal rise January 19 2022
The Moon rules today’s Full Moon at 27 degrees of Cancer. It makes her extra sensitive and reflective, and more so given she’s in an almost exact opposition to Pluto at 26 degrees of Capricorn. This could surface some intense feelings and deep issues relating to home, family, ancestry, memories and legacy, which could be connected to processes of transformation that have already been underway since mid-December with Pluto repeatedly triggered by Venus and Mercury. Feather a beautiful nest to weather big feelings and pay attention to memories, insights and intuitions this week. Cathartic emotions promise the possibility of regeneration and transformation so hang in there if today and/or recent days have felt tough. These continue to be big times and much is changing.
Tomorrow the nodes shift into Taurus and Scorpio for the next 18 months. But on today’s Full Moon they’re in the very last minutes of Gemini and Sagittarius, which intensifies both their significations and influence considerably. Breakdowns in relationship are more likely than not to be driven by emotional beliefs, which are at odds with the facts. The best remedy may be to take ourselves off to the aforementioned nest and to ask ourselves: what’s actually happening here? What are the absolute facts of the matter? And what are we making them mean?
Mercury joined Venus in retrograde motion on January 15, turning Rx at 10 Aquarius in an exact square to Uranus, planet of revolutionary breakthroughs and innovation. Mercury rules the North Node at this critical degree of Gemini so the best course of action now is to stop, turn back and reconsider the issues at hand from a new perspective and a more innovative approach by first reassessing the past. We have time to get this right. Mercury will station direct on Feb 4 and between now and then we’re almost guaranteed to find a better way of dealing with some persistently challenging issues that have been activated for us recently. Breakthroughs are guaranteed if we can reflectively reconsider our positions and reimagine opportunities for more liberating outcomes for all parties involved. Mercury Rx offers optimal energy to rethink, revise, reimagine and reinvent our ways forward and rest and relaxation will help immensely.
This Mercury Rx cycle is also closely tied to the immensely potent retrograde cycle of Venus, which has been underway since mid December. Together, Mercury, which rules the mind, communication and business, and Venus, which rules relationships, creativity, money and resources, are promising to transform the way we’ve been going about any number of these topics. As these two personal planets repeatedly encounter Pluto at the latter degrees of Capricorn, the decaying matter of our experience falls away to nourish treasures that are born in an underworld of dirt.
Significantly Venus also begins her heliacal rise tomorrow on the 19th. Although she’s still moving retrograde until January 29, she’s far enough away from the Sun now that we begin to see her rise as a Morning Star, a powerful symbolic stage in her journey, which equates with Inanna’s rebirth and ascent through the underworld. Venus rules the North Node in Taurus, emphasising the immense power available now in paying attention to the simple things that make life worth living: good food, beautiful, sensually enriched opportunities for connecting with family and close others, health and well-being, nature, the sustainability of our resources, skills, talents and livelihoods, and cultivating love and beauty as intrinsic elements within the everyday fabric of our lives.
Uranus also stations direct on the 19th, giving the planet of breakthroughs, sudden changes, shocks and innovations a forward moving momentum. In Taurus, this may be immediately noticeable as insights and intuitions that are anchored in, emanate from or relate to the body. Changes and innovations in relation to our material resources may also be immediately noticeable. Alternatively these may be a source of anxiety about how we proceed. Uranus can affect our nervous systems as it changes direction and feel like an amping up of anxiety. As mentioned, Mercury’s current retrograde cycle is linked to Uranus and suggests that we will definitely find new, more effective and liberating ways of dealing with these issues over the next couple of weeks. For now, we’re best served by practicing patience and trust, staying alert for insights and ideas, meditating on possibilities for simplifying scenarios when situations feel overwhelmingly complicated, and seeking solace, insight and rejuvenation in nature to ground anxious energy 🌿🌳
Overall this shift in direction for Uranus on the same day the North Node has shifted into the same sign of Taurus and its ruler Venus begins her heliacal rise is another powerful indication of the potential for breakthroughs that will lead us forward into better ways of living our lives in future 🌿🌳🌸🍑🌏
(View towards the Twelve Apostles from my trip on the Capricorn New Moon!)
