The Sun is the Invincible Spirit. So great is this universal wonder that it must come in small doses, distributed as it travels around the Zodiac over the course of a year.  The Sun's position symbolizes the active presence of the Divine.  The Sun entered the sign of Aquarius on January 20, 2019. Here in the coldness of winter, we have the human touch of necessity.  Connections, friendships, group consciousness are highlighted at this time. Examples of  opportunities for celebration include the Chinese New Year , Valentine's Day, and the Super Bowl.   The Sun enters the sign of Pisces on Monday, February 18, 2019.

The Moon is the Receiver.  As the Sun energizes her, she receives and moves through her angular relationship with him over the course of the month.  She delights in shape-shifting.  She delights in the repetitive ebb and flow from night to day,  from New to Full in predictable sequence.  She delights in being able to portray the Sun's invincible spirit through her silver light.  We see this dance every month, beginning at the New Moon, timed for the Moon's alignment with the Sun.  this month's New Moon occurs on  Imbolc, Febraury 4, 2019,  at 15 + Aquarius. 

 Mercury has 3-4 Retrograde (Rx) cycles every year, each lasting approximately 3 weeks, and each offering a period of reflection, recalibration, revision, and resolution, as Mercury and the Sun exchange the message of a particular degree of the Zodiac.  Mercury is Direct and moving through Pisces  through the month of February.  On March 5,  at 1:19 PM, Mercury will Retrograde at 29 Pisces 36.

The Venus cycle is complex and mysterious, beginning while Retrograde as an Evening Star, moving through conjunctions with the Sun, and shifting from Evening Star to Morning Star, and back. It allows Venus to recalibrate her relationship to the Sun.  When an Evening Star--calm, mature, settled, and knowing her brilliance, as Venus is best seen outside the clutch of the Sun--she begins her new cycle.  Venus turned Retrograde October 5, 2018 at 10 Scorpio 50.  Here Venus is at her detriment, not particularly social, but diving deep to weigh out the work of Jupiter's journey over the last year.   Having had her Interior Conjunction with the Sun on October 26, and her aggressive  Heliacal Rising shift from Evening to Morning Star on October 31, she has changed direction on November 16, is now calm and confidently rushing forward into love and life for 9 months.  This period of her cycle epitomizes the feminine as the container of gestation.  She will move through Capricorn during the month of February. 

Mars has moved into Aries. This is a great position for Mars, assured, assertive, and moving forward without restraint.  Conjoined with Uranus, the energy is quick and intense.  In trine with Jupiter, there is a tendency for exaggeration as well as expansion. Face-off battles with Saturn and Pluto in square may be necessary to reign things in; an  aggressive steam-rolling is the feel of it.  

Jupiter moved into his own sign, Sagittarius, on November 8, and will remain there until December.   All sights are on the quest for truth and freedom.  Jupiter is currently at 18-19 degrees.  Blasting forward until April 11, Jupiter turns retrograde just before reaching the  Galactic Center position. 

Saturn is at home now, in the earthy, grounded  sign of Capricorn.   Saturn reveals that  practicalities are necessary,  and structures must  be built methodically through  time and karma. Saturn is the reality check,  and rewards authentic effort.   Saturn is in the middle of Capricorn now. Look to the house he is traveling through for insight into where the structures will be needed. With Jupiter and Saturn at home, look for some new trends or memes in the  travel or construction industries. Saturn also turns retrograde in April, near Pluto's nodes.