FEBRUARY MONTHLY HOROSCOPES 2024

February 1, 2024February 1, 2024 ~ Sarah Murphy ~ Leave a comment

ARIES / ARIES RISING

February 10^th is a new moon in your social sector, it’s also the first time Pluto has been in this sector since 1798, which is a big deal. Your social and community sector is about to be transformed over the next 20 years; this new moon begins this process. The full moon on February 25^th is in your health and wellness sector. Mercury and Saturn’s presence helps to develop new ideas and commitments to these topics lasting.

TAURUS / TAURUS RISING

The new moon on February 10^th occurs in your career and recognition sector. Pluto is also in this sector for the first time since 1798. Themes of power, control and transformation anchor a new 20-year phase. The full moon on February 25^th in your pleasure and creativity sector is a great time to go out and let off some steam. It’s a reinvigorating full moon.

GEMINI / GEMINI RISING

Having a new moon in your belief and travel sector is a great reset. Pluto’s presence in this sector for the first time since 1798 begins a new 20-year relationship to such topics, the new moon on February 10^th anchors this cycle. A Full moon in your home and family sector might require some rebalancing of your home and career commitments.

CANCER / CANCER RISING

February 10^th is a new moon in your external finances and resource sector, Pluto is co-present in this area of your life for the first time since 1798. This new moon begins a new 20-year cycle which will re-engineer your connection such topics. February 25^th is a much calmer full moon in your neighbourhood and education sector. Perfect for getting involved in any short course or engagements in your local area.

LEO / LEO RISING

The new moon in Aquarius on February 10^th marks a new phase in your relationship sector. Making it more potent is the fact Pluto has just moved into this area of life for the first time since 1798. A new era is beginning in your relationship sector, the new moon anchors this new era. The full moon in your finance sector on February 25^th will highlight areas of attention and recognition in your money and possessions sector.

VIRGO / VIRGO RISING

A new moon in your health and wellness sector on February 10^th also marks the first time Pluto has been in this sector of your chart since 1798! A new era is approaching for your health and wellness, which evolves over the next 20 years. February 25^th is a full moon in your identity and individuation sector, time to see and be your best self. A good time for any changes you want to invoke.

LIBRA / LIBRA RISING

The new moon on February 10^th is a new era in your passion and creativity sector thanks to Pluto moving into this area of your life for the first time since 1798! Long term change is coming. The full moon on February 25^th is in your spirit and subconscious sector helping to highlight any areas what need developing or working through. Go where your intuition takes you.

SCORPIO / SCORPIO RISING

February 10^th is a new moon in your home and family sector which is entering a new 20-year phase thanks to Pluto moving into this area of life for the first time since 1798. Deep lasting change begins at this new moon. The full moon on February 25^th is in your social sector, a good time to go out and engage with your friend’s community.

SAGITTARIUS / SAGITTARIUS RISING

Having Pluto move into your neighbourhood sector and move out of your income sector after 16 years is a relief, the new moon on February 10^th begins this new phase of transformation and evolution in relation to your local surroundings. The full moon on February 25^th is in your career and recognition sector puts the spotlight on your achievements and new goals.

CAPRICORN / CAPRICORN RISING

The shift from having Pluto in your sign and moving into your financial sector will be of some relief. The new moon on February 10^th starts a new 20-year cycle which will slowly transform your entire income and self-worth sector. The full moon on February 25^th in your travel and philosophy sector highlights the fundamentals beliefs that allow you express your authentic self.

AQUARIUS / AQUARIUS RISING

Having Pluto move into your individuation sector for the first time since 1798 is life altering experience. The new moon on February 10^th also in Aquarius anchors this new 20-year phase of personal evolution and transforms. The full moon on 25 February in your resource sector shows what resources you have access to; helping you build a stronger future.

PISCES / PISCES RISING

The new moon on February 10^th welcomes the newly arrived Pluto into your spirit and subconscious sector. Pluto was last in this area of your chart in 1798! The transformation and evolution of this of life begins now. The full moon on February 25^th is in your relationship sector, showing strong and stable relationships which should be nurtured and nourished.

VENUS TRANSIT OF PISCES

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 ~ Sarah Murphy ~ Leave a comment

VENUS TRANSIT OF PISCES

6^th April 2022 – 3^rd May 2022

Today Venus shifts into watery Pisces, enhancing her natural strengths; as well as helping to activate the much-heralded Jupiter Neptune conjunction in Pisces, which is growing ever closer by the day. Today Venus finally gets to rejoice in the familiar and welcoming waters of Pisces after a long 6 months.

Venus hasn’t had much support since mid-September 2021, due in part to her extended retrograde cycle in Capricorn over the summer. This Venus retrograde peaked with her conjunctions to Pluto, a notorious underworld figure who likes dredging up the darker sides of life and relationships.

After her elongated transit through Capricorn, her entry into Aquarius saw her sharing space with Saturn and Mars. Mars who had been conjoining Venus on and off through Capricorn gave Venus more teeth and motivation to surrender to Mars’ desires, she was very much at Mars’ call due to his strength in Capricorn. Venus’ transit through Aquarius was hardly a walk in the park. She was besieged / trapped between Mars and Saturn for some of it, creating an incredibly stressful terrain for her to navigate.

So, today’s ingress into Pisces is a bit of a win for Venus after a difficult 6 months. Usually she moves quicker through the signs, so these delays and difficulties don’t usually last as long. Since mid-September 2021 Venus had to deal with the endless depths and challenges, thanks to her interactions with Pluto, Mars and Saturn, Venus had to put aside her usual priorities as she focused on stressful and difficult relationships.

Venus now gets to swim in her exalted waters of Pisces until May 3^rd when she moves into the fiery and Mars ruled sign of Aries. Venus this time around in Pisces gets extra pleasure and strength points, thanks to Jupiter the ruler of Pisces also being co-present in Pisces. April is a wonderful month to enjoy people, places, pleasure, art, music, creativity, spirituality the list feels endless. It’s been a difficult 6 months for Venus and April is the month where she gets to indulge in all the fruits of her labour, and she is finally allowed to enjoy the things she adores in a supported manner. Enjoy, this only comes around every 12 years. Savour every moment of it.

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THE VENUS RETROGRADE THROUGH CAPRICORN 2021/2022

December 18, 2021 ~ Sarah Murphy ~ Leave a comment

Charlotte Gainsbourg, photographed by Glen Luchford.

On 19th December we begin the journey of Venus’s retrogradation through the sign of Capricorn, continuing a story or making progress from when Venus was last retrograde in Capricorn (21 December 2013 – 31 January 2014). Venus retrograde’s every 2 years, in different signs for a 40-day / 40 night period. Every 8 years she repeats signs. Each retrograde cycle Venus physically disappears from our sky’s and does her much fabled underworld journey. Reappearing as a morning star as Venus completes her journey through the underworld where Hades / Pluto resides.

We experience Venus, when retrograde as a revisitation, re-assessment, re – evaluations, new insights and readjustments to Venusian topics. Venus governs over relationships, pleasure, values, desire, possession’s, aesthetics and beauty to name a few. While Venus is retrograde these topics are more in-focus or the desire to be more aligned is unavoidable. Its time to deal with the stuff. The sign and house in which Venus is retrograde through, helps tells us what this story might be for the individual.

2021/2022’s retrograde cycle is in the cardinal earth sign of Capricorn. Capricorn is a sign which Venus has no essential dignity in and is a sign which grounds Venus bringing her back to more simple and earthly pleasures. Capricorn is more dynamic than mainstream astrology gives it credit for as it has a wonderful ability to holds space for the material, practical, creative and spiritual aspects of life simultaneously. Capricorn is dynamic and supportive, it initiate’s and helps to contain the strong virtues and possession’s Venus likes to acquire. In Capricorn, Venus may appear a bit more dressed down, but that doesn’t take away from her desires.

Pluto is a key player for Venus this retrograde cycle, as Venus and Pluto hold strong aspects through the entire cycle. Venus stations retrograde on Pluto which puts her in aspect to him for a month, rather than the usual two or three days. Venus then carries this powerful plutonic energy with her as she does her underworld journey, stations direct and with these new insights or discovery’s bringing them back to Pluto in the first week of March 2021. She presents to Pluto / Hades the fruits of the retrograde cycle, along with her new found discoveries or initiations from the realms he rules over.

Pluto isn’t the easiest of planetary energies to be working with and has a strong focus on power, control, hidden dynamics, wealth and things that have been buried or suppressed creating a real pandora’s box situation. This particular Venus retrograde cycle is very much about unearthing hidden dynamics and uncovering power plays or control dynamics in the areas of life Capricorn rules in your chart. This isn’t easy stuff that this particular retrograde is throwing up but by looking back to the 2013 – 2014 retrograde that you might find some clues.

In summary Pluto will be bringing an intensification to this retrograde cycle with topics or issues that may have been tucked away or not noticed before; being brought front and centre. Pluto has many hidden pathways and there might be moments of feeling lost or buried by some of pathways that present during this cycle.

Pluto, Venus and Capricorn all represent great wealth in various ways so there is value in really engaging this process, there is gold that will be mined and there are gems to be gleaned from this process. Engagement and working with anything that gets brought up is vital for this retrograde cycle to allow for safe travels through these plutonian realms. Ignore it at your own peril, as Pluto will never go unanswered.

2021/2022’s retrograde cycle might be a bit dirtier and a bit more work than other Venus retrograde cycles but the potential for it to clear out and detoxify things that are dead or of no value anymore makes this particular cycle extremely potent. This is a very rare dance that Pluto and Venus are doing over the next few months but one that will be ripe for some big personal alchemy. This is not a cosmetic exercise and new depths and understanding of the self is intimidating as Venus Pluto aspects are some of the most powerful cycles that astrology can offer us. What makes this cycle so unique, is the length of time they spend influencing each other for this particular Venus Retrograde cycle and that is where the magic lies.

Enjoy the journeying xx

AREAS OF LIFE VENUS AND PLUTO WILL BE DIGGING UP SOME DIRT

Aries & Aries rising : Career and reputation

Taurus & Taurus rising: Beliefs, philosophy, travel, mainstream media & broadcasting

Gemini & Gemini rising: Other people’s resources, the occult, taxes, loans, therapy

Cancer & Cancer rising: Relationship’s with others both personal and business

Leo & Leo rising: Health, wellbeing, work and day to day routines

Virgo & Virgo rising: True love, hobbies, passions and pleasure

Libra & Libra rising: Home, family, privacy and ancestors

Scorpio & Scorpio: Local community & surrounding, scheduling and short-term travel

Sagittarius & Sagittarius rising: Income, work & possessions

Capricorn & Capricorn rising: Individuation, health & how you are represented or seen.