~ "Get Out Your Metal Detector " ~
The time for finding gold in the past continues this month. February brings us half way through a 9-month stretch of retrograde personal planets. I have called this long time period "a time to try things on". Then when I saw a man with a metal detector by the kids' rides at a local park, it clicked for me that it is also a time to find value in lost or past things.
Best and easiest results will be created from going back over old projects, ideas, contacts, dreams, and anything else. This trend continues until July.
An example for applying this... let's say you are self-employed and trying increase your income. It is very likely that you could dust off something you
already created and focus on marketing it, rather than designing and launching something new. New ideas that are applied to old projects or merged with old ideas could also work well.
Retrograde transits teach us how to use our energy more efficiently. Often these lessons come by the experience of
having productivity thwarted by continuous events that seem out of your control. This is the cue to switch focus. Of course, the choice to keep running into a wall is always an option, and it seems one that is chosen often! Hopefully understanding more about what is going on will help SHIFT BEHAVIOR, which can SHIFT EXPERIENCE!
Dates to Note:
** Sometimes the effects of planetary transits are felt before or after the actual day that the transit occurs.
February 6 -- Mercury goes Retrograde in Pisces (then back into Aquarius) --
Pisces is the sign of dreams that you have at night, Aquarius is the sign of dreams you have that are hopes and aspirations. Both areas of life have tremendous focus right now, especially as it relates to going 'back' over things. If you had a major life goal that you abandoned at some point, now is a great time to reconsider it, clean it up, and go for it
again. Supercharging these powerful visions from the past can carry greater strength right now. Vision boards, daily visualization, meditation, affirmations, talking about, writing about, and especially FEELING about these visions can bring them to fruition.
Many will experience the return of recurring night or daydreams. This is a great time to make headway into discovering
their origin and resolving them. Hypnosis, EMDR, past life regression, constitutional homeopathy and other psychological therapies are fantastic during this time for bring resolution to long-standing problems. Retrograde times are intended to be productive, not torturous, but often when you may try to direct your idea of 'productivity' into a direction different from where the natural flow of the transit is heading, you butt up against frustrations and limitations. However,
when the focus shifts to the place of natural flow, you will be surprised at how easy and harmonious these 'looking back' periods can become!
February 11 -- Sun in Aquarius Square Saturn in Scorpio --
This transit can bring challenges to the 'ego'. The willingness one has to 'own' this truth and let outdated personality matrices go will determine the outcome of the 'opportunity'. It is common that some sort
of sacrifice becomes necessary and even more common that weak areas of self-esteem are activated through interactions with parental or authority figures. It is easy to consciously feel like you don't care about someone else says or thinks, but the unconscious space, which makes up much more of our being, will show otherwise with how ones 'feels' about whatever happens. So many people live in the shadows of their parent's accomplishments or opinions and it is this type of transit
that brings that into the forefront. I love EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) or TFT (Thought Field Therapy) for this type of shadow work. There are tons of free resources on EFT on-line. Doing a search for 'EFT for self-esteem' etc., will yield many options for shifting this experience.
February 14 -- Sun in Aquarius Trine Mars in Libra --
This beautiful placement can bring strong energy and vitality and natural confidence. It is a great time to take initiative on things that have only been
talked about. Aquarius is a 'mental' sign. Very often its' presence invokes a tendency to dream big. This transit helps to move those dreams into creation through the necessary element of action. Do it... Do it now!
February 14 -- Full Moon in Leo --
Full moons bring things to fullness and fruition. Leo carries flair for drama. Combine the two and you can see the potentials here! If you are a performer, this could work out tremendously in your favor by resulting in an epically
passionate performance! If you are not, you may act out or be amused or stressed by the energetic acting of others. Full Moon's carry strong emotion. Emotion is the source of creation. Choose to use the potentials to create something awesome!
February 15 -- Sun in Aquarius Conjunct Mercury in Aquarius --
This is brilliant time for prolific expression! The Sun
energizes whatever it comes near. When it joins with Mercury, the ruler of communication and expression, the potency of these mediums expand. Even with Mercury in retrograde, the transit still shines, but with the continued theme of working things from the past. If you brought an idea up to someone who wasn't into it the first time, they may change their mind about it when you re-present now. If you sent a writing submission to a magazine, or a sound sample of your
musical work, resending now may bring a more fruitful response.
February 16 -- Mercury in Aquarius Trine Mars in Libra --
Following impulses right now may lead you to the right place at the right time. It is a time for doing rather than observing. If you see someone at the coffee shop that you had considered contacting with an idea or proposition, take it as a sign to follow through. Seize the moment!
February 23 -- Sun in Pisces Conjunct Neptune in Pisces --
Unless you have a job you can freely flow and
daydream at, this is a great weekend to be off! The drudgery of timelines, noise, activity may be overwhelming as the need for peace, quiet, and contemplation takes over. It is a FANTASTIC weekend for a retreat or any special quiet time away from schedules and stress.
February 24 -- Venus in Capricorn Sextile Saturn in Scorpio --
Seek out the wisdom of older or more experienced people, or seek to share the spoils of your maturity and wisdom to maximize this transit. The
tried-and-true, hard-won knowledge finds its' powerful place during this time amidst the newfangled and fast-past time of 'now'.
February 25- 26 -- Jupiter in Cancer Square Uranus in Aries --
Be prepared for the new and unusual! This transit also often brings with it potential changes of fortune, that come from the stretching into broader potentials offered by uncertainty. Clinging to sure things will only bring stress when circumstances out of your control will trump desperate efforts. Alternatively,
restlessness could be what brings about the new and better as a refreshing openness to possibilities surfaces. The movie "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" perfectly shows an example of what this aspect could look like, as the well-planned, organized, predictable, and boring life of an employee at a magazine opens up possibilities of adventures, wild success, and overflowing happiness in the moment of one choice.
February 28 -- Mercury Direct in Aquarius --
This is the official day it turns direct but usually the
energy is a little haywire for 48-72 hours afterward. If you can hold off several days for all the things you have been waiting on the 'direct' status for, it will help your cause.
February 28 -- Sun in
Pisces Trine Jupiter in Cancer --
During this favorable aspect of the energizer (the Sun) with the expander (Jupiter), massive potentials for BIGNESS ensue. It often brings optimism and opportunities along with the coming to fruition of important projects. Those ruled by Jupiter or the Sun (so Sagittarius
Sun, Moon, or Rising, and Leo Sun, Moon, or Rising) may feel especially jazzed.
