Aquarius New Moon | Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005

We are in the doorway of the Aquarius New Moon. Aquarius is the sign of inventions, and of designing our world. Creating reality as we go is the most effective way to get from the past to the present -- and thus to a different future than we might ordinarily have, had we not re-thought our conditions and needs. There is so much going on in Aquarius right now -- the presence of Venus, Neptune, Mercury, the Sun, and the Moon, as well as the the asteroid Juno and the centaur planet Nessus -- that you may be feeling some unusual tension, pressure, or need for change. In about two weeks, Chiron also makes its first entrance to Aquarius in several decades, which represents a moment when history not only turns a page, it opens a new volume.

Too much Aquarius often makes it difficult to feel, and so much going on in this sign can create a state of feeing cut-off from oneself and come with a significant lack of compassion for others. There can be an obsession with 'feeling accepted'. Ask any Aquarian about their life lessons in this respect and maybe they will tell you what it's like to have to constantly remind yourself to feel the feelings of others. With such overwhelming energy coming through this sign now, we all need to remember that. Life is not just something we live in theory. It is a process we experience in physical, flesh and blood reality. So check in on whether you're feeling lost in your head, and if you are, come back into your body and see what that's like.

New Moons set the agenda for the month ahead. They also clear the agenda from the prior lunation. And because it's not that simple, they can set the agenda for many months ahead, as the decisions we make now form patterns. This is an excellent time to make improvements, particularly in the matters that Aquarius reigns over mightily: friendship, community and compensation for a job well done.

The Moon is new today in California at 2:28 pm, in New York at 5:28 pm, in London at 10:28 pm and in Paris at 11:28 pm. It is new tomorrow morning (Wednesday) in New Delhi at 3:58 am, and in Sydney at 9:58 am.